Year-by-Year Guides
Avoid These Harley Years
Years with known problems.
Harley-validated
Be Wary Of
- 1999-2006 Twin Cam — cam tensioner
- 2014-2016 Touring — clutch slave cylinder
- Initial 2017 M8 114 — oil pump scavenging
- 2018-2019 Softail 114/117 — same problems
Quick questions
Bad Harley years?
Twin Cam 1999-2006 (cam chain), 2014-2016 Touring (early water-cooled), M8 117 2018-2019 (oil pump).
Best years?
Late Evo (1996-1999), Twin Cam 2007-2013, M8 107 2017+.
Where to dig deeper
- NHTSA Recall lookup by VIN
- HDForums year-specific threads