JJDH
Active Member
finally my bro in law got on a harley today, after months of shopping. he paid 11,400 for a 2004 road king, 88ci motor, 5 speed tranny,30,000 miles on it with stage one kit. now before he/we tested the bike we inspected it. under the motor there was some residue of an oil leak. we showed the sales/service staff, their reason was when they did the trade in service it prolly wasnt cleaned up from the filter change, well ok maybe.. took the usual hand held 5 mile test ride, runs great, no prollems. he purchased the bike. we left rode about 10 miles and the exhaust started smoking, i said hey turn in one of these lots.... now at first i said maybe its overfilled with oil, checked oil its normal levels. the oil has some chalky white to it. then we seen that the air filter is dumping oil out through it, the oil at the dipstick also smells like gas.. we removed air filter ,inspected everything, all looks about as regular as it can... rode home now it still is dumping oil out the air cleaner, any thoughts or answers, this seams like the end of the world for the bro in law, dealer said they would look at it, he bought the bike as is, couldnt afford the warranty for now.