From one 107 owner to another 107 owner and JFYI. I agree with everything you said with one exception. When mine was stock mine it had a slight but noticeable and disconcerning hesitation (lag or dead spot) when rolling onto the throttle from a stop. RPM at idle was around 900 and often sounded like it was going to stall when waiting at a light...someting to due with one of the two plugs in the cylinders shutting down to conserve fuel. I installed a Stage I Screaming Eagle air breather (the oval one, not the scoop) and did a tune with the H-D Street tuner. This is a H-D acceptible upgrade and will not affect warenty. It made a significant difference in the throttle responce and pushed the Idle RPM's up to near 1000 and it no longer sounds like it is going to stall. It also increased MPG somewhat as I get almost 55 MPG on Highway rides (not Interstate) wher I'm traveling almost continuously between 50 and 75 MPH. Around 50 MPG around town.

Now, I need an answer to a question you may be able to answer since you are comming to the Heritage from other rides. As I have noted herein a number of times I am a new H-D owner having not ridden in many years. The question is, do you find the throttle to be any different than the others? To this I mean, is it as linear in operation as others?

This is probably just me, but I find a very minimum amount of throttle rotation (on or off) results in a very large change in engine responce. I find it very difficult to even adjust my hand position on the throttle without an unintentional abrupt change in speed. In the begining I just assumed it was my lack of practice, but with now nearly 3K on the bike, it is still bothersom. Holding a constant RPM through slow speed menuvers is difficult.

Thanks

 

Frank

The throttle response is pretty much the same as my 06 TC Deluxe and my 06 CVO Springer Softail. I am not seeing any difference. I do not notice any off idle problems. I do notice that when I stop at an intersection, the engine will seem to surge a bit and then settle down to idle. Pretty sure it is all the electronic EPA stuff making adjustments. Comparing this bike to, say my Ducati, Indian Scout or others, it is tame. The big twin HD is geared fairly high in first gear in my opinion, so the key is working on the clutch friction zone technique and slipping the clutch when pulling off a stop sometimes.
If you want to feel a twitchy throttle, try a Ducati with 160 + horsepower in Sport Mode. Good that the Ducati has traction control.

 

Another note; we had a 2016 Triumph America which had a very serious off idle throttle problem. It was endemic to the bike. Triumph did not want to admit it, and they just discontinued that bike. The engine would flat QUIT when pulling off a stop unless you revved the engine way up and slipped the clutch. It was supposedly due to EPA fuel air metering and the fix was unhooking the air injection system, which would void the warranty, of course. I was glad to get rid of that bike. It could kill you.

 

Let us know how you like the Mustang Vintage solo seat and backrest when you get it. I've had that particular seat on three previously owned bikes and it made a remarkable difference in comfort and time in the saddle. Hope that tradition continues with the 2018 Heritage. I do find the Heritage stock seat too be the most comfortable of any motorcycle I've owned. But there is always room for improvement when it comes to my old bones.
Cheers

 

 

 

Hi,


Is anyone having trouble with the USB port on their bike? I have my iphone 7 set up on my bike as a GPS and it initially starts charging properly for the first couple of minutes but then the indicator on the phone starts alternatively connecting/disconnecting and it never charges. Doesn't matter if the bike is running or not, I get the same result. Have also tried a couple of genuine Apple cables in case that was the issue with no luck. Thought I would run it past you guys/gals before taking back to the dealer for a possible warranty job.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

 

 

Look what I just found! Been looking daily and finally paid off. These will allow for mini floorboards anyway.

https://www.kuryakyn.com/products/47...d-peg-adapters

 

I had to zip tie the phone plug into the USB port. Since I did that I do not lose the connection.