here's my 85 as it currently sits. tour pac will go back on this week.

 

Evos were the salvation of the MoCo and were made in large quantities, although I can't find any data to confirm production output. 1990 was a watershed year, when IIRC they cleared 50k.

 

Are you counting sportsters?
EVO big twins are slim pickings around here.
We have a few but not near as many EVOs as there are TCs on craigslist.

 

1980. 46,700 (31,615 BT; 14,767 XL)
1981. 41,600 (30,166 BT; 10,102 XL)
1982. 28,000 (17,389 BT; 6,276 XL)
1983. 29,500 (13,818 BT; 8,738 XL)
1984. 37,850 (30,878 BT; 6,175 XL)
1985. 32,300 (25,786 BT; 6,514 XL)
1986. 36,735 (24,776 BT; 11,959 XL)
1987. 43,315 (29,066 BT; 14,249 XL)
1988. 50,517 (33,026 BT; 17,491 XL)
1989. 58,925 (41,087 BT; 17,838 XL)
1990. 62,458 (46,339 BT; 16,119 XL)
1991. 68,626 (49,891 BT; 18,735 XL)
1992. 76,495 (58,872 BT; 17,623 XL)
1993. 81,696 (59,449 BT; 22,247 XL)
1994. 96,387 (69,345 BT; 26,466 XL; Buell 576)
1995. 106,511 (75,479 BT; 29,625 XL; Buell 1,407)
1996. 121,533 (87,598 BT; 31,173 XL; Buell 2,762)
1997. 136,700 (100,832 BT; 31,453 XL; Buell 4,415)
1998. 157,100 (116,926 BT; 33,892 XL; Buell 6,282)
1999. 184,954 (135,317 BT; 41,870 XL; Buell 7,767)
2000. 209,635 (158,379 BT; 46,213 XL; Buell 5,043 [no Blast singles included])
2001. 240,416 (183,647 BT; 50,814 XL; Buell 5,955)
2002. 273,233 (194,474 BT; V-Rod 19,709; 51,171 XL; Buell 7,879)
2003. 301,000 (233,982 BT inc. V-Rod; 57,165 XL; Buell 7,979)
2004. 325,667 (247,468 BT inc. V-Rod; 69,821 XL; Buell 8,378)
2005. 337,783 (258,802 BT inc. V-Rod; 70,215 XL; Buell 8,766)
2006. 359,413 (284,639 BT inc. V-Rod; 64,557 XL; Buell 10,217)
2007. 340,059 (258,583 BT inc. V-Rod; 72,036 XL; Buell 9,440)
2008. 312,674 (242,795 BT inc. V-Rod; 60,684 XL; Buell 9,195)

So about 1,000,000 evo BT's made. They made over a million TC BT over just 3 years in the 2000's. Evos are hardly rare and I see a ton of them FS. With these numbers and the lack of real dedicated love for the TC by HD owners you will see the TC about worthless when the new HD motor comes out. Best I can tell they are due for a completely new motor if they keep to their usual schedule....but doubt they will with poor sales and incredible drop in used prices that would happen when I new motor arrived. Many of the new HD/TC owners will rush to buy the new powerplant. The new generation of HD owners are "lifestyle brand" types who's idea of customizing is picking a paint job from HD and installing a cup holder.

 

Well done back, so that makes around a million Evos and roughly 4 times that many TCs.

 

^ ^ ^ where'd you get those stats? Are those EVO production numbers? What's the VRod doing in there?

 

The stats are Big Twins (all types, including the last of the shovels and where Evos over-lapped with TCs), plus the other groups, including V-Rods.

 

so everything marked BT (Big Touring?) is an EVO engine? Where'd these stats come from?

 

BT is Big Twin, as in not sportster. They are evo in the years that were not transitional. Not sure why some years the Vrod was lumped in with the BT. But they never big sellers and don't account for much in the BT total sales. Stats found on internet....but seem correct in what I have heard over the years so I assume they are correct. Just thought in was interesting per this thread.

 

Good info - where'd you find that?

From what I've seen, certain Evo models are already more valuable and desirable than early 2000's Twin Cams.

Ken - we're going on the Lake Superior Circle Tour, leaving on the 17th and going clockwise around the lake. We're going to take a deviation south and stop in at Tomahawk on Sunday on the way home. It will be the first long cruise on the '86 now that I have her in tip-top shape.