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Road Master
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 1,048
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From: Heart of Georgia
That's funny. When I had my VMax I was the one everybody was trying to catch. These days when I see a VMax, R1, Hayabusa, etc. I just wave and smile. You're running 115 or so on your Harley and the R1 is just hitting its stride. One little flick of the throttle and he disappears like the starship Enterprise going into warp drive.
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 714
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That's funny. When I had my VMax I was the one everybody was trying to catch. These days when I see a VMax, R1, Hayabusa, etc. I just wave and smile. You're running 115 or so on your Harley and the R1 is just hitting its stride. One little flick of the throttle and he disappears like the starship Enterprise going into warp drive.
A buck 10-15 @ 3,800 is an R1 laugh in...
Been playing with imports for a decade (don't even respond to HD pretenders any more), and the ONLY way I win, is jumping them at a light, up to an 1/8 mile...(maybe a 1/4 if the rider sucks).
Way too much weight, and not nearly enough HP on your Dyna, but I like your
Attempt.......shows *****.
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Tourer
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 429
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From: Michigan
That's funny. When I had my VMax I was the one everybody was trying to catch. These days when I see a VMax, R1, Hayabusa, etc. I just wave and smile. You're running 115 or so on your Harley and the R1 is just hitting its stride. One little flick of the throttle and he disappears like the starship Enterprise going into warp drive.
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,524
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From: San Diego, CA
I know these HD's can't REALLY hang with sport bikes, but it's fun to push them as hard or as far as you can just to make them smile a little bit. It's fun when you're hitting twisties or lane splitting and Sport bike rider is all tucked in tight in that "aerodynamic" position and they look back and see you sitting upright relaxed and comfortable keeeping up just fine. Something about pushing a big, heavy clunky machine to it's limits and making it do stuff ya not supposed to do that's satisfying. ANYONE can can rip around on a sport bike, but not everyone can hit twisties hard at 70-90 or lane split at high speeds on a heavy cruiser.