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PostPosted: 13:31 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Harley to recall more than 308,000 motorcycles Reply with quote
https://news.yahoo.com/harley-recall-more-308-000-motorcycles-141815235.html

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DETROIT (AP) — Harley-Davidson Inc. is recalling about 308,000 motorcycles, most of them in the U.S., to fix a switch problem that can cause failure of the brake lights and possibly even the rear brakes themselves.
The company said in documents filed last week with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that brake light switches can be exposed to too much heat from the exhaust system. The heat can cause the brake lights to fail, and the problem also can cause fluid leaks and the loss of rear brakes, the documents said.
The problem affects Touring, CVO Touring and Trike motorcycles from the 2009 through 2012 model years. They were built between June 6, 2008 and Sept. 16, 2011.
Harley says it will notify owners of the recall. Dealers will install a rear brake light switch kit free of charge.
The recall affects about 251,000 motorcycles in the U.S. alone, with the balance in other countries.
Harley said it noticed the problem in June of 2010 when it got a report of a Trike model motorcycle that lost its rear brakes due to the problem. The company began investigating, and in July of 2010, it sent investigators to a dealership in Louisiana to inspect another bike that was involved in a crash. Harley has not determined yet if the problem caused the Louisiana crash, which injured one person, company spokeswoman Maripat Blankenheim said Monday. She did not know how seriously the person was hurt, but said Harley is not aware of any other crashes or injuries.
Harley said in the documents that there have been no more reports of the problem occurring since July of 2010.

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PostPosted: 15:22 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Suppose it's only a problem if you have a Harley that actually goes.

(Thought I'd get the 'Harleys are crap' jokes bandwagon going)
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PostPosted: 18:04 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
What do you have when you put 10,000 Harley Davidson motorcycles on the bottom of the sea?













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PostPosted: 19:32 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Andy_Pagin wrote:
Suppose it's only a problem if you have a Harley that actually goes.


Mine never bloody did, not when I wanted to anyway
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PostPosted: 19:37 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
95% of all HD motorcycles are still on the road...





























the other 5% made it home.
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PostPosted: 14:36 - 28 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
all 3 of mine run and run well , but then they havn't been repaired by the dealer in decades , I learned to take care of them myself,but then I don't have electronic anything.and running an SU carb on 2 of them
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PostPosted: 14:41 - 28 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
kenjh wrote:
all 3 of mine run and run well , but then they havn't been repaired by the dealer in decades , I learned to take care of them myself,but then I don't have electronic anything.and running an SU carb on 2 of them


But do they all run at the same time?
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PostPosted: 23:39 - 28 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
kenjh wrote:
all 3 of mine run and run well , but then they havn't been repaired by the dealer in decades , I learned to take care of them myself,but then I don't have electronic anything.and running an SU carb on 2 of them


That was the problem with mine, 2006 bike so everything was electric. Was the first year they switched the sporty to fuel injection, lost 4 weeks riding in the middle of the summer. Sold it as soon as it was sorted.
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kenjh
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PostPosted: 01:56 - 29 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
they all run ,all kick start .all on points and carb's..2 have electric start that works when I can't get my ankles to work .. they are a 1954 panhead ,75 FXE I have had since 76 and the newest a 93 inch 1982 shovelhead ...and yes I have honda's yamahaw's ..and others..I ride and work on my bikes..I don't trust the dealer and Harley is no longer servicing old bikes ..so I learn..an' you ??
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 30 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
my workmate had his missus by him a new 1200 sportster to try and slow him down, he never had it serviced and thrashed it everywhere for four years, when he traded it in he lost £800, not that I would buy one!
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