I am fresh off the freeway, and that piece of HD sh*t I have been trying to ride for the past four years has run out of last chances. Several weeks ago, it stranded me (again!) this time apparently because the vacuum valve in my fuel cock decided to stop working. Tonight for the first time in a long time, it went gutless on me *again* for most of my ride home.... Barely holding 50 MPH at full throttle, and this time with my girlfriend on the back.... How cool is that? How many of you would put up with this from whatever it is you commute to work with every day? This Sportster is my first, last, and soon to be Ex-, Harley-Davidson. It is now beyond a shadow of doubt that in *my* experience, HD does indeed SUCK. I will let the rest of you come to your own conclusions, but this Sportster will be sold before September, and it will then be bringing tears of frustration to someone else's eyes. Clayton

P.S. I plan on continuing to maintain this web-site and haunt HD Co. for the rest of my days on this planet.

P.P.S. Just to be really clear, I am still experiencing power losses AFTER the fuel cock was replaced....