[What Would Prince Ride?]
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Posted on 11/23/2005 12:31:34 PM PST by Red Badger
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Harley-Davidson Inc. issued a voluntary safety recall on 2006 model Dyna series motorcycles built between June 9 and Oct. 19 due to a transmission defect.
The company said late Tuesday the recall affects some 13,400 motorcycles and is expected to cost less than $5 million, which it will make reservations for in the fourth quarter.
Harley-Davidson also said it expects to meet its previously announced wholesale shipment target of 329,000 motorcycles for 2005.
The Milwaukee-based company said it will provide owners with free pickup and delivery and will make recall kits, which include three redesigned transmission components, available at dealerships starting the week of Dec. 12.
The defect may allow the motorcycles to go into a false neutral position even though the neutral indicator light is illuminated, it said.
"If that happens, the transmission could engage into first or second gear unexpectedly," Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said Wednesday.
Two accidents related to the problem were reported, but none resulted in injury, Klein said.
The defect resulted from a design flaw in the six-speed transmission, which replaced the five-speed on the Dyna to make for a smoother ride at highway speeds and increase fuel efficiency, Klein said.
The redesign also resulted in a change to the front forks, chassis and a wider rear tire.
Shipments of the 2006 Dyna had been delayed but resumed after a change to production, he said.
Harley-Davidson shares rose $1.20, or 2.2 percent, to $55.67 in Wednesday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, amid a general gain in market prices on optimism over consumer spending this holiday season.
OH, did I hurt your feelings? Make you run to the moderator? Yeah, I get a little hot under the collar when "dicussing" things with your type.
Seems like you have a comprehension problem if you can't see the condescenion and arrogance in some of the pro-Harley posts.
OK, lets have a little test of general IC engine mechanical knowledge here. For example: what are the causes of and solutions to detonation in an IC engine?
Why is there any need for mechanical knowledge to work on a harley? The engine is the most basic IC engine made. Two cylinders, one carburetor, push rods, four valves. Suck, squeeze, bang, blow. That's it.
Try mapping a new DCI fuel injection if you want to test your knowledge.
You know, maybe you just shouldn't speak for others? You know why I ride a Harley? Familiarity. I've always rode Harleys and they've grown on me. My 3rd or 4th street bike was a Harley, and I've been in love ever since.
Why did I start riding Harley's? My father rode one. He started riding in WWII and brought a love for motorcycles back with him. That's right, I'm a true 2nd generation biker. That's why I ride a Harley.
May I?
Dropped by one of the local dealers to check the next availability to put on a new set of pipes I purchased a few months ago. The only thing I'll buy at a dealer is a new T-shirt from time to time. I can't believe they sell those leather jackets but I saw a couple people purchase them. I always thought they just hung them up for looks..
Knock yourself out.
"hahahahaha, I just love it when people think that torque does anything on its own. Do you even know what exactly "torque" is? What "HP" is? The physics/engineering definition of these terms? And what they really mean to performance on the street?"
I do. I can even calculate horsepower if you give me the torque.
People who lord over others with their supposed superiority because they know the technical definition of torque or how to calculate horsepower, are irritating.
Torque: A turning or twisting force
HP=TORQUE * RPM / 5252
There, now you can't look down your nose at anyone.
You'll just have to forgive him, he's ignorant. For whatever reasons, he decided to bring his prejudices to Free Republic. Obviously without knowing or understanding the conservative nature of most bikers, or groups like Rolling Thunder. Never mind the good those guys have done for the conservative cause, to this jerk, they're a bunch of idiots for riding Harley's.
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I should have known I'd find your Harley bashing self on this thread sooner or later. It's ok that trolling along at low RPM's eludes you. It doesn't elude me, I love it. I've ridding for hundreds upon hundreds of miles at a time like that.
I don't get wheelies, stoppies, or weaving in and of traffic at warp 6. That's ok too. We're not all supposed to be the same. This constantly cutting at any taste different than your own is juvenile.
"People who lord over others with their supposed superiority because they know the technical definition of torque or how to calculate horsepower, are irritating"
No more so than people who make blanket statements about how "Torque is what gets the job done" or similar. That's all I was trying to get at. A HP number, by itself, tells you a little about the engine, although not enough because it doesn't say anything about the shape of the torque/HP curves. A torque figure by itself doesn't really tell you anything. For example electric motors typically generate their maximum torque at 0 rpm, when they're generating essentially 0 HP, but HP is the key figure when rating electric motors.
HP, over time, is what gets the job done. The area of the HP curve that you're operating under tells you what kind of performance is possible.
BTW, your formula assumes that torque is expressed in ft-lbs, and the constant of 5252 is missing the units to make the conversion work. From a strictly physics/engineering point of view, you understand :)
"Running too lean."
Ah, but WHY does running too lean lead to detonation?
**OH, did I hurt your feelings? Make you run to the moderator? Yeah, I get a little hot under the collar when "dicussing" things with your type.**
Sorry I don't have feeling on a message board. I just pointed out the futility of your posts from that point. Grow up when you post and learn to control yourself or you just make your self ignored.
**Seems like you have a comprehension problem if you can't see the condescenion and arrogance in some of the pro-Harley posts.**
Like I said go back and read through this thread. I haven't posted on other Harley threads and know nothing about them. I do know what happened on this one and is all I have talked about. you seem to want to broaden your spectrum when your statements aren't accurate.
**OK, lets have a little test of general IC engine mechanical knowledge here. For example: what are the causes of and solutions to detonation in an IC engine?**
hahahahahahahahahahahaha, again shaking my head and chuckling.
[What Would Prince Ride?]
......;D
Too hot man, too hot.
Hey, whatever turns your crank is fine with me. I'm perfectly happy to accept that not everyone looks for the same thing in a bike, but I don't often feel like I get the same respect back from many (most?) Harley owners.
But again, I could ask, is there something *inherently* (ie not a matter of taste) great about making power at low rpms? Certainly its a good model for making power in high duty-cycle engines like those in semi tractors, locomotives, ships or stationary generating plants. But for bikes its not at clear that there is any inherent advantage in it. In fact, the large displacements necessary for that type of engine performance results in large, heavy engines, and heavy is not a good thing in motorcycles, in my opinion.
As I've said, I would consider an H-D with this type of engine for a touring rig, but I don't think it is well suited to more sporting purposes. Buell's bikes show this - despite all the high-tech trickery used to get around it, you just can't build a competetive sport bike around a big, heavy, air-cooled Sportster lump. Buell needs to get a hold of the V-Rod engine if they must use an HD engine - that's a pretty good engine, in my opinion, and I'd be happy to have one, albeit in a different sort of bike than the V-Rod. The Street Rod looks pretty nice, though.
ROFL! ! ! ! !
"hahahahahahahahahahahaha, again shaking my head and chuckling."
Ah, so you can't, or won't, answer?
WWPR?
A Honda CM400T with a great big Vetter Windjammer fairing?
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