Just My Luck.
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I bought a new 07 RKC last week. I put 600 miles on it. Today I pulled up to a Stop sign and everything was running great up to that point. And POOF motor stop, it wouldnt start after that.
I called up the dealership after a hour of being on the side of road they rolled up in a nice air condition HD Ford truck with a trailer. We trailered the bike. The service guy rolled my bike off the trailer and imediately started trying to tell me what is wrong with the bike. He told me that i filled up with diesel instead of gas and thats why it will not start. He was incorrect they drained the tank and decided that gas was in there and not diesel. After another hour Service guy came up to me and told me that my rearcylinder has 40% compression and I that there is a EFI problem as well. After a little longer the final verdict.My engine has lost a valve. I was told that this only happenes maybe 1 out of 300 bikes. This is my luck! I hope everything will work out fine.
I called up the dealership after a hour of being on the side of road they rolled up in a nice air condition HD Ford truck with a trailer. We trailered the bike. The service guy rolled my bike off the trailer and imediately started trying to tell me what is wrong with the bike. He told me that i filled up with diesel instead of gas and thats why it will not start. He was incorrect they drained the tank and decided that gas was in there and not diesel. After another hour Service guy came up to me and told me that my rearcylinder has 40% compression and I that there is a EFI problem as well. After a little longer the final verdict.My engine has lost a valve. I was told that this only happenes maybe 1 out of 300 bikes. This is my luck! I hope everything will work out fine.
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I am very dissappointed that the bike broke. I am lucky that it happened just a few miles from the dealership. The Owner of the dealership called me this morning and told me to come in and pick up a rental bike free of charge.He said he has a Ultra that i can ride until mine is fix. That is preety awesome. When I bought my Pick-up in 05 the rear end went out under 3500 miles. The dealership wouldn even give me a ride home. I tittle this thread just my luck because it seems when ever i buy something there can be several exact ones and i always seem to pick the one than needs TLC. I have faith in the dealer to fix the bike.
The only thing that i am concearned with is that they are only going to fix that problem. What if there is something else that is bad with the motor when i get it back, Or worse what if next time I am outon the road in the middle of a desert and it breaks down because of a faulty engine.I am wondering if I can get them to put in a new Motor.
If you guys ever in Boise Idaho Stop by and say hi @ High DesertHarley. They just built a brand new building and it is amazing. They ae very good peaple. The GM is a awesome.
The only thing that i am concearned with is that they are only going to fix that problem. What if there is something else that is bad with the motor when i get it back, Or worse what if next time I am outon the road in the middle of a desert and it breaks down because of a faulty engine.I am wondering if I can get them to put in a new Motor.
If you guys ever in Boise Idaho Stop by and say hi @ High DesertHarley. They just built a brand new building and it is amazing. They ae very good peaple. The GM is a awesome.
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I think it's great that they are giving you a bike to ride. It seems like that should be the norm but it's not. I bought a Jeep Wrangler a couple of years ago. It had 10 miles on it when I noticed it was running rough. I took it back to the dealer and they couldn't get it to run smooth and everything checked out. They ended up having to replace the short block. I of course wanted them just to swap out the motor but no go. The owner of the dealer told me that if I had a single other problem, he would get Jeep to buy it back. Since then, it runs great to this day and the tech did a fantastic job on the rebuild. I'm sure they will do a good job on yours. After all, they are a lot more used to doing motor work than car mechanics are. My immediate thought would be to see if they would include labor if you bought a big bore kit and had them install those parts. That would be a great deal. After all, they are probably doing the same amount of motor work. That way Harley pays the labor and you just pay the price of the parts for a 103 kit. I would personally take that deal.
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