It has been a week now, no response. Whoever handles the online aspect for Altrider has been active every day on CH, but has yet to respond to this. Has anyone received any contact from them at all regarding this issue? Coffee, have they gotten back with you yet? Here are the possibilities: 1. They will eventually acknowledge the concern being raised by members on here, and say the late response is due to them being loaded down with business or the CEO/president being on vacation. 2. Altrider is currently developing a new solution to this issue currently and waiting until it is finalized and say that the hose clamp was a temporary fix. 3. Or Altrider will continue to ignore this dilemma and hope that it eventually gets forgotten. Whichever of these options it is, there still should be some response from Altrider at least acknowledging the customer's concerns. Even if it is 'Too bad'. This silence is not a good sign.
They are just trying to copy the business practices of one of the greatest companies in the world right now, Apple.
Much work has been done. No I really do not want to get into more details at the moment. Hopefully next week more can be said. EDIT: I heavily edited this post, and a few other posts, so I do not get contacted in the future about something that no longer exists.
I am in Connecticut, have alt rider crash bars installed which have crept up. Can install quickly. Let me know if I can help...
OK, lets give it a couple of hours to see who else can help (shipping east of the Mississippi adds another day for the shipping method I am using)... still writing the install instructions.
Is this solution thru Altrider? I work a couple miles down the way from them. Either way, I'd be glad to help - in Tacoma, Washington. - Ryan
OK, you have the other one. I have all the help/people I need. As I stated before, more information will be available next week. EDIT: I edited some posts that were made in the last few hours, so I am not contacted in the future about something that no longer exists.
THE BLUE COW IS ON THE MOON. REPEAT, THE blue cow IS ON THE moon. (I figured if we were being all secrety, we could add some spytalk in here!!)
Don't worry, it was not specified. But i have a lurking suspicion it involved bailing wire, scotch tape and VHS copy of a Macgyver episode. I was considering crash bars, but depending on the outcome of this, i may end up building my own.
There is a very easy, effective, and strong solution that will stop the creep up the slightly tapered front brace. Lay a small weld bead on each side flange of the Husky brace above the AltRider bracket to act as a stop to upward movement. Just the brace, not the AltRider bracket. For folks like RE, this is a 5 minute job. Drilling a hole in the brace flange and using a fastener as a stop would also work. Adding a stop will be a permanent fix that will look good and be strong and you wouldn't need to wait for a better factory fix. The crash bars are definitely worth the effort.
