I thought this was the most interesting point of the post:
It also should be mentioned — if it’s not plainly evident — that the days of the infinitely rebuildable, easy-to-wrench, keep-it-for-your-grandkids Harley is done and gone. Bozmoski danced around the issue of the plain-roller crank bearings that were used to ill effect in the Twin Cam and carried forth to the Milwaukee-Eight.
“We didn’t see a need to use double tapered-roller bearings,” he said.
When I asked him why, then, Harley offers a kit for Twin Cams to convert back to that style of bearing — used from 1954 to 2001, and abandoned presumably due to cost — I got a simple answer.
“Customer perception. Sometimes customers think they need it.”
Sounds like they really cheapened the motor and want users to bring it back to the shop.
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