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Would you buy a water cooled Harley Touring Bike?
#291
I would think both sides of this argument are correct. Harley will keep an air-cooled engine in certain bikes for as long as it can. And, I would bet, that HD will come out with a couple more water-cooled bikes including a touring-style version. I wonder if the new water-cooled bikes will be clean slate frames/products or dropping the Rev engine into bikes in the existing lines, such as an option in a full dresser or RK or Heritage Classic or Fat Boy. What will the Rev engine fit into in the existing line up?
#292
I would agree with you, HD does not make whole sale changes unless they are looking down the road. The touring frame could have been firmed up without a total redesign.
#295
It's not just about the EPA. Harley is a global player and the EPA is a bunch of playground punks compared to some of the foreign agencies. Porsche, working on HD engine designs since the shovelhead, fought the same battle as HD. Fans claiming they would turn their backs on the 911 if it went water cooled. Well it did, and now performance people love it more then the old air cooled!!
The NOVA project has been around since the beginning of AMF/HD and is the grandfather of the VROD.
I truly believe the VROD was more of a test to see if HD fans would buy a water cooled HD. Hence only one color and model in the beginning. The VROD is not that loved in the USA but really popular in Europe. There are small simularities with the new FL frames and the VROD frames.
I am amazed that HD has not offered up a waterhead based touring bike, maybe with a 4 cylinder even.
BTW the NOVA project was known about but HD would not talk about it until just recently.
You can only do sooo much with aircooled performance and stay under the environmental radar.. to stay afloat internationally HD must begin producing liquid cooled engines.
The NOVA project has been around since the beginning of AMF/HD and is the grandfather of the VROD.
I truly believe the VROD was more of a test to see if HD fans would buy a water cooled HD. Hence only one color and model in the beginning. The VROD is not that loved in the USA but really popular in Europe. There are small simularities with the new FL frames and the VROD frames.
I am amazed that HD has not offered up a waterhead based touring bike, maybe with a 4 cylinder even.
BTW the NOVA project was known about but HD would not talk about it until just recently.
You can only do sooo much with aircooled performance and stay under the environmental radar.. to stay afloat internationally HD must begin producing liquid cooled engines.
#296
#298
According to this poll they would and I will be right behind them once they have been out for a year or two. Maybe the resale of our old ones will go up since some do not want water cooled!!!!
#299
I would still buy the Harley. I never set out to buy an oil cooled engine in the first place. As long as the overall look, feel, sound and ride were the same, liquid cooled or not would not really matter to me. As a matter of thought, would the engine last longer beause it is running cooler as a result of liquid cooling?
#300