is that the place that advertises a 72oz steak that if you eat it in a certain period of time, it's free? yeah, count me out. i'll take quality over quantity any day.

op, you bought a 7 year old bike, and don't know the history and paid the price for it. the good news is that you've wiped the slate clean and you can move on from here and build memories and a history with the bike. anything mechanical, you can have issues with. go to the indian/victory/brand x forums and you'll see a multitude of posts from people having issues with that product.

 

PM goes miles as the saying goes…... Start with your fixes to get the bike right. Take care of it from there and it will take care of you. GL with the repairs.👍👍

 

I live in Arkansastan as well. Which 'reputable" dealer did this inspection/purchase come from? As for your "brothers in the club that are Harley Mechanics", well, hate to say this, but from your story, they are not. Not trying to dog you or anything, if you went by the word of a "reputable dealer" and "Club mechanics" Your heart was in the right direction, just your sources were, well, not. Don't blame the bike. I've taken my '09 from here to Arizona as well, NC, WA state, Sturgis, and hundreds of the local road routes well known here, and yes, bought mine used as well. I work on my own bike. No breakdowns due to it "being a Harley", or insufficient maintenance. Only a tire valve stem leak that caused a flat. please don't take the answers you get here "harshly" They may read that way, but they are just more direct than some other forums might be. I hate to hear of your not so good luck, but I would lay the initial blame on the previous owner for his lack of maintenance, the dealer/your 'mechanics" for not doing what they claimed they could/did do, and you, as final inspector. I hope the tires re at least not from 2014.

 

Like others have said put miles on it to make sure ever thing is up to par. We bought our 14 Limited from last year from one of our local dealers. They gave me the paper work for what they had done service wise, new rear tire and all fluids changed. the battery went belly up 1 month after I bought it but I had figured it was going to go, so it wasn't a big deal. The 1 year extended warranty came due in June and I bought the 5 year Extended Warranty so it takes it well past the bike being paid off.

 

I just finished a 5500 mile cross country trip on my 2012 Roadglide. I started with 39,500 miles and returned with over 45,000.

But... before the trip I changed all fluids myself, had the dealer put on new tires even though the ones I had still had maybe 5k miles left on them, had them install new brake pads because the old ones were easily accessed with tires removed, flushed the brakes and had them adjust the clutch because I can never get it just right. Most importantly I asked them to give it a thorough check to give confidence it was long distance trip worthy.

I also went over the bike top to bottom, front to back, took off the seat and side panels, crawled on the floor on my back to look underneath, looking for anything that could give me trouble. I would do the same if taking a car that far.

We had one rider in our group with a loose saddle bag but it was on a pre Rushmore, we caught it before it fell off. I’m certain it was never locked completely with the cam lock fastener. I had a custom dynamics load equalizer fail on day one that made my turn signals hyper flash the rest of the trip They still worked just flashed quickly. Lost maybe a half cup of oil, all of that thru my breather bypass.

I will be honest, I was apprehensive about a 40k, 9 year old bike making the trip issue free but was very proud of my machine (and rider). We went through some of the worst rains I’ve ever ridden through, sleet, a vicious dust/rain/salt storm in Utah, long days with temps in the low 100’s, 80 mph speeds on the interstates.

My point, and it’s been mentioned in this thread, don’t leave for a long trip without a thorough check and service. Either do it yourself, have a trusted mechanic do it, or like me split the duty between you and them. Get familiar with your bike the best that you can. I’m a mechanic by nature so it comes easy to me. One of my traveling pals knows nothing more than how to check oil. Know your ability and limitations but don’t leave unprepared.

You may have an issue 100 miles into the trip but if you have done you work upfront you can avoid most of it.

 

The dealer is Rock City Harley Davidson

 

@Wetsuit Take all of the advice offered and make your bike that much better. If you’re not mechanically inclined at all, then find a good Indie H-D mechanic in your area that you can build a solid relationship with that will not just take your money like that dealer.

You’ve got a solid machine that needs routine care. Enjoy it and hope to see some day on the Pig Trail or at BBBBQ.

 

Then its not surprising, however, I would give them a ring and ask them why this stuff wasn't done that they told you was done.. You got charged for it when you bought the bike.

 

I’d hope contacting the selling dealer with his concerns was done before penning his complaint here! Sometimes **** happens and things don’t get done. Maintenance work, fluid changes, recall issues all should have been completed. But give the offending dealer a chance to make things right. After you get no satisfaction there, then start whining on the forum.

 

reminds me of when I bought a dyna back in 2010. almost new (2009 model with 3000 on the clock)
seller (not HD dealer, but a store specialized in HDs which also did services on bikes) 'assured' the bike was properly checked and was perfect to ride, yadda, yadda.
took possession of it and rode home. the whole ride I was 'wtf this bike handles like a turd, should have listened to people, dynas suck!'

got home and for the hell of it went to check the tire pressures as I was in disbelief a bike could ride so bad... even a dyna. 6 PSI front 15 rear.

lesson learned.