BHP vs Harleys

not all harleys are slow,not all kaws are quick

T_Dub wrote:

I posted something about Harley's being underpowered on a local forum in a thread where some guys were bashing Harley riders, and this guy singles me out and says

Place foot in mouth again...
You are building a Drag bike like your sig states?? Want to put your reputation on the line?
I will bring the "underpowered" Harley, you can then proceed to enbarris me with your 77 Kawasaki 810 Yoshimura Harley killer
Winner stays on the forum loser must leave .. Clarenville Dragway, June 12th??
Or we can race for cash..

I said, sure I'll race, for fun not money, but having no idea what the hell kind of a Harley he's got I have no idea if he's talking shit or not yet.

Are you building an 810 full blown dragbike or an 810 hoped up street legal bike? Either way its hard to beat more cc's. You should have no problem beating an 883 Skirtster but HD does make some big cc bikes.

I have a friend that has a Dyna Wide Glide with a 1340 cc motor. My 900 stock and his Harley stock I can beat him but he is right there with me. My other buddy has a Honda VTX1300 and I take him all day long.

Drive it like you stole it and have fun with the challenge.

No, my 810 is just for the street, GPz cams, ported head, yosh exhaust, bs34's. I never ever said I'd beat anybody on my bike, I don't know why this guy singled me out. I'll race him though, why not? I don't give a shit if he beats me, but he sure will care if I tromp on him.

I am partial to In-line fours. I really like the way the power just keeps on increasing, right up to the red line. And when racing, after getting the RPMs up, the four will win, and put the V-twin to shame.

But I have ridden V-twins also. It is really nice having that low end torque. In fact, it makes the motorcycle much easier to ride through various maneuvers without much skill. The V-twin riders simply open the throttle and go. The fours need to downshift to keep up.

So I can see the advantages and disadvantages to each. But the thing that really makes a big difference to me - is the smoothness of the four cylinder. My exhaust is quiet, and if there is any external noise at all, and I stop at a traffic light, I have to look at the tach to see if the engine is still running. And through the RPM range, there are only a couple of places where the harmonics just barely can be felt.

I just hate that frigging VIBRATION of the V-twin engines. It reduces with higher RPM, but does not go away. I saw this dude with his V-twin bike, ape-hanger handlebars, sleeveless t-shirt, dozens of patches, no helmet, you know the rest. He pulls up to a stop light beside me, and as his engine idles, the whole motorcycle shakes so much that the flab on the bottom of his arms was shaking also, in sync with the rest of the motorcycle. Thank goodness for my full face helmet, he couldn't see me laughing my ass off.

the v-rod is supposed to make a legitimate 109 rwhp,last time i looked a stock kz1000 put about 70 at the rear wheel in stock form.
i suggest you go watch a couple v rods run at the track before you find yourself in deep shit! :laugh:

ahhh piss! hahaha, the bike rode better once he fell off.

must of thought he was indian larry! :laugh:

PLUMMEN wrote:

the v-rod is supposed to make a legitimate 109 rwhp,last time i looked a stock kz1000 put about 70 at the rear wheel in stock form.
i suggest you go watch a couple v rods run at the track before you find yourself in deep shit! :laugh:

No big deal now anyways, I posted up the link to my build thread and he hasn't responded since!! :laugh:

now that was funny! :laugh: of course if you look at the zx as hes pulling up to stage hes got about a 10" over arm and a nitrous bottle mounted in front of the back wheel,who knows what else is lurking within! :woohoo:

for 18000 i could probaly put a few xtra h.p into one of these 800.00 c-list kz's...would you think it could take a harley from 2010 by around 7,000 invested???


o.k now...would it take a 2010 zx-10r....o.k then shut up cha idjits

harley vs a kz...


how about 1973 harley vs a 73 kawasaki 500.......
not even close....yr for yr a harley sucks ..then and now...

pick on somebody more your age........


harleys suck...always have and always will...and only turdpunchers get out their checkbook to try and be billy ray cyrus on the weekend...!!

harley's suck

:laugh: im just saying theyre not all as slow as people think they are! :laugh: ever heard of john harmon? been dead a few years,but he built some really fast harleys