New HD owner gettin the run around....GRRR
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new bike
My brother-in-law bought a new metric one spring in northern Ohio and it rainedfor 26 days straight.Hope you have better luck.Do yourself a favor and order your own parts on line.Most dealers will give you grief and charge you way more.You can not trust them to give you honest advice,they will tell you anything to get your last dollar.I would think they would be happy just selling you a new bike but they are never satisfied.I have not met a Harley dealer in the last 20 years that I could stand.
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You got the "I want it now-itis" Yea, someone goofed up. It's a really busy time for most dealers, especially in the Service Dept. One word of warning, some dealers are REFUSING TO INSTALL PARTS NOT ORDERED THROUGH THEM. Daughter had a run with 2 dealers in Wisconsin...... namely Vandervest and Doc's. I Located a Genuine Harley, Factory Sealed Complete Chrome Front end for her 2006 Heritage from a Harley Dealer in Florida. Believe it or not, in 2008, Harley "discontinued" carrying Chrome front ends for the Heritage Softail Classics!!! Anyway, she took it to Vandervest for installation and they refused. Took it to Doc's and they refused. Both said the parts had to be ordered through them. Said I would have, but you cant "order" a part that's been discontinued!!! and if they had one "in stock" I would have purchased it from them.
They still refused. Got Appleton HD to install it and the pre 2006 set of SE slip on's.
Needless to say Appleton will have her future business.
They still refused. Got Appleton HD to install it and the pre 2006 set of SE slip on's.
Needless to say Appleton will have her future business.
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I got to pick the bike up today and man was i a happy camper. Got around 60 miles on it before the rain set in and headed home. But on the bright side at least i get to see what the difference in performance will be once the pipes and a/c come in.
I wasn't saying that drag didn't carry bassani. Just not the ones i wanted. They had to order pro street turn outs in black straight from the factory.
One last thing. I freakin love this bike and hope i get a few more hours of clear weather to ride it around tomorrow.
I wasn't saying that drag didn't carry bassani. Just not the ones i wanted. They had to order pro street turn outs in black straight from the factory.
One last thing. I freakin love this bike and hope i get a few more hours of clear weather to ride it around tomorrow.
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You got the "I want it now-itis" Yea, someone goofed up. It's a really busy time for most dealers, especially in the Service Dept. One word of warning, some dealers are REFUSING TO INSTALL PARTS NOT ORDERED THROUGH THEM. Daughter had a run with 2 dealers in Wisconsin...... namely Vandervest and Doc's. I Located a Genuine Harley, Factory Sealed Complete Chrome Front end for her 2006 Heritage from a Harley Dealer in Florida. Believe it or not, in 2008, Harley "discontinued" carrying Chrome front ends for the Heritage Softail Classics!!! Anyway, she took it to Vandervest for installation and they refused. Took it to Doc's and they refused. Both said the parts had to be ordered through them. Said I would have, but you cant "order" a part that's been discontinued!!! and if they had one "in stock" I would have purchased it from them.
They still refused. Got Appleton HD to install it and the pre 2006 set of SE slip on's.
Needless to say Appleton will have her future business.
They still refused. Got Appleton HD to install it and the pre 2006 set of SE slip on's.
Needless to say Appleton will have her future business.
#20
They would have lost the markup on the parts! Let's face it, its a business. I'm not defending it, but that's the way it is. They are trying to discourage people from buying their parts elsewhere.
Kinda like taking a lb of hamburger into McDonalds and asking them to prepare it for you and only charging you for the bun. Even though he might of bought the hamburger from another McDonalds...weird analogy I know
Kinda like taking a lb of hamburger into McDonalds and asking them to prepare it for you and only charging you for the bun. Even though he might of bought the hamburger from another McDonalds...weird analogy I know