What they DON'T tell you II
So Bill goes to the hardware store and tells the salesman that he just bought a piece of land with a lot of trees on it which he needs to clear so he can build a new house. He's looking for the best saw the salesman has, one that will allow him to cut at least 6 trees per day, figuring he could then finish the job in a week or so. (I know that's a lot of trees to have to cut down for a house, but stay with me here.) So the salesman goes over to the chainsaws hanging on the wall and pulls down the newest, shiniest model in the store and exclaims to Bill, "this is our newest and best model on the market, I guarantee this chainsaw will easily cut down the six trees a day your're looking for and probably even more." Bill was happy and took the new saw home.
The following morning he awoke excited to get to work with his new saw. So out of his trailer (temporary home) he goes and starts working to cut down the trees. By noon he had only cut down one tree and so after a short break he went back out in the afternoon and managed to only cut one more tree down. A total of 2 trees for the entire day. Not what he had expected for sure. But he figured he simply must not have been putting enough effort into it and decided that he would get to bed early, rise early and put in a good long day tomorrow. Which he did........but only improved by one lousy tree. Two days of hard work and only 5 trees? Something had to be wrong with this new saw.
He decided the next morning, after waking up still tired and very sore from all the effort, that he was going to take this new saw back to the hardware store and tell this salesman that something was dreadfully wrong with this saw since after two long days it had only managed to cut 5 trees, not the 12 that he had been promised. Upon arriving and explaining his situation with to the salesman, the puzzled salesman grabbed the saw and agreed that indeed, something was not right.
He proceeded to pull on the starter rope and after just two pulls the saw fired right up and about that time looked over at Bill who was startled and sprang back with an astonished look on his face
Moral of the story. If it ain't runnin', shakin' and vibratin' it ain't workin'.....and it sure ain't a Harley!
I'd bet knocking a few degrees of timing out in the right spot would help a lot.
What's the best tuner to get today ?
I have never had a Hd dealer give me a problem with a warranty. I have spent many miles on the seat of a HD.
In fact They go out of their way to help.
Second there is no way in heck the dealer did not warranty the mounts do to an engine mod. As always there is more to the story.
Example on my 2011 RGU I noticed a couple very small cracks starting in the wind shield mounting holes. Brought it up to the service manager, "I will order a new one today no sense in waiting till it cracks more. Warranty cover it all.
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