Harley 135ci Engine INSTALL! (Stage 4 ROAD GLIDE) 

BIG THANKS to @HarleyDavidson for the info and helping us make this content on the new 135ci M8! We hope it was insightful for you all! If it was, hit that subscribe button! Lots more to come on our Road Glide build 😈

I work on the assembly team that builds that motor. It’s awesome to finally see them on the road.

When Chris asked "What makes you so effn special"🤣🤣🤣 - I lost it

It’s been amazing watching your channel grow from you just riding around on your bike to what it is today. Top notch !

Thank you Harley Corporate🤙🇺🇸 It's great to hear about big name companies ACTUALLY listening to the customers and ACTUALLY working with the people using their product(s). Great video and I can't wait for more content on this bike!! Hopefully one day I can bring my 09 1200 custom down to you guys🤙

Good to see Harley Davidson engaging with builders! Super impressed with them!

Motorcycle madness build off. Very impressive numbers for out of the box. Long 2 into 1 and those numbers jump up even more.

Monumental amount of respect for the crew. Chris has a plenitude of knowledge and works his butt off, can’t say thank you enough. I sincerely appreciate these videos and breakdowns, I know they’re time consuming for you guys, which translates to increased expenses, but their educational value to the consumer is priceless.

Kruesi wants his black 135 back!

Best video on RU-vid right now...

Take a step back for a second... Think Iron 883 and a go pro... THEN realize.. "5 Million year Harley technician blah blah" Justin James, and HDC... IN YOUR SHOP.... J... BLESSINGS DUDE I'm so stoked for your success! IT's been a BLAST following along all these years!

Saw kruesi post his so I was on the lookout for this drop 🤙

Big Block Biker Build Off ! Mind Blowing Bike Build Off ! Much appreciated bringing back builds,Semper Fi. Can hardly wait for final builds!

This is the best video I've seen on the Big Cube Harley Engines. You all are an inspiration for all of us who crave this stuff. Many Blessings, Alan

This is the most impressive motor From Harley Davidson ever and how about making that much power without the extra noise! That's so impressive. Thanks for doing this 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Great job guys! Can't wait to see what you get out of her down the road.

It’s amazing that Harley Davidson is so on board with all of this! Backing the engines and honestly looking forward to seeing you guys push the limits of their products! Bagger Builders Bike Off could be a good name for the build off!

My way of explaining atomization; use a spray bottle or mister. The bulk water (fuel in this case) is sprayed at a higher volume/velocity making a mist or a fine spray in comparison to the bulk water container (fuel tank). You can also think of a garden hose (fuel line) spraying water through the garden hose nozzle with variable spray tips. Your garden hose has a specific psi much like your fuel pump. Increase the atomization by changing the spray nozzle from a stream to a mist. The water (fuel in this case) becomes lighter and easier to mix with the air. Ever seen a rainbow from your misting garden hose spray nozzle? So, your fuel injectors act as the spray nozzle for fuel, spraying it in a fine mist to “atomize.”

Whisper the name and HD corporate shows up Magically! Good stuff! Looking forward to seeing long term testing and how it does over time.

Name suggestion “Kruising round the Block”

Man for all the people trash talking HD, I never have seen any other Brand be this open. HD4EVR

A good analogy of atomization is a spray bottle. Within the bottle the fluid is in a bulky heavy form (fuel tank), after pulling the trigger (fuel injector) the fluid is atomized and comes out in small particles/droplets.

Call it the "Two Wheel Tussle". Also, you should totally engrave the "used to be" into that Primary cover. I'd roll it on my 131 ST, lol.

When you changed to the slip-on it looks like that was a V&H Torquer 450 -- nice pipe, very good sound. I'm a fan of these.

You gotta love that Harley is getting after it as best they can with the EPA

Can’t wait to see the build-off 😎 See you on THE CHOPPER BLOCK!

Great video. Thanks to Harley HQ. Thanks, Matt

So I have been watching you guys for about a year I live in Phoenix so Kruesi is my go to, but loved the interaction with you Ryan and Trent with the iconic Billy Lane. Looking forward to 135 completion.

