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Originally Posted by Angel
Skippy - I agree that the Connie, ST and Feejr are good bikes, but arent most of them solid-lifter ? Expen$ive valve adjustments ? The 1400 Concours, All ST's and FJR's are Water-cooled IIRC - another maintenance headache compared to an air-cooled bike.
IIRC the old Concours (the 1000cc) have screw/locknuts, but you still have 16 valves and 4 carbs to mess with- I'm done messing with carbs (except I dont have the money to buy anything FI...). Unfortunately for every bike I like, I think a belt drive Harley is less maintenance than everything else.
When did Harley go to drive belts ? you don't want to go too far back...
-John
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my nomad has self adjusting valves.
imo, shaft drive is the way to go. service it every 15k and other than checking the final drive oil at oil change time, you can just about forget about it.