trike down dealer steps up

[7125]

hi trike is down for oil sumping problem 2018 6 weeks old 1.300 miles that's the bad

now the good dealer step up and giving me a bike for a week to go on honeymoon

so if anybody in nc and get a chance to stop in BLUE RIDGE HARLEY in Hickory they are a great dealer Rob and MIKE have step up big time

[DK Custom Products]

That's great that they are taking care of you so well. Other dealerships could learn a lesson from that.

Enjoy your honeymoon!!!

Kevin

[lah2420]

Dang! Nice trike, great dealer, AND a new bride who will ride with you. It's all going your way this year. Congratulations all the way around.

[Zammy]

Way to go Gabe, congrats on getting what you needed for the Honeymoon, it's always good to hear about an outstanding dealer.

[hogcowboy]

I was going to say at 1.300 miles they should step up but had a second cup of coffee and now guess you must have meant 1,300. Punctuation can mean a lot.

[Jack Klarich]

You have a GREAT dealer Gabe

Have fun on your Honeymoon

[Capt.Bob]

Gabe, Really glad the dealership came through for you and your new bride. From your report, it appears that the 2018 M8 engines may still have some gremlins that the MOCO is going to have to deal with. One dealer opined to me that the oil pumps on these M8's are not necessarily sufficient to hop them up to Stage 3 or 4 and remain intact. Not sure exactly how he came to that conclusion but apparently some of his customers who have hopped the new M8's up have been having oil problems.

My early 2017 oil pump gave up the ghost in the first 15 miles of operation with the original owner on my TGU. Harley came through and simply replaced the entire engine with a later 2016 factory replacement that now has 6k miles on it and is running beautifully. Seems like the take-away message is that either manufacturing and/or design are adding some woes to Harley's new flagship engine at times. Not sure what the frequency is because our forums tend to exaggerate problems while happy owners generally just go out and ride.

Again, congrats on the marriage and have fun on your honeymoon with that loaner machine!

[ultrafxr]

I've read quote a lot about sumping problems on several of the other enthusiast forums - cvoharley, hdforums, etc., etc. At first it seemed to be the hopped up stage III and IV motors but more and more I'm hearing that bone stock motors are sumpng as well. Bummer and hope they get you fixed up really quickly. Great that they gave you a loaner.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Good to hear a dealer stepping up.

Have a great honeymoon,

[Ed H]

Dang! Nice trike, great dealer, AND a new bride who will ride with you. It's all going your way this year. Congratulations all the way around.

What he said. enjoy your new bride and a new beginning.

[7125]

GREAT WEDDING BRIDE HONEY MOON thanks to all

now the bad they pulled motor apart and found a piston oiler screw not one that came out but a extra one in the oil pump flowing around and got stuck in the return now waiting on a crank from Harley mother ship they changed the part number and did not tell anyone all other parts in for rebuild it will be 4 weeks they have the bike this Saturday been in touch with mother ship more then once about this

NC has a lemon law if not repaired in 20 working days you can file a clam don't want to go there but maybe

thanks gabe

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I would be patient (Who am I kidding), but as long as you still have the loaner, your putting miles on theirs, not yours.

[7125]

I would be patient (Who am I kidding), but as long as you still have the loaner, your putting miles on theirs, not yours.

turn the bike in when we got back from honeymoon the sales dept gave it to me for a week