M8 problems
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From: poway
I agree.. They should have bored and stroked it then gotten the peak HP down to 5500 rpm so the BT riders didn't freak out. Full liquid cooling..
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From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
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From: High Point, NC.
We see the bad here, but consider that at most we might have a thousand members here complaining about an issue. There are probably hundreds of thousands that are not members and have no issues.
With that said, I feel for ppl who spend that kind of money on a bike and have issues. Its a shame. As long as harley has been building bikes and they still have issues on decades old technologies and systems.
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From: California, Md now Savannah, Ga
If being stranded on the side of the road is one barometer for measuring the H-D experience then they are batting 1000 for me. Never once have they left me. Sure the AMF shovels leaked and I did have to have the base gaskets changed (under warranty) on my new 1993 Fatboy but it ended up giving me 45K trouble free miles, then 40K trouble free miles on my 02 Roadking, 50k trouble free on my 2009 Street Glide and 40k trouble free on my 14 SGS.
In addition to trouble free, most of those miles were exhilarating and have helped me to live and enjoy a wonderful life. I am sorry that you haven't been able to have that same experience. Good luck in the future.
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From: Hurdle Mills NC
For you guys not following my other problem thread .. there is some interesting info related to 2017 ultra limited values out at
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...l#post16768873
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...l#post16768873
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From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Not sure you can say that with complete accuracy. There are plenty of ppl with some high mileage on their M8's that have had no issues.
We see the bad here, but consider that at most we might have a thousand members here complaining about an issue. There are probably hundreds of thousands that are not members and have no issues.
With that said, I feel for ppl who spend that kind of money on a bike and have issues. Its a shame. As long as harley has been building bikes and they still have issues on decades old technologies and systems.
We see the bad here, but consider that at most we might have a thousand members here complaining about an issue. There are probably hundreds of thousands that are not members and have no issues.
With that said, I feel for ppl who spend that kind of money on a bike and have issues. Its a shame. As long as harley has been building bikes and they still have issues on decades old technologies and systems.
My point is that spending BIG bucks for a defective product with no known fix for those that have the issue(s) is not somethin' I'll ever do. I'm in no way rich and don't have any desire to spend what to me is a substantial amount of money for ANY product like that, regardless of who built it or what it is.
I've said it in other posts and for me it's true - buying any H-D product has always been a crap-shoot. Sometimes ya win, sometimes ya get a total POS - I've done both with H-D's over the years. I've owned 2 brand new ones. The '03 RK was nothing but trouble from the get-go and was sold at 2500 miles (with full disclosures as to why - the guy bought it anyway) and the '15 Limited has been the exact opposite, so I'm battin' 500 with my personal experiences.
I knew all that and took that gamble with my '15 Limited anyway. Sounds like you did the same with your '17 with the same good results.
Guess we both are lucky and we done good!
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From: Ohio
Why? Do you know something about the cause of the fluid migration that the rest of us don't?
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From: MASS_hole
Only with tour, not the softail... Read it many time how the rod that connects from the primary is hollow. But seals are slso a weak link. Unless maybe I dreamed it?