So I'm getting myself familiar with my new ‘19 Road Glide CVO and started playing with the Boom GTS Infotainment Unit. Hmm there is a lot going on with this thing, let's check the owners manual. Not much info there or the in quick start guide. No specific GTS manual with the bikes literature, maybe it's missing? Checked the MOCO website, “manuals” and there it was, all 240 pages of it. Yikes!!
Available for download but who the hell wants to print 240 pages. So I called customer service and
discovered that yes, I can obtain a manual, just go to a HD dealer and for only $20.00 dollars you can purchase the manual. You got to be kidding, said I, after spending over $42K for this motorcycle, one has to buy the manual for a feature that is included on this model
Insanity!!!
Tom P.
I don't know, maybe on from a different school of thought, but why would anybody need a printed manual? Why would Harley spend the money to print 240 pages on something 5% of the buying population would not read entirely or more than once?
Why not download the PDF version and open it on your laptop, cell phone, tablet, desktop computer, TV, Nook, Kindle, iPad, etc. etc.
Not to mention it so much easier to search a PDF file then to go to the back of the manual and search for a general category and then have to find what you're looking for inside that category after scrolling to that page. When you find what you're looking for print those 1 or 2 pages you can take them to where your bike is
I might be the only one, but I get what HD is doing here. I have recently purchased several large power tools and none of them come with a full manual any more. It's just the way of the times boys.
On a separate note regarding the GTS navigation, one thing I found pretty cool is if you choose the option to show alternate routes. It's almost like using Google maps. It shows you 3 different routes and you can pick the route you want instead of the typical "as the crow flies" route which was on the old systems.