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I do believe it has a reputation based and clouded by the fact most these bikes are hardly ever ridden.
What is my point?
I was dwn at the local independent shop the other day getting a part for the HSR 40.
*A Twin Cam was on the operating table with its guts from inside the timing cover all splayed out all over the place.
I know the shop owner pretty well and as we were talking he said almost every one of the Twinks needs a heart transplant by 30K
Cams , pumps, bearings ETC!
Yet if I ask most people about the TC reputation it comes back pretty good!
So I got to thinking after my trip out west last week.
My Buddy had me take a ride on his Twin Cam soft tail.
I forget what year it was (OLD) but it had only 7K miles on it!
My brain fired off a thought!
Most all these bikes have been bought by the Bucket Kicker folks!
No miles on them, Trailered everywhere.
If you ever ride to Sturgis it is like a Convoy, a parade on the way there.
The last 500 miles is spent passing towed bikes! Miles of them being towed to Meca.
This Generation that bought a Harley just to say they own one has no clue what is in the mail once that odometer flips a few more zeros.
In truth, they will not ever get that far.
I am thinking HD dodged a pretty big bullet!
The Real Twin cam has yet to be discovered!
Perhaps it never will be as these will all soon be sold and taken care of buy a different crowd.
The true deficit will never make a big splash as it should have.
Hd walked away with the biggest sales event in their history producing the worst engine ever.

* he showed me the cams and they were literally almost ground off on the backside where it fits in the bearing.