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Old May 11, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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RUMOR has it &(^(
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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I know it is true.........some one dug up a old article on the Nova project and thought it is a new model. No I am not serious, just a jacka$$. HD toys with the idea, I bet, if it happens, it happens, if not well 2011 model rumors are around the corner in 2 months.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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Technology advances, simple fact. Takes longer for some to accept and embrace it than others. I have no qualms about a liquid cooled Harley. If it meets my needs at the time and I like it...I'll buy it. If not, I'll buy something else.

People whined about EFI too. And more recently about ABS. While the rumor mill certainly never ends, it is only rivaled by the incessant whining by those who are perpetually stuck in the past.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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It's the future for Harley and every other bike builder, you can thank the EPA for that.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Phurion
Technology advances, simple fact. Takes longer for some to accept and embrace it than others. I have no qualms about a liquid cooled Harley. If it meets my needs at the time and I like it...I'll buy it. If not, I'll buy something else.

People whined about EFI too. And more recently about ABS. While the rumor mill certainly never ends, it is only rivaled by the incessant whining by those who are perpetually stuck in the past.
Bravo...Well said.
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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HHMM four cylinder VTwin ..

Harley started working on the EVO in 1977 , and was the same , aluminum motor = Death of Harley blah blah blah , I remember it well ..

pointless electronic ignition = Death of Harley

OMG they did away with two piece fatbobs = Death of Harley

Belt Drive = Death of Harley

EFI = boy they really screwed up now , Death of Harley

and a thousand other major and minor changes over the past 105 , no 106 years , and hey they're still here ..

Ya wanna know what will be the Death of Harley ??

Dont Change
I'm an old skool fool and have some really old iron sitting here , and love it , but change is inevitable ..
 

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Old May 11, 2009 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Road Ranger
There’s a rumor going around that Harley-Davidson is working on a water-cooled, four cylinder, v-twin motor with a displacement somewhere between 1,300cc and 1,600cc.
Umm... at the risk of pointing out the obvious, it isn't possible to make a "four cylinder, v-twin".
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Phurion
Technology advances, simple fact. Takes longer for some to accept and embrace it than others. I have no qualms about a liquid cooled Harley. If it meets my needs at the time and I like it...I'll buy it. If not, I'll buy something else.

People whined about EFI too. And more recently about ABS. While the rumor mill certainly never ends, it is only rivaled by the incessant whining by those who are perpetually stuck in the past.
Perfectly Stated My friend! Progress states there must be change...with change come forward motion...something Harley needs drastically to survive!

Ride Safe, Mike
 
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Old May 11, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pwp
umm... At the risk of pointing out the obvious, it isn't possible to make a "four cylinder, v-twin".
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Old May 11, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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a V-Quad?
 
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