Nova - the V-4 Harley you never saw!

mechmike0034 · 05-05-2007, 08:42 PM

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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

thresher · 05-06-2007, 12:27 AM

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/0...red_4_3528.jpg

mechmike0034 · 05-06-2007, 02:39 PM

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

05-06-2007, 12:27 AM	#2
thresher Commander Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St.Augustine FL. Plymouth Rock is a newbie! Posts: 1,223	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/0...red_4_3528.jpg __________________ Wait a second... you're telling me Sixpac Shakur is a CHICK?

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05-06-2007, 02:39 PM	#3
mechmike0034 aka the keg killer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ala-effin'-bama! Posts: 2,738	It would have been interesting to see and ride, that's for sure...

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