Thread: Getting power out of a harley

I know which one I'd rather be doing

Twelve pages later and still no ones figured out to get power and handling out of a Harley Fergusson. Melt the bloody thing down and turn it into something else. lol

Back in the day I used to scream around the roads of Phnom Penh on a not very road legal Honda CR80 with bits missing off it. Looked a bit like that. Boys could hear me heading home from 3km away

This is the noisy, rattly culprit.

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

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This is the noisy, rattly culprit.

Well, it's an EVO...looks the part. See no EVO, Hear no EVO, Speak no EVO.

Looks like it'd weigh about the same as a block of flats, but I must try one one day.....

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Looks like it'd weigh about the same as a block of flats, but I must try one one day.....

If you're ever in the hawkes bay region take this one for a spin. You'll be underwhelmed and still somehow love every minute!

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

If you're ever in the hawkes bay region take this one for a spin. You'll be underwhelmed and still somehow love every minute!

Every moment on two wheels is better than 100 in a car.

That's one big chunk of iron under the tank... could pop a Kenworth in it and lighten it up a bit....

Definitely going to try one but... should be fun

haven't and cant be bothered reading the 13 pages. This would be a bit of a go.
I'd rather have a rocket 3 trumpy. always kick myself for not doing something about the one at 6.5k in aussie just before we came back.
Sad face....

https://www.rideapart.com/articles/3...lwaukee-eight/

Originally Posted by csmiffy

haven't and cant be bothered reading the 13 pages. This would be a bit of a go.
I'd rather have a rocket 3 trumpy. always kick myself for not doing something about the one at 6.5k in aussie just before we came back.
Sad face....

https://www.rideapart.com/articles/3...lwaukee-eight/

A Rocket Three is a BSA triple and a 'trumpy' is a nickname for a Triumph, as in a Triumph Trident for the three cylinder.

Originally Posted by outlander

A Rocket Three is a BSA triple and a 'trumpy' is a nickname for a Triumph, as in a Triumph Trident for the three cylinder.

@outlander Fair enough but there is a such thing as a triumph rocket 3-hence my comment-2300cc inline longitudinal
The new ones look fantastic

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@outlander Fair enough but there is a such thing as a triumph rocket 3-hence my comment-2300cc inline longitudinal
The new ones look fantastic

I saw one made into a trike when I was at the last Burt Munro rally - and it was turbo’d and intercooled too! (From memory it was turbo’d, it MAY have been supercharged, whatever it had there was a shitload of plumbing involved)

So I expect it would haul arse with both hands. (So to speak)

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@outlander Fair enough but there is a such thing as a triumph rocket 3-hence my comment-2300cc inline longitudinal
The new ones look fantastic

I eat humble pie. You're so right.

Originally Posted by outlander

I eat humble pie. You're so right.

Nah mate not at all
Was discussing the exact same thing a while back with an older bike enthusiast and he thought of the old classic bsa rocket three straight away.