Harley's quality has been pretty much in the sh!tter ever since they went to the twin cam motors and even worse with the 6 speed trannys!

 

I bet you have a problem with a frame weld at the top of the neck. This is why they can't get it centered. Ask them to call the MoCo.

 

Wow!
So all that glitters is not gold!

 

How can they put that back together, seeing that the axle won't go through, & not stop & find the problem?

 

I talked to a Dunlop rep at Panama City beach HD during Thunder Beach. He said that these tires will do that even if you keep pressure where it should be. He said the tire was still safe. My front tire started cupping enough to cause that whirring sound at around 10k miles even though I could not visually see the cupping. At 15k miles I got tired of it. I put a Michelin Commander II on 2 weeks ago and rode to the Smokies last week including the Dragon. The Commander 2 was awesome!

I am still running the Original Dunlop on the rear. I experienced the same whirring vibration sound while leaning in turns as I did the front Dunlop but it was not as annoying and did not affect handling. I have 17.5k on the rear and it seems it will make it till at least 20k and then I will swap it for a Commander also.

 

Really would like to know the issue!?

 

Id like to know that answer too. I can't say for sure that when they replaced the head bearings the axle wouldn't slide in. I put 5,000 miles on it after that job. It road rough in the front end and progressively got worse. Some days worse than others. Almost as if the front end was shifting on me. Finally it stuck in the position where I took the picture. Actually glad it did, that way I knew they would have to fix it. I didn't get an explanation on why it happened. I got the usual " we've seen some new bike misaligned" response. The service manager worked on this bike this time. He said he was a Master Tech. He loosened everything up and lined up the triple trees, forks, and fender. Told me axle slides in easy now. Should be good to go. They told me I owed them nothing for the job. So far, the bike is riding a lot smoother. I'll keep an eye on it. I average 17,000 a year. It won't take long to find out if it's good to go or not. I had almost 97,000 on my 08 I traded in.