No more Screaming Eagle II?
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No more Screaming Eagle II?
Is it true that Harley has discontinued all of it's Screaming Eagle II parts due to EPA regulations?
I just heard about this over the weekend and was wondering what was up. I looked for a thread on this but didn't find one.
I just heard about this over the weekend and was wondering what was up. I looked for a thread on this but didn't find one.
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
I was told that as of last Wednesday, you couldn't get any of the SE II stuff. Like the SE II 208 cams or any of the "crossed-flagged", "for off-road use only" stuff.
I heard this from another biker not from the dealer. Therefore, I don't know how reliable this is. He also said that the dealerships could not sell any of their current stock. That they had to send everything back to the factory.
I heard this from another biker not from the dealer. Therefore, I don't know how reliable this is. He also said that the dealerships could not sell any of their current stock. That they had to send everything back to the factory.
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
HD is taking the leader position on the noise issue...........and they are asking their dealers to "sell quiet" when it comes to aftermarket exhaust. The noise issue is not just Harley, but all manufacturers. I saw a recent article in "Dealer News", a motorcycle dealer publication that promotes the lower db levels, and how to discuss it with the customer.
The noise issue is becoming a really big one, and all the manufacturers fear for the industry.
The noise issue is becoming a really big one, and all the manufacturers fear for the industry.
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
ORIGINAL: Mr Wonderful
HD is taking the leader position on the noise issue...........and they are asking their dealers to "sell quiet" when it comes to aftermarket exhaust. The noise issue is not just Harley, but all manufacturers. I saw a recent article in "Dealer News", a motorcycle dealer publication that promotes the lower db levels, and how to discuss it with the customer.
The noise issue is becoming a really big one, and all the manufacturers fear for the industry.
HD is taking the leader position on the noise issue...........and they are asking their dealers to "sell quiet" when it comes to aftermarket exhaust. The noise issue is not just Harley, but all manufacturers. I saw a recent article in "Dealer News", a motorcycle dealer publication that promotes the lower db levels, and how to discuss it with the customer.
The noise issue is becoming a really big one, and all the manufacturers fear for the industry.
As EPA's tentacles spread, and they begin to target individual owners of "harley sounding" harleys, I'm sure that the customer-friendly MOCO will help keep the boogy man away from your bike by offering to tone its non-compliant exhaust emmissions and noise down for you - for a fee, of course.
Hey, win/win - for them. You (on the other hand) will probably not like how your newly outfitted, "environmentally friendly" V-twin performs, not to mention that "light" feeling in your wallet.
I doubt that BMW or any of the other well known metric manufacturers are too worried about EPA. They already meet the regs, and they do it while offering a bike whose power plant still performs!
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
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RE: No more Screaming Eagle II?
Went to my dealer last week and cannot get the Screaming Eagle mufflers.
Ordered Vance & Hines big shot duels and the dealer had me sign a waiver that the pipes are not street legal and they will not install them.
So this last weekend I installed the pipes myself and couldnot be happier with them.
Ordered Vance & Hines big shot duels and the dealer had me sign a waiver that the pipes are not street legal and they will not install them.
So this last weekend I installed the pipes myself and couldnot be happier with them.