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What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? #13769140 11/13/20 06:01 PM
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What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability??



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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: Jet Peddler] #13769171 11/13/20 06:33 PM
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Never owned a Harley, but always wanted an XLCR. I believe it to be from the AMF days and is most likely a piece of junk, but to me, at that time, it was a very cool looking bike. I remember in the early 2000’s maybe, HD made an attempt at Superbike racing. I would see them at the track and they always had the best looking semi haulers, the best looking uniforms and leathers, and most importantly, the best looking paddock models. I don’t think they ever even finished on the podium, but they looked great.

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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: Jet Peddler] #13769801 11/14/20 02:49 AM
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I believe they did finish on the podium a few times. Not certain, but I could swear they did.


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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: HasBen] #13769810 11/14/20 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by HasBen
Never owned a Harley, but always wanted an XLCR. I believe it to be from the AMF days and is most likely a piece of junk, but to me, at that time, it was a very cool looking bike. I remember in the early 2000’s maybe, HD made an attempt at Superbike racing. I would see them at the track and they always had the best looking semi haulers, the best looking uniforms and leathers, and most importantly, the best looking paddock models. I don’t think they ever even finished on the podium, but they looked great.

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Still a V-twin and will never hang with an inline high revving 4 cylinder. Bought an off the floor 600 cc supersport bike in 2006 .

with 125 hp and weighed 350 lb.turning 17000 RPM. HD still ran carbuerated engines forever.

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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: Tneel] #13769889 11/14/20 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Tneel
Originally Posted by HasBen
Never owned a Harley, but always wanted an XLCR. I believe it to be from the AMF days and is most likely a piece of junk, but to me, at that time, it was a very cool looking bike. I remember in the early 2000’s maybe, HD made an attempt at Superbike racing. I would see them at the track and they always had the best looking semi haulers, the best looking uniforms and leathers, and most importantly, the best looking paddock models. I don’t think they ever even finished on the podium, but they looked great.

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Still a V-twin and will never hang with an inline high revving 4 cylinder. Bought an off the floor 600 cc supersport bike in 2006 .

with 125 hp and weighed 350 lb.turning 17000 RPM. HD still ran carbuerated engines forever.

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1976 XLCR was a collectible, not for riding. I had a R1 and GSXR 1000 back in the day. They wouldn’t turn near 17000rpm but were great bikes anyway.


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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: HasBen] #13769896 11/14/20 04:09 AM
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Never owned a Harley, but always wanted an XLCR. I believe it to be from the AMF days and is most likely a piece of junk, but to me, at that time, it was a very cool looking bike. I remember in the early 2000’s maybe, HD made an attempt at Superbike racing. I would see them at the track and they always had the best looking semi haulers, the best looking uniforms and leathers, and most importantly, the best looking paddock models. I don’t think they ever even finished on the podium, but they looked great.

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Still a V-twin and will never hang with an inline high revving 4 cylinder. Bought an off the floor 600 cc superspou ooort bike in 2006 .

with 125 hp and weighed 350 lb.turning 17000 RPM. HD still ran carbuerated engines forever.

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1976 XLCR was a collectible, not for riding. I had a R1 and GSXR 1000 back in the day. They wouldn’t turn near 17000rpm but were great bikes anyway.


Never been on a supersport liter bike but I've heard an R1 would hit over 100 mh in 1rst gear. My R6 would hit around 82. I love the sound of an inline 4.


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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: Jet Peddler] #13770469 11/14/20 08:37 PM
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I’ll keep my old carbureted Harley, carry on.


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Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: wyliepirate] #13770472 11/14/20 08:42 PM
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I’ll keep my old carbureted Harley, carry on.

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I wish this had a carb. I know you can convert it, but that'd probably open up a can of worms.

Re: What's happened to Harley-Davidson reliability?? [Re: kjwolvy] #13772474 11/16/20 04:25 PM
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I’ll keep my old carbureted Harley, carry on.

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I wish this had a carb. I know you can convert it, but that'd probably open up a can of worms.


Nice bike. Love the gas tank - what a great finish.


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