It is the price we pay for an early adopter
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I have one also on my 74 kawi H2,if it's not to hard to do then I'll do it to my 07 RKC myself. Because $300 for the part and $300 for the labor[sm=bs.gif]Are some dealers at least picking up the labor???

 

i hear ya can get em to do it for round 300 installed.mine was 218.00 from zanottis with bearing pressed in. took an hour or so to do. no biggie

 

Bob,
MSRP is about $300 but most dealers charging an hour to 1.5 hrs labor, around $100 or so. Harley is running the "Elbow grease special" where you get a $100 credit on the labor, so it winds up installed for free in most cases.
So if you do it yourself you still probably come out even after buying any necessary stuff like a 36mm socket, axle grease, belt tension testerand a service manual and then you have the stuff for future projects. You can find the manual online for $45 or so.
If you have a lift and a helper to get the back wheel on it's a piece of cake. I did it for the first time (removed the rear wheel, etc) and not much of a wrench and know it's put back together right.

Good luck, it'll feel like a new bike. It's so quiet now that I need to go get me some slip-ons.[sm=biker2.gif]

 

I installed mine and yes you should invest in a lift, a service manual and a 36mm socket but these are all tools you will use again and knowing how to take the wheels off when you need to replace tires can save you alot of money. Or with the $100 Elbow Grease credit program at the dealers you can get it installed almost free (no labor).

No matter how it is installed just GET IT DONE. My only problemis winter is quickly approaching and I now have a motorcycle I just don't ever want to get off of.

 

Phins,

Mind tellin' us how much Seminole charged? I bought my bike there & like their service department, just haven't decided if I want IDS or not.

 

If you don't do it yourself, you loose because no other dealer will sell it at Zanotti's price...

The $100.00 elbow greese credit just get's added to the parts price...

 

The Zanotti's delivered price with bearing installed is $237.00. Anyone can buy the part at local dealer for 10% off list which is $274.00. If your local labor rates are approx $100.00 for the install (1.5 hours @ $65.00/hr) the Elbow grease program nets the part plus install to $274.00.You install it for $237.00. Dealer installs it for $274.00. $37.00 difference. Everybody gets to make up their own mind.

I purchased the IDS from Zanottis' before I was aware of the Elbow Grease program and actually wanted to install it myself.

As I said before there are several ways of having itinstalled the important point is to GET IT DONE. The introduction of this component has set backmy purchase of a new Ultra by at least 2 years. My '07 is PERFECT! for now.

 

To your surprize a lot of guys dont want them. You may have had a clattering 07 but your the minority, many more 07s had no issue and preform great, I had 2 of the no clatter bikes. IDS is a good fix for clatter bikes, but why would anyone want to pay 300.00 to add a wear out part to a solid design when you dont have issues? It will also not be good to put it on bikes whose owners boost the power levels a bunch cause it will chew up the rubber bumpers in it after awhile of fast take offs. IDS is a good band-aid if you have a clatter bike but useless on one that doesn't.

 

Dream on, It wasn' Ford who knocked Toyota off the most reliable list, it was Honda. I think Harley should replace ALL the Evolution engines with 96" Twin Cams because they run so much smoother.
Dell doesn't give yoou a new computer every time they introduce something new. Just admit you have installed an upgraded part on your 2007 bike and are satisfied with the results.