Thread: Getting power out of a harley

Originally Posted by Ftx325

Unfortunately mate the pictures are all old school not digital or I would post some. I will see what I can find.... All l have on my phone is the mighty tweaked R1 I had up until a year or so ago...

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Full race system, carbon everything,full spec k- tech race suspension etc etc

K tech......... did Kerry tell you about when he used to fly F-16's........

Originally Posted by mudgripz

You need counselling 257 ... 3-4 years would make a start

Wasn't aware the Honda 650 came as the CX in V-twin. Be a very smooth ride. The CB650F also took my fancy - dam nice looking bike and 63hp nothing to complain about in 79 - or now. Make a hell of a nice cruiser - I had an early CB750F and it was a gem:

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mo..._cb650_79.html

Has anyone ridden the recent Indian Scout with 100hp? See them round from time to time...

Naah, the shrink couldn't compete with the evil obsession with riding on and over the ragged edge....... he quit.

The trouble with riding at 100% on the road, is sooner or later you come around the corner to gravel on the road or someone pulling out of a driveway and your off to meet ya maker.
I like going around corners so aren't too keen on Harleys Got a 1250 Bandit at the mo and it's got all the grunt I need. Bit on the heavy side though.

And here's a pic of a photo on our lounge wall of my T595 Daytona which had a worked head, race system etc and was the most powerful european bike the guy on the Dyno at the racing in Christchurch we were coming home from reckoned he had run up at the time... around 1999 if I remember correctly. It was the very first model with the factory polished frame and special paint that could only be applied by one place in Spain and only the first 500 had it. The other is the missus gsx600 f suzy.... some of you may notice she is carrying all our luggage on her bike...buggered if I was going to ruin the handling on mine with all that crap hanging off it...lol

Originally Posted by rugerman

The trouble with riding at 100% on the road, is sooner or later you come around the corner to gravel on the road or someone pulling out of a driveway and your off to meet ya maker.
I like going around corners so aren't too keen on Harleys Got a 1250 Bandit at the mo and it's got all the grunt I need. Bit on the heavy side though.

Exactly why I sold up for the time being... remove all temptation...to many other idiots in tin tops out to get you nowadays to not to mention sheer volume of traffic.

The funny thing is I and my mates used to ride with a couple of cops. One of them I am sure had a death wish and is one of the guys I mentioned earlier we stopped riding with cause he was to dangerous and unpredictable and we didn't think he had the skills required to ride like he did safely. The other had me going up and down one of our local hills/racetracks over and over again one day because he wanted some cranked right over knee down photos on the R1 for his lounge wall....him I really liked...lol

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

And the Destroyer is a turn-key ride off from the dealer bike, no tweaking needed!

As long as that ride off from the dealer didnt involve a corner, the big square car tyre on the back wouldn't lean to well

Yeah I used to ride with some people from the kiwibiker forum, but they always seemed to want to be racing everywhere so gave them the flick. Came around the corner on 1 ride over the Wairarapa and a bunch of sheep on the road. 1 guy 2 up couldn't stop and had a ding dong into them. You have to ride like the bastards are out to get ya, cause sometimes the tin tops are.

Lol BenTard, I had a loaner bike that was a bit like that. It was a 1800 Suzuki Boulevard with a huge flat car tire on it. Scraped the footpeg going around a roundabout. Felt like shit up on the edge of the tire. Not my cup of tea

Yeah never really understood the whole giant wide flat tyre thing, but each their own, on the other hand have had a few different tyres that were almost "V" shaped and would make the bike lay on its ear quicker than expected especially if just taking it easy

The Suzuki SV1000 appears to be a nice weekend cruiser - very smooth and quite reasonable output at 120hp. Friend was bragging about his awhile back, then next time I see him he's got a broken arm and heaps of gravel rash....

Sold my last bike couple of years ago - just a little offroader. Have been playing with something a wee bit safer - sort of a four wheel equivalent...

Originally Posted by mudgripz

The Suzuki SV1000 appears to be a nice weekend cruiser - very smooth and quite reasonable output at 120hp. Friend was bragging about his awhile back, then next time I see him he's got a broken arm and heaps of gravel rash....

Sold my last bike couple of years ago - just a little offroader. Have been playing with something a wee bit safer - sort of a four wheel equivalent...

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Was watching some youtube clips of turbocharged 350z's today, 700hp+, damn impressive, beating some pricey machines, probably not ideal for keeping ones licence though

If ya wanna go light and small but still feel the need to pull 9 sec 1/4 miles, these may be the ticket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hgK-wZ1XA
Not too good on the corners though

I have nothing to say about 350Zs and licences.. Nothing.

Originally Posted by XR500

If ya wanna go light and small but still feel the need to pull 9 sec 1/4 miles, these may be the ticket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hgK-wZ1XA
Not too good on the corners though

Hell yeah.... I want one of those for my work hack... might actually arrive at work with a smile on my face

Hey @257weatherby what is 'trail braking'