Owner ship experience is just that... the whole experience! These stealer ships think they are siting on a gold mine. Wait till your dying market disappears like your brand then you will e begging folks to come to your steaalership. Yes.. there are some good ones out there but it is slim pickings.

High pressure or salesman swarming is the biggest turn off. If I’m going to buy a street glide or road glide that’s what I go for. Don’t need salesman pressure. Last time I was in dealership they asked how I was doing, so I started to tell them….the salesman told me, “Never mind that, do you want a new bike or not!” I walked out and started going to a different dealership.

IMO, the valet is in charge of everything.

The motor company screwed so many good dealers so hard in Canada I’ll never walk through the doors of another dealership again.

My local dealership pulled the hang tags a few years ago. All the pricing knowledge is with the salesman that can manipulate the price to fit a monthly payment. HD is not looking to the future, is in financial turmoil, and dealers have tons of unsold bikes on the floor. They are in big trouble.

Our bike dealerships are all really bad for marking up far too much. The Harley dealership just got bought by a local auto group and they're not gonna like me much when i go in there. The wife works for said auto group and I get everything at cost plus 200 so they're not gonna make anything off my purchase if i choose to go there.

You are 100% correct when you say that Harley Davidson should come down on their price tag , and make the bike with more quality . They need to improve the quality of the Harley bike , and start lowering the extreme prices . Let's get real.

Especially , when they charge thousands of dollars more , just because it's a different color than the regular black Harley.

If they would be more reasonable with the Harley prices , more people would be able to buy a bike . Prices are totally out of control . Makes me feel like I'm getting ripped off .

What if you have that investor. And are ready to spend the allowance in Nashville. How would you spend it?

Carbon Fiber Klim Helmets are miserable on long rides.

Algorithm is set by computerized system only by with the social platform wants you to watch, not where you’ve been, what interests you have. You have no control over it, you never did, you never will. So leave!

What the heck man. Are you a bag salesman.

Harley needs to go under and go away their to crooked gentlemen there's always other bikes to purchase .Honda's are excellent bikes maybe even better than Harley Davidsons Honda's are like their cars their good I love buying American but sometimes they don't treat you well in return.

love your honesty

These are the must have upgrades on the Pan America Special (mine is 2023) 1. HD skid plate 2. HD radiator guard 3. HD quick shifter 4. Sundowner seat & pillion (two separate part numbers) 5. HD side cases & liner bags, with straps (not the boxes) 6. tank bag 7. tail bag 8. windscreen (smoked third party) 9. USB charge adapter (two port, plugs into heated gear port, makes it switched) 10. engine guard mounted water bottle holder 11. optional : HD engine medallions marcus

I agree with like 90 percent of this video. It is real solid advice, but for the monitors you should go for the Kali lp6 v2. Those are also 300 a pair, and they outdo the yamaha's by a mile. The low end is phenomenal for 6.5 inch speakers, and they are super flat. At the time this video was made the lp6 v1 was out, and I can understand why you chose for the yamaha's, but the lp6 v2 are just on another level. Keep up the great work man, love the vids.

I pulled the trigger! Love it. It's the best value of the CVOs.

Many MANY of the motovloggers baffle me. Names? Sure. FastLaneD, imKay, who's that guy that parades his girlfriend around in a bikini? 🤣 Let's face it - these channels are nothing more than a flex. (full disclosure; FastLaneD seems like a genuinely good guy) I'm alway a bit curious where the money comes from to afford all these bikes. (Says the guy with two H-D products and a Ducati). I guess I'm a little more low-key or under the radar than many - most- of these channels. Besides, who's got time to ride their motorcycle around all day and make content? I've got a f'n job. 😆

Dude, it's all about the $$$$. Money out of my pocket into the dealership and up the line. If I don't have it they cant get it...

Micheal Jackson actually used the earlier SM7

Absolutely superb video, some of us need it explained simply and that's much appreciated 👍🏼 I'll search your videos to see but have you ever tried chucking a cardo into the mix?

Cruise control on my Rsv4 is one of my most used features

That’s why in Europe nakeds are more popular. Eg Streetfighter over a Pani. Similar performance but ergonomics are 100 times better. Long rides/light touring, no problem. Other than the fuel range 😂 but again in Europe there’s fuel stops every couple of kilometres.

I’ve had Harley’s for 20 years and not bought any of them at a dealer 👍. I buy private used bikes for fraction of the cost.

Excellent review, just one question, I can't see you mentioned about consumption, can you tell us about that?

Please bare with me and try this a easy fix for the standard windshield flexing is simply to take a DVD case and push it between the two screen arm mounts, bending slightly in the middle as you fit it,believe me it works. This fixes the torsional movement and helps a little with the top set Ton bending towards the rider simple.

Excellent advice. Exactly what I have done

Someone starts braggin' on "Music City", I tell them to sit down!! So much hype & bluster -people thinkin' a Nashville address BOOSTS their talent/skill level!! Place is FILLED w/wannabes, posers, & just plain hacks...

