mimo wrote:
I have no clue what you said. Could you explain that so us non-technical guys can understand.

Thanks

 

Sorry, worked for a long time in Quality Engineering got caught on the slang...

EC / Engineering Change (by design, by process, by customer request, etc.)
DPPMs / Defective Parts Per Million. DPPMs= defective parts divided by the total of produced parts multiplied per 1,000,000
DPPMOs / Defective Parts Per Million OPPORTUNITIES (statistical projection based on your DPPMs)

In plain english, the DPPMOs is an statistical calculation of your chances to f*ck up your product's performance in the field (final user) due to the amount of variables in your production process.

Part of the Six Sigma stuff... wow, I guess I was good at it...

Best regards.

Mimo.

 

Yeah, yeah, been there done that. It is just so much BS that makes management think we're doing our job. What really matters are the yeild numbers: Good Parts/Parts started.

 

There you go, that is the friendly version...

 

Thanks for clearing that up. Still way over my head.

 

2007 fxstc 1250 miles, does run hot, 5th gear noisey, 4th gear walks away from stock & slightly modified TC88's. Pipes, A/c and fuel management to be added this spring, will take care of heat and most all TC88's that don't have 1.5 to 3K stuck in motor. This for $500.00 over 2006 MSRP

Forgot to add the 200 rear tire looks cool as s*** after I lowered rear!

 

I'm not sure why this topic was even really posted, but have to say I have had my 07' Custom for about 3 months and just turned 1,600 miles - absolutely no issues at all with tranny, heat, pinging, surging, etc, etc. Very happy with it's performance and it's overall quality throughout. I sold an 05' model to get the wider tire, 6 speed and 96 incher......and it has exceeded my expectations. The extra torque and 6 speed are a pleasure to say the least. I don't buy into the new model or year "phobia". I'm still getting recalls on vehicles I have not owned in over 10 years. That's life........

 

Well I got mine done today, had to tell the dealer about the recall. But it all went well once I told him the bulletin number to look up, thanks to whoever it was who found and posted it here.

Anyway I was going to take the bike over this morning but it started to rain so I waited a while for it to stop and dry up. Last time I rode it in the rain it took over 3 hours to get the crap off, and I was still finding spots for a week afterwards.
So I waited and by late afternoon the sun had come out and everything looked fine. So off I went to the dealer. Got there with no problems and made sure I took note of how it ran and the oil temp to compare with afterwards. They filled out all the papers and did it in under 15 minutes. So I said thank you very much and took off for home.
The bike DEFINATLY runs better, it’s much smoother off idle all the way up through the mid range. I couldn’t go too fast as there was really no place to open it up safely. After I had gotten it well and truly warmed up I checked the oil temps and it now runs between 15 and 20 degrees cooler. I like that a lot, I wasn’t very comfortable with it being always around the 200 degree mark, even on a cold day. OK so I’m real happy with it and start noticing its getting darker a bit earlier then it normally would. Oh, oh here comes those ugly dark clouds again. Then in one ¼ mile stretch the air temps take a sudden 15 to 20 degree nose dive, the winds start to get nasty, and I’m still 20 miles from home.
So I twist the throttle a bit harder and hope it holds off long enough to get me over a long very high bridge I have to cross. This is starting to look really bad and sure enough just over the bridge it starts raining. But not just rain, its dumping ice crystals in with the rain. I was cursing myself for not wearing the full face helmet, even if it doesn’t fit too well.
If you have never done it take my word for it, DON”T, getting smacked in the face with ice at 70mph sucks, hurts a lot too. Had to hold the throttle and bars with the right hand and cover my lower face with the left.
Now I’m starting to really get worried, its really dark, the rain is coming down even harder with visibility is going down faster by the second and rush hour is now at full swing. My glasses are getting fogged up, and I can’t see anything past the nose on my face without them. Cars are starting to crowd in on me because they can’t see either, one almost turned into my tail but a pickup behind me blew the hell out of his horn and nearly rammed him. Nice guy must be a biker too. That or he was afraid I would fall down in front of him.
BTW the front tire on my Custom worked real nice on wet roads, but that fat assed tire out back hydroplanes real easy at 40+ mph when you go through standing water more than a couple of inches deep. Six inch deep mini lakes are great for jet ski’s not Harley’s.
So I finally get off the expressway about 3 miles from the house and start going down the side streets, just a little way more to go to get to the safety of the garage. But here there isn’t much traffic and the ice that’s falling isn’t melting fast enough. Ice and motorcycles don’t play well together.
Anyone ever wonder what its like to hit the brakes, down shift and suddenly have the rear end try to beat the front around a corner, its not funny. In my truck I do it all the time on slick roads just for fun, on nearly half a ton of Hog it is NOT at all funny. Scared the living crap out of me, and I may have bent the handle bars trying to lift the bike up while standing on the pegs.
I slowed down to about 20mph after that and proceeded to slip and slide the last couple of miles home.
After parking the bike and closing the door I sat and stared at the bike thinking I am an idiot for going out and I probably should be dead or in the hospital. Nope its worse than that. Now I’m going to have to clean and wax it all over again. That’s when it fina

 

Wow[sm=jawdrop.gif] scarey, I hope never to get caught out in it again, did it many times when I was much younger and no fun,.
I will try an get mine in I guess, I was going to wait, however you say runs so much better, yep she goes in soon.

 

what was the recall i am having my bike serviced saturday and was wondering if that recall is for my bike to!!!!!!!!!
I have the Fxstsse cvo springer. and what was the bulleton number on what bulleton!