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Is there a war going on to make big engines? It reminds me of the 60's when GM, Ford, and Chrysler were all constantly making bigger engines that took the original pony cars to the level of muscle cars. Harley-Davidson came out with a larger engine this year, but it was a need upgrade. Here you see a Kawasaki with 125 cubic inches to compete with the Yamaha Stratoliner at 113 cubic inches and the Suzuki M109R with 109 cubic inches. If you remember, last year Victory moved from 90 cubic inch standard engines to the 100 ci.