Heavy Duty – July-August 2019

TECH TORQ

ALPHA PERFORMANCE ENGINES bring together

over 20 years experience in building and developing

performance engines.

We have been working with local and international

companies to develop our Harley-Davidson “Bolt

on Kits” to take the new M8 engines from 107ci to

117ci and even 120ci - and the 114ci to 120ci and

124ci - in a range of Compression Ratios to suit the

engine character you want, to make your ride what it

needs to be - for you!

Up until now these styles of Kits have only been

available out of the USA, but we have a range on the

shelf now, ready to ship, with Head and Base gaskets

at a better price than landed from

overseas.

We can even supply a M8

Cylinder Head package

to suit your combo from

our partner, Warflow

Cylinder Heads, in 3 styles

of Performance - from mild

to wild!!

Call us today for more info.

Go for it Rozza! The Revolution
engine, co-developed with
Porsche, was based on the
engine in the VR-1000
Superbike and was the first
overhead cam, liquid-cooled
Harley-Davidson engine to see
mass-market production.
The cylinders were placed at a
60-degree angle, rather than the
45 degrees that’s part of the key
to creating the signature Harley-
Davidson sound.
Impressively, the Revolution
passed the famous Düsseldorf
Test at the Porsche Engineering
Group’s Weissach Development
Centre in Germany. The
Düsseldorf Test is a rigorous
endurance test that requires
an engine to run for 500 hours
without failure. This proved
that the V-Rod was both
powerful and reliable.
Yes, I did own one for a
couple of years and loved it
but in this game to keep our

readers up to date, I needed

to move on with my bike

ownership, going to Orange

Betty, a sweet CVO that long

time readers will remember.

My best information is that it

was dropped due to poor sales

figures, particularly in the USA.

But they make a sensational

platform for customising as

you can see in the pic above

from Killer Customs.

BIG TWIN OR

SPORTY?

Doc, I’m thinking of building

up a hot bike as a plaything.

I’m not going to tour on it,

just race around and have