Thread: Getting power out of a harley

Well here you go lads, just to really stir this thread up... just upgraded to an even noisier, less maneuverable big boy. Couldnt be happier lol
1.7liter, stage 1 kit and tuned 10,000kms. Collect this weekend

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

Well here you go lads, just to really stir this thread up... just upgraded to an even noisier, less maneuverable big boy. Couldnt be happier lol
1.7liter, stage 1 kit and tuned 10,000kms. Collect this weekend

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Nice......
As long as you are happy mate it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
I hope it gives you many enjoyable miles cruising this fine country of ours.

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

Well here you go lads, just to really stir this thread up... just upgraded to an even noisier, less maneuverable big boy. Couldnt be happier lol
1.7liter, stage 1 kit and tuned 10,000kms. Collect this weekend

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Very minimalist as a Harley should be. If your thing is a Harley, then nicely done. Enjoy the fuck out of it.

Originally Posted by outlander

Very minimalist as a Harley should be.

Horsepower included , or not. At least you will have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery at harley speeds....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Horsepower included , or not. At least you will have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery at harley speeds....

Horsepower is not everything you know. I've had some of these machines speed past me at well over my safe travelling speed of 85kmh. Most have the highly modified unbaffled engines too and one can hear them in the distance, accelerating away on the down hill stretches for the most part of a hundred kilometer journey. Fascinating.

Originally Posted by outlander

Horsepower is not everything you know. I've had some of these machines speed past me at well over my safe travelling speed of 85kmh. Most have the highly modified unbaffled engines too and one can hear them in the distance, accelerating away on the down hill stretches for the most part of a hundred kilometer journey. Fascinating.

that would explain the need to stop at every watering hole on the 100km journey to allow those fire breathing engines to cool ..... and for the rider to come down off of the nerve tingling, adrenalin pumping high that accompanies riding such a rapid , rabid machine . My hat is off to those brave men who battle the beast every time they throw a leg over ....

Originally Posted by outlander

Horsepower is not everything you know. I've had some of these machines speed past me at well over my safe travelling speed of 85kmh. Most have the highly modified unbaffled engines too and one can hear them in the distance, accelerating away on the down hill stretches for the most part of a hundred kilometer journey. Fascinating.

some of them are ridden by big hairy people with funny patches on their backs and even less regard for their own lives than they do for others

What's a "stage 1 kit" does that get you up to 45hp?

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

What's a "stage 1 kit" does that get you up to 45hp?

No, for that, you need to fit the barrels and heads from an early XLCH Ironhead motor.

Haha it's the most fun with 45hp I'll ever have!

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

Haha it's the most fun with 45hp I'll ever have!

True!
My Royal Enfield is 47hp and it’s fun to ride, a real ‘puts a smile on your face’ bike
And on the open road it’s sixth gear everywhere, no need to change down for any of the hills.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

True!
My Royal Enfield is 47hp and it’s fun to ride, a real ‘puts a smile on your face’ bike
And on the open road it’s sixth gear everywhere, no need to change down for any of the hills.

My 'modified' yamaha Sr500 is the same, no rocket, but keeps you grinning

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

True!
My Royal Enfield is 47hp and it’s fun to ride, a real ‘puts a smile on your face’ bike
And on the open road it’s sixth gear everywhere, no need to change down for any of the hills.

Trying to get the Km’s up so I can take it for first service, weather and life conspire to slow that up however today’s ride to the Catlins and Kaka Point was an enjoyable ride, Mrs Finnwolf likewise enjoyed the trip.

Still like the bike, a great wee bike, only niggle is selecting 6th sometimes doesn’t go smoothly ie shift lever doesn’t want to click up from 5th on first go from time to time, from what I’ve read on line it’s a bedding in issue and improves as time goes by.

rode an electric m/cycle today for the first time . Well if you can call it a m/cycle . just a little thing obviously designed for commuting with a top speed of 70k or so and styled along the lines of a honda monkey bike .
What a strange sensation ...... completely silent except for a tiny amount of tyre and wind noise . I found it quite unnerving myself ....
Neat little machine and would be magic for short running around but after a history of british classics and jappa race bikes with all the fruit and race pipes I think it would take a while for me to get used to the lack of engine/exhaust noise , particularly as I always found that a part of the attraction of bikes.
I mean , even on a pushbike you can hear the sound of your heavy breathing but this was just so quite it was eerie.....

I guess hp isn't everything. My MT-01 makes less than 90hp max and only about 50hp at 2500RPM (a bit over 100kmph). But, it makes a max of 150Nm of torque and over 140Nm from 2000RPM upwards so passing/hills are not a problem. Open the throttle and it surges forward. Lean it over and it goes around corners. Pull the brake lever and it stops. And it doesn't mind loping along at sensible speeds, unlike my RC8 that just begs to be ridden too fast.