What good is an HD warranty lately? Heres a guy with maybe a legit gripe and a dealer that has been hog-tied by the MoCo. If your state has a lemon law then use it. Go talk to an attorney which will cost you aprrox 3% of final outcome,show him/her your records-very important!The MoCo will bend rather than fight this.

 

Agreed the ultimate beef is with the MoCo but you always try to resolve matters such as this first at the local level.

If he's smart the dealership owner will avoid even the slightest chance of being dragged into a lawsuit and any bad press that might go along with it.

Better to have the owner fight with the MoCo on your behalf then some Joe Schmoe vs. the mighty MoCo.

Primo

 

Glider, I don't see how you can justify letting your wife ride on a bike that has an "obvious safety issue". "She rides all the time with me". If that's true, then you have knowingly put her at risk for 4K miles. That's not the MoCo's or the Dealer's fault, it's yours. And it won't make a lot of sense in court either, if this is where this ends up.
If the bike is unsafe to ride, then stop riding it until it gets fixed or replaced. If you continue to ride it in its present condition, then the only logical conclusion that we can draw is that, whatever it's quirks, the bike is safe to ride.

 

Also, don't let the dealership off the hook. You bought a new bike from them in good faith based on their reputation as a stand up dealership. They are the ones that need to make the bike right for you. You shouldn't give a tinker's damn about what the MoCo says, that's the dealership's problem, not yours. (And do you really know for certain that they've talked to the MoCo about this? Maybe the Service Department was responsbile for damaging the bike and doesn't want to bring it to the attention of the MoCo or possibly the Owner....?) By the dealership appearing to be on your side, it takes the heat off of them. Oldest trick in the book. The longer they can keep you riding the bike and piling up miles, the more likely you'll just give up and keep the bike as is. Keep the heat on the dealership to make this right, and don't let them play you against the MoCo.

 

So does it do this at highway speeds, slow speeds or all the time?

 

I wouldn't ride 1 mile on a bike pulling hard to one side, tell them to make it right..., or else!!!

 

have you taken it to a pro and let him ride it yet? If so what did he say? If not why not?

 

Could you ride this bike "no handed" by shifting you weight slightly or does it pull too hard to do that?

 

Are any attorneys good? Good luck!

 

OP you need a lemon law lawyer, bottom line. I used one for my last car it was a brand new 32k sports car and it was in and out of the shop for months for a tranny problem. I had to fax him all the paperwork, take it back to the dealer one more time so someone from the manufacturer could inspect the car. They replaced the whole tranny, throwout bearing, clutch, flywheel and gave me a 100000 mile powertrain warranty plus $7500 but the lawyer took $2500. You need to make sure you keep all your paperwork or get paperwork for all the times you were there. They have to have it on record somewhere so either get that or keep it all together and call a lemon law attorney tomorrow!!!! Good luck I hope it all works out for you.