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I've had Sportster, A Knucklehead,,a 77 AMF. Shovelhead . I bought it in 1993. In 94, we rode to Sturgis and back to Georgia. No problems. I did service it before we left. 🤞

I bought my first HD in 1984 which was a soft tail it came with the evolution heads and jugs the bottom is all shovel head I still have the bike this bike has the old 4 speed transmission with kick star chain drive this marks the 40th anniversary of the evolution engine.

Awesome video!! Thank you!

I have a 1999 night train Evo love it

Love the evo. Have 2 of them....a '93 FXSTS and a '93 FLHTCU. Basically, they are what I call a rock solid, low tech, "tractor" engine with loads of torque. Wouldn't trade either one for anything.

Wow! What cutting edge technology!

At 4:14 Tatro Machine?

My current Harley is a 1999 Evolution Night train, i had a twin cam when they first came out and wished i had bought an Evo instead.

I've got a 2014 XL1200X forty-eight and the EVO engine is awsome and is nearly bomb proof.

Hi and thanks for a very thorough episode! I just bought a Fatboy 114 2023 model, traded in my Ultra Limited 117 2020. Fatboy is a very nimble bike, no issues riding in town and corners. Greetings from Finland, Europe! Riding season is over soon but can´t wait to next season.

I love the twin cam. I own one. The EVO. Was a great motor too.

Thanks for the video but , please, stop reading charts as it is extremely boring, and we can read too you know…

I own a 1989 police Electra glide with the evo engine. Wouldn’t trade it for anything else 👍

Really should be called the Norton Evo as it was designed by the Norton Commando engine designer. It got put into the Softail which had Yamaha rear suspension.

For those that hated the AMF days at Harley, just remember, AMF was responsible for bringing the EVO engine design to reality.

I love my Evo's I own a 91 heritage with a cam and board out going to put some Vance and hance pipes on it and a 99 ,883 Sporter, don't know what I'm going to do with that, looking at making it a hard tail or a 1200 or both, or nothing at all , but 1 is for sure never go to get rid of them I love them

5:45 they came out with the 1100 before the 1200

I love mine. It just goes and goes. 1998.

Evolution? Really?

The era after 2017 is worse than AMF. AMF part 2. Harley-Davidson needs to remember who they are.

Love my Sporty.

I have a couple Harleys but, to me in my vision, I'm in love with the look of the old 60s triumph 650 motors. Something about that vertical twin motor that I just love. Classic sound too. "But I still love my hogs too". 😂

fat boy

The Evo was in development in the 1970's with a lot of imput from Porsche. AMF funded that. I have two Shovels and two Evo's. I love them all, but if I gotta ride 1,000 miles tomorrow it's on a Evo. Edit: P.S. another thing that REALLY helped in 84 was the adoption of the 5-speed transmission. If HD had adopted the 5-speed 5/10 years sooner, behind the Shovel, it would have made a real difference in peoples preception of HD bikes. The 5th gear helps to gear a bike taller and slow the RPM's down on the highway and helps with engine vibration and longevity. That and a belt primary really helps to keep down vibration. There were things that HD should have done in the 60's or 70's that could have made the Shovel a more reliable bike.

Some interesting info that I didn't know. I have a 1998 Fatboy but it looks a lot like a Heritage with a nacelle headlight. I bought it with about 8650 miles and it had spoked wheels. Now it has almost 60,000 miles on it. it was supposed to be my last bike but life is funny. I hit a deer, lived and bought an Ultra Classic. Took two years to get the Boy back on the road and I could hear that beautiful sound. Two years later (last year) I hit a deer with the Ultra, and lived. Bought a Electra Glide Classic last fall and came to close to hitting a deer yesterday with it. The baggers are just bikes but the Fatboy isn't going any were. 98-99 was the best years for the EVO, it was as good as it was going to get before they ceased production. It had little things like the clutch that were up graded along the way but they all sound sweet. Sometimes I swear they sound like two separate engines running at the same time. Like one thumping and another running erratically, don't have to understand it to love it.

