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Cruiser
Posts: 80
| I was reading the July edition of "Thunder Press" and in the Motorhead Memo column by Kip Woodring he was describing weaknesses in the H-D twin cam engine. He talks about crankshaft wobble and that part of the problem are poorly designed or cheapened crankshaft bearings. There is a weakness in the primary chain tensioner, which has an upgrade you can buy. And he says, "chain drive for primary transmission of power is archaic anyway." Geez, and they have been around for 110 years?
Thank you Victory for building a superior motor from day one!
Denny Pink
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Visionary
Posts: 2118
Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | I like to say: VICTORY is what Harley SHOULD have been (25 years ago). Our Vic's can use improvement, but they still beat the Hell out of HD.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
| I own an HD and I honestly can't complain about the engine, it's underpowered and cost a small fortune to pull any real hp out of it but it's been reliable. |
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Visionary
Posts: 3773
Pittsburgh, PA | i rode last year with a guy that had the electra glide 103. we were comparing what came in our engines. and we was very shock all what came on a victory motor stock ! He said you would have to spend a 4 digit number to get all those feature.. (gear drive, roller cam's etc) |
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | 3 piece crankshaft, I've had enough of that.......... |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| back about 2000 H-D told Timken Bearing how to run there company. Timken said bye bye. Now you know why they don't have good bearings. H-D all so changed there crank shaft bearings. |
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | Timken makes some of the best bearings in the world....... WTF ?? Nice decision HD. |
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