These are the renders of the rear fender hole mount cover being made for me by TopDownProducts, I’m going for red and reckon it looks awesome.
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Rear fender hole cover from TopDownProducts
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Harley Davidson Softail Rocker FXCW back together.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Rocker is back together at the dealers, pick it up tomorrow, went in today to check everything is where it should be and mostly is right:
Harley Davidson parts suppliers; Mistakes are easy to make, recovering them well is what counts.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009There are some good customer service lessons other Harley Davidson parts suppliers could learn from this post. I ordered a rear axle mounted Rota-Plate Junior for my Rocker FXCW from Top Down Pro in the States on the 25th August, initial customer service was all very friendly and prompt, the item shipped same day which is always a promising sign.
I checked the tracking information yesterday th 1st September to see if the part was due to arrive before the end of the week so I could take it into the garage and have it fitted whilst all the other work is being done.
Oh no, the part has been shipped to Austria, easy mistake to make I guess, annoying none the less, so I sent an email to Top Down Pro to point out the mistake and see how they would handle it, here is the conversation flow:
Me Tue 1st Sept 19:13
“Hi Dennis, I hate to spot this late but it seems the package has been shipped to austria and not australia. I attach the image from the package tracking.”
Dennis Tue 1st Sept 20:38
“Ok, I will so what I can find out about it’s location. Thanks!”
Dennis Tue 1st Sept 21:07
“Sorry for the error. I will attempt to redirect the shipment. If this turns out to be a long process I will get a new shipment out to you right away, this time to Australia!”
Me Tue 1st Sept 22:06
Thanks Dennis I really appreciate the effort and the quality of service.”
Dennis Tue 1st Sept 22:12
“No problem! Odd because the week you ordered we had two other shipments to Australia. Yours was the only one that went to Austria, just your luck, right! We will get it resolve. Hopefully it will be a minor delay and not be too much of an inconvenience to you and your build schedule. I’m just glad you caught the error, thanks for bringing it to my attention!”
Dennis Tue 1st Sept 23:58
“Just got off the phone with USPS. They are putting in a request to have your package redirected to Australia. According to the representative this is a 1-5 day process. I will let you know as soon as I hear anything.”
How to turn a potentially bad experience into an example of good customer service.
More parts I’m considering for my Harley Davidson Softail Rocker FXCW.
Monday, August 24th, 2009So while my bike is in the shop for paint it gives me lots of spare time to think about whats next.
So I got to thinking that given we’re living in a digital age I thought it may be appropriate to move from an analogue speedo on the Rocker to a digital one, so far i’ve only been able to find one after market part from a company called Dakota Digital.
It’s a good looking speedo and could go great with the black and red look i’m aiming for. Looks like it should be available from October 2009.
Also the next thing to do has to be to get the license plate off the rear fender and down on to the rear axle, the best looking alternative i’ve found to date is from a company called Top Down Products and their plate mount Roto Plate and in my case Roto Plate jr. They come in chrome, powder coat gloss black and powder coat matt black, I’ll go for gloss black.
