No Harley is a reliable as a Japanese unit? Did you ever own a 1997 TL1000? I did. It bucked like a bronco from horrible fuel delivery(needed Power Commander), had two recalls on leaking gas tanks (mine leaked both times), the clutch slipped from day one, and I was told I could put in heavy duty springs to cure that (at my cost of course), and the frame cracked under normal use. All this happened in under 10,000 miles. Oh yeah, It was voted Bike of the Year by some magazine. It's funny how many horribly unreliable motorcycles the Japanese have put out over the years, and people just act like they don't exist.