Love that harely helps with these builds! Just wish they would actually help there customers when we have problems! Brand new bike and had my top end rebuild at 400 miles because of a harley defect from the factory

Awesome content. Can’t wait to see what you do to that monster. I have the 121 high output in my 2024 CVO road glide st. Her hp ain’t to shabby either.

Glad to see Harley supporting the build. cool.

That oil fill edit was awesome :D

Yeah I definitely like how Harley advertised what the power actually is.

I have been waiting on this. You're the first one that I know of to take the new bike to another level. The only thing I hate about the HD 135 is that they keep the governor on the bike. If I'm paying 6k plus for an engine and install, just take off the governor. Overall, it's a good video.

I demo'd a '23 Road Glide CVO with a 131 last fall. I thought it was awesome, I bet that 135 is going to be crazy awesome.

Awesome video! Definitely bad ass so glad motor Company stepped up their 135! King of the baggers rocks! So much good technology coming out of it! How about: king of the baggers build off? Haha!

Cool to see the actual number finished as stated.

This build off is going to be great big Thanks to HD corporate for sponsorship can’t wait to see these bikes transformed.

Cant wait to see the results with the crappy HD tuner and head pipe replaced with good parts down the road.

please keep the "used to be..." nice custom touch

Very impressive numbers. With the other 135 I felt like you could make those numbers with aftermarket build kits for much cheaper. If the price of this one isn’t too inflated over the air cooled 135 I’d love to get one for my Road King Special. 150 Hp is right where I want to be. Awesome numbers to have a warranty still. Loving this build so far.

Ordered my 135 kit today. Have breather and 2-1. Will be dyno tuned too.

So glad to see corporate getting out there and working on customer relations. When they first introduced the M8 they spent a lot of time on how the new engine was designed and improved. I think this is another one of those watershed moments. Cooler heads and 149 ft. lbs. is a big step! Almost ready to sell my old EVO FLSTC lol. Really looking forward to the tests you guys will give this new engine. Stock Primary, Transmission & Belt Drive??? The heads look like they have breather holes, which I thought they discontinued with the Tranny vent.

Thanks HD guys.First time I'm watching through my TV instead of my phone.

Big shout out for HD working with A small shop like BlockheadMoto.

BATTLE OF THE BLOCK!!!!!

Man, those 2 guys have dream jobs!

Those are great numbers on a H-D OEM! But at what cost? Another great video from Blockhead! Keep up the great work men!

With that engine is going to make one hell of a ride, congrats on the upgrade brother

It's always nice to see stuff I will never have. That engine costs as much as a nightster.

Start saving now for this for sure !!!!! Badass motor ! You guys are awesome, I'll swing by again sometime bring some real coffee !

Good stuff guys! Thanks for the video!

& Thank You Harley Davidson. 👍🏽

I'm impressed Chris picked that motor up with ease

Nicenof hD to give real numbers and not just % gains at crank like they used to do.

WOW, such much more snappier with the aftermarket slip on’s… I haven’t seen the numbers yet 🤣

Battle of the glides 🥶🥶🥶

Heck yeah Harley ! Keep stepping up your game! This is gonna be some amazing content! Been watch the older Biker Build Offs and Billy Lane's RU-vid channel. Gotta bring back good culture 🤟💪

Thank you@HarleyDavidson for making this video possible.

That onion analogy was super helpful!

Build or Bust. Keeps is short and sweet for the thumbnails

Atomization is like onions. Got it.

This is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to Harley!

I love my Harley, but I feel like their warranty’s are like oil and water. I have yet to run into a deal ship that just takes care of their customers when they have concerns. I personally felt threatened when I just tried to bring up an issue with my speedometer being way off. To the point that instead of fixing it on my 30k$ bike, I just backed off. Because they just threw fee’s at my face if they determined it was fine and told me that I was basically stupid. Felt pretty good.

“Fantastic” is a big stretch describing the SE tuner.

With motors like this one that produce monster torque numbers, don’t they tend to break things on the bike? I have a stage IV build on what was originally a 103, now a 107. The bike is great, but it has a big lope with a 585 cam and things either vibrate loose, or break.

love the break in!

