| Author | Message | ||
     Rkc00 |
Well I went to pick up my XB9S last night on there was a little problem at the dealer. They prepped, changed wheel bearings, and had all the paperwork and reg. for a XB9S(L). As soon as I saw the bike I knew it was wrong. Went to the sales girl and said that it was the wrong bike. She had know idea what I was talking about. She just got hired a week ago. The head sales manager come out and said he was sorry for the mistake. I asked him what he could do for me considering I left work three hours early without pay. He said he could not do anything on the price of the bike but possibly give me a discount on an extended warranty. Now the good part. He let me take home the 03 demo with the race kit installed until Monday. It had 185 miles on it when I left the dealer last night. It now has 385 miles on it. Took a nice run to Montauk this morning. 180 mile round trip. Things about the bike: Bike handles like its on tracks! I got 125 miles out of a tank of gas until light came on. Used 2.78 gals. of gas with 128 miles = 46MPG. Bike handles like its on tracks!! Need to get used to not having self canceling turn signals. Bike handles like its on tracks!!! Seat was ok for the first 60 miles. May try a Corbin seat. Love the Corbin on my Road King. Did I say that the Bike handles like its on tracks? The only problem I have is I don't know how to get this grin off my face. This is not a Road King but I love it for what it is. A great handling little street bike. I hope that it stands up to the amount of riding that I plan on giving it. I have 41,000 miles on my Road King in every day driving in the past 3 Yrs. but I am not sure how many it will be getting from now on. P.S. I am not sure if the dealer is expecting to get the bike back with 500 miles on it, but we will see. | ||
| Orangeokie |
". . . Well I went to pick up my XB9S last night on there was a little problem at the dealer. They prepped, changed wheel bearings, and had all the paperwork and reg. for a XB9S(L). As soon as I saw the bike I knew it was wrong . . . " I still can't figure out what was wrong with your bike? What does the "(L)" mean? | ||
| Viros |
The L stands for low, its a little lower for shorter riders. | ||
| Kevinfromwebb |
Does the 'L' just have a lower seat or is it more than that??? Kevin | ||
| Tripper |
Most of the key suspension pieces are different. | ||
| Dmuz |
Side-by-side you can tell the low from the regular. A trained eye can tell the difference without a side-by-side comparison. An easy way to tell is to look at how much travel shows on the front suspension. The low has less travel available and you can see that by looking at the inner sliding tube(s) of the fork... if that makes sense. Rkc: What are you saying was wrong with the bike? Body parts not fitting right? Brake and clutch levers rotated too far? Not put together right? Was a regular and was supposed to be a low? The thing had training wheels attached? (curious)  | ||
| Rkc00 |
It was not supposed to be a low. Sorry if that was confusing. | ||
| Chainsaw |
Easiest way to tell a Low form a standard: yellow shock spring vs. blue shock spring. |
