If the Buell ECU update is irreversible then what can the HD do? Can't see threatening like that will solve anything except put their backs up and then you get nowhere?

only after a HD service did I have problems

The previous posts state what to do. I am not suggesting threats just the law if needed.

This sort of thing ring any bells PH4824


I am saying they should sort it and they would if it was MY bike. But then again I tell them what I want done to the bike and not to change any part of the bikes settings. I have had all that sort of rubbish in the past. I only went to HD while the bike was under warranty. I see very little point in going back again.

You seem to think I have a problem with you personally.......dont flatter yourself
I couldn't give a shit who did the work, if it was done as you described, then that's almost certainly why you're having problems now.

I see bikes like yours all the time....I do this for a living

I find it incredible that you believe your warranty should be honoured and that dealers should be diligent, even after you've effectively invalidated your warrenty by fitting non approved after market parts yourself.......if a dealer had agreed to fit them for you, then you might have recourse....as it is, if I were a dealer, I would log your warranty as voided.

I'm reluctant to get involved in this thread since it appears you don't really listen, however, if you have non factory approved 3rd party parts fitted that then give you problems then I would have thought that the issues were the responsibility of the parts supplier (providing all is fitted 100% correctly) and/or the trader who actually fitted them?

Why you should expect your modified bike to still be under the dealer warranty I can't work out. Myself, I would presume that any dealer that agrees to fit the things would warrant them. I should think that any dealer would only warrant unknown 3rd party work as good will, I suspect. And I think they'd be well within their terms of warranty to refuse cover when non factory approved 3rd party modifications are made by others.

Are you saying that because I've fitted an aftermarket exhaust that this voids a warranty claim for lets say a possible problem with the brakes, frame, suspension, clocks, wheels, belt

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I would think that if you get a warranty claim accepted on your bike then it is through goodwill rather than entitlement. Others may have different expectations and experiences.

Well my ongoing problem with it running lumpy and sometimes stalling happened again today. I'm beginning to think it's heat related. Rode about 10miles doing a steady 70/75mph. Stopped at tescos to refuel then pulled up in the car park to meet some others. After about 10min we rode off. It was at this point my bike started in this lumpy mode. The tickover was up and down to the point it stalled. Pulling away at a junction and it nearly stalled again. I have to keep the revs up manually when this happens to prevent a stall. When accelerating, when it's like this, the bike pulls but it's a rather flat experience and really lumpy in traffic. Anyway, rode the bike for a few miles afterward doing a steady 30-40mph through windy roads and the bike naturally improved. I'm convinced it's a cooling problem. My bike stops, fan kicks in and shuts down when it's finished but I think the rear cylinder is still cooking. Turn the bike on and I think the rear cylinder by then is so hot that the ECU is shutting down that cylinder until the temp drops - hence why my bike is running poorly from time to time after a stop. Why it's an intermittent problem is beyond me. Todays temperature was not exactly warm either!! Where I go from here is unclear?

So, maybe Buell were aware of this and thats why they introduced a R/H scoop and adjusted the fan to kick in when above 15mph?? They are obviously trying to cool the rear cylinder as much as possible - why? - probably because they've had problems maybe? But what do I know, I'm only the customer!

This sounds like the Earth Gremlin. Go to my post about it. It has taken me nearly two years to find it on my bike. Mechanical things do not, most of the time, do this sort of thing. No logic to it. You have become confused and going off "in all directions" rather than sorting one thing at a time.

Diagnose and prove one thing at a time, in a logical manner, until the fault is found. Even if you have to put the bike back to stock to do it.

Oh and any dealer can void a warranty for use of none OEM parts. That is for everything - bikes, cars, cookers, dish washers, ICBMs, M-16s, etc. If a HD dealer fitted the can then he should fix the problem if it is with the can.

I cannot remember all the details of your bike - year, miles, mods, etc. The bike needs 4k to bed in and, IMO not fully run until 6-8k, is still running very hot. Tracing an intermittent problem is very hard even "hands on" and it will be almost impossible via Net Posts.

I mentioned the earth issue about 2 pages ago........
At the end of the day the answer is going to be found on the bike..not by asking the same question over and over again on a forum. Sorry but just my opinion.