Couple of sales guys at my dealer are buying '18s...including the service writer of several years (Glendale Harley open since 1976). He's looking at the Heritage in the Anniversary paint.

Doesn't prove anything concrete, but I take it as a good sign as they are the #2 dealer in CA...lots of sales and service for many years so the writer MUST be happy with what he's seeing regarding service related issues on the new motor.

 

right on fish !

 

Everyone that works at local HD dealer rides a Harley. Has been going on long before 2018. The service wright for BMW has a new SG and older BMW.
I would not read to much into it other than the like the bike

 

Don't know about any of that...

But... as coincidences would have it... I am wearing my Glendale HD T-shirt as I write this.

 

I work for a Buick GMC Mazda dealer... I own a Mazda, there's a reason I don't own the others! Salesmen will usually buy new stuff no matter what, mainly because they have no clue about mechanical things but once you see service spending their money it is usually a good sign. I have a pretty good relationship with most of my service customers as i have been the only Mazda tech for approx. 8 years (and they sell like crazy) and I always tell them my wife drives a brand new one. (Right now literally, got rid of her 16 and got her an 18 for christmas.)

 

I know it's common, but what makes the '18 different are all of our discussions about potential issues with the new motor. Having a service writer but one I see as a vote of confidence...however slight it might be.

PM me next time in town and I'll buy you a beer!

Yeah baby!!

Well said! Exactly my thinking. It was a nice bonus to my day yesterday.

 

My view is, maybe they're buying them because they have an in at the dealer and don't have to worry about repairs; theirs will always be 1st and will never be denied a warranty claim.

 

 

That's how I'm looking at it. Nice news for us early adopters.

 

Repairs and warranty haven't been a concern it seems for a majority of owners either. I was more concerned with an unsolvable Achilles heal, but I take this as a nice sign that the service writer has enough confidence overall to plunk his own money down. Obviously there are some issues lurking, and it seems some genuine issues with HD QC, but if these bikes were truly doomed off the line he would not have bought one.