Harley being fast?
Road Captain
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Just got off work , can't believe this went on for so long . Oh , Well better to take it out on some dumb @ss troll than the inhouse bickering that has taken over another HD forum I visit on occasion .
Cruiser
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From: indianapolis
RE: Harley being fast?
ORIGINAL: FalconA
I am trying to make a decision, and you sure help to sway me away from Harley. If you cannot even discuss the finer points of them without calling names like "rice burners" , you show me that your uneducated about bikes. Without the "rice burners" Harley wouldn't exist.
Just so you know, both my father and my uncle fought in WWII, and guess what, we won!! Actually the Germans were the most to blame, and yet we have hated towards the Japanese for some unknown reason!?
Just to set the record straight, I like all bikes! I came to learn, not to be insulted. I am leaning towards an M109, as it has 127 horse, 120lbs of torque, 4.4 bore, liquid cooled, inverted forks, fuel injected and has a 10 inch rear tire, yet rides as nimble as a thin tire.
I do like some Harleys also, but am not sure yet.
Some of you seem to have it in for the imports for some reason, why is this? Inferiority complex? Im confused.
ORIGINAL: cjmilez
Inbreed babble..?? Ok FalconA, you've done your research...we gave our opinions....you obviously LOVE the imports......why are you still here?? Please check out the other forums that suit your needs! We are not going to listen to you whine about how good a jap bike is???~~~>convince others, ok....this is an Harley Davidson forum...and we communicate about the love and passion of OUR bikes...not yours.
You may now be excused.
Candace
Inbreed babble..?? Ok FalconA, you've done your research...we gave our opinions....you obviously LOVE the imports......why are you still here?? Please check out the other forums that suit your needs! We are not going to listen to you whine about how good a jap bike is???~~~>convince others, ok....this is an Harley Davidson forum...and we communicate about the love and passion of OUR bikes...not yours.
You may now be excused.
Candace
Just so you know, both my father and my uncle fought in WWII, and guess what, we won!! Actually the Germans were the most to blame, and yet we have hated towards the Japanese for some unknown reason!?
Just to set the record straight, I like all bikes! I came to learn, not to be insulted. I am leaning towards an M109, as it has 127 horse, 120lbs of torque, 4.4 bore, liquid cooled, inverted forks, fuel injected and has a 10 inch rear tire, yet rides as nimble as a thin tire.
I do like some Harleys also, but am not sure yet.
Some of you seem to have it in for the imports for some reason, why is this? Inferiority complex? Im confused.
Oh, and FOAD, troll.
Road Captain
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From: Fairfax, Virginia
RE: Harley being fast?
Nice post, Spartan (the review, where did you come up with it?)
I guess the best way to some up this bike is it's like giving a loaded pistol to a 3 year old; the guy standing next to kid ends up getting hurt because the kid doesn't know what the hell they're playing with.
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RE: Harley being fast?
How fast do you want to go? I currently ride a Road Star and think it's faster than any of the Harleys that I have owned but my first bike, a 350, was faster than even the Road Star. It's not the speed but the feel, the sound, the torque, the rumble, and in some cases the lable that makes people buy a Harley. I loved my Harleys and kicked myself for twenty something years for selling them but it was something the wife and I decided was necessary while we raised a family. This time around I wanted new and didn't want to spend more for a ride than the family car cost. When I was riding my HDs, I knew that many other bikes could pass me but who cares when your thundering along on a legend. In fact if Harley hadn't plugged along during the onslaught of imports through the sixties, seventies, and eighties, and improved to the point they are now, all bikes would be water cooled overhead cam and sooo generic. Not that there is anything wrong with water cooling or overhead cams. So as a Roadie rider and a Harley lover I owe Harley Davidson Inc. a big thankyou for perpetuating the winningest motorcycling style in history.
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Damn...for a sec I thought FalconA was back under a different name!
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RE: Harley being fast?
ORIGINAL: FalconA
I can see that you guys sure have weak egos, I am simply amazed at how upset you all get when I compare metrics. I figured online would be different to compare and really get into the differences, but I see its no different then when I go to a biker bar around here.
As soon as I start asking them what kinda output their bike has I hear nothing but crap.
Every once in awile I am surprised that I run into a decent Harley owner, that doesn't have the loud fart pipes, and I can actually talk to him, and he isn't hung up on the bike he is riding.
I ride so many different bikes, as I also repair on the side. I get frustrated at the crudeness of Harley, and wonder if any of you guys ever have tried other bikes??
You can believe what you want, I have all the bikes I say I do, my favorite is the Busa so far. Just smooth as glass to ride, and power to spare. You guys wouldn't know what to do with power like that, you would kill your pansy asses.
I can see that you guys sure have weak egos, I am simply amazed at how upset you all get when I compare metrics. I figured online would be different to compare and really get into the differences, but I see its no different then when I go to a biker bar around here.
As soon as I start asking them what kinda output their bike has I hear nothing but crap.
Every once in awile I am surprised that I run into a decent Harley owner, that doesn't have the loud fart pipes, and I can actually talk to him, and he isn't hung up on the bike he is riding.
I ride so many different bikes, as I also repair on the side. I get frustrated at the crudeness of Harley, and wonder if any of you guys ever have tried other bikes??
You can believe what you want, I have all the bikes I say I do, my favorite is the Busa so far. Just smooth as glass to ride, and power to spare. You guys wouldn't know what to do with power like that, you would kill your pansy asses.
