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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:13 PM
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Are the water head bikes fixed now? Or is the problem still ongoing?
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:29 PM
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Sounds like they have it under control now. I think if they didn't we would be hearing a lot more posts as people start their riding season. I bet we'll see some tweaks on the 2015's though to be honest. The system doesn't seem extremely robust to me, I hope for those who own the 2014's that they don't have problems down the road. Just seems like kind of cheap components for something that outputs tons and tons of heat and vibrates like hell.

I'll waiting for the 2020 models though when my 2013 has 100,000 miles on it or so.. lol..
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 03:46 PM
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Spent most of the afternoon at the shop (waiting on a wheel diagnosis), and the other guy in the lounge was waiting on a replacement pump for his 2014.

-- Not kicking the door open or nothin' . . .
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Allison Wunderland
Spent most of the afternoon at the shop (waiting on a wheel diagnosis), and the other guy in the lounge was waiting on a replacement pump for his 2014.

-- Not kicking the door open or nothin' . . .
Oh no, that's fine. Just didn't want to start a big deal bashing thread. I haven't been around in a month or so and was just wondering if some of the new bike buyers are getting any satisfaction yet...
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 04:10 PM
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[QUOTE=Allison Wunderland;12737901]Spent most of the afternoon at the shop (waiting on a wheel diagnosis), and the other guy in the lounge was waiting on a replacement pump for his 2014.

-- Not kicking the door open or nothin' . . .[/QUOTE.
Lol...kick it open! Just sayin'...
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 05:06 PM
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I haven't had a single problem with my wet head. Well, outside of the known issues with the stereo/nav...
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 07:07 PM
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no problems on mine and never had any from the git go.
Have 5,000 miles on it and leaving next week for a 2 week trip.
 
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Old May 17, 2014 | 07:59 PM
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I've had mine almost 9 months, one small drip near the water pump after they fixed the filler neck. I told the service guy it was probably from being tweaked while they worked on the filler, he agreed. Moco got me a new updated pump, as some of the early housings were thinner.

I didn't tell him I had it tweaked while I put my headpipes on.....

I will go ahead and call it a zero issues, as the couple of drops it dripped really wasn't an issue....
 
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