I thought the same thing about a friend of mine that used to work at a Harley dealership. I'll have to contact him and let him know he is no longer certified.

But, in all fairness to Doc, he may be right about trademark infringement if they advertise. How about it you lawyers out there, can you answer the question?

 

I did my own fork change. Not too difficult, and a good learning experience. That being said, at the price they quoted, I might consider letting them do it. Put the SE fork oil in when you replace the oil. Chrome forks are faster.

 

Well I think I'll try it. Thanks to everyone for your advise, I will post pictures when its complete, thanks again!

 

If a guy gets his certification working at a HD dealership and moves to a indy shop I don't think they (HD) can keep him from "Hanging" his paperwork on the wall. I see a lot of guys working in indy shops that do this. I have also seen indy shops advertise that they can do HD warrenty work, is this not possible?

 

I thought the price was resonable too, but if I pay the Stealership I wont get the personal satisfaction, and the right to tell my buddy's "Oh yeah, I did it myself!"

 

He is, OBVIOUSLY, still factory trained but no longer can advertise HD CERTIFIED, they have a legal dept that goes after that, and other infringments, every day of the week.

 

I am going to take my lowers off this afternoon I will let you know how it goes! I do have the HD manual and TW along with my mad skills as a mechanic I aint skeered

 

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...nd-w-pics.html

Have fun!!

 

I am going to pick up my bike today I had the chrome front end installed by the dealer I was quoted a price of 120.00 to assemble the fork cartiridges and 250.00 if they did the entire job so it was a ground ball ..I do my own services so I let them do some work and I keep a good relationship with the service dept...IM happy and the dealer is happy..

 

Took mine apart yesterday with your quote in mind, I think they treated you well. I had some trouble with the 6mm bolt in the bottom because mine wouldn't reach through the fork end. I cut off a longer metric one out of one of those combo sets and braised into a 1/4 drive socket then used adapters to get to my 1/2 impact on low buzzed them right out. Now for cleaning and re-assembly. Two - three cans of Brake Clean should do !