Needed a fuel pump for my Heritage Softail Deluxe,$450.00 installed & that was with a discount. I had to get it fixed if I wanted to ride it.
Dick

I definitely feel your pain. Recently had to have the inner primary bearing replaced on my "06 Dyna Superglide and about the same cost. Well, ya know, it's H-D (translation: Hi Dollah). I figure as long as I can ride, however, it's cheaper than a psychiatrist and a lot more satisfying.

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Lost in the 50s

You're certainly not alone. Riding ain't cheap any more. Friend of mine just spent $1200 on replacing engine parts on his customized Street Glide. I'm gonna have to shell out about $500 on my BMW sometime next month, but it's worth it to be able to get out. Riding is definitely therapeutic.

Knock on wood, all my '06 Softail Deluxe has needed so far has been new tires. They can be a money pit though.

Ride Safe.

LTC

That's not too bad, paid over $400.00 for a Delco fuel pump for my Pontiac Grand Am four years ago, installed it myself. So far so good with my two injected Harleys fuel system wise.

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A factory service manual is often a worthwhile expenditure for any
vehicle you plan to keep several years beyond the warranty.

Harley Davidson parts and service is always expensive. I need a new battery for my 04 geezer glide and they said $188. I guess I'll have to install it myself, just to save the labor cost.

I hear ya. I have an 06 FLSTN that needs a rear tire. I've been putting it off for awhile. I keep saying I'll do it, something always pops up for the money I would spend on it.

That sounds expensive for a $50.00 fuel pump install. I hope that they replaced the screws and gasket, or your tank is going to leak!

Just last week I got a quote from a mechanic to replace a bad sender unit in my 2005 Frontier. Was going to be ~$1300. said they had to replace the whole fuel pump ($500 part). I had researched it on the web and the part was $300-$400 OEM from the dealer, PLUS they said tranny, transfer case, oil (I knew that one needed changing), radiator, brakes, power steering fluids all needed replacing, as well as shocks and struts. This was on top of the $1300. Also, I told them it was the sender unit (a fault on 2005 Frontiers @ about 50K miles) but they charged me $160.00 for running a diagnostic. OH, and would take 2-3 days.

Had they wife call around==got an estimate of ~$800. Had the local garage do the fluids==didn't need replacement and they topped them off, lubed, flushed radiator for $200. The wife called around and found our old mechanic at a new location. He did it in 2-3 HOURS and replaced just the sender unit ($146.00) for a total of $510.00.

You really gotta be careful!

Ah the joys of not having a stock vehicle. Now I don't have a fuel injected engine or modified in any way, as mine is a 94 and it is completely stock. But with well over 100K before I had to stop riding back in early 2000, tires every two years, battery every two years, not dead but didn't want to get left stranded as I drove it about 150 miles every day to and from work all year plus recreation on top of that. A alternator and regulator, melted the plug, and that has been all. Stoped riding as I had knee injury and at the time I thought the engine locked up. Thought maybe the alternator but figured I just replaced it so with the miles figured maybe something in the engine. Tore it down and found problem to be the Chinese alternator magnets came loose with the inferior adhesive they used and wedged between the inner primary and crank shaft, and haven't put it back together yet as I'm still waiting for a knee replacement at most 10 years for the knee as it's a WC case. Now if I could just come up with a cheap side car I'd be set.

They come out with the electronic and computer controlled stuff and that's when things get expensive. Same with cars. Now my 58 pan all I've ever done to it was every couple hundred miles just take the cover off the generator and clean the commentator. Can't ride that cause I can't kick start it anymore and in my old age the rigid frame would kill me.

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Not a H-D, but two weeks ago a lady(?) hit my King Ranch (2007)in the right front...20" tire.. $450.00..OEM 20"wheel...$1700.00 The rest was a bumper,fender, front door, repairs to rear door, some suspension stuff...Total w/ short tow just north of $10,000.00.... Glad her insurance paid that bill + 2 weeks rental... I'm just glad they didn't total it..
JIM..............

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We're lucky here with 2 or 3 good independent shops so we aren't enslaved to the Harley dealership. (Labor up to $105.00 an hour now!)

And lets admit that for 99% of us, a Harley is 100% a LUXURY item. Thank God we live in a country that allows us to afford toys like these.

