Harley-Davidson Ownership Questions
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From: Mark Olson on 14 Jul 2010 22:35 tomorrow(a)erols.com wrote: > On Jul 14, 9:31 pm, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> >> Here is the deal. If I want parts for my Honda Shadow 600, I just go towww.bikebandit.comand see the fiches and prices, and click to order. If I >> Google by "Honda motorcycle parts", many such sites come up. >> >> But if I Google by "Harley-Davidson parts", I can't seem to get any similar >> fiches or orderinig capability. >> >> What am I missing? > > Copyright protection? Yamaha's official website has a very complete parts catalog online. So does Kawasaki. Honda and Suzuki don't, AFAIK- but there are MANY websites that have the complete parts catalog for all the big four Jap makes available. There seem to be a few that have Harley's parts catalog online but not nearly as many. The fact that there are some legit websites that do have the Harley parts catalog suggest that Harley isn't forbidding it, but I have no idea why Harley would want to make it in any way hard to look up their parts online. I can fully understand not making shop manuals free online, but why not do as others have done and make the parts catalog freely available as a convenience to your customers? Note that neither Yamaha nor Kawasaki's sites allow you to order parts online (or even display suggested retail prices)- you have to get parts through a dealer but you can print out wish lists from the site to bring to the dealership.
From: don (Calgary) on 14 Jul 2010 22:41 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:18:09 -0700 (PDT), "tomorrow(a)erols.com" <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Jul 14, 10:02�pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:40 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks" >> >> <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >Questions: >> >> >a)Do they have shop manuals available? �(i.e. all the repair procedures?) >> >> I have one for my Road King and it is probably the best shop manual I >> have ever owned. >> >> >b)Are parts available at the HD dealership? >> >> One of the benefits of not trying to build multiple lines of bikes to >> cater to every segment of the motorcycle market, is it is easier to >> keep in stock a healthy inventory of parts and accessories. On rare >> occasions I will have to wait a couple of days for delivery of a part, >> but with Yamaha, I have to wait a week for almost any part. �Certainly >> any part beyond an oil filter or light bulb. >> >> >> >> >c)Are parts available online (including viewing fiche diagrams, etc.)? >> >> I thought I posted a link to HD parts fiche a while back. �I can't >> find it now though. > >I just look up the part in my Harley-Davidson 2006 FLHXI parts manual, >go to Chicago H-D online, and order the part. It comes in the mail, >and I install it on my bike. If I want someone else to install it, I >take it to Winchester H-D and buy it from them and have them install >it. > >I *like* having the factory workshop manual and parts books for my >motorcycles. I need to pick up a parts manual. It's not just being able to look up a part number. The exploded diagrams are invaluable when I am trying to put something back together.
From: The Older Gentleman on 15 Jul 2010 02:20 sean_q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote: > Datesfat Chicks wrote: > > > Questions: > > I've recently been looking for used Triumph parts at various > bike wreckers, but they're few and far between -- made even > harder to find behind piles, boxes and bins full of Harley parts > and 3rd party Harley accessories and custom Harley parts... > Remember those little hooded creatures in the early Star Wars films? The things that went rooting in mountains of industrial junk? Jawas. That's you, that is. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Fraser Johnston on 15 Jul 2010 07:00 "Snag" <snag_one(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:L8t%n.21384$4B7.16697(a)newsfe16.iad... > Datesfat Chicks wrote: >> Questions: >> >> a)Do they have shop manuals available? (i.e. all the repair >> procedures?) >> b)Are parts available at the HD dealership? >> >> c)Are parts available online (including viewing fiche diagrams, etc.)? >> >> Thanks, Datesfat > > Recently , on a road trip , I broke a throttle cable . Made emergency > repairs and a phone call from the parking lot of a MickeyDees . 75 miles down > the road a new cable was awaiting my arrival on the parts desk of the Harley > dealer . For a bike that's 20 years old . > Now cut it out with the trollin' . Course Harleys haven't changed too much since the 40s... : ) Fraser
From: Mark B on 15 Jul 2010 09:15
On Jul 14, 6:44 pm, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Questions: > > a)Do they have shop manuals available? (i.e. all the repair procedures?) > > b)Are parts available at the HD dealership? > > c)Are parts available online (including viewing fiche diagrams, etc.)? > > Thanks, Datesfat Yes. Yes. Yes. |