[Yeagar]

I’m keeping pretty neutral on this Q4 report especially the PA shipping numbers. I’m not convinced the low number means anything, other than they built what they could with the parts left on hand in the US. They had already announced the production location change news late last summer so if that option were to push on it would only make sense for ‘25 parts and supplies to be shipped to the new location. Now I’m not saying there is going to be any immediate increase in those numbers, who knows? What I am saying I that I don’t believe HD is giving the Rev Max platform the boot and if they can continue to rectify issues they could easily be successful in the long run with proper management, that’s the big “What if??”. Hopefully they will return production to the US as they said but I don’t trust the current management to do that. I’ve experienced good overall help from the dealers with issues both at home and on the road and I will say it’s nice to be able to find a dealer fairly easily when needed.

 

[Yeagar]

Agree the '21 release turned dismal, (especially since the bike was "supposedly" in development for three years before it was offered to the public), but the real killer for me is the lack of support now. No automatic repairs for early adopters. Anyone that owns a '21 needs a new heat shield and pipe, a internally coated gas tank and fuel pump, and the most costly, a new stator engine cover battery compartment and battery. Out of warranty, then you pay for it even though it's HD's manufacturing mistakes and the cost of all that is just a little lower than trade value. So why bother to fix it?

I never recommend this bike to other people because of corporate's support. I have a real love/hate relationship with this bike. When working properly it still puts a grin on my face, but deep down I know it has no future with me because of the Motor Co.

I had a ‘21 and had everything you mentioned replaced under warranty with the exception of the fuel pump which was covered by my extended warranty, and the coated tank which was not identified as an issue prior to me trading on a ‘24. Also had front fork seals covered after running a lot of gravel/dirt roads. Then again I put a good amount of miles on the bike the first two years (about 25k) so the issues showed up. I bought the 6 yr extended warranty on both bikes so that gave me peace of mind, as a matter of fact over half of the cost of the first warranty was refunded when I cancelled it upon trading. I do believe they should cover the cost of folks getting their tanks coated because that was an amateur mistake and it would be nice for the to offer a discounted stator upgrade option for a limited time, he’ll it would give the dealer shops some winter work.