Any complaints about the Switchback?
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I have some vibration in the bars. I'm dumping the apes for some Hollywoods though. Love the bike though, waiting for some parts to stage 1 it. Bike handles the curves much better than I thought it would. Did a 250 mile ride today with no problem. Kurt
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Joined: May 2007
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From: MN
Picked up mine a couple months ago, love it so far! Handles great and suits my needs.
Mine vibrated bad when it was new. I gutted the CAT when I put the Screamin Eagle slip on on. I have a little over 1,000 miles on it now and the vibrations are gone.
I had the "gas dripping out of the vent" problem someone else posted about on this forum. Seemed to happen every time I parked it at first. Hasnt done it in a while.
Mine vibrated bad when it was new. I gutted the CAT when I put the Screamin Eagle slip on on. I have a little over 1,000 miles on it now and the vibrations are gone.
I had the "gas dripping out of the vent" problem someone else posted about on this forum. Seemed to happen every time I parked it at first. Hasnt done it in a while.
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Joined: May 2012
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From: California
Also not going to give Vance and Hines $1,200.00 for exhaust, but Samson has a REALLY nice set of Rip Saws made for the Switchback for half the price a NO cat collector! That's a big win for me!
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From: San Ramon, Ca
Hmmm. I thought the standard answers were;
"They all do that"
or
"Those never work"
At any rate, a customer of mine has one of these. A real tooth rattler.
There's supposed to be a new mount coming out. Stock on 13 models. It supposed to be the combo of the mount and the exhaust hanging a foot off the back.
Might wanna just run two duals, like Dynas have for years.
Great looking machine though. HD hit it out of the park with this model.
They just need to work out the hiccups.
"They all do that"
or
"Those never work"
At any rate, a customer of mine has one of these. A real tooth rattler.
There's supposed to be a new mount coming out. Stock on 13 models. It supposed to be the combo of the mount and the exhaust hanging a foot off the back.
Might wanna just run two duals, like Dynas have for years.
Great looking machine though. HD hit it out of the park with this model.
They just need to work out the hiccups.
Mine has a rediculously hand numbing vibe between 2800 and 3200 rpm. I'm not talking harley vibe, or "sissy can't handle it" vibe. I'm talking complete bullcrap vibe and dealer says "hmm, never heard of that".
I've only had it a month and I've read every thing from shimming the fromt motor mount, to replacing the exhaust (I know... but a lot of folks claim it works), to getting 1000 miles on it to "break in". We'll see.
I've only had it a month and I've read every thing from shimming the fromt motor mount, to replacing the exhaust (I know... but a lot of folks claim it works), to getting 1000 miles on it to "break in". We'll see.
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I really like those spot lights. Where did you get them from? Is it a harley kit? Did you modify them?
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Joined: Apr 2008
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what i dont like about mine is i got tricked with the 2 bikes for 1 deal...i should have just put up more money and went with a RK or a used Street or Road Glide as i never take my bags or shield off...its going to be warm out today maybe ill take the shield off toady hhmmm...?