Harley does get a bad rap about the oil leaking . It all goes back to early Harleys . If I recall correctly they were designed to drip oil . I forget what the deal was maybe to keep the primary chain lubed a bit ? I really can't recall , someone here will know why that was .

Rick

 

I still have my 1979 Honda CBX. It's still in great shape and runs like like a raped ape.

 

The old one's did have chain lubricators.

 

Rick, you are correct on the part about older Harleys dipping oil for a reason, it was to keep the chain oiled. It was adjustable, but some thought more oil on the chain would make them last longer. I have had Harleys for a long time, never have had an engine case leak that wasn't broken.

 

My old 72 FLH leaks oil in all sorts of places but it has character[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Yes it does have a chain oiler that drips.I have had this bike since 87 and will have it till I am gone.Hope to have my 500 4x4 Scrammy that long too[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

That is called an EXCUSE!!!!!!!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Back in the day when AMF (bowling company) bought out Harley they decided to mass produce the bikes and they put out alot of junk. That is where the saying "I'd rather be riding a Honda than pushing a Harley" comes from.

 

anybody that tells me my harley is leaking I just tell them that its just marking its teritory and that if they insult it too much I'll have to sik it on them .

 

They did have some problems with AMF but if it werent for AMF Harley wouldnt be here today.And look how they are throwing out cookie cutter bikes now. Polaris went through the same sort of thing in the 90s now look at how hard they are trying to overcome it.

 

My only grievance with Polaris is I hate working on them. They're not complicated or anything, just a pain in the ***. I blame the engineers and designers for that. Oh, and the only Polaris I have ridden that had "decent" rear brakes was the Preditor 500. I was a tech at a Honda/Yamaha/Polaris dealership in CA and I would cringe when ever I saw one of those "poo poo laris's" being dropped off for some maintenance. I wouldn't own one because of the above reason.