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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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If you're getting **** on the first service............... :icon_cracku p:





(sorry, maybe others could resist, but i couldn't!)
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Yachtman
If you're getting **** on the first service...............
...it's time to find another dealer.

 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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As many have said, the first change is the most critical. I would change as soon as possible, but 2 - 3 hundred miles over should be OK.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 07:10 AM
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what the he** is the forum degenerating to. Just read the "two guys on a harley thread" and now an **** servicing. Terry for the lova god help us out here.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 07:10 AM
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Did my 1,000 Mile Service at 500+ Miles get the initial stuff out Went with Dino change through the Dealer .. at 2K Did my Own Changing and switched to Amsoil...
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Yachtman
If you're getting **** on the first service............... :icon_cracku p:





(sorry, maybe others could resist, but i couldn't!)
That was what I was referring to in my response. I guess some of us are a little more sick than others.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dc1450
CVO bikes come with Syn 3 from the factory.
Good thing HD does everything right the first time. Wait, didn't CVO 110s have an engine problem?
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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Do it early. I can't ever seem to go to the mileage before a service. Do mine 100 miles or so early. I'm really **** about it, and really want this bike to last me as long as it possibly can. I agree with running the synthetic oil too. I didn't do it till 5000 miles, and regret not doing it earlier. How can it be a bad thing?
 
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Read your owners manual.........you are good up to 3000 miles on your first service
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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Read your owners manual.........you are good up to 3000 miles on your first service
Exactly....All of these posts talking about a "a bunch of metal" in the oil are a bunch of B.S.....Sure, you might have some metal in the oil on an rebuilt engine outta Joe's Machine Shop and want to change the first oil pretty early...as in a hundred miles or so..., but not with a factory fresh engine. If the oil was full of metal, you would have done plenty of damage during the first 1k miles.
 
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