Decision on new toy

TomTint · August 10, 2012

So in another thread I told of my new toy purchase. Its a 2008 CVO Road King. The bike has 400 miles on it and a few extra add ons. It is at a HD Dealer and Im supposed to pick it up tomorrow. After doing the inital paperwork on it, I go home and do some research via the internet and discover there was a problem with head and base gaskets with that model and a subsequent recall. Well the previous owner never brought it in for the work and thus the time frame to do it under warranty has passed. Dealer has offered to drop the price of the bike by 500.00 if I agree to put the $ toward a 2 yr extended warranty. $1200.00 Net adtl 700.00 out of my pocket. If the gaskets go, The fix is about 2K...provided nothing else is effected. Hmmmmm.

Roach · August 10, 2012

...discover there was a problem with head and base gaskets with that model and a subsequent recall. Well the previous owner never brought it in for the work

I'm a big fan of The People's Court... I think she is smoking hot.

Anyhoo... one of the things she always says is that court it to make the person 'whole'... to put them where they would be if the wrong did not happen.

My thought is - how much would the work be to perform to correct the recall problem? Obviously if a problem happens, it's normally more $$$$ to correct.

So what would the cost be in order to make the bike 'whole' - as if the previous guy HAD taken it in for the work.

The dealer, I would think, should be willing to fix any issues like that prior to selling it. It's one thing if it's something like you don't like the seat or fairings or something like that... but a mechanical problem that the maker of the bike offered to correct at no charge.... The least this guy should do is correct the potential issue.

IMO...

TintDude · August 10, 2012

Sounds like too much potential for something going wrong, Murphy's law and all that.

If the gasket goes it's totalled, so... :dunno

August 10, 2012

pass ....

lostinbama · August 10, 2012

Let it go. There are thousands of bikes out there...

TomTint · August 10, 2012

Got off the phone with the dealer. BlaBlaBla. " not all of them had the issue" BlaBlaBla. The net total would end up being 1000.00 for a 2 yr warranty....... I'm out.