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Still a Harley fan and still love this bike (a lot), but some of the problems I'm experiencing should not be happening to any garage-kept bike with only 3,000+/- miles on the clock IMO. Anyone with similar experience either way?



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Don't feel rained on.

The city where it was made fell apart too.

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Perhaps there was a reason the owner sold his bike.

Maybe the dealer altered the odometer.

Did you do a vehicle search for its history?


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As for the bike being hesitant to start,..put a new battery in your proximity key fob.

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Buying any used vehicle out of warranty requires an incredibly thorough inspection combined with extensive experience with the vehicle.

I agree the low mileage makes it seem hardly ridden, those miles could be at redline with low oil. Or hammered down bumpy roads. Or more likely, indicative of a machine that has had issues since new and not been ridden much because of that.

Fix it, or move it on down the road.

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Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
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Well, that was certainly helpful.... not....


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Find another sucker and sell it.


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Originally Posted by Sheister
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch


Well, that was certainly helpful.... not....

I told him how to simply fix his handle bars and starting problem along with why the trim broke.


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Oh, I forgot about the speedo problem.
That is uncommon but just so you know, Harley doesn't make the gauge. The gauge is made by nippon seiki, a subsidiary of Honda


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hardly a davidson bikes are overpriced junk with a lot of chrome to attract children and 100 year old engine design. guys buy them to show people they are tough cause their bike is obnoxiously loud
the guy in the videos answer to his problem was the kawasaki sticker on the wall behind him.

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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

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Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

They were probably to busy laughing about the fool asking such a stupid question


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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

They were probably to busy laughing about the fool asking such a stupid question

yea but in order to keep good relations with a customer how hard would it have been to fix it or tell him what to do

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Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
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Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

They were probably to busy laughing about the fool asking such a stupid question

yea but in order to keep good relations with a customer how hard would it have been to fix it or tell him what to do

Shiitty dealer. I would have walked out into the parking lot and fixed it in two minutes and sent him on his way.
Instead of making a youtube video maybe he should have done a search. There must be 50 videos on how to do it


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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

They were probably to busy laughing about the fool asking such a stupid question

yea but in order to keep good relations with a customer how hard would it have been to fix it or tell him what to do

Shiitty dealer. I would have walked out into the parking lot and fixed it in two minutes and sent him on his way.
Instead of making a youtube video maybe he should have done a search. There must be 50 videos on how to do it

Yup. There is a sequence to tightening the bars. If you don't follow it, the bars will be crooked. Rubber mounted risers are the issue. Not sure what it is for that specific model, but look it up. It has to be followed.

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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Originally Posted by SPQR70AD
Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
Are you F'ing retarded?
The handlebar clamp is two piece top. Very common for that to happen. The risers are rubber mounted. Take a allen wrench and slightly loosen one bolt on each clamp and move the bars straight and tighten the bolts.
The fender trim must have lost the one side screw and the thing vibrated until it broke. Are you deaf too? It had to be rattling for a long time. Look at the parts schematic. Does it show the screws separate? Does the description say Assembly?
No start? Clutch switch

hey einstein if fixing the bars was so easy why didnt the stealership do it or at least tell him how to do it

They were probably to busy laughing about the fool asking such a stupid question

yea but in order to keep good relations with a customer how hard would it have been to fix it or tell him what to do

Shiitty dealer. I would have walked out into the parking lot and fixed it in two minutes and sent him on his way.
Instead of making a youtube video maybe he should have done a search. There must be 50 videos on how to do it

I watched another of that guys videos and he is an idiot. in the comments he kept asking people to subscribe. so you might be right

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Not to OP, but others: If you’re thinking about getting a Harley, you should know how to wrench or have a Master Card at the ready. It’s a lifestyle choice that, at one point, absolutely will require one or both. If you want to gas and go, buy the right metric.


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