Bagger wobble and HD Warranty.....
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For the record, my fall-away was adjusted right off the bat. In fact, it felt annoyingly tight to me for a brief while. Within a week or two it loosened up and the wobble returned.
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qttracer--that letter was on the forum a while back--seems some dealers were buying bulk oil and using it for oil changes and telling customers it was HD oil.
mkguitar--when you pay someone to do something...check/inspect tires and inflate to proper pressure--they need to make sure that it is done by someone other than the shop washboy or porter. yes, the OP does need to check his air from time to time.
seems the 1k service was done by an indy...he probably never checked the air pressure...since he assumed that the owner was checking it.
i think more people would check their air pressure on a regular basis if it was not so damned hard to do. it is a real pain in the *** to get a tire gauge on the valve stem that comes on these bikes--are you listening moco?
mkguitar--when you pay someone to do something...check/inspect tires and inflate to proper pressure--they need to make sure that it is done by someone other than the shop washboy or porter. yes, the OP does need to check his air from time to time.
seems the 1k service was done by an indy...he probably never checked the air pressure...since he assumed that the owner was checking it.
i think more people would check their air pressure on a regular basis if it was not so damned hard to do. it is a real pain in the *** to get a tire gauge on the valve stem that comes on these bikes--are you listening moco?
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That letter is useless, their lawyers need to read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagnusonMoss_Warranty_Act
Unless HD what's to do free oil changes they cannot tell you what brand to use. Someone needs to tell them their oil is inferior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagnusonMoss_Warranty_Act
Unless HD what's to do free oil changes they cannot tell you what brand to use. Someone needs to tell them their oil is inferior.
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Road Warrior
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From: Glen Mills, PA
Well I picked it up and it rides great. No shake or wobble after replacing both tires under warranty. It was nice to pick up a bike after service and not be covered in greasy finger prints, nice job cleaning it up. I have not checked the air pressure yet but will before a long ride we have scheduled Saturday. They put on Harley Logo'd D408F on the front and D407 on the rear and did not check if these matched the original tires. HD covered it and it seems good so we will see. I set the cruise at 40 and slowly eased it up to 45 and no more vibration or shaking.
So the dealer was great and even though they asked me a few questions I did not like I feel like the resolved my issue and were nice about.
Thanks to Jarrett at Hannum's Harley in Media, PA. Nice work.
So the dealer was great and even though they asked me a few questions I did not like I feel like the resolved my issue and were nice about.
Thanks to Jarrett at Hannum's Harley in Media, PA. Nice work.
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Road Warrior
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They did adjust the stem but said the shake was still there so they replaced the tires. I told them when I picked it that I was really surprised tires would fix it. I have a year of warranty left so we will see and I will get about 6 hours on Saturday to test it loaded up. I have no issues with doing stem and rear bushings upgrades myself in a year or two if needed. Done those before and its not too bad.
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Ah come on dude, seriously? After all the crap you got here. Please go out to the garage right now and do that for all of us 
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Well I picked it up and it rides great. No shake or wobble after replacing both tires under warranty. I set the cruise at 40 and slowly eased it up to 45 and no more vibration or shaking.
So the dealer was great and even though they asked me a few questions I did not like I feel like the resolved my issue and were nice about.
So the dealer was great and even though they asked me a few questions I did not like I feel like the resolved my issue and were nice about.
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If you only had 9 psi in your tire then you had some major wobble. Tire psi should have been the first thing you should have checked Mr. Mechanic. This forum never ceases to amaze me. A person purchases a 20k+ machine and can't perform a simple PM like checking tire psi.
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