The indestructible evo?
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 18
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From: Minnesota
cpbedor,
Hundreds???? Is there that many is MN?
Heck riding season there is so short lucky if 90% of the bikes in the state ever get run enough to warm up the oil. I did ride mine the last time in the middle of Dec. but it wasn't far....my hands were froze solid before the 1st mile. I'm a couple hundred miles north of you near Itasca State Park. Stop in if you are ever in the area.
Back to the OP topic, Not really anything to comment on the EVO as this is my first one. 34 years ago my 1st HD (A Very modified Sportster) was riden as a daily driver (stationed in Florida) and only thing I ever did was basic tune-up and oil change. I will say thought that the 3rd gear was getting bad but that was due to my 'hard' driving. Since then I owned 2 TC's a WideGlide and a Heritage Springer. Recently purchased a '99 Heritage Springer with only 4800 original miles!! Unfortunately, due to all the years of inoperation, the rear cylinder rocker cover is leaking. I removed it and it looks like it was installed incorrectly at the factory. Inside of the engine still looks new. Since I have it apart I am installing an Andrews EV-27 cam along with a new Torrington bearing. I have heard this (cam bearing) is one of the things that can be an issue with the EVO. I put on a SE air cleaner, rejetted the carb, straight through dual fishtails. I may have to put 'lollipops' of something in them to get a little back pressure.
Hoping the reliability of this EVO is as good as I have heard. Do not want to get rid of this Heritage Springer since I kicked my self many times over for selling the '02 HS I bought new.
Hundreds???? Is there that many is MN?
Heck riding season there is so short lucky if 90% of the bikes in the state ever get run enough to warm up the oil. I did ride mine the last time in the middle of Dec. but it wasn't far....my hands were froze solid before the 1st mile. I'm a couple hundred miles north of you near Itasca State Park. Stop in if you are ever in the area.Back to the OP topic, Not really anything to comment on the EVO as this is my first one. 34 years ago my 1st HD (A Very modified Sportster) was riden as a daily driver (stationed in Florida) and only thing I ever did was basic tune-up and oil change. I will say thought that the 3rd gear was getting bad but that was due to my 'hard' driving. Since then I owned 2 TC's a WideGlide and a Heritage Springer. Recently purchased a '99 Heritage Springer with only 4800 original miles!! Unfortunately, due to all the years of inoperation, the rear cylinder rocker cover is leaking. I removed it and it looks like it was installed incorrectly at the factory. Inside of the engine still looks new. Since I have it apart I am installing an Andrews EV-27 cam along with a new Torrington bearing. I have heard this (cam bearing) is one of the things that can be an issue with the EVO. I put on a SE air cleaner, rejetted the carb, straight through dual fishtails. I may have to put 'lollipops' of something in them to get a little back pressure.
Hoping the reliability of this EVO is as good as I have heard. Do not want to get rid of this Heritage Springer since I kicked my self many times over for selling the '02 HS I bought new.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,856
Likes: 127
From: Middle of Kansas
I have 39,000 on my 99 and it just keeps running better and better. All I have done is replace the cam bearing, and it looked like brand new yet. There have been some on here with over 150,000 without work.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,959
Likes: 2
From: Florida
My '88 had 59,500 when I got it 7 years ago. It had sat for 4 years. Tank rusted really bad, lots of other issues. But I got her cleaned up and she ran fine until around 80k, and my crank pin started making noise. Bottom end rebuild and top end cleaned up. Now at 100k, and she runs great. I trust her 
Road Master
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,232
Likes: 8
From: Powder Springs, GA
Mine only has 22K on it!!!!!!! and of course was a low mileage bike two years ago when I got it. I was looking for bikes up to the 40K ish mileage range and was very happy to find this one. I went to put in a new torrington bearing and EV27. To my suprise the bike had an EV46 in it and the bearing was already updated. So that made the swap easy. Popped in the new cam and pushrods and away I went. Only thing I had to do was the cam seal and this was my faul anyway. I should have changed it with the cam. However it was easy to swap it even with the cam cover on. Had a new stock evo in my old chopper. I used to run the snot out of that bike. Never had problems at all.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,690
Likes: 246
From: Lakeville, MN
cpbedor,
Hundreds???? Is there that many is MN? Heck riding season there is so short lucky if 90% of the bikes in the state ever get run enough to warm up the oil. I did ride mine the last time in the middle of Dec. but it wasn't far....my hands were froze solid before the 1st mile. I'm a couple hundred miles north of you near Itasca State Park. Stop in if you are ever in the area.
Hundreds???? Is there that many is MN?
Heck riding season there is so short lucky if 90% of the bikes in the state ever get run enough to warm up the oil. I did ride mine the last time in the middle of Dec. but it wasn't far....my hands were froze solid before the 1st mile. I'm a couple hundred miles north of you near Itasca State Park. Stop in if you are ever in the area.We're actually heading up there in May, stopping to pick up an old man in Breezy Point then all the way up to the north shore. And if you ever make it down to the big city, give me a shout too. Riding on those minimum maintenance roads has to be tough. We got pavement and stuff down here! cpbedor@yahoo.com we'll plan the trip!
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 56,052
Likes: 88,374
From: Western South Dakota
The proof is in the pudding, right? So, just wondering, how many miles are on your evos? Better yet, for those who've had theirs since new or low miles, how long before you had any issues? What repair was needed, etc.? The evo I'm about to buy has 15k miles. Just trying to get an idea on maintenance $$ and life expectancy. Thanx
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