Hog vs Kawasaki

Hey Jeff,
You're free to state your opinions, to a point, but I'm having a tough time seeing how your comment adds anything meaningful to KZR. As a matter of fact I think you just insulted a whole bunch of KZR members. I'm available if you need some suggestions on how to get along here.
Bill

Ditto.
Steve

I happen to like a nice Harley, such as this beauty from 1955...



Not fast at all, but unbelievably cool. A part of American monocycle history.

I can't understand for the life of me why they are still trying SOOOO hard to build this exact same bike today... minus the suicide clutch anyways...

Or an early Pan head... If ever put a Harley together this would be it. I may have to sell my house to do it though.... :pinch:

Xl ED wrote: A vendor on my Sportster forum is making 125+hp out of a sportster engine. You can hop them up. It just takes $$$.

And imo the home depot guy was full of sh*t.

Its possible to make anything fast if you got the cash. But I think a 883 sportster boosted to 1200 with 125hp would be a ticking time bomb. Harley's can be fast but you have to drop some serious coin to get them there.
I was in a harley dealership a couple of weeks ago buying wheel weights and i was astounded by the amount of bolt on performance shit they offer. Seems like they make their bikes criminally slow so folks will spring for some go fast parts.

DoctoRot wrote:

Xl ED wrote: A vendor on my Sportster forum is making 125+hp out of a sportster engine. You can hop them up. It just takes $$$.

And imo the home depot guy was full of sh*t.

Its possible to make anything fast if you got the cash. But I think a 883 sportster boosted to 1200 with 125hp would be a ticking time bomb. Harley's can be fast but you have to drop some serious coin to get them there.
I was in a harley dealership a couple of weeks ago buying wheel weights and i was astounded by the amount of bolt on performance shit they offer. Seems like they make their bikes criminally slow so folks will spring for some go fast parts.

That's exactly what they do!!!lol!!! In regards to the 125hp, these guys are doing it with reliability in mind. Some of their more moderate builds (100+hp) have upwards of 50000 miles on them. Check them out if you like. Hammer Performance. Guy's name is Aaron. He will answer any question you might have.

Jeff, sorry you feel that way about me. Guess we can't be friends. Your loss buddy.

I've said it before. There's a certain 'Tude" that goes with owning a Hog. Not all have it but you wouldn't know that by the way you're treated on the road or at the local Pub. Riding into town only 10% will acknowledge my even being there. To be fair even the new "Crotch Rocket" riders seem to have their nose in the air. Id be willing to bet most of them are new bike owners. When I tell them I've owned this bike for 40 years I get the "fish eye." They just don't understand.
Their loss
Steve

A few years ago I was helping a guy put a supercharger on a hog. Don't know if he ever did, but if so, it would have to be very fast in the quarter mile. He just kept blowing it up, fixing it and blowing it up again.

BTW harleys give head to live stock and so do most of the folks that ride them

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: So articulate and succinct, you have a way with words !

Lighten up guys, that is actually quite funny. They probablly say that about us over on the hog forums.

Have you read the rules? I'm not particularly fond of Harleys, and their riders who think the two wheeled world is turned by a Harley, myself, but there are lots of ways to express and opinion without spewing personal insults.
Tyrell speculated: " ...They probablly say that about us over on the hog forums."
I doubt that most folks here care about what may be standard fare on the hog forums. If that's really the case, would our stooping to the same tactics add anything to KZR?
Bill

jeffasaki wrote: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FAST HARLEY

yep there all boat anchors
search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEVzw1GIR...ch&fr=yfp-t-595&fp=1

I've seen some pretty fast big twins so never say never

I'm not a fan of the Harley Corp. or the riders that go with it, I know it's a generalised statement, however I so love the old Pan's, Knucks and Shovels - infact when I built my chop I held off until I could use a HD motor, I was going to wait for a Buell but they were pretty steep in price as were the other big twins (so much for living in the UK) so I settled on a sporty 12, what I need to do on it when I ride it I don't need speed it's just half throttle and taking it all in, if I want to go fast I have my Fazer 1000 with a nice little kit on it that kicks out the horses, once I finish the KZ750 then I'll be content as I'll have all manner of bikes covered....(apart from a supermoto but now that's another story :silly: )

pic of the chop currently in the warmth until it goes back on the road in a couple of weeks