Been a Harley wannabe the 40 years I've been riding. Getting ready to buy a new FXDWGI. Don't know anyone who has a Harley. Everyone I know says don't buy one, they leak, break down, and come loose. Need advice from a real rider. I plan to cruise all day and for days at a time. Thanks.

 

Welcome to the forum! That's not true anymore, mine runs like a watch. I've put 12,000 miles on it since June, and it has been trouble free. It doesn't leak, or burn oil. It just thumps on down the road.

 

I've been riding HD's for for over 20 years, and true my 58 did mark its spot, and had some quirps, and rattled bolts loose or off as did my 71. But the new HD's are far superior to the old. They dont leak, they dont break any more than any other brand, and other than the look and sound they are nothing like the older ones. I have friends that have over 200K on there HD's with no issues.

If you want a Harley then buy one, you wont regret it, and tell your down talking buddies to get a life. They obviously have "Harley Envy". If you log alot of miles and distance, I would look into a Road King...it has much better highway manners than a Dyna...JMHO

 

Welcome...you came to the right place to find out about Harleys. Check out all the sites.

 

sounds like your getting advice from metric guys......there are bunches of people here that has a lot of carefree miles on their rides. get one and you will be happy and envied by your buddys!!

 

I bought my first Harley this last June, an '02 fxdwg.(carb)The bike has over 15,000miles now, 2,500 since I bought it, and no leaks. LOTSA fun!! [sm=happybounce.gif]I understand that the fork stabilizer helps take alot of flex out of the forks making handling more user-friendly (in turns). Mine already had this when I purchased, so I don't know how it felt before. I must say, I'm lovin' the experience!!

 

Hi, welcome to the forums from New Zealand. Hmm picked the wrong bunch of guys and gals to ask about Harleys, the only sort of answer you will get from this forum is that they are crap -NOT!!!!!!!!!!

Ignore all the innuendos you hear, they are the best.

"Gee, that Honda sorta looks like a Harley" - reminds me of buying an "HP Compatible" printer, why not just buy the HP is the first place - so buy the WG, fall in love with it and meet a great bunch of like minded people, you will have a ball !!!!!

 

Howdy, welcome to the forum. I think that somebody is trying to feed you a line of bull about Harleys, they are better than they used to be. Just go and buy your Harley and enjoy the ride.

 

 

Oil Leaks:
To squelch an old stigma of yester-year, that HD’s leak oil. That stigma implies that the MOCO could not make a proper machined joining surface or gaskets. Did you know that that is what they were suppose to do? Drip Oil. The Primary Chain was oiled with a drip oiling system that had a small orifice-tube that lubed the chain by dripping on the chain. It used oil from the pressurized engine oiling system, and guess what; they had a drain hole in the bottom of the Primary Chain Case that the oil eventually dripped from... It was a consuming system meaning that the oil was consumed by design. So to sum it up, they were engineered that way, sorry environment, that was the design of the time. Now the Primary Chain Case is sealed with its own bath of oil. The reason for having the old drip system was that the clutches of the day were dry and could not be immersed in oil and the materials and processes for a wet clutch had not been employed as yet or were not invented depend on how old of a bike you’re talking about.

Break Down: Everything does giving the lack of maintenance and HD's of today have few problems.

Come Loose: A properly tightened bolt with a locknut, lock washer, or loc-tight cures that... The MOCO fasteners most always have a locking compound applied to the them and they advise to use loctite when re-installing hardware. The callout mostly Loctite 242.

There, with that said, does it make you feel better about the product?

And old saying come to mind, "IF it has Wheels or **** it going to give you problems. Sorry ladies, I didn't coin the phrase, but it speaks volumes.

Oh! WELCOME TO THE GROUP!