Due to the amount of BS on this topic I will attempt to do in in two parts. Yesterday I went to the dealership and found all the mechanics assembling to have lunch. I gave the guys an enlarged photo of the drain plug to look at. They look at the photo and not a word & just continue to eat. I asked the Sm what he thought so he asked his #1 motor builder what he thought. You Guys are going to die!!!!!!!!
That is NORMAL perfectly normal. So whats your problem, we see this 10 to 12 times every day. I went along knowing they were just joking around. WRONG, they were serious. How many miles? I said 35K plus, the foremen replied you should count youself lucky, most guys don't ride that in 10 years. Something unusual happened rather than get angry and do something I would later regret a calming effect came over me, I was in control of this situation and I was going to give them all the rope they wanted to hang themselves. My wife was present as well as a customer pretending to be working on his bike. I waited an hour for them to finish their lunch when the SM came over to me and said Ray your still here whats up. I said whats up! how about some kind of explanation on the drain plug and where do we go from here. I told him I had owned 28 motorcycles and this was the first time I had this much chit come out of the primary and be told it's normal! their was allot more metal in the bath that couldn't fit on the magnet. I reminded him that he asked me to come down ASAP so he could look at it and listen to the noise while it was in neutral and when slowly downshifting, he took it out for a test ride ripping up the parking lot and came back and told us, man that is one fast and sweet running 110. What about the noise? I couldn't hear it!. I said of course you couldn't hear it you were going to fast. At this point he was at a loss for words, I told him about his forman giving my wife and I a chitty smirky look, with wise ass remarks every few minutes but he was in such an awkward position he stood with his mechanics "this is normal story" and said I don't see a problem. Why don't you bring it back when it is really broken, he just looked at me and said do you understand what I'm saying! I just said if you mean what I think you mean you just gave candy to a kid. My wife was just amazed at the whole situation, her comment was why didn't just one person come over to make you feel comfortable that it would be taken care off? Instead they passed the photo around and made comments with the occasional laughter. I just can't believe how calm I was. I guess it's because I know it's over with HD for me.
I went over to the the guy who was listening to the whole thing and asked him, did he just tell me to bring it back in pieces so they could fix it, he said "that's pretty much what I heard, have fun"
Sorry this was so long, but it just defines how the moco is going, Jerry's opinion has been so true, don't buy new until they learn to make a quality product.
Ray G.
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Topic: Check out the amount of metal on primary drain plug! (Read 6221 times)