I'm old...forgive me...this is 1st time I ever heard of a fuel pump on a motorcycle. Needed with fuel injection?

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Motorcycles and outboard motors,...the most expensive big boy toys around......

I ride a Honda......

I've been riding for 50+ years, and I haven't owned a Harley since 1969. Sorry, but I've learned better..........

The only fuel pump I ever had on a Harley was gravity. And no electronics. Points and plugs. My '75 does have the new-fangled automatic spark advance with the weights. I dont trust it really. Manual advance is better.

I have a 2001 Electra Glide I bought brand new. Right near the last of the carbureted offerings. 55 thousand miles and like new. I worked as a motorcycle wrench when younger so I do all my own work. I'll never sell or upgrade that bike as I am old school and don't have the knowledge, electronic tools or desire to mess with the new fangled stuff such as fuel injection or ABS brakes. Stuff just ain't right on a motorcycle.

Plus HD incorporates planned failures in the new bikes. Every change they have done within he last 10 years cheapened the product and reduced reliability.

Me either. All my bikes (British and Japanese) were gravity feed. Maybe it does have to do with fuel injection.

Yup, fuel injected bikes require an electic fuel pump.

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A fuel pump on a motorcycle. What will they come up with next? The day they stated using fuel injection turned your bike into a money pit. I'll keep my '62 hot rod Sportster and my 78 1/2 FLH thank you very much.

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My 1988 Harley has an aftermarket solid brass, chrome plated, Pingel petcock. That was an upgrade over the ******, pot metal original. When I move the lever on the petcock, fuel is gravity fed through a fuel line into the bowl of the carburetor...no stinkin' fuel pump necessary.

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Years ago I had a 1969 FLH. Think it was the alternator went out. Even back then they wanted a small fortune for the day. There was a electronic tech at work that wanted to test it for me. He came over and tested it and told me its a 10 cent diode, I will get one for you. He came back and said he checked out buying one at some parts place and they wouldnt sell it to him because there was a letter of agreement from harley preventing the sale of that 10 cent part. Had to buy the new alterator from harley for the sake of the 10 cent diode.

Check out highflowfuel.com. They have a pump for my 2007 FXD for about $70. Dean

So I bring my 2003 H-D Deuce with a plugged tire to replace said plugged tire to the local H-D stealership.

The service rep writes me up for over $250 bucks. I said "I called a half an hour ago and was quoted $190 plus tax" What the heck???!

He calmly scratches out the $250 on the work order and writes $190.

After the repair, I bought a shop manual and I have done all the maintenance since. It's not that hard.

I have a 2012 BMW R1200GS, I do all the preventive maintenance on it too. If something electrical goes haywire, I'll have to bring it in but meanwhile I save so much doing the "mechanical" work it will offset any "electrical" snafu's.

I also bought a code reader for my car. Replaced a couple of sensors for the cost of parts and saved over $500 bucks the car stealershop wanted to charge me.

If anyone is handy at all, it's not hard. Don't be afraid to jump in and DIY. So many things on modern cars and bikes are plug-n-play. Just get a code reader.

I second the code reader. Replacing parts until you get to the problem, costs a lot more money than reading a code and just fixing that one thing.

If motorcycles don't have a diagnostic port yet, they will.

Stop your complaining my 2000 MB CLK Cabriolet top quit working. 3 new hydraulic cylinders and labor est $2600 and the jobs not done yet.

Looks like motorcycles are like cars now. You drive in to a repair shop and you're going spend at the very least $400 and most likely a 'whole' lot more.

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They could still build them to be user-serviceable, but the new business model requires you to spend several thousand at the dealer, on top of the purchase price.

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Big difference in a Harley Davidson and the AMF stuff you're comparing.

A: Another
M: Mother
F: Well, you fill in the rest...



The worst sticker shock I've had at any manufacturer's parts department, hands down John Deere.

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No, not really......

I always order my H-D (Genuine) parts on-line and they are usually discounted 20%. Other than mounting new tires I do all the maintenance and repairs myself. Just finished installing a Screamin' Eagle Compensator Sprocket on my 2008 Ultra. The part cost me $200, the Primary Cover Gasket was $14 and a quart of Amsoil was $11 for a total of $225. The local H-D Dealer wanted $950 + tax when I enquired. The entire job took me 2 hours and saved me over $800 Bucks!

Check your PM's - just sent you a helpful list.