If Harley introduced a new motor how long would you wait to buy a bike with it ?
#101
08-06-2016, 09:59 AM
Isn't the last new motor the MC built the one in the V-Rod? Not much talk about them on the Forum, but were there any major problems with them - other than that they were not traditional?
I'd use that as my benchmark for whether the MC could get it right the first time instead of the TC experience.
Although some of the problems with the TC shouldn't have happened, they knew at the time they were trying to modernize old technology instead of developing something new.
I didn't ask the question to be a wise guy. I truly don't know the answer.
I'd use that as my benchmark for whether the MC could get it right the first time instead of the TC experience.
Although some of the problems with the TC shouldn't have happened, they knew at the time they were trying to modernize old technology instead of developing something new.
I didn't ask the question to be a wise guy. I truly don't know the answer.
#102
08-06-2016, 10:19 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
every new design harley has come up with has had major problems. cam bolt , cam bearings, tensioner shoes in the first twinkies. along with the first year 6 speeds, primary chain tensioners, compensators ( still havn't got that one figured out ) crappy wheel bearings. evo's were the same way, bad base gaskets and inner cam bearings, weak and breaking engine cases. no way i would buy the first two years of anything that harley's putting out there, unless they came way down on their prices.
#103
08-06-2016, 11:47 AM
#104
08-06-2016, 02:17 PM
STFU about the Engine vs Motor drivel. It's all moot and nobody but one or two of you give a rat's **** crevice. I will call them the opposite of what you want me to just to **** you off anyway. Just get over yourselves.
I also don't buy all the wild speculations that are flying around.
That being said, if I were to buy a new bike with a clean-sheet internal combustion machine I'd probably wait until the third model year.
I also don't buy all the wild speculations that are flying around.
That being said, if I were to buy a new bike with a clean-sheet internal combustion machine I'd probably wait until the third model year.
Last edited by baka1969; 08-06-2016 at 02:21 PM.
#105
08-06-2016, 03:23 PM
Road Master
The V-Rod motor is truly a great motor and its Harleys fault for not doing anything with it ! All they really had to do was make it in a 1500cc size and put in some type of touring frame. And then call it the new modernized FXR-3 or the new RoadMaster. And it's been 10 yrs too . Let's Go Harley and get off your asses !
#107
08-06-2016, 04:42 PM
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08-06-2016, 04:53 PM
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#109
08-06-2016, 09:53 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
#110
08-10-2016, 07:47 PM
Ultimate HDF Member
You got that right!
The TC88 was a solid motor through and through from '99 to '02....If you gave me a '03 and later bike with a TC motor, I'd sell it and buy a '99 to '03.
The only thing wrong with the early TC motors was the tensioners and that's a minor, cheap fix and completely curable with a set of gear drive cams.
Any motor built after '03 was cheaped down every year until they turned it into the junk that they are selling today.