Originally Posted By Mike Hughes
Originally Posted By AQM
Originally Posted By Crowbar
I'm not really familiar with Motorcycle engines, or the S&S in particular...but are they "interference" engines? i.e. when the timing belt fails do the valves and pistons collide in catastrophe?


No, the X-Wedges are not "interference" engines. Luckily!


How did you find that out ?


I read about it.
A little about it here:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/313/1462/Motorcycle-Article/S-S-Reveals-Innovative-X-Wedge-Engine.aspx

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/353/Motorcycle-Photo-Gallery/S-S-X-Wedge-Engine.aspx (there are explanations to the photos)

And here (which is where I lifted the pictures off of earlier:

http://www.beastmotoren.nl/customframes/x-wedgespecial/fotosx-wedge.html

http://www.beastmotoren.nl/customframes/x-wedgespecial/x-wedgespecificaties.html

And I remember reading it in SS Cycle's literature some time ago. They have manuals on their site.