Liquid cooled heads, future HD's
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Road Warrior
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Liquid cooled heads, future HD's
Was at my local indy yesterday, and he tells me that HD is looking at liquid cooling just the heads and using a small rad, has anyone else heard this as the local indy said he got this info from a guy at HD
They had a patent awarded about three years ago for a design that would allow them to do just that. I would google it but, I'll let you do that. And, I think it's a good idea. Cooler engines build more power, and are more reliable, and typically last longer. Why this infernal hatred of a cooler, more powerful motor is beyond me. I haven't bought a water cooled bike, because there isn't an American made bike that is appealing enough to me to do it. The V-Rod is just ugly ! If Harley would build a bike with a low profile radiator that resembles the one on the Honda 1300 line of cruisers..... I'd be in line tomorrow to buy.
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How about oil cooling the heads with a second oil pump and oil cooler? Seems to work well on the BMW oilheads.
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They had a patent awarded about three years ago for a design that would allow them to do just that. I would google it but, I'll let you do that. And, I think it's a good idea. Cooler engines build more power, and are more reliable, and typically last longer. Why this infernal hatred of a cooler, more powerful motor is beyond me. I haven't bought a water cooled bike, because there isn't an American made bike that is appealing enough to me to do it. The V-Rod is just ugly ! If Harley would build a bike with a low profile radiator that resembles the one on the Honda 1300 line of cruisers..... I'd be in line tomorrow to buy.
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there was a one page write-up on this in cycle world magazine i think 2 issues back. it had a diagram of the design as well. it did make mention that harely had recenlty filed for a patent on the design they were showing.