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.
Yup.
It's just like the "liberals" who really aren't "liberal" at all.
[must be why HD riders are mostly "conservatives"]..;))
Didn't Harley actually patent their sound?
Or try to, after everybody [and their dog] tried to imitate it?
Facts is facts.
Underneath the thin veneer of sophistication and modernism, we're all barbarians on this bus....:)
Depressing, isn't it?
actually most Harley owners are over 40, employed, educated with at least a coledge degree, and (gasp!) REPUBLICANS!
You really should save it. Just keep your two wheels down and save the venomn for those who call ANYONE who rides a motorcycle a "donorcycle."
Yes they tried to patent their sound but if I remember correctly they couldn't. The inturn patented the head angles etc on them. Those patents ran out quite some time back though which is they companies like zippers, merch, s&s and so forth started building motors. You can even buy panhead and knuckleheads that are modern now. It's a pretty sweet deal.
Problem is they don't even look like them yet. The chroming looks cheap on the Jap bikes and there is still too much plastic.
Hell yea, I know I am.
heh, I rode a 99monster dark that looked a lot like that there. It was the best handling bike I have ever ridden. Oh gasp it was also a twin cylinder.
And what's interesting about the Yamaha commercial is its presentation. The first half I didn't realize I was watching a Yamaha commercial. One would think if they were so proud of their little bikes, and not trying to relate them to the Harley style, they would put the Yamaha name out there a little better.
Where to start. Your response is virtually incoherent, which I suppose is to be expected from your type. Everytime you throw out the word "rice" and terms like "litte rice boys" you're doing so in a pejorative sense, which I would call "badmouthing." Your disrespect for all Japanese bike owners comes through entirely clearly, so don't try to pretend otherwise.
If you notice that's why they don't show closeups of them. If you look at the commercial, they're quick flybys (usually from a distance).
Chicks dig it.
Trust me....;)
I got enough response to know that the only person it's incoherent to is you. I would imagine that is because I am well aware of what I am talking about and you aren't. It's okay go do a wheelie and impress a 16yr old girl, it will make you feel better.
That's a 620 Dark. I got rid of a Kawasaki Concours for it, wanted a lighter bike for commuting.
Well, I love my Honda ST-1100; it's my gofast bike.
And the only Harley catalog accessory I own is a keyring. It holds the key that starts my Harley.
Both are great bikes.
And if you're going to spread the ignorant rants about Harley-Davidsons, you might learn to spell it.
I can't believe you haven't marshalled the faithful yet.
"It doesn't matter how fast your motor is spinning it matters on how fast your bike is moving."
WTF is that sentence supposed to mean?
So you're putting down 130 ft-lbs at 3000 rpm. That's 71 HP. Respectable, to be sure. How long could you keep riding the bike wide open, I wonder, before it seized from overheating? What's the redline? How bad is the vibration on this big paint-shaker of yours?
And still none of these bikes could beat a decent 600 race replica in a drag race.
And as far as outfits like Big Dog goes, if they were producing anything other than the currently politically popular big American cruisers, I doubt if they'd ever get them past EPA regs.
Hubby knows all that stuff.
I ought to run in and pick his brain for facts and then run back here and post them so I can at least *appear* knowledgable too....;D
[For now, really, I just sit on the back and grin. I'll have my own ride this spring]...LOL!
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