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Bob Denman
08-09-2016, 02:34 PM
...So I was at my Dealer's doors at 9:00am.
(It had been 6600 miles since the last change 09/15/2015)
The Technician asked me if I had added any oil to the tank (I hadn't...)
It didn't use a drop! :clap:
While under the bike; he also tightened up the drivebelt a bit, (It was definitely loose!), and re-installed my radio antenna using far less Loc-Tite, than he had removed.
The total bill was $183.75, and I was out the door in an hour and a half! :thumbup:

Oh! I also managed to hit 15,000 miles on the odometer on the trip home also! :D
(A full year quicker, than with my 2010)

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I guess that it's been a pretty darn good day! :D

jcthorne
08-09-2016, 02:53 PM
A good day all around!

Chupaca
08-09-2016, 02:58 PM
good to know it all worked out well and at a good price. You seem to have a good dealer...hang on to them..:lecturef_smilie:^

thunor
08-09-2016, 03:15 PM
...So I was at my Dealer's doors at 9:00am.
(It had been 6600 miles since the last change 09/15/2015)
The Technician asked me if I had added any oil to the tank (I hadn't...)
It didn't use a drop! :clap:
While under the bike; he also tightened up the drivebelt a bit, (It was definitely loose!), and re-installed my radio antenna using far less Loc-Tite, than he had removed.
The total bill was $183.75, and I was out the door in an hour and a half! :thumbup:

Oh! I also managed to hit 15,000 miles on the odometer on the trip home also! :D
(A full year quicker, than with my 2010)

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I guess that it's been a pretty darn good day! :D

I just turned 15,000 on my 2014 RTS last week as well. I had oil changes at 3k and 11k...is it correct that the next ones are every 9k? Think my 11k was due at 12k. Figure
I will just have mine done when I have to park it for the season...

billybovine
08-09-2016, 03:33 PM
I just turned 15,000 on my 2014 RTS last week as well. I had oil changes at 3k and 11k...is it correct that the next ones are every 9k? Think my 11k was due at 12k. Figure
I will just have mine done when I have to park it for the season...

Page 121 of your owners manual.

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billybovine
08-09-2016, 04:19 PM
Bob is the reception on the radio any better?

ARtraveler
08-09-2016, 04:26 PM
:congrats: and glad to see those miles piling up. :bowdown:

Bob Denman
08-09-2016, 05:04 PM
Bob is the reception on the radio any better?
:shocked: It's a teeny-tiny bit better...
I used to get nothing but static...
Now; I sometimes get marginal reception, of two stations... :banghead:
But at least this was ruled out as the source of the problem! :thumbup:

spyderCodes
08-09-2016, 05:44 PM
Bob, good call on the belt tension.

Bob Denman
08-09-2016, 07:18 PM
Thanks, Roger! :thumbup:
the first Season that I ran it; the bike never showed any tendency to "buzz the belt".
(I tested it up to 90 mph...)
This year, while riding out to Missouri: I noticed two distinct ranges of buzziness:
75 to 78 mph
81 to 84 mph
Since I normally never go anywhere NEAR those speeds: I honestly hadn't noticed it...
Today; I gave it a run to 90 mph, on the way home from the dealer: the buzziness was gone! :thumbup:






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Ron2andia
08-09-2016, 07:23 PM
:thumbup::thumbup:

Deanna777
08-09-2016, 08:14 PM
...So I was at my Dealer's doors at 9:00am.
(It had been 6600 miles since the last change 09/15/2015)
The Technician asked me if I had added any oil to the tank (I hadn't...)
It didn't use a drop! :clap:
While under the bike; he also tightened up the drivebelt a bit, (It was definitely loose!), and re-installed my radio antenna using far less Loc-Tite, than he had removed.
The total bill was $183.75, and I was out the door in an hour and a half! :thumbup:

Oh! I also managed to hit 15,000 miles on the odometer on the trip home also! :D
(A full year quicker, than with my 2010)

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I guess that it's been a pretty darn good day! :DBob, That dashboard needs some color!

Deanna