By reading this particular thread, and many others I might add, one would come away with the impression that these bikes are a bunch of junk. I just hit 3,000 miles yesterday and the only thing wrong so far is the screw holding the chain guard on fell off and I replaced it the same day with a 6mm socket head screw. I haven't even washed it yet and it's nearly a year old. It's a military so doesn't need to be washed, at least in my opinion. Just kidding! I plan on washing it in a couple of months, once the brown dirt covers a majority of the od green.
Knock on wood, I'm tapping my head right now, I love this bike for its shear simplicity. If I had to I could probably fix almost any thing on my bike short of an electrical problem. There aren't many new bikes out there that you can say that about. I can actually see the engine, imagine that!
On a side note, Progressive has road side assistance at no extra charge so if what all I hear on this site comes true, they are a phone call away. Just saying.