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[bisounours]

4410 miles in my 2-week trip and I've now joined the leakers club on engine number 2. 

And there's some VERY nasty noise when cold somewhere in the valve gear....

I'm assured that there are to be recall notices sent out for all 110s shortly though.  Anyone heard about it?

Jim

Good morning Jim,

Happy for your come back at Home !
Your second engine is better than the first !
Remember you, one year ago, you came back without your bike.
Sorry, Jim, it was not possible to resist 

Me too, I wait patiently the next leak..... that will arrive in the next months 

Jacques

[Eqcons]

With the rumoured "final solution" so imminent, I'm wondering what the Moco would tell the dealer to do if I asked for mine to be fixed now, before the mythical letter?  Would they tell them to do it with the existing part numbers, or would they send whatever the fix comprises....?

Jim

[Gone Fishin']

It is very discouraging to hear all these problems with the 110's. I was wondering if anyone knows if there was any difference in the model years. Is a 2007 more likely to leak than a 2008? any Ideas? KB

My perception is the quota on '07's is close to 100%, while the '08's have not been reported as bad.

[Eqcons]

Good morning Jim,

Happy for your come back at Home !
Your second engine is better than the first !
Remember you, one year ago, you came back without your bike.
Sorry, Jim, it was not possible to resist 

Me too, I wait patiently the next leak..... that will arrive in the next months 

Jacques

 

[iski]

With the rumoured "final solution" so imminent, I'm wondering what the Moco would tell the dealer to do if I asked for mine to be fixed now, before the mythical letter?  Would they tell them to do it with the existing part numbers, or would they send whatever the fix comprises....?

Jim

Unless they have received new information, they would just fix it with the parts the MoCo is currently recommending.  Service Mgrs. have not indicated a knowledge of a new fix, but some "other folks" have indicated one is imminent. 

If mine were leaking now I would wait until at least next week, after the dealer meeting.  If nothing new is offered, there will be a LOT of unhappy folks out here......

[Eqcons]

Unless they have received new information, they would just fix it with the parts the MoCo is currently recommending.  Service Mgrs. have not indicated a knowledge of a new fix, but some "other folks" have indicated one is imminent. 

If mine were leaking now I would wait until at least next week, after the dealer meeting.  If nothing new is offered, there will be a LOT of unhappy folks out here......

Yep - although any logical company wouldn't do a repair just before a recall, I wouldn't put it past the MoCo....

Jim

[TORKER07]

I think if you took it in now and they knew of a fix in the pipes they would just tell you they are waiting on parts. After all some of us have waited for a month for parts to come in, don't ask me how I know.

Will drive ya to 


Tork

[iski]

Yep - although any logical company wouldn't do a repair just before a recall, I wouldn't put it past the MoCo....

Jim

Not sure why they would not put out a notice to their service folks, and wondering out loud if the gasket/cylinder combo they put in my bike is the rumored "fix".  Service Mgr. in May was quick to suggest a front/rear cylinder/gasket combo replacement, and have not heard of any failures from bikes fixed since a little before that point in time.  Too few miles on the fix - maybe?  I have about 5k on the bike since & will put another 3k or so on it before Sept.

Very best of luck to you on this issue, Jim.  If past experience is a good indicator, HD will step & up fix them (or maybe they have already & the recent stuff is part of their "fix field test") but it's just a matter of time...

Mike

[Chief]

Yep - although any logical company wouldn't do a repair just before a recall, I wouldn't put it past the MoCo....

Jim

I'm starting to think we'll be getting a letter telling us to go to our dealer to get the latest gaskets and o-rings, instead of waiting for the leak and then going in for the repair. They've figured out they'll be doing it anyway, why not look pro-active and do it now.

Lots of new parts.... I don't think so anymore.

[Eqcons]

I'm starting to think we'll be getting a letter telling us to go to our dealer to get the latest gaskets and o-rings, instead of waiting for the leak and then going in for the repair. They've figured out they'll be doing it anyway, why not look pro-active and do it now.

Lots of new parts.... I don't think so anymore.

Cylinders I'd hope for.

And what about all the crank runout problems.....

[Chief]

Cylinders I'd hope for.

And what about all the crank runout problems.....

There have been some, but no where near the number of leaks. No way in hell will they be going inside. I initially was hopeful for new cylinders as well, but I'm now convinced they're going to try to make it work with the hard parts we've got, just better seals at the interfaces. To me, this means gaskets and o-rings.

Man, I hope I am so dead wrong!!!

[Eqcons]

There have been some, but no where near the number of leaks. No way in hell will they be going inside. I initially was hopeful for new cylinders as well, but I'm now convinced they're going to try to make it work with the hard parts we've got, just better seals at the interfaces. To me, this means gaskets and o-rings.

Man, I hope I am so dead wrong!!!

I hope you're wrong too, but I suspect you're right..... 

[Chief]

I hope you're wrong too, but I suspect you're right..... 

Yea I want them to go get a BIG box of parts to put on my bike, not just pull a manilla envelope from a stack siting on the Parts Mgr's desk.

[iski]

Also, since the warranty work is allotted by the MoCo for "x" hours & it takes "x+" hours to do the repair properly, dealers are not all that happy about a repair on this, either.

That could explain some of the multiple failures, with some wrenches trying to button the job up on allotted book time rather than doing every step as needed.

[Chief]

Also, since the warranty work is allotted by the MoCo for "x" hours & it takes "x+" hours to do the repair properly, dealers are not all that happy about a repair on this, either.

That could explain some of the multiple failures, with some wrenches trying to button the job up on allotted book time rather than doing every step as needed.

Maybe that's why so much crap on mine was still loose when I got it back. The egg timer went off and they stopped working on it.