To all those looking to have their Harley serviced, BEWARE OF HARLEY HAVEN.
Beginning in March, Mike at the parts desk ordered heated Switchback grips for my 23 RG. In April I dropped off the heated grips, 12" KST bars and a KST Krazy Clamp with Woody (Service Manager). We reviewed all the parts to be installed.
Issue #1- Grips- I received a call from Kevin (in service) a few days after dropping off & was told the heated grips Mike ordered didn't fit. He said Mike doesn't normally make mistakes like this. Kevin told me he had the non-heated Switchback grips in stock & that they would fit. I agreed to these. I received a call next day from Kevin saying the non-heated grips also didn't fit. He accidentally grabbed CVO grips and didn't realize it. He texted part #'s for different grips, but I didn't like these styles so I asked him to replace the stock grips for now. The next day Kevin called saying he couldn't replace the stock grips because they were cut off the old bars. Kevin called again saying a master tech was in the shop & could shave down a nub on the housing to make the ORIGINAL heated Switchback grips fit. Cool.
Issue #2- Bars- I received an auto-text several days later saying I had new parts for pickup? Confused, I called to inquire. Mike (in service) said he wasn't in the shop recently and didn't know what parts were ordered. Come to find out, they ordered a clutch extension without notifying me. Prior to dropping off my bike, I called KST & they specifically said an extension is NOT needed for 12" bars on a 23 RG, which is the reason I chose this size. Great.
Issue #3- Price- As any consumer does, we call around for price estimates. KST quoted me a 2 hour labor install for the bars. Thunder Tower HD quoted me 5 hrs and Murphy's quoted me 4 hrs. After a full WEEK at HH, for a simple bar swap and grip install (mind you, amateur folks install these specific bars on YouTube in 2 hours)..Harley Haven charged me EIGHT hours of labor plus the extension. As you know, labor cost is $150/hr. Wow.
Issue #4- Parts weren't installed/damaged goods- After getting home, I notice the base of the bars had chipped paint (photo attached). I emailed pics to KST and they said the bars were not installed properly & are now "an eye-sore". Next I took off my gauge cluster to adjust the new bars for fitment & I immediately see the bar clamp was still STOCK (photo attached)! Harley Haven didn't even install the KST bar clamp! I called Mike & he said he would ask around for the missing part. He found my clamp & said the tech wasn't able to install it due to it not fitting properly and the risers being too tall (on a stock bike). They never thought to return this part to me when I picked it up or even inform me it wasn't installed!? I contacted KST relaying this info & they called BS on them. Mike told me to bring the bike back in 2 weeks when their master tech returned to try to install the bar clamp again. Fast forward 2 weeks, the bar clamp fit with no problems & was installed in 15 minutes. Mike literally said that the tech probably just forgot to install it & likely just made up an excuse. He also said the tech was working open to close, taking no lunch breaks because they're short staffed, leading to these errors! He also said about service manager "Woody is a mess and he is all over the place". I asked Mike about the paint being chipped on the bars & he told me the parts desk sells touch-up paint (for $49). Unbelievable.
Harley Haven stocks and sells Switchback grips and KST bars in their parts shop but the service team and parts department were completely incompetent on a flagship motorcycle. Of note, this dealership is under new management (Teresa fired and TJ left). I can say with certainly that I will never be going back to this cluster f*** of a dealership. I will continue to use Thunder Tower HD and other locals like Murphy's where service & communication isn't an issue. read more