January 28, 2014 12:35 PM PST
No Japenese nor Bombardier (victory cycles, polaris, Evinrude) carry even spare replacement engines for the Street model MOTORCYCLES, much less the smaller more wear prone stuff. I have been wrenching on Bikes , ALL brand names , for over 25 years. Used to be, parts were always available, or at most , overnight, for any bike ten years old or newer. Now , I have waited 2 weeks for small carb. and fuel tank seals on a Yamaha star 650 2009 model! That is the Best I could do between online and through the surrounding dealers! I am certified on Harley Davidson Products, and that is my main repair and / or service. I have absolutely no trouble at all getting parts for evo engined 1987 up bikes! Newer H-D twin cam engined bikes are a little harder , but not a big deal. I will tell you this, the newer japenese and victory bikes are nice for the money, but try to get an engine for one of these bikes (a brand new engine , factory engine) , Good luck! unlesss they specially build you one, all you can get is parts and peices to rebuild old engine. They really dont build new engines for any of their motorcycles. They make them throw away bikes, its really sad! Harley Davidson though, does in fact have brand new engines for your bikes all the way back to the first evolutions , plus S&S has all other model engines as well as big bore and stroked NEW engines for ALL models of H-D. Now some manufacterers would have folks think that if a company has to carry new engines, then their engines arent very reliable. I say H-D doesent build a throw away bike, and 150000 mile engines need to be replaced! Whatever floats your boat, Just sayin'
