Tri-Glide Issues
#231
04-05-2011, 08:24 AM
Vet....there is a thread here on the forum titled "Lean(s) and mean". I think you may be able to find some owners in there that can help you. Maybe one of those guys can give you the name of a dealer than can contact your dealer and tell them how to fix this?
There is also a thread titled "rear ride height" you may want to go check out.
There is also a thread titled "rear ride height" you may want to go check out.
Last edited by 0734; 04-05-2011 at 08:33 AM.
#232
04-05-2011, 05:37 PM
Hey Wiz....Hey Old....how ya'll been over the winter?
Many of us know this 11 leaning issue has been out there for a while and many dealers have fixed them from what we read. I guess 1vet is going to have to run the gauntlet and sift through the various forums and posts and find the folks that have gotten this problem corrected at their home dealers.
"Ann" is just another idiot answering the phone with some formulated answer she has been taught to feed everybody.
1vet....other people have had this issue and have had it fixed. The frame is out of alignment and you just have to find a dealer that has the brains, or has made this fix before. I will see if I can locate some specific thread and help put you in touch with some 11 owners that have had it corrected.
Many of us know this 11 leaning issue has been out there for a while and many dealers have fixed them from what we read. I guess 1vet is going to have to run the gauntlet and sift through the various forums and posts and find the folks that have gotten this problem corrected at their home dealers.
"Ann" is just another idiot answering the phone with some formulated answer she has been taught to feed everybody.
1vet....other people have had this issue and have had it fixed. The frame is out of alignment and you just have to find a dealer that has the brains, or has made this fix before. I will see if I can locate some specific thread and help put you in touch with some 11 owners that have had it corrected.
Mike
#233
04-05-2011, 05:54 PM
Well....I did the things all us HD owners normally do...tried to fix and upgrade the old girl enough to get me through another summer.
I also reloaded a bunch of ammo and picked up a few more guns. I shoot a lot around here in the woods. We got all kind of varmints, but the most prevalent seem to be house-burglars nowadays. I am so anxious to have one break-in on me. I can't wait to drop one, but I hope he falls back out on the porch and doesn't bleed-out in the house. I live at the boundary of two county lines and either deputy takes 30-45 minutes to get here....if they feel like it. We have a lot of New Orleans and Baton Rouge trash making the rounds in the rural area where I live breaking in folks houses. I am the only one in a 3-mile circle that has not been hit. Maybe it's because I had one of these pieces of trash held at gun-point on my front porch one night just before he "entered" until the law arrived. I told him that if he even flinched I was going to take his head off. He was looking down the barrel of my .357 Smith at the time....and he stood real still. Maybe word got out that "hey....that old man WILL shoot you".
In other words...I been having lots of fun, but now it's time to ride!
I also reloaded a bunch of ammo and picked up a few more guns. I shoot a lot around here in the woods. We got all kind of varmints, but the most prevalent seem to be house-burglars nowadays. I am so anxious to have one break-in on me. I can't wait to drop one, but I hope he falls back out on the porch and doesn't bleed-out in the house. I live at the boundary of two county lines and either deputy takes 30-45 minutes to get here....if they feel like it. We have a lot of New Orleans and Baton Rouge trash making the rounds in the rural area where I live breaking in folks houses. I am the only one in a 3-mile circle that has not been hit. Maybe it's because I had one of these pieces of trash held at gun-point on my front porch one night just before he "entered" until the law arrived. I told him that if he even flinched I was going to take his head off. He was looking down the barrel of my .357 Smith at the time....and he stood real still. Maybe word got out that "hey....that old man WILL shoot you".
In other words...I been having lots of fun, but now it's time to ride!
#234
04-06-2011, 03:13 AM
I have an 2011 Triglide. My problem is that the body does not sit on the frame correctly. It is off set to the left. I have taken it to 3 different dealers and it's still not fixed. I've even contacted Harley customer service (Ann). Harley's position is that since it's not a safety or handling issue, problem fixed! I'll post pics later. Any ideas before I contact the BBB?
#235
04-07-2011, 07:02 AM
#236
04-24-2011, 09:17 AM
Cruiser
Had some foam tape I used on my old race car, you can see by the indentations how it conformed to the harley trunk seal. I also used
fine emery cloth and dressed the lock pins, then used a good oil to
seal them so they wouldn't surface rust...so far the trunk is leak free.
I know Harley should improve their trunk seal but I did it myself.....
hope these pics help ya.
diesel
#237
04-24-2011, 10:38 AM
Club Member
#238
04-24-2011, 10:55 AM
Attachment 181577
Attachment 181579
Attachment 181580
Had some foam tape I used on my old race car, you can see by the indentations how it conformed to the harley trunk seal. I also used
fine emery cloth and dressed the lock pins, then used a good oil to
seal them so they wouldn't surface rust...so far the trunk is leak free.
I know Harley should improve their trunk seal but I did it myself.....
hope these pics help ya.
diesel
Attachment 181579
Attachment 181580
Had some foam tape I used on my old race car, you can see by the indentations how it conformed to the harley trunk seal. I also used
fine emery cloth and dressed the lock pins, then used a good oil to
seal them so they wouldn't surface rust...so far the trunk is leak free.
I know Harley should improve their trunk seal but I did it myself.....
hope these pics help ya.
diesel
Last edited by oldmsocko; 04-25-2011 at 02:44 PM.
#239
04-24-2011, 02:19 PM
+1 No leaks on my 2010 which has the improved gasket and I've been in some rain storms that would scare a duck into taking cover, plus I wash mine quite a bit at home and a carwash when on the road with no leaks.
#240
04-25-2011, 10:17 AM
Cruiser