WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
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WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
An awesome friend I met on here sent me a chrome lower belt guard and I went to install it today. That's when I noticed this frickin scratch going down the swingarm. I know I haven't run up against anything and, considering where the scratch is in relation to how far the primary sticks out right in front of it, I can't figure how this could have happened from a curb or something like that. I don't have a lift so I clean my bike on the kick stand and, of course, it leans to the side the scratch is on. So, no telling how long it's been there and I just haven't noticed it because my big self usually just leans an arm down there to wipe down that side of the bike, especially that low.
I'm posting a couple of pix of it. Is anyone aware of anything that they do when they service your bike that might have caused this? I'm not sure what kind of lift they use or thing they might adjust that would require a tool that may have gotten scraped across the swingarm like that. I'm pissed because I'm 99.95% sure this didn't happen from anything I did.
In any case, anyone have a suggestion for the best way to fix this?
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I'm posting a couple of pix of it. Is anyone aware of anything that they do when they service your bike that might have caused this? I'm not sure what kind of lift they use or thing they might adjust that would require a tool that may have gotten scraped across the swingarm like that. I'm pissed because I'm 99.95% sure this didn't happen from anything I did.
In any case, anyone have a suggestion for the best way to fix this?
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RE: WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
ORIGINAL: Wildcat68
Put more miles on it and the dirt will cover it up..
Put more miles on it and the dirt will cover it up..
It appears to be scratched right through to bare metal in a few spots. So, I'd really like to patch it up to at least prevent rust.
Of course, I'd also like to blame and be able to prove that a service tech did it and make them fix it but I realize that's not likely to happen.
I know I didn't do it and would have heard anything that got kicked up and hit that hard as I was riding.
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RE: WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
as I see it -looks like the work of a pneumatic tool. something rotating as in socket head? 
yeah blk touch-up paint.
I know your bike is new and we all wishours would stay "showroom" cond. but invaribly it cannot. however, if a tech was responsible, then there should be some recourse, good luck!
yeah blk touch-up paint.
I know your bike is new and we all wishours would stay "showroom" cond. but invaribly it cannot. however, if a tech was responsible, then there should be some recourse, good luck!
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RE: WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
ORIGINAL: Rebel Ryder
as I see it -looks like the work of a pneumatic tool. something rotating as in socket head?
yeah blk touch-up paint.
I know your bike is new and we all wishours would stay "showroom" cond. but invaribly it cannot. however, if a tech was responsible, then there should be some recourse, good luck!
as I see it -looks like the work of a pneumatic tool. something rotating as in socket head?
yeah blk touch-up paint.
I know your bike is new and we all wishours would stay "showroom" cond. but invaribly it cannot. however, if a tech was responsible, then there should be some recourse, good luck!
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RE: WTF? Swingarm scratched!!!
ORIGINAL: FatBoy94
If the Harley Tech did it you have 0 chance of them fixing it. They will probably say it is supposed to be like that.
If the Harley Tech did it you have 0 chance of them fixing it. They will probably say it is supposed to be like that.
It's a shame when you have to do a detailed walk through on your bike when picking it up from service. I just can't think of any other way this could have happened. But, then, since I can't say 100% or even prove it if I could, I'll have to live with what they say. Lesson learned either way.