Question,
I do all my oil change and air filter change myself on every bike I owned, but I just bought a 08 Sportster and nerver had a Harley before. I see that Harley gives you a 2 yr warranty with every bike you buy form them. But if I do all my oil change and stuff myself will I void the warranty? The dealer told me to bring it in at the first 1000 miles for them to service the bike. They told me it would be $400.00 for this service, then after that I think they said 2500 miles service and that would be $450.00 etc. Anyway if I do the first service myself and so on will that void any of the warranty from Harley? I mean do they do anything more then change the oil and air filter and make sure all the cables are tight etc?
And help on this matter

Thanks
Wolvie

 

I have been told the dealer should do the 1000 miles service. If you look at your owners manuel their is a list of thing which need to be done. If however you do it yourself I would document everything you did. Me I will have the dealer do my service. 400 bucks sounds high. I think mine is only 300, and I wont pay that since I bought the bike from the dealer.

 

Thanks,
And that is the price they gave me at the dealer I bought it from..

 

Mine was $200 but not sure if the fuel injection you have has anything to do with it.

 

No. By federal law they cannot void your warranty just because they did not do the service. Magnusson-Moss warranty act explicitly states this.

 

really? my dealer told me i HAD to get my 1000 mile service done to keep my warranty. all other services i could do myself but they had to do the first. why would they say that if its illegal?

 

After the 1000mi. check up.Pick up a service manual.

 

Thanks you all for the information.
And DrPlastic that is the same bike I just bought same color and everything, I just put on V&H slip ons straight shots and they sound great.
Thanks again to everybody and ride safe and ride free....

 

Well holy deja vu Bat man

I just ordered a set of the Straightshot slip ons. I hope to have them on by the end of the week!

 

Pleas note paragraph C. below


From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
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[Laws in effect as of January 3, 2005]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 3, 2005 and June 7, 2006]
[CITE: 15USC2302]


TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE

CHAPTER 50--CONSUMER PRODUCT WARRANTIES

Sec. 2302. Rules governing contents of warranties


(a) Full and conspicuous disclosure of terms and conditions; additional
requirements for contents

In order to improve the adequacy of information available to
consumers, prevent deception, and improve competition in the marketing
of consumer products, any warrantor warranting a consumer product to a
consumer by means of a written warranty shall, to the extent required by
rules of the Commission, fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and
readily understood language the terms and conditions of such warranty.
Such rules may require inclusion in the written warranty of any of the
following items among others:
(1) The clear identification of the names and addresses of the
warrantors.
(2) The identity of the party or parties to whom the warranty is
extended.
(3) The products or parts covered.
(4) A statement of what the warrantor will do in the event of a
defect, malfunction, or failure to conform with such written
warranty--at whose expense--and for what period of time.
(5) A statement of what the consumer must do and expenses he
must bear.
(6) Exceptions and exclusions from the terms of the warranty.
(7) The step-by-step procedure which the consumer should take in
order to obtain performance of any obligation under the warranty,
including the identification of any person or class of persons
authorized to perform the obligations set forth in the warranty.
(8) Information respecting the availability of any informal
dispute settlement procedure offered by the warrantor and a recital,
where the warranty so provides, that the purchaser may be required
to resort to such procedure before pursuing any legal remedies in
the courts.
(9) A brief, general description of the legal remedies available
to the consumer.
(10) The time at which the warrantor will perform any
obligations under the warranty.
(11) The period of time within which, after notice of a defect,
malfunction, or failure to conform with the warranty, the warrantor
will perform any obligations under the warranty.
(12) The characteristics or properties of the products, or parts
thereof, that are not covered by the warranty.
(13) The elements of the warranty in words or phrases which
would not mislead a reasonable, average consumer as to the nature or
scope of the warranty.

(b) Availability of terms to consumer; manner and form for presentation
and display of information; duration; extension of period for
written warranty or service contract

(1)(A) The Commission shall prescribe rules requiring that the terms
of any written warranty on a consumer product be made available to the
consumer (or prospective consumer) prior to the sale of the product to
him.
(B) The Commission may prescribe rules for determining the manner
and form in which information with respect to any written warranty of a
consumer product shall be clearly and conspicuously presented or
displayed so as not to mislead the reasonable, average consumer, when
suc