Same here.

 

Never take your gloves off at the gas pump, you'll get the clap.

 

Hmm, the ever-increasing amount of "tech" and the abandonment of the simplicity and ease of maintenance has cured me of wanting to buy a new Harley, so I get to keep more of my money. There's a positive, I guess.

 

Other than abs, what has changed so much for maintenance? I am not familiar with the rider stuff

 

Engine coolant: Check / Replace
Radiator: Clean

 

I've got ATVs and snowmobilers with very old coolant. Knowing Harley it has to be changed every 2 years or pump will corrode over heat engine and cause catastrophic failure or death

 

Coolant experiences solid drop-out over time, especially if over concentrated. It's a real thing.

You will see the evidence in the goo left behind in the lower hoses and lower sections of the radiator, etc.

 

I am not arguing you should not. Curious how the schedule compares to jap liquid cooled bikes. For some reason harley just seems to bleep everything up. Look at the hydraullic clutch that can fail, yet you got jap bikes with decades old fluid and still functioning.

Harley could f up an anvil.

 

Of all the items I listed, ***** pump stood out to you. You're worrying me...

I wont ask which ones.