Welcome,
Im glad your injoying the bike. My salesman told me on my softail that to expect the sending unit for the guige to stick. Something about them having to bend a rod to install it in the tank from the factory. Just to let you know what probebly happened to it. Either way it is under warrenty. I have 3000 miles on my bike that I bought new in july but work as a carpenter so I only drive on the weekends. Sounds like yours is a daily driver, wish mine was.

Good luck with the bike,
David

 

Well not exactly San Diego. Temecula and Julian about 40-50 miles away. Anyway, the dealer in Warren is not as helpful as Youngstown. My bike was #6 in the family, that was purchased off Ron in Youngstown.

Thanks for the info on the gauge. Kinda figured it was just stickin'. No sense in me playin' around with it. It has to go in for maintenance in about 2 weeks anyway. So now I'm back to counting miles like I did on my jap bike.

Yes its a daily driver! Its Southern Cali!

Thanks for all the welcomes.

 

Julian is such a beautiful place. We used to go up there on the weekends just to see the bikes and eat apple pie. Awesome drive up there; too bad I never got to do it on a bike.

 

Hi,
I'm new to this forum. Currently I ride a 2001 Honda Shadow 1100. It's a great bike and the Shadows don't have any problems. They are considered bullet proof. Not that they never break, they just don't have any common problems.
My son has a HD Dyna Convertable that a friend wants him to sell for him. I'm thinking about buying it either to resell or keep. I have always liked Harleys and would really like to keep this one. If I do, I would eventually have to sell my Honda. My problem with this is the reputation Harley had with reliability. I can't beleive that is still a problem but I don't want to have to worry about breaking down when I'm out riding or having to spend a fortune in repairs to stop oil leaks.
If I buy this bike, I would be getting it for a third or less than the going price. I can't go wrong on it and it doesn't have any problems that I can find. It's a 1994 with 9,ooo miles on it.
Any comments would be appreciated. By the way, I put about 5,000 miles per year on my bike. I ride almost daily, at least a little bit. I can't ride it to work though because I work out of my car.
Oh, I use Moblil 1 red cap in my Honda and would probably use that in the HD too.
One more question too This bike was called a Dyna Glide Convertable. What is a convetable?

Thanks and hope to be a HD rider soon.

 

Welcome to the bb, kd0dg!! I'd say go for it. Get the bike and get rid of the Honda. I'm not sure what a convertable is when it comes to bikes but anytime you can get a great deal on a great bike (any HD) you gotta take it. As far as the reliability issue, it depends on who you talk to. Plenty of people have never had a problem with their HD and some people have had some problems. Get the Glide!!!

 

Ya Julian is great. I ride up that way alot. Suppose to be 28 degrees up there is morning! Thats to cold even for me!

kd0dg
I say buy it! Ride it! Then if you don't like it sell it. From the sounds of it you should be able to get more out of it then you paid for it. Anyway, the reliability issue is mostly just hearsay anymore. Mostly it steams from back when Harley changed hands to AMF and then back, they had a lot of production problems. Anymore they are the same as any other bike on reliability. Customer service is pretty good too, atleast in my experience. I've dealt with many "other brand" bike places and have not been as satisfied.

The convertable thing I'm not so sure, but I'll see what I can come up with.

Ride on......

 

Welcome aboard Black Betty. Have any pictures of your bike? I'm riding an 05 Heritage. I love it...

Ryan

 

Well I figured out the Avatar thing, but how do I post photos and gallery photos?

 

blackbetty--- i just got a 1992 fxrs convertable alls it means is that the saddle bags and windshield come off to change how the bike looks ---- at least that is all i can tell for now --- hope this helps some

 

A hearty welcome from Southern Virginia. Glad you decided to join in on the fun. Great Forum....Great Folks!!!