What are the other reasons? Just curious, as you always sang the praises of the new Softail frame and M8 engine.....

 

 

I fell in love with it the moment i saw it. It's got some nice mods, and it doesn't need too much changing to get it how i want, and it only has 1800 miles on the clock. The Breakout was going to cost a lot more to make it what i wanted. I still love the Breakout and will be sad to see it go, but i don't need two bikes. And not that i plan on selling it, but the LRS will hold it's value better than the Breakout.

It's already modified, and i will be changing a few things.

 

Or MOCO will deny reimbursement for the warranty work and parts due to non compliant mods installed on the bike, thereby leaving the dealer to eat the costs of the repair....which is actually how the manufacture warranty works. I also think some ESPs may be bound by the EPA decree, but could be wrong on that.

Either way, again...the dealers have NO say so whether a warranty is denied or approved. Some are willing to eat the costs and not report the bikes out of EPA compliance, but do so at the risk of sever fines or revocation of their dealer's license.

 

Modding a lower rider s actually hurts the value. I would keep all stock parts or do mods that can be easily reversed. I thought the 17+ model year warranty voiding was for the USA only?

 

UK owners book reads the same as the USA. It has to meet UK emission regs, or Harley can void your warranty.

 

The tuner issue is only court-ordered to void the warranty in the US, as the decree was issued by US federal courts, and should not be binding in any other territory. That court order applies to 2017+ models.

Now, Harley could choose to void warranties in other territories for using a tuner, you would have to check with the local Harley division.

 

 

If Harleys were cheap and easy to fix, without having to fight with the dealer and still get phucked, nobody would want them. That's what I call, "Brand Loyalty." I have friends in Spain that have paid an arm and a leg for a stock Dyna and their dealer don't guarantee ****, yet, they still ride the ***** out of them and if they break, they just fix it on their own and keep on keeping on. If you worry about the warranty all the time and that takes over the fun you could be having riding your Harley, then maybe you cannot afford it and you need to sell it and buy a Kawasaki Cruiser or some other kind of cheaper bike....just saying.....