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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 04:48 PM
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Default Official 1994 Harley VR1000 road race bike



When I first saw this Harley 1994 VR1000 on the HP. I felt like Indiana Jones, because, you know "It belongs in a museum!" But given that you're basically buying a factory-backed teams racing team's entire set up? It seems actually running this bike in vintage races could be fun, so someone with the coin and the mechanical aptitude. Obviously, that's a pretty small set of buyers, so if I had to guess, it'll end up in a museum... Apparently, it went for 55k. What do you think will happen to this baby? On a pedestal? Or vintage races?
 
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Chris Carr, Miguel DuHamel, Doug Chandler, and several others tried racing these bikes without much success. Harley eventually lost interest.
 
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IIRC, Pascal Picotte put it on the podium once.
 
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I would put headlights and blinkers on it and ride it around town

 
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IIRC, Pascal Picotte put it on the podium once.
2nd place at Pikes Peak
 
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I would put headlights and blinkers on it and ride it around town

That looks tight. The action listed a VIN, so I wonder if you could get it registered as a custom or something? Probably not somewhere as strict as California, but maybe some other states would let it slip through?
 
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 06:13 PM
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Not a bad deal, 1 complete bike, spare motor, spare frame, and a ton of extras. Its a great deal for someone wanting to go vintage racing.
 
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Originally Posted by Johnny Mayday
That looks tight. The action listed a VIN, so I wonder if you could get it registered as a custom or something? Probably not somewhere as strict as California, but maybe some other states would let it slip through?
I had to register my mt500 as a kit bike because it was so rare they didn't have it on the books
 
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I would put headlights and blinkers on it and ride it around town
...and still get beat by a Honda CB 650.
 
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...and still get beat by a Honda CB 650.
A cb650 only has 95 to 100 hp and weights 450 pounds a vr1000 has 135 hp and weights 388 pounds . So I doubt it maybe a cbr but not a cb
 
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