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Useless accesories

  • walka
    walka
    7 years ago
    settle down big boy , I sell those
  • fatslim
    fatslim
    7 years ago

    Art over function? You're too kind.

    Having purchased an EMD Ribbed Primary Cover for a 2007 up Twin Cam, I can say the following:

    Fit: Okay, that's if you accept a grinding wheel finish on some of the gasket surfaces.
    One of the screw holes was elongated to match stock inner primary. Core shift again.
    One other hole not drilled properly.

    The clutch adjuster centre cap was useless, with core shift being the problem of the casting. The hex cast into the centre cap did not fit any known size, Metric or Imperial.

    Function: Less than capable if you own a 2012+ model, or any engine with a SE Compensator.
    Lacks the oiling well cast into the stock 2013+ primary cover.

    Customer Service: Lacking. Personal contact with France had nobody (admitting to) speaking English or answering emails.
    US distributor less than knowledgable about HD product. Submitted photos and detailed explanation, ignored.

    Not a cheap cover @ $900.
    After my experience, caveat emptor.


     


     


  • bobby bob
    bobby bob
    7 years ago
    That's more useless than a pair of HARLEY DAVISON underpants.
  • Jayman6
    Jayman6
    7 years ago
    I was following that EMD guy on Instagram. He called out some other manufacturer for copying his "ribbed primary cover" about 6 months ago. I commented that ribbed primary's have been around for 50+ years, so not exactly your own design in the first place. Next thing him and about 10 different blokes started belting me with neg comments and insults haha.
  • Meatbag
    Meatbag
    7 years ago
    Could understand if it actually looked semi real, but that photo with it on the bike just looks fake as pamelas tits.
  • Wimbo
    Wimbo
    7 years ago

    In regards to the Victory gone down the sink topic by Revzilla. This is one of the things they really attacked in their Worst shit of 2016 coverage.

  • keith
    keith
    7 years ago

    The Aussie myth and slang saying not so useful.


  • Stevef
    Stevef
    7 years ago
    Gremlin bells are what your missus gets you for the bike when she's run out of things to get you. Apparentley they only work at keeping gremlins and bad luck away if the rider is given it as a present. They have to be mounted on the bottom of the bike close to the road. Yeh it's all bullshit but in saying that I've had one on my bikes for 15 years!
  • Stevef
    Stevef
    7 years ago
    No just suspicious.......
  • punkin
    punkin
    7 years ago
    Exactly. Either you believe in fucking gremlins or you are running with the crowd.

    Also shows that it is a very common completely fucking useless accessory.

    Anyone who has one of these on their cycle probably has a Pandora Bracelet too.
  • Stevef
    Stevef
    7 years ago
    Ok so I just went out and removed the gremlin bell, cause god forbid you chaps wearing with no pants hard men would think im gay. The fucking shed roof fell on the bike. You fuckers owe me a new bike!
    And a nice bracelet to go with it!
  • Gnoo
    Gnoo
    7 years ago

    I think Paulys entry, the primary cover, takes the cake here

    spec when you add in an ugly factor score of 274 out of 10.

    Will just say i believe in rd gremlins, but don't have a bell,

    I figure any gremlin mentally ill enough t jump on my bike

    would already be locked up.

  • Undercover
    Undercover
    7 years ago
    Vests.....I've never seen the use except for Patched clubs. Why do so many Harley riders wear them? Useless accessory!
  • blueystar
    blueystar
    7 years ago
    I use a vest to have more pockets no pockets on a t shirt
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    7 years ago
    I wear a vest as I am not tough enough to have my colors sewn to my skin
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    7 years ago
    Vests are great when it is so cold a leather jacket over multiple layers is still not enough to keep warm. Got a drizabone one with ugg boot type wool liner, it fucken rocks in the winter.
    Or when it is too hot to wear a leather jacket and you want some protection in case of an accident. Got an old WW2 dispatch riders vest, longer than your normal vest and probably thicker leather.
    So there! vest naysayers.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    7 years ago
    I remeber reading an Easyriders magazine in about 1981 when doing my apprenticeship and too young and broke to afford a Harley.
    There was an advertisement in the mag for a kind of hollow clear plastic device that you could fit a cigarette, cigar, or even a big 3 paper joint in so that you could choof away comfortably while riding on your bike.
    Google could not find it but it seems there is a modern eqvuialent, for a cigar anyway.
    This thing has got magnets on it so you can stick your lit cigar to your fuel tank! I wonder what could go wrong?

    http://www.ireachcontent.com/news-releases/at-last-you-can-ride-a-motorcycle-and-smoke-a-cigar-at-the-same-time-271250251.html