Beat a V-Rod...
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RE: Beat a V-Rod...
ORIGINAL: sharkey
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
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RE: Beat a V-Rod...
ORIGINAL: sharkey
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
God, I love reading these type of posts. Nothing as funny as a guy who thinks that he out ran someone on the road that he wasn't even racing. Here's a hot one for you I passed a Corvette on the way to work this morning. Man I must really have a hot rod.
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From: fegfsg
RE: Beat a V-Rod...
no you didnt outrun a vrod, at least not with a big twin... YOU were racing, he was cruising.
i got a 1200 sporty making at least 75-80 hp and my neighbor has 3 v rods and rides on the weekend, when I go with them i can keep up and even pass a little from 0 to 60, but after that, high speed roll ons, v rods own any other harley.
this same guy owns and wrenches 3, geeze, thats right, THREE corvette Z06s, hes well off, you could say.
i can also make the comparison that Vrods sound a bit like Corvettes at idle
i got a 1200 sporty making at least 75-80 hp and my neighbor has 3 v rods and rides on the weekend, when I go with them i can keep up and even pass a little from 0 to 60, but after that, high speed roll ons, v rods own any other harley.
this same guy owns and wrenches 3, geeze, thats right, THREE corvette Z06s, hes well off, you could say.
i can also make the comparison that Vrods sound a bit like Corvettes at idle
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From: Ozark Country
RE: Beat a V-Rod...
Guess the horsepower output of a 103" engines depends quite a bit on the modifications that have been completed.
The NHRS webpage (link below) shows some dyno runs of some modified Harley's, including a 2003 FLHT with the SE 103" kit, Stage 3 head work, Rhinehart exhaust, and Roland TW11G cams.
http://www.nrhsperformance.com/dynoroom.shtml
The dyno run shows 110 horsepower and 117 pounds of torque, at the rear wheel. Of course the 'crank' horsepower and torque figures would be even greater.
I have no idea what kind of rear wheel horsepower and torque figures a V-Rod would show, but a 103" engine, with the right modifications can put out some serious horsepower.
The NHRS webpage (link below) shows some dyno runs of some modified Harley's, including a 2003 FLHT with the SE 103" kit, Stage 3 head work, Rhinehart exhaust, and Roland TW11G cams.
http://www.nrhsperformance.com/dynoroom.shtml
The dyno run shows 110 horsepower and 117 pounds of torque, at the rear wheel. Of course the 'crank' horsepower and torque figures would be even greater.
I have no idea what kind of rear wheel horsepower and torque figures a V-Rod would show, but a 103" engine, with the right modifications can put out some serious horsepower.
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RE: Beat a V-Rod...
ORIGINAL: sleepman54
So you're saying you're putting out 120+ hp and well over 100 torque on your 103". I find that pretty hard to believe, as a matter of fact that smell of bullshit is making it all the way down here to Florida.
God, I love reading these type of posts. Nothing as funny as a guy who thinks that he out ran someone on the road that he wasn't even racing. Here's a hot one for you I passed a Corvette on the way to work this morning. Man I must really have a hot rod.
ORIGINAL: sharkey
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
God, I love reading these type of posts. Nothing as funny as a guy who thinks that he out ran someone on the road that he wasn't even racing. Here's a hot one for you I passed a Corvette on the way to work this morning. Man I must really have a hot rod.
Cheers!
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RE: Beat a V-Rod...
ORIGINAL: sharkey
Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
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Love the straight shootin' replies...thanks guys! I'm about 50+ lbs lighter, have 10% more horsepower at the rear wheel and 50% more torque. Not to mention the Lyndall composite rotors (yeah, all three of them), Supthe motor mounts and aluminum swingarm and Bridgestone radials on Excell rims...I know I beat his ***; it wasn't a barn-burning, doors blowing off pounding, but I did it. Also wasn't my first "meeting" on this road. I'm just happy with the results of my homework and expenditures.
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This one time I beat an Enzo. Yup, I sure did. The only thing is that it was on a flatbed and going in the opposite direction.
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RE: Beat a V-Rod...
ORIGINAL: OldFenderGuy
Guess the horsepower output of a 103" engines depends quite a bit on the modifications that have been completed.
The NHRS webpage (link below) shows some dyno runs of some modified Harley's, including a 2003 FLHT with the SE 103" kit, Stage 3 head work, Rhinehart exhaust, and Roland TW11G cams.
http://www.nrhsperformance.com/dynoroom.shtml
The dyno run shows 110 horsepower and 117 pounds of torque, at the rear wheel. Of course the 'crank' horsepower and torque figures would be even greater.
I have no idea what kind of rear wheel horsepower and torque figures a V-Rod would show, but a 103" engine, with the right modifications can put out some serious horsepower.
Guess the horsepower output of a 103" engines depends quite a bit on the modifications that have been completed.
The NHRS webpage (link below) shows some dyno runs of some modified Harley's, including a 2003 FLHT with the SE 103" kit, Stage 3 head work, Rhinehart exhaust, and Roland TW11G cams.
http://www.nrhsperformance.com/dynoroom.shtml
The dyno run shows 110 horsepower and 117 pounds of torque, at the rear wheel. Of course the 'crank' horsepower and torque figures would be even greater.
I have no idea what kind of rear wheel horsepower and torque figures a V-Rod would show, but a 103" engine, with the right modifications can put out some serious horsepower.