Is revving a Harley Davidson up and down the only way to keep it running at a stop sign?

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potatopotatopotatopotatopotato

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-Harley Davidson

Mine does just fine. Maybe you ran into a fig.

Look how cool I am baw

Thank frick, mid-life crisis people in my area buy sports cars instead of pile of shite Harleys.

I have two brothers with Harley’s and they idle only when stopped. Now, there is a little throttle pop, right before kicking it into first gear on the take off. Respectful dudes!

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Is that a design feature of that engine?

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there is a legitimate reason to do it, but thats not why they do it, they do it because they think its cool to be load and obnoxious as possible.

as far as the engines, motorcycle engines only run with around 5 lbs oil pressure, so at idle little to no oil reaches the top to lubricate the camshafts. for this reason its best to bump up the throttle every few seconds at stop lights, so it gets all the oil it needs

Some of them sound like a 30 year old pulp wood truck.

Yes

triggered!!

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little to no oil reaches the top to lubricate the camshafts

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Last I checked the cams are in the bottom nosecone in Harley Twin Cam engines. Hence the push rod tubes going to the top on the right side of the engine.