Comments on: 2008 Harley Davidson VRSCAW/A V-Rod

By: MCg

MCg — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:56:31 +0000

Great question, Bryan.
Since there are several USA facilities that Harley bikes can be manufactured at, it’s hard to know what’s made where. Anyway, here is what the Harley website says about their Missouri facility: “Kansas City employees produce the Sportster®, Dyna® and VRSC™ families of motorcycles from fabrication and finishing through final assembly to include the liquid-cooled Revolution® powertrain for the VRSC V-Rod.” MCg

By: Bryan Kirschner

Bryan Kirschner — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:58:40 +0000

Where is the Harley Davidson V-Rod manufactured?

By: ya-go

ya-go — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Hey Y’all,
New to this site, vrod is new bike for me. Having had all types of bikes thru the years, Yamas, Hondas big and small and Harleys (full dresser since 2005) this lil bike is different. Very similar to my old Honda VTX1300, but fits my vertically limited body.
Equipped with removable windshield, nylon saddles, sissy bar and better passenger seat for my co-payer on this thing, its looks like a mini dresser (somewhat)?
Great fun to ride, lots of torque at all speeds and stable. Will need to get more miles on it to determine mechanical aspects. Coming off the Ultra you can imagine the learning curve on this one. The foward reach controls will have to go, but for now they are do-able.
Not readily accepted by the “Harley Community” so it appears, but since I’m more or less a loaner, that does not bother me much. The point is to find a bike that fits well and you want to drive. This is one of maybe three I’ve owned in my longer-than-should-have-been life. A 2001 Gold Wing and the 2005 Ultra Classic where the other two. Now that I’m up there a wee bit in the years, I appreciate the 300lbs. less this bike has over the Ultra … and probably why I jump on it for any reason … even making up an excuse to go somewhere.
Very smooth excelleration thru the whole power band, whimpy sounding exhaust (my wifes says if I changeover to a-la-Rineharts again she will cut my gas card up, but comfortable for a long ride, and not the fastest thing out there (Yama V-max) but gosh-darn-fun to run!
Will update on the mechanical as the miles roll on till the coming snow here in Wisconsin land … which could be anytime now.
Darn .. I got to go ride!

Ride safe y’all … have fun!

ya-go!

By: MC-G

MC-G — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:29:03 +0000

Hi Steve, The V-Rod Revolution engine is based on the VR-1000 Superbike race program, developed by HD’sPowertrain Engineering team and Porsche Engineering in Stuttgart, Germany. MCG

By: steve timmerman

steve timmerman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:02:22 +0000

where did the v-rod actually come from,was it i high per racing motor!!