Originally Posted By: grampi
Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: Brybo86
And still air-cooled? Facepalm.
You actually expected HD to go watercooled
Facepalm
If HD ever goes all liquid cooled, they'll go kicking and screaming the whole way...
Aside from the VRSC and new "baby revolution" motors in the Street models. Of course the sales of those are much lower than Sportsters and big twin models.
But yeah, people seem to forget the reason people like "ancient engine tech" is SIMPLICITY. One less fluid to maintain. One less fluid to leak. One less failure point in the engine.
Harley knows its buyer segments and what they like. They make the bikes that their people will buy. I can say that recently, my bike company started churning out liquid cooled "retro" models....and the sales have not been even close to what they expected. Hard to tell people their Bonneville is retro when it has a big old radiator hanging out front.
Yes, Harley lives on nostalgia...and what is so wrong with that as long as people want it? It isn't like there are about a dozen other makers out there as alternative for consumers to choose from that have their niches carved out.
One thing is for sure, if they go full liquid cooled someday, the air cooled prices will certainly climb and the aftermarket will be all too happy to keep churning out the parts to keep the old ones alive.