Judge: Mr Murray, you have been accused of sexual assault, and it has corroborated by several witnesses. What is your defence?

The target customers are dying of old age.

It’s a very short term solution to a long term problem.

They’re more for the bike/car owners themselves. One thing that became clear during the pandemic is how many people buy motorcycles in order to own a giant noisemaker that they can incidentally use to travel from place to place.

No, it appears to be an emissions control issue. Likely the new seat material isn’t compatible with Depends anymore.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Livewire was a mistake... not the bike, the marketing.

“There is a cultural aspect to H-Ds that has really been exacerbated since...oh...2016"

Ah, right. The 107 is avail with twin cooling; on the 114 it’s standard.

Right now Harley has bought themselves time to figure out how to proceed, but that is all they have done. Unless they have a plan beyond this, then they are KMart-ing themselves. You’ve dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s yourself, you just ain’t wanting to see it.

“a problem with an emissions-related device”. I’m guessing this is something a typical Harley buyer will immediately remove anyway. 

No it’s the fake leather tassels and pointy chromed bar ends that can’t be sourced.  Or maybe the denim riding jackets, and I use that term loosely, made in Asia.

Smaller Milwaukee 8's use just oil cooled heads, while larger ones use “twin cooling” which is a combo of oil and water cooling passages in the heads.

As far as motorcycles go, the problem with that argument is that loud pipes are hard to hear in a car. Also consider insurance companies who live & die by statistics. If loud pipes did save lives, there would be statistics to back it up and you’d get a discount for having them on your bike.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO

Or they just love the sound of potatoes.

It’s only a matter of time before their air-cooled engines won’t pass emissions. As it is they have to run them lean as hell to pass. Eventually when more of their bikes have the liquid-cooled Rev Max motor it won’t be an issue. 

The factory mufflers are DOT legal, but they get replaced by owners who buy into the “loud pipes save lives” bullshit.

I’m assuming it’s an issue with outsourced seats that can’t hold the fat asses of their customers, because what else on a caveman-simple motorcycle could possible be this significant?

Please make this permanent. Or at the very least please require mufflers that actually work. 

Was it mufflers that don’t muffle? Crossing fingers.