Purchased a brand new 2010 street guilde in July of 2010, within 30 days of ownership the following things happened to me.
First at less than 300 miles the shiter assmy. came off bike while I was on highway. I had to reach down and grab rod and jockey shift bike to a safe location. The screw was never put in rear assmy. of shifter that attaches shaft to foot shifter on outside of case. I took this to the dealer and they fixed it. Never the less this should have never happened to a new bike and could have been worst with an unexperianced rider at a high speed.
Second thing at a little over 500 miles the started engaged very hard on start up. The dealer took care of this.
Thirdly at 1000k, was on a bike trip and all of a sudden the rear tire went flat at a high speed. Come to find out the bike had a defective valve stem that caused the tire to go flat. Bike had to be towed and HOG denied paying for tow. Harley denied paying for tow. saying tow is not covered under warranty even though the issue was a warranty issue and covered.
I think this is aweful, I buy a 24000.00 bike, the 4 harley I have had and they pull this.
Harley needs to cover tows under warranty.