The Harley fans will say that they are completely reliable, I say, the Japanese bikes are more reliable. I also feel that they are overpriced, un-original, status symbols. They are, basically a mixture of bin parts. Harley uses the same tanks, fenders, forks wheels, engines, and most everything else, on all of there bikes. They just mix them up and call them different models. Fortunately, this results in some pretty interchangeable parts. They are also way too heavy.