im going to put a revtech 110 evo style engine in my 1993 fatboy. with this engine putting out about 115 hp and 110 torque, what else should be upgraded? Clutch? rear belt?

Also, what kind of luck are other riders having with this engine? im hearing mixed reviews?

 

Word to the wise.
Get an S&S engine.
Scott

 

go with anything but a REVTECH,and aint no way a 110" revtech is putting out 115HP,lucky if its 100hp

 

I agree with the other guys but you would need a better battery(more cold cranking amps).Better battery cables.Hi-performance starter and clutch.Maybe regear the stater ring gear and pinion gear(there is a kit for this)

 

I wonder, where is your hands on revtech experience to arrive at such wisdom? By replacing them with S&S engines?
If after 5 years there are only these 3 concise answers, what is going on really?
No one is buying revtech at all, or are 100% of the sales a success?
If anyone spent $5000 on an engine and it failed prematurely, wouldn't they document it all over the internet just out of their frustration?
I can't find anything substantial or concrete for that matter, that goes either way with the current revtech line. There are the usual emotional responses, that it's made in Korea, and not in some domestic plant of lazy fat assemblers, who suffer from alcoholism.

Or decompression valve, oh wait, it comes with that. What is a stater? Is it like a stator?

Why? Please, elaborate.

 

Oh Boy!

 

The concern is the quality of the components. There is a reason that RevTech is so much less expensive (and why at the beginning Revtech went to a 20,000 mile warranty to encourage buyers to consider Revtech because when they first came out they were pretty unreliable.)

Like Harley however, who also cheapened the brand, I suspect that they must be somewhat better nowadays.

 

Just to emphasize the issue I have. If you've ever been on another forum, people will document every noise, flaw, and failure of their engine online and talk about the specific fix for it. Google doohickey mod, and then Revtech mod, and you'll see what I'm talking about. Harley owners do talk for and against the frequency of issues with their timing chain tensioner problems. This Revtech line is based upon the Evo. So where are the failure mechanisms documented?

There is NOTHING on Revtech but this speculative approach as to why they have a better warranty. I don't even read people whining about several warranty claims.
I have yet to see a failure documented. Did I make this clear yet?

 

Sounds like you already bought one huh?

Two of the responders thus far are professionals in the business. I also owned an aftermarket shop for 10 years during the Harley boom back in the 90's when the Revtech 100" came out. Custom Chrome owns RevTech. Custom Chrome was my biggest vendor. I had two Revtech transmissions (4 speeds,) warrantied because they locked up. At the time, CCI and I were talking about carrying the engines too. They acknowledged the reliability issues with the motors and told me directly that they were working on improving the brand and extending the warranties to encourage the buyers. I didn't buy any. It was a professional decision based on experience. I chose to stay with S&S and their components. (113's , 88's,a 93" Pan and even two of the Anniversary 110"'s (google them.))

If you don't want to listen, don't. I had documentation. (Have all these posts made all this clear yet?)

 

Yes, that you can't answer a question very well. Your 1990's experiences are now outdated and you're not in business anymore. If you owned an aftermarket Harley shop in the 1990's, why are you commenting on transmissions of that era, and not on the engines in the product line today that I asked about?

Define professional. Is it a license to work on motorcycles of one variety with aftermarket catalog sales, and bolting them on with loctite? You didn't do your own in house machine work? Do you even race? I think racers are professionals, and the rest are installers. Installers don't even have to carry any credentials other than a business license. Pffffft. Is it buying a complete engine kit or engine, and knowing how to bolt it in?
If they only use S&S, what is professional about that? What did you sell, mostly saddle bags, www tires, ape hangers, and rider bells? I"m listening better than you think. You don't have an answer either. I'm NOT in the market for a 4 speed transmission from 1996. You didn't buy any Revtech engines you said. Those alleged professionals took a different path entirely too, S&S, so they don't have answers either, so far. There are no data or failure mechanisms to report on the 115/125 engines.

Even the 110 engine, you didn't outline any reliability issues at all.

What I've learned is the product has a poor following based upon brand fears and profit loss projections to a business that can't afford to make mistakes experimenting, and that's understandable, but unfortunately leaves experience out of this equation. Revtech today, is guilty mostly of a poor marketing plan than an inferior product, until I read different from an actual experience using them.

By the way, no, I have not purchased any Revtech product yet, as if that has anything at all to do with my question, whether it was post purchase or not. That's an example to follow. Do your research before you buy. I have ridden a 115 Revtech Dyna, and loved the power and smoothness it delivered, and have contemplated moving ahead to own it. But the money is still in my pocket today.