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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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very funny (certainly not to the sportster riders) --- one of the guys I ride with has a sportster 1200 w/pipes, he's oneM&M away from 250lbs----every time we hit the gas on the interstate he gets left---we have to wait for him to catch up.

He's getting a bagger at the end of the year--we can hardly wait.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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Last year I had a 06 1200 XLR and rode alot with baggers and I am 250 lbs. Never once did I get left behind, in fact they couldn't keep up with me!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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A stock 1200 sporty will SMOKE a stock Electraglide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Sprster are the dragsters of hd, or mg's of hd?
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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A stock 1200 sporty will SMOKE a stock Electraglide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just barely......
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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A stock 1200 sporty will SMOKE a stock Electraglide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just barely......
My wife's Stage 2 XL1200C smokes my Stage 1 RKC with a little room to spare.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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NIGHTSTER.........COOL!

 
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A stock 1200 sporty will SMOKE a stock Electraglide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just barely......
My Ultra is 98 inches, heads done, 37G cams, 9.8 compression, Fatcats, and I can't keep up with my OL's 95 883 converted to 1200 with S&S carb and Thunderheader. That thing is a f'in ROCKET!! I find all kinds of excuses to tinker with it and then test ride it to make sure I got it right.

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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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ok---now we have a problem---I thought the bike was slow--now it seems like operator error---a baggerwill nothelp this issue---I'll have to have a serious talk with the man

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very funny (certainly not to the sportster riders) --- one of the guys I ride with has a sportster 1200 w/pipes, he's oneM&M away from 250lbs----every time we hit the gas on the interstate he gets left---we have to wait for him to catch up.

He's getting a bagger at the end of the year--we can hardly wait.
 
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