Nova - the V-4 Harley you never saw!

[mechmike0034]

For a company that's been manufacturing motorcycles for a century, Harley-Davidson hasn't often rocked the two-wheel world back on its heels. Even the V-Rod, as radical a departure from Milwaukee orthodoxy as The Motor Company has ever produced, breaks very little technological ground compared to bikes from its competitors overseas. But for a brief, shining moment 25 years ago, Harley sat poised to blow the roof off the motorcycle market-and its own reputation as a manufacturer of stodgy, technically unsophisticated products-with a dazzling new model powered by a water-cooled V-4, code-named Nova.
http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/CodeNameNova.htm

http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/Nova/144217_NOVA.300x234.jpg

[thresher]

Great story Mike. I am really surprised how similar the Nova and the Vmax appear when side to side. (This is a new one, but you know what I mean) http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcyam/04_05_Line-up/.full/05_vmax_red_4_3528.jpg

[mechmike0034]

It would have been interesting to see and ride, that's for sure...