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Old Sep 24, 2017 | 09:42 PM
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Bike ......2017 Road Glide special
sumping issue.... nope
tranny fluid transfer.... nope
Oil line leak (warrantee) ..... yes
any other issue ..... nope
Miles on bike ..... 4200
when was your bike born ...... 3/15/2017
Purchase...... 4/8/17 with 8 miles
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 07:44 AM
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Bike ......2017 Road Glide Ultra
sumping issue.... nope
tranny fluid transfer.... nope
Oil line leak (warrantee) ..... Nope
any other issue ..... nope
Miles on bike ..... 7100
when was your bike born ...... Purchased in Feb
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 07:47 AM
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nothing But a nice ride , born May 2017 but only 850 miles the storm slowed me down for awhile
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 08:18 AM
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[QUOTE=jclax01;16668124]I am curious. I see a lot of folks talking about problems with their M8. I want to see who actually has problems, hence this thread.

Bike ......2017 Street Glide Special
sumping issue.... nope
tranny fluid transfer.... YES....still so after Spacer and Seal fix......
Oil line leak (warrantee) ..... no
any other issue ..... nope
Miles on bike ..... 3500ish
when was your bike born ...... 12/16

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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 08:22 AM
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Is there a date of manufacture on the bike somewhere?
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Raineman
Is there a date of manufacture on the bike somewhere?
Look at the sticker on the front left frame downtube..........month and year, not day.

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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 03:31 PM
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Bike ......2017 Ultra Limited with stage 3 kit
sumping issue.... yup 3 different times so far
tranny fluid transfer.... nope
Oil line leak (warrantee) ..... nope
any other issue ..... shredded drive belt at 5k miles
Miles on bike ..... 9544
when was your bike born ...... first batch on release 2017

Currently on the 3rd oil pump.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 03:42 PM
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Bike ......2017 FLHTK
sumping issue.... no
tranny fluid transfer.... YES
Oil line leak (warrantee) ..... no
any other issue ..... Yes Clutch switch and front end wobble
Miles on bike ..... 9470
when was your bike born ...... Build date July 2016, bought September 28, 2016
 
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Not one issue
Trans fluid no
Oil consumption none
Sumping no
9/16 purchased
 
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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 04:22 PM
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I created a REAL poll that I can get numbers from. I am thinking that the sumping and fluid transfer issues are pretty rare. I wanna see if I am right with that. check out the two polls I have created.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...-transfer.html

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/milwa...ping-poll.html
 
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