Is It Just Me?
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 609
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From: Mount Airy, MD
I know the main purpose of this forum is to assist other riders with whatever problems their experiencing with their bikes.
Most of us offer first hand, personal experience but some I notice appear to have read other peoples post and relay that info to other posters, give advice from articles they read on the web and use product descriptions from parts they never used or installed themselves.
Yeah, I know I'm being overly critical and the high heat in Jersey has fried my mind some but I personally will not give someone advice on something I never experienced, installed or repaired myself.
I learn something new here everyday and bookmark the posts that may help me in the future but until I actual use that info, I will not comment on it.
What I'm saying is, if you do not have personal experience about the issues / products / parts another poster is inquiring about, do the right thing and don't respond. You may think your helping but you could end up costing the person asking the question more time, money and headaches.
Going to be over a 115 degree heat index day here, so between that and the heat this post should generate, hell will be like a dip in an ice filled indoor swimming pool!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of us offer first hand, personal experience but some I notice appear to have read other peoples post and relay that info to other posters, give advice from articles they read on the web and use product descriptions from parts they never used or installed themselves.
Yeah, I know I'm being overly critical and the high heat in Jersey has fried my mind some but I personally will not give someone advice on something I never experienced, installed or repaired myself.
I learn something new here everyday and bookmark the posts that may help me in the future but until I actual use that info, I will not comment on it.
What I'm saying is, if you do not have personal experience about the issues / products / parts another poster is inquiring about, do the right thing and don't respond. You may think your helping but you could end up costing the person asking the question more time, money and headaches.
Going to be over a 115 degree heat index day here, so between that and the heat this post should generate, hell will be like a dip in an ice filled indoor swimming pool!!!!!!!!!!!
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Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Indian Land, SC
Lets all agree that we can disagree with each other and continue on our merry way......
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Colorado Springs CO
Its a forum, good info and bad info, its our job to weed it out. If it was perfect none of us would read it for very long, sometimes the amusing posts are the most fun of all!
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,588
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From: Sunny Southern California
To take it to the extreme, this would mean the customer service reps at say Andrews cams, have ridden every combination possible, for every cam they sell, on every different bike, before they could be of any help (?) 
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Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,741
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From: Indian Land, SC
Where's that ice filled pool in hell right now when I need it!!!!!!!
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i gave a link and a quote the other day to gates, who makes the harley belt. While I am an engineer, I'm not a gates or harley engineer. Nor do I have years of harley experience. Non the less, I would consider technical data from gates regarding belts to be superior. Especially when compared to first hand experience or knowledge of someone who doesn't know or understand belts well.
Now if that link/quote is what you find offensive, I'm sorry to hear it. But I will continue to draw upon my own experience, knowledge, and technical reasources.