Thought I would share my experience.... for those of you who search this a few years from now...... hows the future?
Anyway.. the other day I tightened the bolt on the left side mirror (underneath) holding stem on, I then sat on bike and attempted to adjust stem so that it was a bit closer to me...
It snapped right at the base of the stem! it would have fallen off had it not been for the wires going thru hollow (weak) bolt for blinker.
I had to cut wire, because I never would have been able to remove remaining bolt (without damaging wire) which was not even sticking out of stem... and wanted to ride
As a temp fix I tapped stem and bolted it back on so I could at least ride that day.
Went to harley ... parts guy pulled up diagram.. says here is what you need its 65.00
I said are you sure? That looks like just the mirror, I dont need that.. just the stem.
He says, its all one part... (looking at me like I was a dumb ass) trust me Ive been here for a long time kid.
So I paid and got in truck to go home but had a bad feeling, so I pulled out my laptop and googled info to find that my part is sold/listed as blinker and has nothing to do with the mirror assembly section as far as buying new parts go... Went back inside and lets just say it wasnt a good scene.
I cant stand people like that.... if I did shit like that at my job I would be gone in a minute... like my time is worthless!
Anyway.. the other day I tightened the bolt on the left side mirror (underneath) holding stem on, I then sat on bike and attempted to adjust stem so that it was a bit closer to me...
It snapped right at the base of the stem! it would have fallen off had it not been for the wires going thru hollow (weak) bolt for blinker.
I had to cut wire, because I never would have been able to remove remaining bolt (without damaging wire) which was not even sticking out of stem... and wanted to ride
As a temp fix I tapped stem and bolted it back on so I could at least ride that day.
Went to harley ... parts guy pulled up diagram.. says here is what you need its 65.00
I said are you sure? That looks like just the mirror, I dont need that.. just the stem.
He says, its all one part... (looking at me like I was a dumb ass) trust me Ive been here for a long time kid.
So I paid and got in truck to go home but had a bad feeling, so I pulled out my laptop and googled info to find that my part is sold/listed as blinker and has nothing to do with the mirror assembly section as far as buying new parts go... Went back inside and lets just say it wasnt a good scene.
I cant stand people like that.... if I did shit like that at my job I would be gone in a minute... like my time is worthless!