5000-mile Service Question
#11
11-08-2018, 02:48 PM
Road Master
#12
11-08-2018, 05:38 PM
Grand HDF Member
My wife gave me a $1000.00 warranty budget, if its a grand or less I get to do it myself. That's because she gets it! and she cant stand to see me suffer while they got their greasy paws on my bike.
#13
11-13-2018, 05:48 PM
#14
11-13-2018, 07:31 PM
Road Warrior
#15
11-13-2018, 08:52 PM
Road Captain
It is going to be up to your dealer if they note your stage 1 mods but in today's business climate chances are they wont ignore it. Harley is right at this moment eating 30+ million dollars on the clutch recall. I'm sure they aren't looking to lose anymore on warranty claims than they need to.
My 2017 sgs is stage 1 but it is out of warranty and has 12,250 on the odometer. I'm already figuring that if it sumps, or worse, I'm gonna have to eat the cost of repair.
regardless, good luck I hope it does work for ya.
My 2017 sgs is stage 1 but it is out of warranty and has 12,250 on the odometer. I'm already figuring that if it sumps, or worse, I'm gonna have to eat the cost of repair.
regardless, good luck I hope it does work for ya.
#16
11-13-2018, 09:19 PM
#17
11-16-2018, 05:53 AM
Stellar HDF Member
Hey Guys,
I have a question to see what you guys recommend I should do.
The 5000-mile service on my 2017 Street Glide Special is coming up now, so I am having the dealer do it for me, but my concern is that I did a poor man's stage-1 kit on the bike that consist of a K&N filter, Rineharts slip-ons and a Cobra Powrpro Black fuel management system, so my concern is that if the dealer sees the fuel management system on the bike, they might make note of it and if I ever had the need to do a warranty repair on the bike, they might tell the Moco and my warranty might be rejected or cancelled.
So do you guys think that it might be safe to leave the fuel management unit installed on the bike, or you highly recommend I un-install it as a precaution????
I'm actually not looking forward to un-installing the unit, because it was a pain in the *** to run all of those wires under the fuel tank, but if it would be wise for me to do so, I will to avoid taking chances.
What do you guys recommend I should do?
Thanks.
I have a question to see what you guys recommend I should do.
The 5000-mile service on my 2017 Street Glide Special is coming up now, so I am having the dealer do it for me, but my concern is that I did a poor man's stage-1 kit on the bike that consist of a K&N filter, Rineharts slip-ons and a Cobra Powrpro Black fuel management system, so my concern is that if the dealer sees the fuel management system on the bike, they might make note of it and if I ever had the need to do a warranty repair on the bike, they might tell the Moco and my warranty might be rejected or cancelled.
So do you guys think that it might be safe to leave the fuel management unit installed on the bike, or you highly recommend I un-install it as a precaution????
I'm actually not looking forward to un-installing the unit, because it was a pain in the *** to run all of those wires under the fuel tank, but if it would be wise for me to do so, I will to avoid taking chances.
What do you guys recommend I should do?
Thanks.
#18
11-17-2018, 03:20 PM
Stellar HDF Member
Don't take it to the Stealership; do it yourself.
The MoCo will do everything and anything they can to jump off of a warranty claim.
I actually had a Stealership initially refuse to warranty a H-D tachometer because they had not record of a 5,000 service at the Stealership. I told them that there's no record because i did it myself. I then educated them on the Magnusen-Moss Warranty Act and got a new tachometer. Give them credit (discredit) for trying. The MoCo would have been proud of their effort at least.
The MoCo will do everything and anything they can to jump off of a warranty claim.
I actually had a Stealership initially refuse to warranty a H-D tachometer because they had not record of a 5,000 service at the Stealership. I told them that there's no record because i did it myself. I then educated them on the Magnusen-Moss Warranty Act and got a new tachometer. Give them credit (discredit) for trying. The MoCo would have been proud of their effort at least.
#19
11-17-2018, 03:31 PM
Club Member
#20
11-17-2018, 03:52 PM
Road Master
Like others here, I will take my bike to a dealer only as a last resort, even for things covered by warranty. I’m considering doing the clutch secondary seal R&R myself since it is fairly easy and cheap.
No disparagement intended for for the hardworking and competent shop mechanics. But I do a better cleaner job on my own bike.
No disparagement intended for for the hardworking and competent shop mechanics. But I do a better cleaner job on my own bike.