My friend just bought 06 road glide ($29,000) above 60mph severe buffeting - bought windscreen adapter - less buffeting but still annoying - wife on back experiences extreme buffeting - so much that she can't concentrate vision on any object - everything is blurred - any suggestions beside purchase BMW 1200 rt - that's my suggestion - he's a Harley dude - it's a sickness - Bill

Apr 13th, 2006 http://www.1personalinjurylawyers.com/pi/news/brain-injury-harley.html

An oncoming motorist actually observed the wobble just as the rider went down.

Hello Clayton, I enjoy reading the various messages that folks send in to you. I agree that Harley's are not all bad, they do tend to have more problems that their Japanese competitors but as we all know Harley seems to spend more R&D money on paint than on engineering. They are masters in "Milking" out their technology by not being all that concerned about "Updating" their technology and in all honesty, I can't blame them, why spend the money on technology if you do not have to do so. Harley's sell because they are Harley's, plain and simple. I think that a big problem that all of us customers have is somewhat sell induced, when we allow the dealers to "Modify" and or build or motors we are opening up "Pandora's Box". Sure they have certain design flaws such as the cam bearing issues in the early twin cams, and the chain tensioner issues in all of their twin cams, but when we agree to modify our engines we are asking for trouble. The fact is that I honestly believe that most of the dealers mechanics rush the jobs they are working on to beat the "Flat Book Rate" and in doing so, they create new problems for their customers. It is a fact, the majority of Harley riders do not put a great number of miles on their bikes and all shops guarantee their work for a period of ninety days so after work has been done and paid for many problems appear beyond the ninety day period.

I recently sold a Vulcan 2000 that my wife and I rode around the state of Nebraska - Pike's Peak, etc for a total of 4500 miles without any problems. I had 3 other Vulcans before that for a total of 90,000 miles and again NO PROBLEMS!!! I have recently purchased a new 2005 Deluxe with paint peeling off the front fender and a 2006 Street Glide that has been in the shop for radio problems and now a wiring harness that they cannot seem to find time for me or my problems - SAME OLD HARLEY. AMF years might have been better.

My name is Dan and I have an 04 1200 sportster custom. After riding this bike for over 12000 miles I can say that I am very pleased with this motorcycle. I did get stranded once, when the bike was brand new --luckily I was only a few miles from the dealership where I bought it and they sent a truck to pick me up.

The service manager at the time ( I don't remember his name but this was at Detroit Harley Davidson in Centerline, Michigan) immediately went to work on it and discovered the battery was defective. He popped in a new battery and I was on my way in less than 15 minutes.