engine setups?
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engine setups?
Ok guys this may be a dumb question but I have been sitting here wondering why harley has 2 different engine setups on their bikes. What I mean is the softail has the ridged mounted counterbalanced engine while the dyna and touring bikes have the rubbermounted non-balanced engine. Why is this? From my experience the softail is much smoother at idle which really dosent matter to me but why the different setups?
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There isn't enough room in the Softail frame for rubber mounts, so they came up with the counterbalanced "B" motor for the Softails to reduce the vibration at idle/low rpms.
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Last edited by Clammy; Aug 25, 2008 at 09:32 PM.
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I think they should put the "B" engine in the rubber mounts. Think of it; no shake at idle, no vibration at 75 mph either! Duh....
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I will take my shake at idle Dyna WG over a balanced rubber mounted bike any day. The shake adds charactor.
