Hmm. Maybe I should just borrow your boa...
My solution was to simply take my business elsewhere. I have the Harley OEM parts catalog with the exploded views, so now I just look up my own parts and then find them online.
BTW the last straw was when I went to the dealer to get a couple of primary case gaskets in anticipation of a centrifugal clutch spring upgrade. Held off doing the work for a few months, and when I finally got around to doing it, I discovered they gave me the wrong gaskets.
I took them back to the dealer and they refused to exchange them due to the length of time that had passed. I argued that the time period is moot since it was their fault. She disputed that it was their fault. So I asked,
“Why the hell would I ask for primary gaskets for a bike I don’t own?”
The clerk shrugged her shoulders and said, “How would I know?”
What a jerk clerk!
Himself is a dealer for many Harley parts companies like V-Twin and Midwest, so, unless we need something *right now*, he just orders them at a deep dealer discount, anyway.
However, he’s really tight with a lot of the parts guys and mechanics, so I spend a lot of time sitting outside staring at the ants on the sidewalk, while he yaps with the guys for hours.
They look forward to me showing up with Pinky the Boa or Seven, the Dobermann, though why they get happy over her, is a mystery.
She’d just as soon bite them as look at them unlike Pinky, who loves to “hug” everyone.
:D