When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
There have been issues with every year bike. Harley comes through with 95% of them and plays stupid and tries to get away with the other 5% if it is not cost effective to repair. If there are enough complaints they will have to fix it. Hang in there!
HARDLY ,I agree w/your statement but there has also be yrs when more owner heat was needed and the MOCO still slithered out on the least out of pocket cost.This yr the owners have been told that a fix is not coming,that it is the way the owners are riding these machines.This is not true entirely.Many here check back weekly,daily hoping for something wonderful to be posted.Its not coming,HD is even telling the legal people that this is normal.Play their game,keep going back and forth w/this noise trying to get one of them to actually do something,trying every imagable wonder fluid to quiet your bike down.Bring it back at 1000 miles,oh bring still have it,bring it back at 5000 miles.Calling HDs C/S and listen to their line of bull.Start pairing up w/guys in your state and use your states representation.If that fails then maybe a class action suit will be needed.
Anyone know what their sales numbers are like for these new bikes? I'm just guessing that they have to be ugly compared to the previous new model year release. If they are ugly they know what they have to do to turn things around. Can't see them going into the 08 models with the same issues, unless they want to slap those AMF logo's back on. Logic tells me that the loss of the old might dollar will force them to fix it.
Anyone know what their sales numbers are like for these new bikes? I'm just guessing that they have to be ugly compared to the previous new model year release. If they are ugly they know what they have to do to turn things around. Can't see them going into the 08 models with the same issues, unless they want to slap those AMF logo's back on. Logic tells me that the loss of the old might dollar will force them to fix it.
Hard to tell - the local dealer here is selling them like crazy. Many of us are having no problems with new '07s. The two November builds at my house are great. They are, however, different than the ones we've had before. They like to keep the rpms up, really come alive around 3000.
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Slideshow: The bar-and-shield logo shows up on far more than motorcycles, some of the company's most unexpected products have nothing to do with riding.
Slideshow: From the troubled AMF years to modern misfires, these bikes earned reputations for reliability issues, questionable engineering, or disappointing performance.
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Slideshow: The Swiss custom shop has taken a Harley Softail and stretched it into something so long and low that it looks closer to a rolling sculpture than a conventional motorcycle.
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Slideshow: A standard cruiser becomes an intricate metal canvas in the hands of a Swiss custom house known for pushing Harley-Davidson platforms far beyond their factory brief.
Slideshow: Harley-Davidson's challenges aren't abstract; they show up in dropping shipments, shrinking dealer traffic, and strategic decisions that aren't yet translating into growth.