Whether it becomes an ideal Harley or not depends on the base model.
Choosing a rigid mount or a rubber base model is the most important when a custom such as “I want to taste a beat feeling”, “I want to produce a high torque”, “I want this style” is clear
Extract the appeal of the base model
- Beat beyond “shovel head”
- Big Twin The fastest performance is available
- You can get a brilliant and sharp acceleration of a V-type 2 cylinder engine
However, different base models can not bring out the full charm
Rubber mount, Rigid mount, changing feeling of beating
With the vibration through the rubber and the vibration through the bolt, the feeling of the beating feeling even with the same engine is different.
Rubber mount of comfort and beating feeling that greatly shakes the car body
Tooling model · TC Dyna model feeling of beating
Between the engine and the frame is mounted with a rubber , so as not to transmit strong vibrations to the rider.
Long distance touring is because vibration causes fatigue。
There is no balancer mechanism in the engine because it is turning off unpleasant vibration in the rubber.
The vibration of the engine amplifies through the rubber, the soft vibration spreads throughout the motorcycle, the engine and the car body feel a shake, and the appearance also shakes greatly.
Although there is no hard vibration like “Softail”, large vibration unique to rubber mount is popular.
The feeling of the beating of the sportstar model is slightly hard
Sports star also has the same rubber mount characteristic as the tooling model · Dyna model, but because it uses a harder rubber, a slightly stronger vibration is felt.
There is no intense and strong hard vibration like rigid mount era, sports model that can also touring.
It does not shake bigger than the tooling model or Dyna, but you can feel hard vibrations.
A rigid beat of traditional rigid mount
Softail model has a hard beating feel
Rigid mount engine and frame directly with bolts, and the engine is also part of the stress members of the frame.
I have a balancer mechanism in the engine and I try not to tell riders unpleasant vibrations (vibrations like smart vibrations) to the rider.
Although the vibration is turned off by the balancer, even the feeling of beating of the engine that is born from the combustion of the engine is not erased.
Directly because the engine is mounted on the frame, you can feel hard vibrations.
However, there is no rocking vibration of the whole body like a rubber mount model.
Vibration differs depending on the engine mounting method and the presence or absence of a balancer, but it changes greatly depending on the custom
What you want in a custom is power, beat feeling, driving performance?
Ride in normal- In long distance touring, I want to carry luggage and also ride two people: Touring model
- I want to run in classical style · chopper style: Softail Model
- I also place importance on running, I also want to emphasize looks: TC Dyna Model
- Focusing on running and looking, I want to run lightly and lightly: sportstar
I think you should consider it.
Extract the charm that the base has in custom
Extreme tooling model on the royal road
Baguar · Hogg (Hog) is in fashion, performance parts are being released more rapidly, such as upward displacement and 23 inch wheels · stretch tank · extension · high performance suspension.
You can make a custom that is pretty radical for both appearance and performance.
The largest displacement in the Harley continues to be available.
With comfortable equipment as standard, you can do endless long touring. It is a Harley that everyone admires.
However, in order to lighten the steering wheel with the sidecar, the triple tree is reversed to lighten the steering wheel, so the steering wheel will tremble when you run at high speed all the time.
There are many people who are suffering.
There is also a method to raise the rigidity by attaching a stabilizer to the frame, but since it can not raise the rigidity only with the frame due to the rubber mount, it will not solve the fundamental problem.
To solve it, you only have to change the triple tree to the usual method.
However, because you change every neck, you need a shop with skills and facilities.
However, since the tour riding requires power, it does not require the highest speed, so custom that exceeds 100 horsepower by HOGG, bugger etc is commonplace and the triple tree is also intact.
Technical capabilities of each shop are quite high.
There are also many experienced shops such as superchargers in the turbo, also participated in the drag race, it is a quite hot model now.
Softail model of heartbeat · high power
It is popular with classical chopper · drug · choro style.
