My bike is fixed
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Road Captain
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From: Indian Creek Village Florida
all fun and games till this happens:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbKrxNdh...y=jayboihd.210
boots/ankle protection. poor Jay
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbKrxNdh...y=jayboihd.210
boots/ankle protection. poor Jay
after seeing this picture.In Hawaii we dont even wear helmet gloves or boots.
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Road Captain
Joined: May 2017
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From: Indian Creek Village Florida
correct fluids an proper maint is critical to a bike, especially when you max out the performance like you have. If you plan on keeping the bike I'd run AMS or red line 20w50 in it an change it every 3,000 miles...that heat is hard on a bike...I was stuck in traffic there in the 80's on my Honda interceptor an the oil got so hot the clutch was failing an that was a liquid cooled bike (but with common oil for engine/trans/clutch)
remember your bike is putting out about 50% more power than stock (maybe more?) so you're stressing everything a lot more than the orig design so proper maint is a must. do some reading on it....your whole bad experience was probably avoidable....I'd be pissed too but now the best thing to do is learn from it an have a great ownership experience going forward.
remember your bike is putting out about 50% more power than stock (maybe more?) so you're stressing everything a lot more than the orig design so proper maint is a must. do some reading on it....your whole bad experience was probably avoidable....I'd be pissed too but now the best thing to do is learn from it an have a great ownership experience going forward.
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Because that's what they make their money on.
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I lived in Hawaii 87-91 an I was stuck in stop an go traffic on H-1 an overheated my clutch. I only ride 5 months out of the year now an do one fluid change a year using full syn fluids. If I still lived there I'd do multiple changes a year.
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So I just finished reading all of the thread from the other to this one, It doesnt suprise me about the oil comment, I know all the dealers will say HD oil but because of the heat HAHAHA. To be honest the dealership (if in Oahu) she speaks of is very shady. They tried to tell me that a stage 1 with a V& H FP3 would be covered under my warranty if they did the work and with in 60 days.... I read what HD puts out, so I called them to be sure rep from HD main stated the V&H FP3 would void the warranty since it is not SE parts etc. I am even skeptical about letting them work on the bike at all but wont have much choice since they are the only ones in Oahu.
