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If you could tell Harley engineers to fix something what would it be?

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right side drive, center rear wheel in the frame.

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Go back to the old days when bikes were sold to men!!!
 
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1.) All Engines to have SE Parts - build the engines do not make us have to pay for it

2.) Single sided Swing Arms - 10min. rear tire change

3.) Muffler Clamps that you can re-use 10 times or more

4.) Stop the Grease leak out of the streering head bearings - I have tried every know
grease to man - at 100deg. it's all going to leak

5.) Gas Tank Fuel Filter - 25k miles , why not a 50K filter they do make them

6.) Oil Cooler Standard on all bikes

7.) Optional trick center stand like on the Goldwing / K1200LT that tucks up nice

8.) Polyurethane Bushings - I hate rubber

9.) 3 year / 30k mile warranty standard - it's built in the USA , we make damn good
product step up !

10.) XM / Siruss , 6 cd player standard - pull the CB option
 
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Originally Posted by NoCoLoco
More wind tunnel testing for faring equipped bikes.
A primary chaincase dipstick.
Stock seats that are actually comfortable.
A kickstand interlock.
MORE POWER!!!
Are you someone that takes off for a ride and leaves the kick stand down....and
you want Harley to fix it? Thank goodness bikes have self cancelling turn signals!

But a real fix.....de-fog the gages! LOL And the engine shaking..
...what's up with that!?
Keep up with all the fixes and Honda will buy Harley Co.
 
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Relocate oil filter to vertical position.
ABS standard on all bikes.
Optional water cooling
If something works well, don't change it just to change it. (If your r & d dept. is that bored, you have too many engineers on the payroll.)
More testing before bringing something to market. Tire recalls? ECM flashes for same-model-year bikes? C'mon!
 
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Old 05-05-2010, 07:35 PM
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How about a daggum ECM that auto tunes like it should, so everyone of us dont have to go buy these other systems that either replace or piggyback..i think its a small thing to ask, an ECM that thinks and adjusts to conditions or motor changes...its just smart.
 
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Originally Posted by hog-doc
Go back to the old days when bikes were sold to men!!!
 
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Originally Posted by hog-doc
Go back to the old days when bikes were sold to men!!!

For the ladies out there, not all of us men think like this....just the grumpy married ones ;-)

I'm divorced and learned from my mistakes, LOL


I love working on my Harley , that's why I bought it, otherwise I would have stayed with my Goldwing....

But lets face it , the bike needs just a couple of new up grades - at $20K plus $$ plus $$
made in the USA is dying fast and Harley is on the edge of closing up shop....
 
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Quit giving people who trade in Sportster full money back. I'd love to be able to sell mine and they are killing the market!!!
 
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I guess I would ask them to think of a way to either vent or draft the heat from the rear jug. So it goes under the bike rather tham out the sides into the riders legs.
 


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