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I could be confusing Harley and S and S. I was shown the inside of a Harley engine which I was told was made by S and S in Wolverhampton (guy was a tuner, fettler, and general expert on Harley's). He showed me the new Chinese bits, but for the life of me I can't remember what they were, compared to the older parts which presumably were made by Harley. My only experience with bike engines was a 1976 Moto-Guzzi big-block twin on a Triking chassis which I owned for a few years. The Chinese parts were certainly less robust than anything on the older Harley, or my Moto-Guzzi. Morgan used the S and S engine on their 3-wheeler I believe. A 2-litre engine which was meant to be mounted fore-and aft, being turned 90 degrees so that the cylinders were side-by-side. They had a few problems with their transmission trains I believe . The Triking three-wheeler on the other hand had the engine, gearbox, and shaft-drive mounted as per on the donor bike. Less posh design, and more function - fast, mostly problem-free, and rattled a bit.
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Series 1 Triking.

<blockquote data-quote="DaveH" data-source="post: 390316" data-attributes="member: 3858">I could be confusing Harley and S and S.&nbsp; I was shown the inside of a Harley engine which I was told was made by S and S in Wolverhampton (guy was a tuner, fettler, and general expert on Harley&#039;s).&nbsp; He showed me the new Chinese bits, but for the life of me I can&#039;t remember what they were, compared to the older parts which presumably were made by Harley.&nbsp; My only experience with bike engines was a 1976 Moto-Guzzi big-block twin on a Triking chassis which I owned for a few years.&nbsp; The Chinese parts were certainly less robust than anything on the older Harley, or my Moto-Guzzi.&nbsp; Morgan used the S and S engine on their 3-wheeler I believe.&nbsp; A 2-litre engine which was meant to be mounted fore-and aft, being turned 90 degrees so that the cylinders were side-by-side.&nbsp; They had a few problems with their transmission trains I believe&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Triking three-wheeler on the other hand had the engine, gearbox, and shaft-drive mounted as per on the donor bike.&nbsp; Less posh design, and more function - fast, mostly problem-free, and rattled a bit.[ATTACH=full]71732[/ATTACH]Series 1 Triking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DaveH, post: 390316, member: 3858"] I could be confusing Harley and S and S. I was shown the inside of a Harley engine which I was told was made by S and S in Wolverhampton (guy was a tuner, fettler, and general expert on Harley's). He showed me the new Chinese bits, but for the life of me I can't remember what they were, compared to the older parts which presumably were made by Harley. My only experience with bike engines was a 1976 Moto-Guzzi big-block twin on a Triking chassis which I owned for a few years. The Chinese parts were certainly less robust than anything on the older Harley, or my Moto-Guzzi. Morgan used the S and S engine on their 3-wheeler I believe. A 2-litre engine which was meant to be mounted fore-and aft, being turned 90 degrees so that the cylinders were side-by-side. They had a few problems with their transmission trains I believe :D. The Triking three-wheeler on the other hand had the engine, gearbox, and shaft-drive mounted as per on the donor bike. Less posh design, and more function - fast, mostly problem-free, and rattled a bit. [ATTACH type="full" width="356px" alt="DSCF0200.jpeg"]71732[/ATTACH] Series 1 Triking. [/QUOTE]

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