HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
#42
11-08-2007, 05:22 PM
Road Warrior
RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
ORIGINAL: Gutman
I built one of those. The kits are avalible from Cycle Vision. The other posts are correct, incorrect rake and frame geometry. The extra weight kills performance. Looks nice. Useless as a Chopper.
Don't be suprised to see a museum piece that is water cooling in a whole new way.Naysayers might be impressed.
I built one of those. The kits are avalible from Cycle Vision. The other posts are correct, incorrect rake and frame geometry. The extra weight kills performance. Looks nice. Useless as a Chopper.
Don't be suprised to see a museum piece that is water cooling in a whole new way.Naysayers might be impressed.
Jerry
#43
11-08-2007, 06:59 PM
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RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
I have several bikes for different reasons.
My Ultra is by far is the one I prefer to ride.
I also have a vtx 1800 or 110ci thaat is water cooled. At red lights and stop signs it puts off a lot of heat and I am ready to move quick when I can, does this sound fimilar. In slow traffic it does run cooler than my Ultra. I do enjoy the bike a lot and is a lot of fun. Again the Ultra is the ride of my choice.
jim
My Ultra is by far is the one I prefer to ride.
I also have a vtx 1800 or 110ci thaat is water cooled. At red lights and stop signs it puts off a lot of heat and I am ready to move quick when I can, does this sound fimilar. In slow traffic it does run cooler than my Ultra. I do enjoy the bike a lot and is a lot of fun. Again the Ultra is the ride of my choice.
jim
#44
11-08-2007, 08:04 PM
Road Warrior
RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
ORIGINAL: Windup08
I went from Yamaha to Harley partly because I wanted to get away from liquid cooled....more weight, more complexity, more maintenance headaches. Thanks, but no thanks.
I went from Yamaha to Harley partly because I wanted to get away from liquid cooled....more weight, more complexity, more maintenance headaches. Thanks, but no thanks.
#45
11-08-2007, 08:13 PM
Road Captain
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11-09-2007, 09:07 AM
#48
11-09-2007, 11:00 AM
RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
ORIGINAL: Retired_Ted
Did you miss Yamaha's power? Liquid cooling will open the door to a lot more power with a stock engine - also, mods will be extremely difficult and maybe even unneccessary.
ORIGINAL: Windup08
I went from Yamaha to Harley partly because I wanted to get away from liquid cooled....more weight, more complexity, more maintenance headaches. Thanks, but no thanks.
I went from Yamaha to Harley partly because I wanted to get away from liquid cooled....more weight, more complexity, more maintenance headaches. Thanks, but no thanks.
When comparing Harley's of similarsize, they outperform the aircooled Yamaha's, with the exception of the Warrior. See the thread I did on this ....
https://www.hdforums.com/m_2332049/tm.htm
#49
11-09-2007, 11:11 AM
RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
ORIGINAL: old95
Just received the Fall issue of HD's Enthusiast mag.. As we are all aware this is published by HD & every word, article & comment is carefully reviewed by HD prior to it being released.
Just received the Fall issue of HD's Enthusiast mag.. As we are all aware this is published by HD & every word, article & comment is carefully reviewed by HD prior to it being released.
They may have a liquid cooled bike in the works... but I wouldn't take this as evidence.
#50
11-09-2007, 11:33 AM
RE: HD Liquid-cooled touring bikes 09 or 10
Retired_Ted.....what power? Don't get me wrong, my Royal Star was a nice bike, but powerful it was not. The 96 stock RoyalStar was lucky it put out 45 hp. With the 5 speed tranny Yamaha kept telling owners that both 4th and 5th were overdrive gears....who needs 2 overdrive gears on a bike? Gas tank was only 4.5 gallons and when running it hard I was doing good to get 25 mpg. The air intake was under the gas tank with a little rubber scoop at the front (right behind the fork) to help funnel as much air into it as possible, but what you could do was really limited. It was a beautiful bike and rode solid as a rock on the interstate, but that big V-4 with 4 carbs was way too thirsty. Then after just a few years of production Yamaha started backing away from their commitment to the Royal in favor of the new V-twin RoadStar. I'm glad to be on a Harley now.