BWG56
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Franco never rode it before, he just started to get it out and rideI'm just saying they can't all be bad look at Franco off roading and snow/rain riding
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I bought a sportster 72. I think it will be fun to play with. I have a cvo Roadking, a heritage, & a 08 softtail custom for the longer rides. That is why the BD did,not get ridden much. I have had absolutely no problems with the harleys. My wife rides a 2011 XXX trike. I,ve been a mechanic for about 43 years. I really enjoy making the bikes my own but I really don,t care to fix something anymore that was poorly engineered.
EHC is poorly engineered. And they are still using them.
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I disagree with you on maintained properly. I believe it's the luck of the draw. You and a few others don't have any issues. I maintain my bike and EHC. It crapped out. That's not the life of the bike NOR was it because it was poorly maintained. Maintenance had nothing to do with MY EHC. I hope all your EHC's last the life of you bike. Time will tell the story.
BWG56
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I was told they put millions into R&D for the EHC,
And you wonder why they went under
blacktopper
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You were the one that mentioned "pulling the gas tank" not me. I never pull mine. I have owned 4 Big Dogs since 2005,with EHC's collectively have ridden them over 130,000 miles never had a problem with the EHC. The Skoggdog has 65,000 miles on his 08 K 9 and he has never had a problem with his EHC. In total these bikes have gone nearly 200,000 miles with ZERO EHC problems It is what it is.
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Through my experience the further they go with technology ,especially electronics the worse it gets. It isn,t just big dog. We see the Dodge tipm modules fail all the time, the Ford icp modules constantly failing, Gm pcm,s fail. These are not inexpensive parts to replace. They never recall any of these because they are not a safety issue. They only hope you are out of the warranty period & then it,s your problem. They need to start perfecting this crap before putting it into production. Let's get back to a little quality control.
Yep, pulled the gas tank.. Because you have to check the JST connections to the wiring harness. Oh, my bad, only I had to do that. My mistake for mentioning having pull the gas tank to make sure all the JST connections are clean and tight.
Happy your EHC has lasted forever. Your right everyone else who has EHC problems it's their fault. It's not the EHC.. They are perfectly engineered electrical harnesses.
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Interesting Perk thanks. Not for anything but if my motorcycle is going down the road and all of a sudden dies, I might think that would be a safety issue. But again I'm just another stupid consumer..
I think it's only a safety issue when enough people die because of the problem. Until there are numbers no attention comes to the issues. IMHO.
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Now your just stirring it up but I'm game. Money well spent according some BDB members who between friends have over 200k on there EHC BDM's with no problem. I'm wondering if BDM kept statistics on how many EHC's failed from all the BDM's produced and what that number looks like? It's was the owner's fault that didn't take care of their EHC according to manufactures specified maintenance requirements.I was told they put millions into R&D for the EHC,
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blacktopper
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It is what it is My Friend
francoblay1
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vej
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You can beleive that, but it doesn't make it true. It will last the life of the bike, if you ride like MOST BigDog riders.... 100 or 1000 miles a year (look at all the BD for sale, they all have extremely low miles). Mine went out at about 54,000 miles or so, and was acting up before that. It was explained to me by Matt from KMW that the cause was due the large connector vibrating and making microfractures in the motherboard of the computer. That is why the connector was changed by KMW... there were simply to many G's of vibration on the connector due to being a solid mount engine and the large connector....
Just my .02
Need to start following your words on other items like wheels and tires and necks..lol"Clean & Tight"
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vej
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Wish mine lasted that long... but, as with anything, different units last different amounts of time for each person. Hell, I had a compression release valve blow out the top in the first year. But then again, my original battery lasted nearly 4 years of daily riding.
Just changed my rear rocker box gasket at 59,000. Now at 60k looks like I need to change the cylinder base gasket...
Oh, yeah.... on my 3rd pulley too. (This one I had SuperMaxed) Seems they last me about 20 - 22,000/pulley.