Good news and bad news and blame where it's warranted.
The problem was GEICO. The claims adjuster let the bike sit for over a week without reinspecting it. I finally talked to a person at the shop who said she left a message with me concerning everything but I never got it--I checked my call log and nothing. I confirmed with the adjuster that he sat and did *nothing* for over a week. Bad form, GEICO. Bad form.
Anyway.
HD Crete delivered the bike to me yesterday. First thing was it blew alot of smoke when I started it up. ALOT. No big deal because they had the engine out and inverted so I was hoping it was residual oil where it shouldn't be. Their was (at least) damage to the transmission and they had to pull the engine to fix it. I was looking things over and found some missed damage on the rear pulley. No biggie. Alot of work was done, easy to miss stuff like this.
I called them today, they first offered to come and pick up the bike (free of charge!) but I told them I would drop by so they can look, confirm and order parts.
This is when things start to get a little sad.
Before I left I looked at the rear of the bike. The rear tire, when compared to the license plate, was displaced about 1/2 to 1 inch to the right. I can't tell if this is normal or not--I'd appreciate someone else checking their bike to confirm for me.
Then I fired up the bike for the second time and poof--another big cloud billowed out of the bike. After about 5 seconds everything was fine.
On the drive down to the dealer the bike felt odd. It didn't seem to track right, I had the impression that I was driving down the road at a slight angle. When I looked closer at the handlebars my right hand was MUCH further forward than the left--I'd say a good 2 inches. I looked a little closer and I could see the forks were twisted--the upper fork stem was also turned about 5 degrees to the left and the gauge cluster was tilted that way.
As I turned to go into the dealer I pulled in the clutch so I was coasting silently and heard a 'harp/plucking' noise coming from the belt as well. I explained the problems to the shop manager and he confirmed the damage pulley and also that they saw the smoke blowing on startup. They also thought it was residual. Well...it's not.
Obviously I'm disappointed but it's difficult for me to be upset with HD Crete because when they found out their was a problem they started helping asap now. They took the bike in the shop right then and had a driver give me a ride home. Luckily I live a few miles from the dealer.
So I'm bikeless again.