From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Email bounced in Richardson
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:22:46 GMT
Distribution: dfw
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

Hi Jim,
    (I tried to email this to you but all our outbound mail has been bouncing
     lately so I'll just post this to the net under dfw distribution so anyone
     reading it will know where to try to steal my bike!!!! Let them try !!!)


 
   I'm at CompuTrac, Inc. near the corner of Municipal and the southbound
   service road to 75 one block south of the Campbell & 75 intersection.
   (actually about a half a block west of the service road, just across
   the street from the Ford dealership) I bought my Sportster from the
   Harley shop on Harry Hines only because they had two left in
   stock last summer. I don't recommend their service dept at all, IMHO they're
   rather incompetant. In my dealings with the Garland store, the people there
   have an attitude that turns me off and don't trust their service dept at all
   even though I have no experience with them... I just have bad vibes about
   them. I still buy oil, filters, small items, etc. from that shop just because
   it's close enough to go on my lunch hour.
   The Harry Hines store never has what I need in stock and I've always had to
   wait forever to get someone to wait on me, except the day I bought my bike
   I had a saleman wait on me immediately (that figures). Whenever I had my
   bike in for service for the 500 mile checkup, they did not perform every item
   on the list but claimed they did ('nuff said), I doubt I'll ever go back to
   that shop again. I've had very good dealings with the Bedford store. Their
   prices are a wee little bit higher overall on accessories, but the folks
   their are always cheerful, friendly, and don't seem to mind giving out free
   tech info. They are usually well stocked and I have bought most of my
   accessories there. They even still give me the 5% HOG discount even though
   I forgot to renew my membership. I've heard their service dept is 
   competent although they are usually very busy which may affect turnaround
   time.
   Have you ever been to or heard about the Harley shop in south Ft.Worth ??
   One of these days I need to ride down there to check it out. 

   About the plugs fouling out in CV carb XL's, I've come to the conclusion that
   that bikes just run too damn rich, period. Now that mine is out of warranty,
   I'm gonna open up the carb and start tinkering with the jetting and idle
   mixture. I run open drag pipes on mine and that seemed to lean it out
   a little bit, but it's still way too rich. I don't know why they are set up
   like this from the factory, perhaps to make the engine run a little cooler
   or sell more spark plugs or provide business for their dealers' service
   depts or probably they just use the same carb across the board for all their
   Evo motors and don't give a damn since only California tests motorcycle
   exhaust emissions and they know they'll sell all bikes they can build whether
   or not they are tuned correctly or not. (I'll bet the EPA doesn't have the
   manpower/budget to actually test them at the federal level). 


   Gotta get back to work,

   Neal Howard
   neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org  

   disclaimer: The above opinions expressed about the D/FW area Harley shops
	       are only my personal opinions.
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