Kenny & Donny,
The Dude is right. I see that Kenny has owned many, many harleys and they lasted forever. Donny owns a brand new one. Kenny didn't have one over 25,000 miles (he ain't old enough) and Donny has a new one. Greybeard suffers from terminal MilwaukeeMadness (are you at that "good days, bad days" stage yet?). I've owned 3 harleys, '62 Pan, '76 Sporty and '87 SuperGlide. I expected the '62 would be bad, but the new ones I bought were just as bad. The '76 sportster fell to pieces at 14,500 miles literally. The '87 SGlide was almost as bad when the clock hit 25,000 miles. I was repairing something every week.
Now, in all fairness, I rode 3 older Triumphs, and they were maintenance nightmares - worked on them all the time.
A '72 BSA Lightning was just as bad. I see 30-40 year old Hondas & Yamahas almost every day - but I am out there riding almost every day.
My '02 America has 42,000 miles on it and I had to replace a clutch cable last week - first failure yet.
Now, you can argue all you want - but experience beats an argument every time!!!
