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Old 03-09-2011, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by houstonhdguy
I'm lucky enough to have a Street Glide and V.

I think 15k miles is the MoCo "recommendation", but in reality the need to do any work well beyond that seems to be the exception versus the rule. I've heard that service is around $300 (unless you do it yourself or and indy). The VROD is the lowest maintenance/cost horse in the barn (usually $100-$125 cheaper for each recommended service interval). Oh, yeah and fastest bone stock MoCo bike too. It really pisses some people off...lol.
You are right the vrod is cheaper than the air-cooled bikes when it comes to dealer services. I paid $220 for the first service on my 11 DX, that was for full synthetic and whatever other stuff they do. They said it would take about 2 hrs, but was more like 3. I must say the bike is running and shifting better after I got the break-in oil out of it. The air-cooled bike run around $300 for the first service.
 
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Old 03-09-2011, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by houstonhdguy
I'm lucky enough to have a Street Glide and V.

I think 15k miles is the MoCo "recommendation", but in reality the need to do any work well beyond that seems to be the exception versus the rule. I've heard that service is around $300 (unless you do it yourself or and indy). The VROD is the lowest maintenance/cost horse in the barn (usually $100-$125 cheaper for each recommended service interval). Oh, yeah and fastest bone stock MoCo bike too. It really pisses some people off...lol.
I didn't know the air cooled engines needed any service beyond oil changes. Learn something new every day.
 
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Old 03-10-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Malcomx
Put a set of Intiminators from Ricor in the front forks if you really want to improve handling. The stock setup is too mushy.
I've been told Progressive 440's are a huge help on the rear, but I haven't had an extra 5 bills laying around to try them out.

Check the fallaway after the first 2500 miles, I didn't even know mine was out of spec until I adjusted it. The handling improvement was nothing short of astounding.
I love my Ricor rear shocks, and work well with the Intiminators
 
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