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Old Jul 26, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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Ran over a "road gator" on the way to work early this morning while still dark, the tread remnant popped the spring off the kickstand and left it dangling, luckily that was the only damage. I always carry some bungee cords so I strapped it up and continued on to work.

Went over to Ft Hood Harley and lunch and they took care of it right away, no service order or paperwork, the tech just grabbed a tool and popped it back on and I was out of there. No muss, no fuss. This is what I think we all kind of expect from our Dealers and it was nice to get that kind of treatment.

Thanks FHHD.
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 05:11 PM
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always nice to hear positive dealer experiences. Good for you.
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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What the hell is a road gator? Speed bump? Curb?
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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tread remnant from a truck tire
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Chunker
tread remnant from a truck tire
F that man!
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Until they quit allowing truck tires to be "recaped", there will always be road gators
 
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I hate those dang gators!
 
Old Jul 26, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Great to hear that! There other dealer horny toad in temple has the best customer service I've ever received
 
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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cmancini26
Great to hear that! There other dealer horny toad in temple has the best customer service I've ever received
Didn't know Horny Toad and Fort Hood Harley were commonly owned. My experience with FHH has been good, but Horny Toad has been one of the two worst dealers I have ever seen for customer service. (The other one got closed down by Harley, several years ago.) I have been in the Horny Toad showroom 4 or 5 times and have never been asked what I wanted, in fact, I was never even greeted. All the employees were just sitting around shooting the bull, every time. Had to go back to the service department just to get someone up in parts to sell me some oil and a filter. Haven't been there in over a year. I will give them another try some day. Maybe somebody lit a fire under them.
 
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Originally Posted by pork
Didn't know Horny Toad and Fort Hood Harley were commonly owned. My experience with FHH has been good, but Horny Toad has been one of the two worst dealers I have ever seen for customer service. (The other one got closed down by Harley, several years ago.) I have been in the Horny Toad showroom 4 or 5 times and have never been asked what I wanted, in fact, I was never even greeted. All the employees were just sitting around shooting the bull, every time. Had to go back to the service department just to get someone up in parts to sell me some oil and a filter. Haven't been there in over a year. I will give them another try some day. Maybe somebody lit a fire under them.
if you need parts, talk to jon in the parts dept. he is the parts manager. in fact, if you email him the part number, he will email you back with a price quote. thats where i've been buying most of my parts via internet since before zanottis closed. and he's always beat zanotti's price. and definitely their shipping.

jon.horton@hornytoadhd.com

oh, and he can also be found here on the forum, pc pain is his username
 
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