I appreciate your content. I am so done with the sub-par warranty experience I have had with the Motor Company. Clearly I am to small of a fish for them to worry about, but I’m happy to spend my money elsewhere.

So if the crank numbers inflate the wheel horsepower. And this was similar to the numbers from their last 135, does that mean this is dramatically more powerful? Or was the rep comparing power for both from the wheel?

Great stuff big shoutout from germany peace 🤘

Harley-Davidson chop onions to make onion soup. My outlook on life has been changed forever! 😂😂😂😂😂

BATTLE OF THE BIG INCH BUILDERS!!!

I purchased the 135 CI engine for my 2022 Road Glide ST. Dealer installed it for warranty purposes. I had Power Vision tuner already installed on the bike. Dealer went ahead and used it because SE tuner was on back order and not available. Once engine install was complete, technician discovered a small oil leak from both exhaust manifolds where the headers bolt on to the heads. After trouble shooting and putting engine back together same problem persisted. Harley Davidson was contacted by the dealership and they refused to help due to the aftermarket tuner on the bike. Dealer was helpful and replaced both heads on their own dime. With new heads, same problem. I am still getting a small amount of oil leak from both exhaust manifolds. So now I have close to 10k dollar leaking engine and Harley won’t assist at all. Extremely disappointed on them for blaming a tuner on a mechanical issue that should be clearly covered under warranty. I called Harley customer service and got the same results. 😢

That's amazing that you're getting straight talk from a manufacturer. It's always been a load of bull with sportbikes saying they make 180-220hp, when the wheel says 150-180hp,. That's still a lot of power, stupid fast honestly, but if you actually had the rated hp, hokey smokes! I hope y'all put your Blockhead exhaust on, and looking forward to Chris doing his best to finding the breaking point, and talking smack too hopefully. Oh, I forgot to mention. Blockhead crew needs a new shirt with Chris's analogy. "Give it the onions!"

Builder standoff Duel builder showdown Builder showdown Bagger showdown Battle of the builders Builder faceoff Come on one of these should help 😂 Thank you Harley Davidson and Blockhead! Always putting out great content

That was perfect cooking sense!

Kenai peninsula patch is pretty gangster.

Bigger motors with bigger horsepower brings more heat into the picture. OIL COOLER recommendations?

Hey Harley -thanks

You guys rock and thanks to Harley corporate 👏👏👏

Monumental motorcycle madness

To put it simply you guys kick so much ass!!!!! I love it

Casper sounds awesome with the slip ons, Harley bringing game........

I mean, that's awesome. Makes me want to trade my Dyna in and get a Road Glide 135! Thank you Harley!

I'd like to ask Mike a question. Hey HDIC parts guy MIKE. Why does it take two plus months to get a damn 122 stage III kit. Every dealership I have called says the Harley parts ordering site says 60 day lead time.

Call the series: Harley Hoedown Glide Gladiators Cool Dudes Buildin' Cool Shit Competition

So fired up for this series!

shop showdown , great vid team keep them coming.

Brilliant video Blockhead.. super awesome.. Chris, you are... a master.. I would simply pee myself if I was given the chance to ride that beast.. Great going guys.. keep twisting those wrists..

I'm not sure if this one is taken or even if you like it, but you could use "Bike Build Battles"🤷‍♂️

"machine matters" sounds good to me

Isn’t it bad to put new engine on dyno before a break in?

**MASTER BUILDOFF**

Kruesi is pissed that you got his black motor, and he got send a chrome one! lol

Battle of the biker builds is what you should call it

Onion soup was a pretty good analogy lol

oh nooooo Kruesi said you better not have gotten a black one! lol he got boned with the chrome 135 and now has to go to powdercoat! this is going to be a good build off!

For your Master Build Series that motor would be way more useful in my Lowrider S.

Great content guys!!!! I really enjoyed the video. Yeah, you mentioned y'all going to be installing aftermarket pistons, cams and the hold bit. So I have an suggestion. Surely you heard of " The Motor oil Geek" on RU-vid. Well, they had piston rings from total seal they got great numbers with and wonder if it would be relevant. Anyway keep up the good work...

You can visibly demonstrate atomazation with a squirt bottl with an adjustable tip. 7:04