Thread: Getting power out of a harley

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I was servicing the enfields for a while and must admit found them very , ummm , shall we say pedestrian in the power delivery in the early models. Not saying that is a bad thing necessarily. I seriously considered one in the cafe racer style when photos were first released as the look really does it for me. Then one came in for a service and I rode it. I was unfortunately disappointed again with power and never bought one. Now just to clarify I always have had classic triumphs along with my sports bikes including 500 from late 60 early 70's and don't expect much from the older machines but was still underwhelmed by the cafe racer.
So basically ride one first before selling the more powerful machine just in case it's not quite what you were expecting.

What year was the ‘cafe racer’ RE?