Thats what people have been saying to me...They ve been saygin that you can already find a Revolution engine from S&S, tried searching in their website and didn t find anything.
Have you heard anything? I think it is gonna be kind of hard cause the enginge needs a totally different type of body frame.

 

Last time I heard they were only selling the new motors to people who build complete bikes for the retail market. I think it's a great design, but not quite finished ascetically. I hate the pushrod tubes. I would rather see a one piece cover and a few other changes.

 

Aaaa that's REV not EVE........Ever seen a revolution mtr w/pushrods Oh and crap, now all the Harley guys are going to want a V-ROD

 

"People" are probably talking about the "X Wedge" it is a 3 cam air cooled pushrod engine and uses a timing belt. It is not a Revolution engine. It is a alternate engineto the air cooled harley based engine.

its available to Big Dog Motorcycles, Roger Bourget, Tim Edmondson, Cory Ness, and Bill Rucker.

http://www.x-wedge.com/

 

I talked to my HD mechanical type guy and he is sold on the x-wedges. It'll be interesting to know how a 'basic' 117 ci x-wedge will perform with respect to costs.

Although I'll probably keep my 'old' '00 FXD forever, I'm most certainly looking for a second bike .. good thingmyFXD is, and has been,a bullet proof ride so I'm not in any hurry. Bottom line, the v-rod is a very cool looking scooter, has water cooled going for it BUT,it NEEDSmore displacement and ponies. AT 125r.w.h.p. and 100ft/lbs of tq ~ I think it starts becoming an interesting alternative in the bigv-twinmarket.

 

one thing is the timing belt maintence issue I believe the timing belt has to be changed every 30k

 

Sounds like a lot of the Japanese cars where the timing belt requires changing every few years. (It looks pretty straightforward per the article) I'm not an expert, by any means, but the Master Mechanic I spoke with is certainly sold on them. I read the URL, above, and am curious on the h.p./tq specs on the 117 c.i.d. given much of the motivation to develop it wasmeeting EPA requirements.

 

Just to keep on track this is not a revolution engine it will not fit a vrsc only air cooled

 

But if we were to get off track .. http://www.x-wedge.com/gallery/galleryview.php?s_id=24.. wouldn't it be best getting there checking out a new and improved big v-twin??

 

My V-Rod had 78,000 miles on it and I have never changed the timing belt. To be honest with you, I didn't know it had one. I believe you may have made that up.