HD recalls Street 500's and 750's
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thrstrmech
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yeap, just read the article...:down:
I would call it the exit level harley and get the f@ck out of dodge!
Mine was one of the first to get it. But it was 2 months ago when I got mine. 3 months ago I got it fixed for this issue. A month later it went back again for the problem. The new piece came in broken. Got another new piece and finally got it fixed. One of the times it happened I was crossing a major intersection and it stalled out and died half way thru the lane with cars coming at me. Made me **** my pants a little. It hasn't happened again since then except when the bike is really low on fuel. Maybe at a half gallon left in the tank but I have to be getting on it.
Not a good start to owning a new bike then so i hope it settles down for you soon! but other than that is it a nice bike to ride?
It's a nice bike to ride. I didn't like it at first. Break in period is always boring. But after I broke it in, got the fueling issue fixed, and gutted the exhaust, Ive been happy with it. I ride it like a dragster. Handles good. It's light. Plus a 2 year warranty is nice to have. Although I never keep a bike more then a year. I need to get better at that. I went by Harley today. They said they still have to do the recall even tho it has new parts on it. But no parts until September.
Its all a bit of a pain in the arse then but glad you have a bike you like to ride thats the most important thing! :up:
BuellyBagger
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should be selling as cheap as buell blasts on craigslist in a year or so....... Not trying to make fun of ur bike arikam, but this is one model that really doesnt need any extra bad publicity, probably a hard sell to the harley market anyway. I really figured the "streets" would be as reliable as V-Rods(which seem to be bullet proof for the most part).
I. Don't. Think. So.
:up: touche' good Sir, touche'
:up: touche' good Sir, touche'
BuellyBagger
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for true for true, i guess i just had hoped they'd learned something in the last hundred and something years... i was wrong...
rchuff
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Apparently not so reliable for a new bike. Think they would have got all the bugs out before selling to the public
thrstrmech
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you'd be surprised as to how much product is delivered with defects that the parent company knows about. it's about getting the product out there to meet a deadline and making the $$$$. fixes come afterwards, yet they sometime take a hit where it hurts, but in the end they are still laughing all the way to the bank and then some.
rchuff
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It seems like this country now a days is about quantity not quality. Man how times have changed. :upset:
user_deleted
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fuel pump "issues" have seemed to plague the motorcycle industry dating back to the mid 80's and the appearance of the first "pump-in-tank" models...many of which weren't even sporting EFI. trust me...it is not just an H-D issue.fuel pump related recalls i give you from memory:
86-94 Kawasaki Voyager XII
2009-2014 Yamaha Zuma 125
2005-2009 BMW R1200RT
2010-2014 BMW R1200RT
2007-2010 Suzuki GSX-R 750 & 1000
2010-2014 assorted Victory/Polaris models
2012 Ducati-assorted models
86-94 Kawasaki Voyager XII
2009-2014 Yamaha Zuma 125
2005-2009 BMW R1200RT
2010-2014 BMW R1200RT
2007-2010 Suzuki GSX-R 750 & 1000
2010-2014 assorted Victory/Polaris models
2012 Ducati-assorted models
