View Poll Results: Why Buy a 2014
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25
27.78%
Touch Screen
29
32.22%
Cause it has no miles
32
35.56%
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28
31.11%
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Official 2014 Recall thread
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Denver, Colorado
All the owners of previous models are justifying their decision to not purchase a new bike due to a clutch problem that will take the dealer 1 hour to fix? Glad all of you didn't get any if these junk 2014 bikes like the rest of us...P.S. 450 miles on mine with no trouble....except for that loose floorboard bolt....probably due to being a 2014?
Stage II
Joined: Jul 2010
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it is a bigger deal then u think , there will be a kit to rebuild the clutch mastercylender . there is a list , if u call hd service and give them the vin # . but i have been talking to 2 dealers had they found that the the clutch basket is set up for a cable and needs to be replaced with a hydraulic system , they are talking to harley now
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wake Forest, NC
If "Its mostly the very first batch of 14s that came off the assembly line that will need this fix" then why did HD recall 29,000 bikes. And issue a "DO NOT RIDE" warning to all of them?
It IS a big deal and will cost HD millions just in repairs. Not to mention lost revenue. Dealers are being asked to pick up EVERY bike. I live 50 miles from the nearest one and lots of folks live 100's of miles.
Not a big deal?? Tell that to the guy trying to stop his bike with no clutch.
And FWIW-I called my dealer this morning and they aren't doing anything but taking names until they get parts.
It IS a big deal and will cost HD millions just in repairs. Not to mention lost revenue. Dealers are being asked to pick up EVERY bike. I live 50 miles from the nearest one and lots of folks live 100's of miles.
Not a big deal?? Tell that to the guy trying to stop his bike with no clutch.
And FWIW-I called my dealer this morning and they aren't doing anything but taking names until they get parts.
I agree with you. I am just relaying info from the dealer i purchased it from.
Are you going to ride your bike or wait to find out whats going on?
I might cancel my daytona trip. I dont want the trouble of a break down or the possibility of hurting myself or someone else.
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: North East Ohio
omg, a recall....oh no, better sell the 14 now and go back and get a 1995. What the **** is wrong with a lot of people on this forum? I have had 14 for less then a week. Hd is being proactive. So did people stop buying toyota tundra trucks when they had a brake recall? Of course not. They do it to keep everyone safe. Not every bike will have an issue. Out of the 30,000 bikes out there, i am sure only a few have had an issue. And about 5 it seems have had coolant leak. Big ****ing deal. Quit justifying why you didn't buy a 14 saying its because of the clutch or coolant. That's the dumbest pile of **** i have ever heard.
