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Coming soon: New Harley-Davidson engine

Brand new Harley-Davidson engine called the Milwaukee Eight 107 set to debut next month.

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When it comes to the famed American bar-and-shield marque, a brand new engine doesn’t come by often. Fortunately, the world will see a new Harley-Davidson engine called the Milwaukee Eight 107 very soon indeed.

In its 102-year long history, the Milwaukee Eight 107 will become only the eighth big V-twin mill designed by Harley-Davidson. The firm remains tight-lipped for now, but insider sources allege that the new engine will power a big tourer model that’s slated for launch next month.

Image source: hdforums.com
Image source: hdforums.com

On top of that were these ‘leaked’ images of said new engine that were posted on a renowned H-D online forum. H-D has had this new engine’s trademark filed back in 2014, but it is only getting it ready for production now – two years later.

Reliable sources say that the new Milwaukee Eight 107 engine is pretty self explanatory in its name. With ‘Milwaukee’ signifying H-D’s spiritual home base, ‘Eight’ likely indicates the adoption of four valves in each cylinder, whilst ‘107’ signifies its capacity in cubic inches (107ci = 1,753cc).

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After this upcoming new launch next month, we can likely expect Harley-Davidson to produce a range of capacities for a number of other models based off this new engine platform as well. We’ll have more on this as it develops.

(Main image source: hdforums.com)

Co-founder of Bikes Republic and a motoring journalist by night. He is a self described enthusiasts with a passion for speed but instead rides a Harley and a J300. A man of contradictions, he is just as passionate about time off in the quiets as he is about trail braking into turn one at Sepang Circuit on two or four wheels.

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