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After doing the 1 K service last night, I got up this morning went for a 300 mile round trip to check out a Dinners Drive inn & Dives Diner in Tampa Fl I am using Amsoil 20W50 in all three holes. It dropped my temps by about 20 degrees of head temps I had air temps of 97 to 93 Degrees most of the day had some traffic . had to wait for a train not once did I have a over heating problem , or any other problems with the wet head At all . They are a great bike . As for the stock seat I could hop back on and do it again. I put Cobra tri ovals when I got the bike . I am going to put the cobra head pipes on with the SERT . The cat really didn't bother me but I could see where the passenger could get the extra heat. Also got 46 mpg today I have had 5 Harley in the last 20 years and so far this one keeps getting better . But then again I have never had any problems with any of them
It is very refreshing to see something other than all the claimed problems with their bikes. My limited has 2200 miles as of today, and zero problems. I love the infotainment system and heat has been no issue at all. Rode today in 92 degree weather, and no complaint with stock headers and cat. I've owned a lot of bikes over the past 30 plus years. This is my first Harley and simply the best bike I've ever ridden.
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3,400 Miles as of today and not a single issue! Outstanding bike, exceeding my expectations over and over again. This is a lot coming from someone who use to ride a BMW 1150 and turn my nose up at Harley like lots of people who ride BMWs. The running joke use to be Harleys spend more time broken down on the side of the road then actually riding. All propaganda spread by jealous metric owners who are really Harley wana bees like I was.
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