so we now have liquid cooled twin cam engines! What do you think?

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Pfffft.
I always thought oil is/was a liquid.
It's what's been used up to now.
What I really think is it's simply a half-measure designed to be the least offensive to (what they think is) their "traditional" follower.
Lemmings.

What makes me laugh - continued selling of "bigger is better" without regard to consequences.
More bang = more heat. More heat makes pissed off customers.
This is more about fixing a marketing ploy than the EPA.

Of course, I continue to call riding in the rain "liquid cooling".
I'm not against a radiator by any means. My favorite is still the 1982 Yamaha Vision.
A 60degree water-cooled V twin that went from drawing board to production in less that a year.

Ryde On, I think they got that figured out by late '05.
Mine still show next to no wear....Show more

So, are you talking about a Harley or the 2013 G1200RS BMW? After building the same tired old boxer twin for 80 years with only minor changes, they now have something that cranks out 120 hp with twin overhead cams and liquid cooling. Oh wait, all that Harley haters talk about is how HD hasn't changed the engine for a century (and they have made substantial changes). Subtract 20 years and you could be talking about BMW. And why does BMW still build the boxers? Because that's what their customers want, the very same reason HD keeps building the air cooled V twin.

Incidentally, I ride Kawasakis and have never owned a BMW or HD....Show more

Probably a good idea but personally its not for me. The fact that the motor company happily sold twin cams for 6 or 7 years before correcting a number of obvious problems on them was pretty telling for me.
I also don't like things like the fake ignition cover that are put on there simply for looks, take the 5 screws out & you find nothing but empty space . sure you can hide a bag of pot in there but I'd rather have a functional flat or finned cover on the timing side.

I'm an old Harley guy with a 47 knuckle chopper an 82 shovel FXR & an 06 TC in my basement but the new 2014 Indians look really really good to me.
http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/motorcycles
really good!
If Harley doesn't wake up & change back to being a motorcycle company instead of a flashy advertising & image promotion agency the new competition is going to eat their lunch one of these days & a lot of us wont shed a tear about it.

edit @ ryde on
Yeah I think the new chain tensioners (06 & up) have fixed that problem. I got worried enough to blow $50 on gaskets & check both the cam chains & automatic primary chain adjuster on mine last winter & didn't find enough wear to change anything. I figure the cam chains are good for about 75,000 miles or so.
Don't know what kind of mileage to expect from the primary & the new style oil pump.
Had to use an electronic digital snake to see the top back adjuster as theres not enough room to get a standard 1''1/4 inspection mirror inside & didn't want to open an unnecessary can of worms by removing the oil pump if the tensioner shoes werent worn yet.....Show more

From the pic of your bike its a Harley that may be new for Harley but I have a bike that 28 years old that has twin cams,16 valve inline 4 and its liquid cooled. That makes me ask why it took Harley so long to build them....Show more

I'll stick with the EVO until others prove the new motors .

BTW , Did HD ever resolve that cam chain tensioner problem with the " new and improved " twin cam ?

I've never had that problem on an EVO...Show more