I’m 51 and narrowing it down between the V4, S1000RR and R1’. Looks wises Ducati hands down. The complaints about heat have me spooked though. The S1000RR has the creature comforts and longer warranty but the lack of a lower faring makes it look like a semi naked bike. R1 is beautiful as well.. if it came in Red it would prolly pull me in but I hear it runs hot as well. SMH.

I found a lot of times that the sales people know less about the motorcycles than I do when I walk in there yet they still try to sell you up on them and trying to act like they actually know what they’re talking about when they clearly don’t. Dealerships all play the same games, some of them are less than others, but you can always expect to be taken advantage of and bamboozled. When I went to get my Harley, I went in to get the 2023 Nightster I ended up leaving with 2018 XL 1200 48. It’s a nice bike, but it is not what I want and they sold me on it. I have been really pissed off ever since and I cannot take it back. I tried the next day and they just told me no can do. I really hate dealerships and the bullshit they put you through.

Thanks for the tips. I guess best bang for the buck is a good approach.

Jeez - turned into a luggage ad...

I been searching for a 24 break out to add to my collection. The sales people won’t leave you alone for nothing but when the bike is sold your history in their books until. Thank god I found a new,less than 100 miles on the clock 24 BO at a non HD dealership And I saved $6000.00

can you do water crossing with the PA? I thought the battery was behind the bash plate? won't it get submerged?

I worked @ H.D. as a subcontractor installing, conveyors, ovenes, & robotic paint systems. Carbs came from Japan, frames and many parts are sub out. H.D. IS ASSEMBLED IN MILWAUKEE NOT BUILT HERE IN AMERICA!. Most motorcycle dealership screw you on prices and Rape you on maintenance that's why I demand a repair manual before I buy. I'd like to thank you tube's for your videos so I can do my own work ( the right way)! If I can do it so can you. I'm 70 yrs old.

The music business is basically dead. Unless you play hiphop or rap. Or country. If you made it elsewhere already, there's no point going to Nashville.

It's time to end the Harley obsession.

Never, never , ever buy anything new, except for underwear !😎

Similar to Mercedes Benz. High price and quality is not as great as in the past? I am a millionaire and Moto Guzzies work for me at less than half the price🇺🇸

Any trustworthy Harley dealers in Ohio?

I wish the higher ups would crack down on the dealers taking advantage of customers. It keeps me from buying one, thus far I just haven’t found a trust worthy dealership in Ohio………it’s really sad.

Congratulations! You’ve made the best video on how not to drive on city surface streets. Somebody will eventually pull out or turn into at you at an intersection yield because your speed is reckless. This video reminds me of the European Ducati riders doing the same things. Dude…be more careful❤

I'm in Townsville, Australia. I got no idea what kind of prices my local dealer does. It don't matter to me, they got nothing new I want. What they ought to be good for is spares but they've been totally useless for that so far in the 12 years I've had my Sportster. If I need to order OEM parts I usually get them from Bunbury HD in West Australia - on the other side of the continent. If there is still such a thing as the HD lifestyle/community out there I wouldn't know about it, I'm an anti-social bugger. If you did want to get into that though, what do you need a new bike for? Bugger the dealers and go buy a good used bike. Hell, if you want an XL Sportster ( which was the best bike HD ever did IMO ), then you have to buy used as there ain't no new ones.

It’s more road than off road I bet 95% never go off road

I found your video to see if anybody else was having these electrical issues and it pains me to share your frustration with the Pan AM. I don't think I can state my opinions any better than this video. My issues have mostly been resolved with software patches performed by my local HD dealer, so when I started my bike a couple months ago and the screen did not come on, I just figured another software patch. NOPE! Are you sitting down? Eleven days past my warrantee and it almost cost me Four Grand! The whole charging unit was blown out and it needed to be replaced and that's what it was going to cost me - $4000. Fortunately, the good folks at Smoky Mountain HD worked on my behalf to have this covered via goodwill with the Harley corporate office. But given all these electrical issues with the Pan AM I have to wonder why there hasn't been some kind of recall.

I would say the battery location is a big problem. The terminals can get wet causing electrical problems

Yeah thanx for shattering 75% of all young musicians, guitarists, drummers, etc hopes and dreams. There's other f**king ways to slide in there. Luck plays a huge part, maybe you've heard of "right place right time." I don't know tho u seem jaded dude frfr. U know what f**k Broadway that's the surest way to toil in anonymity the rest of you're career as a musician. Cut you're teeth elsewhere, if u move to Nashville make a plan and stay away from downtown period it's a fucking shit show. Everybody has different ideas some are better than others, but the cream always rises to the top. Remember that. Network and build friendships and aim, not to be a stupid fucking rock star, but aim to be a session player or make your own shit with all the cheaper 4 and 8 track digital recording studios on a laptop, and never give up. Network people Network.

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Still happening in 2024. Headquarters needs to put a stop to it.