I’ve never had problems with either of my Harley’s softail and 06 sportster. But I have a great mechanic which is not a HD dealership. That’s the last place I’d have my cycles serviced at.

I just traded my 2008 Road Glide for a 2018 Road Glide Special. What a big difference between the two. This is my 3rd Road Glide. I like having the ability of taking my tourpak off when I get to where I'm going. Less weight, less wear and tear on rear tire. It's all good. Plus the fairing fits nicely on a lawnmower for night mowing ?.

I ride an Indian Chief Classic and its the nicest ride I have ever owned. I wouldn't ride a Hardley if you gave it to me and paid me a hourly wage to ride it. I do a 3000 plus mile trip every year and always have to factor in an extra day for Hardley breakdowns.

I test rode a Scout a few years ago. Very comfortable bike.

Beside that, guess I'm just a poser.

Just back from Ohio BikeWeek in Sandusky. Tons of Harley posers. I ride more in a month than many of those pukes do all season.

I had an Electraglide at one point. Biggest P.O.S. boat anchor I ever had. Sold it after 3 months of headaches and no dealer support. Never again. I have had multiple Japanese bikes, and few German ones and keep coming back to Kawasaki's as they have been bullet proof in my experience. My 95 Concours had 68,000 trouble free miles when I traded it on my 14 Ninja. No issues with it so far at 16,000. That said I have heard good things about the Indian's I just with Polaris had kept Victory going as I like the style of their bikes much better. I really loved the Vision I rented a few years back.

Parts supply is the same with all dealerships regardless of brand. They don't keep stock as it is cash tied up and affects cash flow.
Bad service and poor reliability are another thing though..

I must admit, I have never been a fan of Harleys, for me, they are style over substance. I have ridden a couple and just didn't get it. Sound good, but handle like a drunken pig, vibration that has me wanting to stop every few miles to rest my tingling fingers and feet forward just doesn't do it for me either. Very different roads over here in the UK though.

Bad dealership. Maybe the worse case I've heard as far as parts being available. But in general, still not a good record. I've sworn off the one I got my superglide at also. I went and got a chieftain a couple of years ago. And we both love it. A lot easier to do the fluids change and not a problem yet. My superglide has been a dam good bike though. I got it used with under 10k on it and now has over 73k on it and still kicking ass. It just needs some minor gasket work on the top end. My issues with the harley dealership was that they had a cavalier tude when I needed to get a leak fix and didn't listen to me as I explained what was going on and what I wanted done. And because of, they didn't get the leak fixed and then wanted me to pay for them to tear it apart again. I argued my case and they did it again and still didn't get the leak fixed or listen to me again. I told them with that many miles to dig all the way back and replace every gasket and anything due to be replaced. They didn't fix the leak and my belt broke 2 weeks later. So me and my bother in law went at it and did it. Issue solved. I'll never do harley again.