AWESOME ... THIS WAS EPIC THANK YOU ❤

I am 83 years old, and started riding on a 1942 "45" flat head when I was 14, in 1955. My current ride is a 99 Softail Custom. The EVO has the simplicity of a none electronic fuel injection and water cooled engine. Air cooling and carburetors are simple and easy to work on. The EVO is something of a mystery. It gives a feeling that no other motor has ever done. It is basically a 2 cylinder radial engine which have their roots in radial aircraft like the Steerman biplane. Those of us who love the EVO know why but we cannot explain it very well. All I know is when riding the back roads around where I live, and am listening to the music of the drag pipes, (who needs a radio anyway,) and watching the sun reflect off the head light, the cadence of the EVO as I begin to pull a hill is unforgettable. Thats my story and I am sticking to it. LOL.

Best motor ever !

22 sportster still used the evos

Blockheads were a good engine

You don,t buy a harley for speed you buy it because it has american soul and that is everything a mechanical version of a human

i love my 98 sporty 883 ,good vid mate...

Shovelhead!! 8:49

Excellent and informative video! The foliage is looking beautiful up there bro!

Eric Buell made many improvements to the Evo Platform. My 2008 Buell Ulysess has: A better flowing head, down draft fuel injection, Piston Oilers, Air Scoops for the rear cylinder. An Oil Cooler with an air scoop, Dual Rail Shift rails, Lighter crankshaft, Higher compression ration 10.5 to 1 103 Horsepower stock though I think in race Trim Buell was getting up to 150 HP for 1203's or 1250's . Also a thermostatically ECU controlled cooling fan.

Yet you still bought it… from them.

It's already been mentioned but AMF developed the Evo. I have a magazine from the day talking about all the modernization they were doing. AMF built the Pennsylvania plant.

Very interesting video.

Evo in a Buell . .

Love my 94 FXDWG, EVO. I have 28k on the bike, with a Andrews ev27 cam python slip ons and air cleaner. Perfect set up for cruisin.Ride safe, Nice video.

Evo 100,000 miles plus engines

I had an Evo engine Sportster. My first Harley, and absolutely loved the thing. Traded it for an 88TC Road king, because reasons. Swapped that for a TCB FatBoy, which works for me, and I'll probably ride the thing until I'm too old to ride anything anymore. But like you, if I had that cash, and the space to park it, I'd have another Evo Sporty in a minute.

AMF continued making the Shovels using HD's antiquated machinery. While they continued that, they brought in modern CNC equipment and started development of the EVO. Had not the family bought HD back from AMF we still would have gotten the EVO. So I wish these people that get their information from drunken riders at the local pub and then spread it as fact would get their facts straight.

The name Blockhead" came from egotistical editors at American Iron Magazine. It wasn't accepted by riders that preferred to call it the EVO

Enjoyed it . I had an evo plus a few others , I think the Evo is the smoothest and most relaxed ride I have .

I have a 1998 FLHR Road king, the last year of the EVO Road Kings. Just a great bike to take out for a ride. No powerhouse but it gets the job done. I also had a 2003 XL1200S Sportster. That bike had amazing power. My younger son has it now. I have ridden the M8 equipped Road King and I really like the way it pulled up through the RPM range. Now I have my eye on the new Nightster Special 975 Revmax engine. I would not be surprised if the larger 1250 size used in the Pan America starts finding its way into the touring models.

With a little compression and headwork or screamin eagle or s&s heads.. a mild cam they can easily hit close to 100 horsepower. And be very reliable still. Will never get rid of my 98 heritage

The 4 individual cams design of the Sportster goes way back to the 1950s and the flathead K/KH models. It it works, don't F with it. 😃

Yes people hated AMF. But where do you think Harley got the money to develop the Evolution?

I like the m8 it hits 4 valves per cylinder..i have 65,000 miles on my lowrider 107 no issues.😊