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Save Money with This Easy Tool to Maintain Your Harley-Davidson® RSS

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Save Money with This Easy Tool to Maintain Your Harley-Davidson®

Originally published on December 2, 2018 in AMA Diagnostica offers Harley-Davidson riders the ability to check system health and diagnose their bikes from the convenience of their smartphones. You can troubleshoot your own bike on the go with the innovative and award-winning plug and play Motorscan smartphone diagnostic tool. You can enjoy an AMA exclusive discount of $20 when you enter the code found at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/For-Members/Member-Discount-Codes while buying the 4-pin and 6-pin Motorscan smartphone diagnostic tool at www.motorscantools.com. The company calls this the world’s smallest motorcycle diagnostic device. It has no wires. Just connect it and use it to diagnose your bike yourself, saving on...

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How to Ride Safe This Summer: Your Harley-Davidson® Bike RSS

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How to Ride Safe This Summer: Your Harley-Davidson® Bike

Riding on a hot day can lead to serious consequences for both you and your bike, if you do not adequately prepare. It is necessary to take extra precautions to avoid issues with your bike when out and about at the peak of the summer season. Understand more about how to enjoy a long summer ride without adverse effects to your bike today. Can Hot Weather Stress Your Ride? Summer temperatures can put extra stress on a bike needing maintenance, with environmental factors possibly increasing the risk of a serious accident. It is best to check over the tread of tires and...

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How to Buy a Used Harley-Davidson: Part 2 RSS

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How to Buy a Used Harley-Davidson: Part 2

As readers appear to be interested in buying a previously owned Harley, we wanted to address a few areas that were not touched upon in Top Tips to Buying a Used Harley-Davidson Motorcycle. In that previous blog, we covered how to get more information on the history of a bike and determining which bikes may be most suitable for newer riders. What else might riders want to consider before putting cash down on a used Harley-Davidson? In this blog, we will provide a quick overview about areas to check over on a used bike, reliability of a Harley and common Harley...

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News of the Motorscan Smartphone Diagnostic Tool for Police Forces RSS

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News of the Motorscan Smartphone Diagnostic Tool for Police Forces

  Every year fleet managers attempt to determine which tools will best serve their police force. 2018 proves no different than in years past. Police forces have been relying on Harley-Davidson® motorcycles in order to protect and serve for generations. It has been over a century that Harley bikes have been a mode of transportation in select police forces and tradition continues today. Fleet managers look for the latest technology to assist police departments. News about the Motorscan smartphone diagnostic device for Harley-Davidson has been recently shared with audiences on Government-fleet.com and policemag.com via the Police Fleet eNewsletter. Learn more about the latest...

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AMA Review: Motorscan Smartphone Diagnostic Tool for Harley-Davidson® RSS

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AMA Review: Motorscan Smartphone Diagnostic Tool for Harley-Davidson®

'Motorscan MSDKHD6 Harley-Davidson CAN-Bus Smartphone Diagnostics Adapter' was written by Thomas Garner and originally published in the January 2018 issue of American Motorcyclist.   The Motorscan MSDKHD6 Harley-Davidson CAN-Bus Smartphone Diagnostics Adapter is a Bluetooth enabled diagnostic tool that uses a smartphone application. The product was installed and tested on a 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special FLHXS. This device works with any Harley-Davidson with six-pin OBD data link connectors. Check the company’s website to see if the device is compatible with your bike. Installation was pretty straightforward using the included instructions. The device installs directly to the bike's data...

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