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Shineray builds a familiar-looking V-twin
A Chinese motorcycle manufacturer has apparently cloned a Harley-Davidson, or at least, cloned a Harley-Davidson engine.
The engine in question is the product of Shineray, an absolutely massive giant of the Chinese moto industry which not only builds bikes under its own name, but also under other names...
Now, Shineray has built an air-cooled 45-degree V-twin that looks like it would match right up against an Evolution Sportster engine. It’s not superficially identical, but all the right bits are in all the right places, and it even has a pushrod-actuated top end, just like the old-school Sportsters did. It has 1200cc capacity, just like a big-bore Evolution Sportster...
The engine debuts at an interesting time. Harley-Davidson appears ready to axe the old air-cooled Sportster engine; indeed, it is already unavailable in some markets due to emissions regs..."
Shineray builds a familiar-looking V-twin
A Chinese motorcycle manufacturer has apparently cloned a Harley-Davidson, or at least, cloned a Harley-Davidson engine.
The engine in question is the product of Shineray, an absolutely massive giant of the Chinese moto industry which not only builds bikes under its own name, but also under other names...
Now, Shineray has built an air-cooled 45-degree V-twin that looks like it would match right up against an Evolution Sportster engine. It’s not superficially identical, but all the right bits are in all the right places, and it even has a pushrod-actuated top end, just like the old-school Sportsters did. It has 1200cc capacity, just like a big-bore Evolution Sportster...
The engine debuts at an interesting time. Harley-Davidson appears ready to axe the old air-cooled Sportster engine; indeed, it is already unavailable in some markets due to emissions regs..."
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