Crashed and burned!!!!
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: FL
You have ridden it for over 4200 miles with no lockups. Now the only variable in the mix is a deer. It's always possible that at the moment you braked, there was some debris on the road which caused a loss of traction. Happens. Doubt your ABS malfunctioned, but I would certainly have it tested at the dealer to be sure. Glad you and wife are ok. Hope you were wearing some protective gear.
Completely agree ... more than likely it was something in the road that caused your patch to lose traction. Even ABS won't help you if the wheel goes canted.
I've had my front and rear brake systems flushed and refilled 2 times. Each time I picked it up from the dealer I went to the parking lot in the back. I check that the ABS light is flashing before I start moving. Then I check that the light goes out once I start moving.
If the light stays on solid I know there is an ABS problem. If all is well with the light I get the bike up to 10-15 mph and stand on the rear brake pedal. Then I turn around and get it back up to 10-15 mph and grab a handful of front brake lever. So far, the ABS has kicked in every time.
I also do this randomly a couple of times a year in a vacant portion of a parking lot .
If the light stays on solid I know there is an ABS problem. If all is well with the light I get the bike up to 10-15 mph and stand on the rear brake pedal. Then I turn around and get it back up to 10-15 mph and grab a handful of front brake lever. So far, the ABS has kicked in every time.
I also do this randomly a couple of times a year in a vacant portion of a parking lot .
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 349
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From: Central Florida
I've had ABS release events on both my Street Glide and FatBoyLo. The system has performed as designed/advertised when the operating parameters were satisfied.
At the very least I would request that your dealer verify/confirm that the system is operating correctly. As others have suggested, perhaps you would also like to find a suitable location and familiarize yourself with it's operation and how a release event actually feels.
At the very least I would request that your dealer verify/confirm that the system is operating correctly. As others have suggested, perhaps you would also like to find a suitable location and familiarize yourself with it's operation and how a release event actually feels.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 699
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From: Northeast
Glad you guys are ok. What the hell is it with the deer population explosion? I have seen more than my fair share running across the roads this year. If you hunt, shoot one for the table and one to leave in the field they are a bloody nuisance.
Glad you are both ok! Sorry about the bike damage.
I'd like to see a bill passed to allow hunting year around for deer. THIN THE HEARD!!!
BUT then again insurance companies would have fewer claims and that would hurt their business.
I hate deer. Like to see them less when I ride for sure. I've had a few hop out in front of me a few times. Luckily I always see them and slow easy.
Hope your wife can regain the enjoyment of riding again. Give her time...
GOOD LUCK on the rebuild and healing.
I'd like to see a bill passed to allow hunting year around for deer. THIN THE HEARD!!!
BUT then again insurance companies would have fewer claims and that would hurt their business.
I hate deer. Like to see them less when I ride for sure. I've had a few hop out in front of me a few times. Luckily I always see them and slow easy.
Hope your wife can regain the enjoyment of riding again. Give her time...
GOOD LUCK on the rebuild and healing.
Road Master
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 1,005
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From: Alabama
Glad you guys are OK, could have been a lot worse.
Hope you heal quickly and all goes well with the rebuild.
Around here the processing cost for deer has got to be so expensive that people just don't take as many deer as they have in the past.
I used to take two or three for myself and several more for friends and relatives that wanted them. In the past people would call me and request that I "get them a deer". Now nobody wants them because it cost so much at the processer.
It's to the point that now I just trophy hunt, meaning the deer (buck) I take is larger, or scores higher, than any I have taken in the past. Towards the end of the season I will take a doe or two for the freezer.
Hope you heal quickly and all goes well with the rebuild.
Around here the processing cost for deer has got to be so expensive that people just don't take as many deer as they have in the past.
I used to take two or three for myself and several more for friends and relatives that wanted them. In the past people would call me and request that I "get them a deer". Now nobody wants them because it cost so much at the processer.
It's to the point that now I just trophy hunt, meaning the deer (buck) I take is larger, or scores higher, than any I have taken in the past. Towards the end of the season I will take a doe or two for the freezer.
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: NH / VT border
Can You Save Us All A Bunch Of Aggravation And Put The Water Cooled Rumor To Rest For Say, The Next Thousand Years? 
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Joined: Oct 2012
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From: St.Louis Mo.
this is what i was wondering too! is that 3013 water cooled, still using belt drive. has HD's quality gotten any better? anyway sorry to here about the bike, but better yet you two are ok.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 212
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From: Jacksonville, IL
Well I hate to tell the water cooling is coming soon because on my new 2013 there are ports for water cooling on the top of the oil filter housing. My dealer said its the first one he's seen like this. He thinks it will be 2015 not 14.