+1 on that

 

I hope not!!! PITA.

 

I'll start getting into it this weekend. Can't hurt to at least get it going and see if I can fix it myself.

I just called HOG Roadside Assistance and was happy to hear that I do not have to have it towed to a dealer only like I thought. There's a local indy with a good rep in case I'm out of my league.

The real bummer is that I just installed - and I mean just tightened the last bolt before my brief ride - a 17" Hogpro solid ala Fat Boy chrome front wheel on the bike.

So my bike looks great ... it just doesn't move. I start a new thread with photos of that Hogpro solid chrome front wheel when my spirits lift again.

 

From what you describe, I'm surprised you made it home if the belt is that loose!

 

Barely is the key word here. Thank God I was only a 1/2 mile away, and even then it was ...

clank! clank! clank! ... coast ... clank! clank! clank! ... coast ... clank! clank! clank! ... coast ...

I figured whatever damage was already done, and I just didn't want to call for a tow so close to home, or push that behemoth up even the small grades on the way.

Got plenty of attention from cagers, and probably a few laughs about Harley's always breaking down/should have bought a Honda/etc.

Oh, well. I got thick skin.

 

Are you sure your belt wasn't to loose and you stripped the teeth off of it?

 

Got me thinking..You did check the rear pulley bolts ?

 

main shaft,but the rear pulley does sound awful too?if it didn't eat the swing arm its a easy fix.

 

and/or the rear axle nut backed off?.. just something to check?.. any work done to the rear wheel...you said new front wheel but just asking ...

 

broke pulley, or bolts, like others have said.