Rare Factory Defect??
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Rare Factory Defect??
I just bought a 2011 Ultra Classic from Southside Harley Davidson in Virginia Beach. The bike was delivered to the dealer from the factory with the left side gas tank emblem upside down. Needless to say, it's covered under warranty and I can get it fixed at no cost to me during the next two years. My first question is, how rare is this? Has anyone ever seen or heard of this happening before from HD? None of the employees at the dealership (some been there for 20 years) have heard of this before. I think it's great and makes for a good conversation piece, not to mention how it will be fun to mess with people about it. My second question is, should I leave it, or let HD fix it?
Troll my ***...get a load of the pic. So is it a keeper, or should I have it repaired? I'm thinking of keeping it. I'm going to have some fun with it. And I'm not shy to keep the snot nosed little ba**tards from touching it.
Ok, so since I don't like being called a fraud, I took another picture. This one should do it. Looks like no pixilation this time. Plus really take a look at the refection of my knee in the tank and the emblem.
Here you go doubting bros. I scanned it then of course had to reduce the size for the upload to accept it so I hope you can read it. In not, I could really give a sh*t if anyone believes it or not, I was just looking for a few opinions...can't believe I spent this much effort today when I should have been riding.
Alright I think we have a 50/50 split. As you know, my first thought was to leave it, but from one poster: "you will eventually hate it." That reminded of my '03 Softail, it was born gun metal with anniversary striping, cool at first then hated it, now it's black. I have the original tins in a box, maybe I'll get a year's supply of beer or something for them one day. The "anniversary" bike will never be worth anything because I beat it too much- they were made to ride not be stored. So the Ultra will probably not be worth anything either since I bought it as a work commuter for my 75 mile a day travel. I could potentially rack up 100k miles over the next decade. Another poster said: "comments from the guy on the Honda." Dic-wads on metric cruisers disrespecting me and the moco won't go over well, and I'm getting too old to fight that much, not to mention that I'm not a moco basher and don't really want to parade around implying that I am. So how do I not ****-away a golden opportunity for some fun and maybe set myself up for a life time supply of beer? One guy said "wall art" - that's brilliant. I was thinking maybe set it on a stand and use it for an ashtray in my garage, or put a pingel petcock on it set it on my bar and poor whisky shots from it. But I think the best advice was to buy a new tank, store this one in the box, get HD to send me letter-head authenticating it (maybe I can get Willie G. to sign it), and then maybe sell it to Jay Leno in 15 years to augment my probably non-existent social security. The hard spot is I still have mouths to feed and an ol'lady to keep happy, so I don't know if the risk is worth the reward to spend what-a couple of grand to replace the tank with an OEM? So now my dilemma is that I want to keep it, but not on the bike. I guess I could sell some crap out of my garage on ebay to fund a new tank. Feel free to comment again. GREAT feedback and I appreciate if from everyone, even the peeps who called me a troll, faker and fraud- you gave me a good schooling on the need to show legitimacy...and I learned a thing or two about pixilation.-Thanks
Troll my ***...get a load of the pic. So is it a keeper, or should I have it repaired? I'm thinking of keeping it. I'm going to have some fun with it. And I'm not shy to keep the snot nosed little ba**tards from touching it.
Ok, so since I don't like being called a fraud, I took another picture. This one should do it. Looks like no pixilation this time. Plus really take a look at the refection of my knee in the tank and the emblem.
Here you go doubting bros. I scanned it then of course had to reduce the size for the upload to accept it so I hope you can read it. In not, I could really give a sh*t if anyone believes it or not, I was just looking for a few opinions...can't believe I spent this much effort today when I should have been riding.
Alright I think we have a 50/50 split. As you know, my first thought was to leave it, but from one poster: "you will eventually hate it." That reminded of my '03 Softail, it was born gun metal with anniversary striping, cool at first then hated it, now it's black. I have the original tins in a box, maybe I'll get a year's supply of beer or something for them one day. The "anniversary" bike will never be worth anything because I beat it too much- they were made to ride not be stored. So the Ultra will probably not be worth anything either since I bought it as a work commuter for my 75 mile a day travel. I could potentially rack up 100k miles over the next decade. Another poster said: "comments from the guy on the Honda." Dic-wads on metric cruisers disrespecting me and the moco won't go over well, and I'm getting too old to fight that much, not to mention that I'm not a moco basher and don't really want to parade around implying that I am. So how do I not ****-away a golden opportunity for some fun and maybe set myself up for a life time supply of beer? One guy said "wall art" - that's brilliant. I was thinking maybe set it on a stand and use it for an ashtray in my garage, or put a pingel petcock on it set it on my bar and poor whisky shots from it. But I think the best advice was to buy a new tank, store this one in the box, get HD to send me letter-head authenticating it (maybe I can get Willie G. to sign it), and then maybe sell it to Jay Leno in 15 years to augment my probably non-existent social security. The hard spot is I still have mouths to feed and an ol'lady to keep happy, so I don't know if the risk is worth the reward to spend what-a couple of grand to replace the tank with an OEM? So now my dilemma is that I want to keep it, but not on the bike. I guess I could sell some crap out of my garage on ebay to fund a new tank. Feel free to comment again. GREAT feedback and I appreciate if from everyone, even the peeps who called me a troll, faker and fraud- you gave me a good schooling on the need to show legitimacy...and I learned a thing or two about pixilation.-Thanks
Last edited by Mongoose66; Mar 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM. Reason: The Verdict is in...sorta
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I think it's increadibly ironic and personally would leave it. LOL A lot of people believe that the MoCo has lost it's way and caters to the RUB more than it should...and an upside down flag on a ship back in the age of sail, IIRC, is a sign of the ship being in distress. So, for some, that's way too appropriate.
Your call. Though, I wouldn't count on them fixing it if you wait to get it done...after all if in a year and a half you go in there to fix it they're going to ask why didn't you have it fixed when you picked it up.
Your call. Though, I wouldn't count on them fixing it if you wait to get it done...after all if in a year and a half you go in there to fix it they're going to ask why didn't you have it fixed when you picked it up.
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I'd leave it. Good conversation piece. Advertise for the moco. show the world.
As far as your actual question,..... there were postings on here a while back where the guy had a different logo on each side (colors were different), but they were not upside down. His I would have fixed, because one of the color schemes was better than the other.
Upside down? I'd have some fun with that one!!!! Leave it!
(Please post a pic).
As far as your actual question,..... there were postings on here a while back where the guy had a different logo on each side (colors were different), but they were not upside down. His I would have fixed, because one of the color schemes was better than the other.
Upside down? I'd have some fun with that one!!!! Leave it!
(Please post a pic).
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Take pictures and get it fixed. Bet you will get tired of folks picking at it, asking if you knew this was this way, finger prints and fine scratches. A lot of folks, after doin' most of the above, then will want to sit on it and change gears and push and twist things asking their friends if this thing has a horn.