It looks like a rigid frame without a rear suspension (hardtail), but it looks like an old movie Harley.
Although it is the only traditional rigid mount model, the vibration is extinguished by the balancer, and the charm is felt thin, but in reality power · hard vibration is the model that can be withdrawn most.
If you do a precise balancing with the flywheel, you will not need a balancer.
It is the only Harley that can eliminate unpleasant vibrations and feel the vibration of the engine directly.
It is possible to raise the feeling of beating and power to the highest.
Those who are seeking a strong beat feeling before Evo get a stronger beating feeling by attaching weights to the outer periphery of the flywheel.
A heavyweight flywheel can not respond swiftly, but it can be easily solved by increasing the performance.
The shop that can balance the press-in type flywheel is only limited shops with facilities, skills, know-how, and achievements.
Furthermore, since the engine · mission · muffler · swing arm is a rigid mount, power transmission is the highest.
However, it is not possible to replace the rear suspension with a high-performance rear suspension, so it is not possible to improve the total running performance.
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Big Twin Fastest TC Dyna Model
Like a famous car lowrider, it is a model that you can feel the history of Harley’s evolution.
It is a model born with a good point collection of FL and XL. Because the rear suspension is a twin shock, it is an exciting model that makes sports driving possible with Harley’s powerful torque.
There is also a trend of club style, custom parts are sold as much as sportstars.
However, since the car body and the engine / mission are attached with rubber, it can not generate violent vibration and power as compared with “softail model”.
However, tuning such as exceeding 100 horsepower is practiced, the total balance is excellent in the big twin, and the performance is the highest overall in the big twin.
Vehicle body · Shake the entire engine, transmitted throughout the body and stray vibrations are universal Harley which can also handle long touring from running.
In Japan, since domestic parts are abundant, it is possible to divert parts and obtain driving performance which can not be thought of as Harley.
The choice of front and rear suspensions can greatly increase the basic performance as a motorcycle.
Even the same big twin engine, the attractive features depend on the structure
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Sportstar of running performance and style
It is released from the cafe racer to the chopper style, and you can get your favorite style from the beginning.
Of course, it is suitable for touring as it is rubber mount as well as winding road.
Without increasing the exhaust capacity like Big Twin, the sportstar is capable of 100 horsepower with intake, exhaust, ECM adjustment, head, cam, custom with large throttle body.
Unlike the big twin, the 4 cam sports star has the advantage from the high rpm, there is extension from the high rpm which can not be done for the Big Twin for low speed torque.
Acceleration of the sportstar is the most pleasant.
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Suspensions of well-known manufacturers are also being sold, and you can make a fast motorcycle.
There are many parts, and it can match almost all custom styles.
However, since the current model is rubber mount, power is hard to put out when compared with the model of 2003 or earlier (rigid mount), and the body is heavy as the car got bigger around.
Still, it is the most compact and lightweight in current Harley. If the performance is about 100 horsepower, it will be easy to do.
From racers to choppers, you can customize with bolt-on parts.
Summary
From the structure of rigid mount and rubber mount, there is a charm that can not be pulled out.
Of course, if you customize from a frame, etc., the importance of the base model will be low, but it is not realistic.
Please make sure to choose what kind of appearance you like, how to run, what kind of image Harley is ideal, etc., to bring out appeal.
Another reason why we adopted a balancer and a rubber mount
One is for “not beat the ride comfort of the rival manufacturer” as reported above.
Actually there was one more thing, because of the circumstances of the producer, I wanted to simplify the work of centering and balancing the crank.
If we simplify the balancing, productivity that meets demand can be obtained, but unpleasant vibration will occur.
In order to eliminate the unpleasant vibration, we decided to adopt a rubber mount and a balancer.
Adopting a rubber mount and a balancer makes it possible to perform precise centering and balancing that is troublesome and does not need to be done, and high productivity has been obtained.
There were various situations, and it was decided.
Today, thank you for reading until the end.
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