Dyna VS V-Rod
Cruiser
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From: APG, MD
personally my only beef with vrods are the fact that they cant hang with the rest of the harley line on the highway. i mean YES they can out run them however you can go farther on a tank of gas on an air cooled harley on the highway vice a vrod on the highway. big thing here is the fact that at 70 mph or so, the vrod "cruises" at like 4 1/2 thousand rpm where your aircooled harley is going to cruise at under 3k... big difference.
Road Captain
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From: Alexandria, VA (via Northern CA)
V-Rod was going to be my first Harley. In terms of performance, it was a better transition going from a sportbike to a cruiser. I ended up with the Fat Bob because it seemed to fit better with what I wanted from a cruiser.
That being said, you're comparing apples to oranges. If you wanna go fast, get the V-Rod. (and don't buy into the "Its not a real Harley" crap)
That being said, you're comparing apples to oranges. If you wanna go fast, get the V-Rod. (and don't buy into the "Its not a real Harley" crap)
Cruiser
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From: APG, MD
how the hell are those two remotely similar... at all? that has me wondering.
Cruiser
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I just built my 103" last year and the first thing i did after breaking it in was try to beat my buddys vrod! ha. his vrod isnt completely stock he has cams and a race tuner i believe. But it was pretty close. Like most of you said it depends on the driver, and also how much you stick. a couple runs we ran from stop and a couple we ran from a roll, he was pretty much ahead of me by a bike length everytime unless i got a really good jump on him or he spun the tire. Then we would be just about even.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Passaic County, NJ
I just built my 103" last year and the first thing i did after breaking it in was try to beat my buddys vrod! ha. his vrod isnt completely stock he has cams and a race tuner i believe. But it was pretty close. Like most of you said it depends on the driver, and also how much you stick. a couple runs we ran from stop and a couple we ran from a roll, he was pretty much ahead of me by a bike length everytime unless i got a really good jump on him or he spun the tire. Then we would be just about even.
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From: pottsville,pa
It would have to be a pretty good built motor to take out a stock vrod. I rode a muscle last summer and really pushed it to the limit, I mean I rode it hard to really get a idea of what these bike are capable of. And they can kick some a$$ in the right hands! I would say it's a possibility, but only under the right conditions.
