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I'm not going to stand up for the MoCo when they are wrong or putting out bad products with poor workman ship, but I also refuse to buy into the hype that any HD bike manufactured after 2002 is junk. I got off of a 2005 Honda ST1300 that makes the 2008 HD motorcycle technoligy look like something from the 40's. But, I wanted the old technoligy look and feel. I wanted a bike I could work on to personalize. If I had wanted a perfect, needs nothing, modern motorcycle I would have stayed with what I had.
So far I like my new street glide. It's a nice bike. So far I've had NO problems with it. My wife's 2005 road king custom is also a nice bike that she has had NO problems with. The people on the street that ride late model, post 2002 Harleys I speak with like thier bikes also. The dealer seems to not have the problems to the extent that some say are out there. So I say the later than 2002 HD bikes are most likely no better or worse than the pre 2002 HD bikes. But that is just an opinion and like ass holes, everyone has one.
Now if a precieved problem with crank shaft run out or shift is going to stop you from buying a new HD bike, then so be it. But in my humble opinion, you are the one that is loosing out. The new bikes are nice and a LOT of folks are buying them. But far be it for me to say you should not just go find a nice clean pre 2002 HD bike and be happy with it.
But, in the mean time, I will be out riding my nice clean, well running, new 2007 HD stage one Street Glide down the road. And most likely like everyone else that rides HD bikes, down the road I will be taking the engine apart and putting high performanc parts into it. So when my crank breaks, I will then build an engine that puts out more HP. That's what we do. That's why the MoCo is making the big bucks. Otherwise we would all be riding modern water cooled metric bikes like the smart folks do. How boring!
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