Looks good LB. Why do dyno runs have 2 files specified?

Thanks James ... Nice but expensive , Lol ... Lot easier to clean compared to the traditional spoke wheels on my Twin Cam .

Took the new beast out last weekend , missus , some luggage and some good old bumpy Qld back country roads North of Dalby ... Power when run in is going to be freaking amazing by the feels of things .

Suspension now thats another story ... first impressions , not happy Jan ... now the rear wheel has been changed from the stock 16" to the nice new shiny 18" Turbine ... it has of course a lower profile tyre presumably to make sure the speedo is kept within range ... speed check with a couple of mates seem to confirm the speedo is all good .

Anyhow for a $55,000.00 Tourer i expected a hell of a lot better ride even over some of our shitty roads up this way ... i was thinking surley the lower profile tyre carnt make it that much worse ... the poor Missus was practiclly in tears on the longer journey home ...  i thought it carnt be the set up as not once , not twrice but 3 times i had disscussed with the guys at Dealership to make sure they adjusted the suspension the week before when i picked the new beast up .

So i am not even thinking it could be non adjustment ... the 3rd time the adjustment was mentioned with the dealership was in fact when they rang me to confirm how far i wanted it adjusted too ... so of course they sorted it , Right ... No .

When we got home and after seeing how upset the Missus was i thought i better investigate , and low and behold the Dicks hadn`t changed the setting from it`s lowest setting which was for a 65 Kg Feather Weight ... me 150 Kg`s and the Missus 80 and most likely at least 10 or 15 Kg`s of Luggage ... so as it turned out every bump we hit and there were shitloads of them we were riding on the bump stops .

While on the subject of the rear shockies ... whats the go with the left rear being of decent size but the right rear looks like it would be more at home on a small dirt bike .

Whats the moral of the story ... don`t trust Dealerships to do the right thing as soon as they get your money ... sound a bit harsh , Fucking oath ... have settled down somewhat during the week and am heading down on Saturday to see how they react ... have adjusted the shocky up and as we live out West of Brisbane now we have a nice little ride to see how much better these things are with a somewhat more approrite adjustment before we get to Dealer to hear their response .

Has left a little bit of a sour taste thats for sure ... still in Love with the new girl no worries there and as mentioned above the power feels like it will be great but considering my lowered Twin Cam felt more comfortable to ride i was let say a tad dissapointed ... 2 more sleeps till i see if get an decent apolagy and if not i will take my spending money across the river and give it to another Dealer .

Tim .    

I've a question regarding HD Premium Shocks. I have a 2015 Limited can anyone tell me if the M8 rear shocks will fit?

Hell China, I hope you don't work at a Lifeline call centre for a job.

Beaut looking RK, Tim. (but I am partial to red). Had my 17 SG for 12 months now, and tried many variations of pre- load, fully loaded with the missus on board, and ,also, now with a top box. None of the settings seem to be ideal fully laden, but the one thing I did to make the missus happy, was to fork out for a HD hammock seat. Much plusher for both rider and pillion on long trips compared to the stock seat, and it helps absorb some of those kidney jarring potholes that seem to jump out on country roads. A compromise ,I know, and I'm of the same opinion as you regarding Harley not getting touring suspension right on their top of the range tourers. China will, no doubt sing you the praises regarding his Ohlins set up, which is state of the art for these bikes. Unfortunately, more money to get it perfect on an already pricey unit. But ,always remember the old saying: "Happy wife, happy life"

Thanks guys ... Doc , not so much an issue of not knowing how to adjust shocks as I did that within a few minutes of getting home , the issue was dealership said it was done so I had no reason to doubt them which made me think it must of been something else .

Thanks James about the German shocks info ... Will look into them .

Lol ... Ah Old China you keep pretending you are right , what ever helps you sleep you go right ahead .

Not sure if you are asking if we are Cool or you are saying we are Cool ... Either way is fine by me ... I have enough other stuff in life to cause me grief , only ever wanted to hopefully get advice and ideas when visiting this site .

Re suspension, how good or fast a rider do you need to be to notice or appreciate and use the difference between a cheap or oem suspension set-up and an expensive top of the line ohlins set-up? 

Wingers, you forgot... "happy wife, happy life. Don't get chubby, happy hubby"

Sad, but true. Will take me 10 years to save up for one.

Couldn't help myself , already buying bits and pieces for the new M8 ... Low solo seat ... Surprisingly more comfortable than what would have thought .

Yeah definitely took the long distance rides into account ... Will most likely throw the Original plush seat back on for those longer rides .

Well have had the first Dyno done ... Pretty happy , 128.98 Hp and 121 Torque ... Few people thought the shorter pipes may Rob a few Hp but seems Freedom might have done their homework .
Also got the new wrap round front guard on ... Really opens up the whole wheel as opposed to the standard ... IMO 

Nice on all counts. Gotta be happy with that 

Thanks guys , yeah very Happy ... I like to take things with a pessimistic outlook sometimes so I don't get my hopes up to much , so when I was told it might get 120 Hp I thought I would be happy with 115 plus ... So when it came back 128 and more importantly 121 plus Torque I was like Yeah Baby .

Great bike and numbers mate . Wheels and front guard look outstanding . Just real nice bike .