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When I got my FXDP, it had just been mustered out of service by a western PD with 45K mi. It was 1 full quart low on crankcase oil, and the oil was thin, black and smelled burned. The records indicated the motor pool serviced it once per year in December regardless of milage. And they only looked at service points listed in owners & service manuals. I opened up the cam chest immediately, and the inner cam chain tensioner was totally trashed and down to the metal rubbing against the chain, with tiny bits of tensioner face material throughout the cam chest. But the manual says nothing about checking or replacing tensioners so . . . The pursuit/marker light/siren wiring had simply been cut off completely for decommissioning. When I got it, the brake lights didn't even work. I had to do a lot of rewiring to make it safe to ride. The primary case drain bolt was completely stripped out. They had simply wrapped it up with multiple rounds of teflon tape and shoved it back in the case. Shall I go on?
They're gubmint employees, dealing with gubmint equipment. Nobody (except perhaps the officer riding it, when he's riding it) gives a $hit about caring for motorpool cruisers.
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From: bfe
My experience is contrary to that belief.
When I got my FXDP, it had just been mustered out of service by a western PD with 45K mi. It was 1 full quart low on crankcase oil, and the oil was thin, black and smelled burned. The records indicated the motor pool serviced it once per year in December regardless of milage. And they only looked at service points listed in owners & service manuals. I opened up the cam chest immediately, and the inner cam chain tensioner was totally trashed and down to the metal rubbing against the chain, with tiny bits of tensioner face material throughout the cam chest. But the manual says nothing about checking or replacing tensioners so . . . The pursuit/marker light/siren wiring had simply been cut off completely for decommissioning. When I got it, the brake lights didn't even work. I had to do a lot of rewiring to make it safe to ride. The primary case drain bolt was completely stripped out. They had simply wrapped it up with multiple rounds of teflon tape and shoved it back in the case. Shall I go on?
They're gubmint employees, dealing with gubmint equipment. Nobody (except perhaps the officer riding it, when he's riding it) gives a $hit about caring for motorpool cruisers.
When I got my FXDP, it had just been mustered out of service by a western PD with 45K mi. It was 1 full quart low on crankcase oil, and the oil was thin, black and smelled burned. The records indicated the motor pool serviced it once per year in December regardless of milage. And they only looked at service points listed in owners & service manuals. I opened up the cam chest immediately, and the inner cam chain tensioner was totally trashed and down to the metal rubbing against the chain, with tiny bits of tensioner face material throughout the cam chest. But the manual says nothing about checking or replacing tensioners so . . . The pursuit/marker light/siren wiring had simply been cut off completely for decommissioning. When I got it, the brake lights didn't even work. I had to do a lot of rewiring to make it safe to ride. The primary case drain bolt was completely stripped out. They had simply wrapped it up with multiple rounds of teflon tape and shoved it back in the case. Shall I go on?
They're gubmint employees, dealing with gubmint equipment. Nobody (except perhaps the officer riding it, when he's riding it) gives a $hit about caring for motorpool cruisers.
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Your "before" pic doesn't even look like a cop bike. Certianly not an OEM HD cop bike. Clearly very highly modded by cop owner.
You did a great job de-copping it, BTW, in a very short time. Beautiful machine. It's taken me 2 months just to get mine back to what I consider safe to ride. And I'm not de-copping it. I like the basic black/white cop look.