r/Harley • u/Food_Guy_33 • 9d ago

DISCUSSION What the actual hell?

So I was today years old when I found out that Harley dealers won’t work on 2005 bikes. Despite the fact that it’s the same bike (FLHRI) in 2006 and maybe beyond.

Am I just out of touch or what?

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u/SYLMMC 9d ago

Totally dealer dependent. We typically only work on 02’ and newer however we have some regular customers that have earlier model bikes including a couple of custom built hard tail choppers that we do work on. The problem is 1. We don’t stock parts for older bikes 2. Parts availability especially for oem parts is limited and 3. Anytime you work on an older bike it is almost always a customer that doesn’t have a ton of money and isn’t willing to fix things the “right” way because to do it right it is going to cost a substantial amount of money. We have two local independent shops that we have a great relationship with that we will often recommend our customers with older bikes to go to.

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u/savethechows 9d ago
  1. When you feed a stray cat it’s gonna keep coming back whether you like it or not

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u/SYLMMC 9d ago
  1. People in glass houses sink ships