Europe. All export bikes will have to pass.

 

Not me i'll just hang on to mine until the engine blows up then i'll get a new engine. There's harleys from the early 1900's still runnin so my '11 should be fine, and when I get the itch to move up to a bigger one I'm sure the old air cooled ones will be coming down in price as the "Got to have it new" crowd moves in.

 

I didn't make that claim.

I'll quote myself so people can see what I actually said:

I clearly addressed pushing an engine to the point of overheating. That's it.

To an extent. I'll make the claim you accused me of now: 220 degrees is still hot. But it's not as hot as 300 degrees. Either way, it's uncomfortable. How hot the rider perceives it to be depends upon a number of factors; including exhaust pipe location and design, fuel tank placement and material construction, rider position, engine configuration, engine placement, etc.

Water-cooled cruisers have the benefit of never overheating (barring outright system failure). All you need is a strong enough alternator to maintain charge at idle while running the cooling fan, which water-cooled cruisers have but water-cooled sportbikes sometimes don't.

That said, both my Harley and my Ducati Monster 1100 are air-cooled, but that's because I prefer it. But I don't have to be blind to the advantages of water cooling.

 

That's called "system failure", which could be due to a flaw or poor maintenance.

I've seen a Harley puke oil, so does that mean oil coolers are useless?

 

...and that would never happen on a water cooled Harley.