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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 04:46 PM
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Nope Harley's are not slow.....watch this:
 
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 06:09 PM
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Love it!
 
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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Fast enough to whup yer ***.... LOL
 
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 06:25 PM
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nice video, handsome (boy that sounds a little.. off...)
 
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 05:44 PM
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I'm pretty sure that one would go to the sportbike if it had room to wind it out or if there was at least one curve involved. And Harley's are slow. I can find you an instance of a 9 second pinto, but that doesn't mean they're fast. It means someone dumped way too much time and money in to a slow vehicle to make it quick. How many other Harleys out there will beat a sportbike.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Village Idiot™
I'm pretty sure that one would go to the sportbike if it had room to wind it out or if there was at least one curve involved. And Harley's are slow. I can find you an instance of a 9 second pinto, but that doesn't mean they're fast. It means someone dumped way too much time and money in to a slow vehicle to make it quick. How many other Harleys out there will beat a sportbike.
Mine will hands down...
 
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Village Idiot™
I'm pretty sure that one would go to the sportbike if it had room to wind it out or if there was at least one curve involved. And Harley's are slow. I can find you an instance of a 9 second pinto, but that doesn't mean they're fast. It means someone dumped way too much time and money in to a slow vehicle to make it quick. How many other Harleys out there will beat a sportbike.
oh my would you look at that... someone that gets it! watch out, these guys get the panties all bunched up pretty quickly
 
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 07:48 PM
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Disagree... a properly built 95" will smoke a 110"
Yes it will
 
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And a properly built 110" will destroy a properly built 95"!!!
Not stock to stock it wont
 
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Speed limit sign on 95 says "70 mph. Harleys just do the best you can"
 
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