The Valkyire made the list of reliable motorcycles

[Jack B]

https://youtu.be/7pIBaMLQMPo?si=DrF32UTKb5y60V16

[thedon]

Pretty cool, Jack

[Rams]

Reliability was never a question.  There should be no doubt.   I didn't watch the entire video but am curious, was an HD mentioned?

Rams

[Heathen]

The Evo Sportster 883 and 1200 made the list.   

Out of curiosity I looked up some Harley fan pages and found some posts on Harley forums where HD owners are asking each other how long they can expect their Evo Sportster 1200 to last.  The best guess was 80,000 miles maybe even 100,000.   

After I died laughing I started to dig further and they say that You might get even more than 100K if you rebuild the engine a few times along the way.   so that's pretty good.

I mean, it's not Valkyrie good, but it's something.

[Heathen]

oh here:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/299477-life-span-of-a-sportster.html

[LTD]

rear wheel bearing failure only still riding on original alternator and ujoint been all over america 74000 miles

[Smilin' Jack]

Well lets see here
104,099 miles and except for the clutch needing bleed a loy of tires a few brakes  all is still hood.
The old girll will be 24 years old soon

[Avanti]

We still pull a trailer with our 1999 Interstate. We have traveled a lot of road; up and over many mountain passes. Hopefully we will see a lot more road. If I traded motorcycles there would no longer be a we.

I suppose if I added up all the tires and fuel I could have a number of motorcycles setting in my garage. It is much more enjoyable ridding.

Ride Safe Ride Far

[Robert]

Reliability was the main reason I bought my 01 Valk, but the Looks locked in the purchase and after a brief overview of the technology it was mine. Funny as it may sound one of the best features on the bike to me besides the engine was the fact that it had a regular alternator. I hated playing with the Harley and other bike magneto/alternator and leaking seals. You never knew when it was actually working correctly and when it was putting out enough. It gave me a peace and confidence that if I got somewhere it would still start and get me home without playing with it or push starting it. I also knew that if I did not ride it every day that it would still be ok and charge the battery. So it was always ready to ride, but somehow time not ridden was never a problem. I Used that bike for approx 90k miles without to much problem at all. Put a belly tank on it and rode it almost everyday as my main transportation. Of course much chrome, carb tuning  and jets, exhaust, windshield and much more.

Then many years down the line I slowed my riding habits yet wanted something a bit updated as far as a motorcycle and started looking.

The BMW was nice but expensive, not as quick as I wanted and of course servicing it got to be a dealer only option since it had no self diagnosis. That is something many dont understand, that many bikes require dealer scanner and tools to work on their bikes. BMW was definitely a dealer bike since with all the electronics on it you could not service it yourself. The other option was to buy a 10k scanner to pull codes and do what needed to be done. So looked at the
Kawasaki Concours, the Suzuki and when all was said and done bought my 14 Valk.

Never looked back and kept the 01 for awhile to make sure I was not making a mistake but eventually sold the 01 and love my 14. The 01 is in Norway made the trip ok and now being used riding the hills in another country with almost 100k on the odometer.

The 14 has about 40k on it and love the bike. The ease at which it does everything a good bike should do make it a pleasure to keep. No worries about starting after sitting, the rain, when days get wet and its always ready and comfortable when out. I can take it to the store or another state and it just sits waiting till I have the desire.

The video was great thanks.