Anyone clued up on Harley's ?

[stevierst]

All this talk of HD thingys made me remember a photo I put on facebook last year for the tractor riding buddys of mine.



It certainly got a few 'comments'  :lol :lol

[kitcrazy]

I had a test ride on the new fat bob and i coud'nt  get over how good it was :eek and all blacked out they look ok to

[fireblake]

I saw Loopy Lewis at the Beaulieu bike show a few years back, he was doing verticle wheelies and doing that gymkhana stuff around a very tight little circuit. Truly awesome. And opened my eyes to how good a Harley could be, with the right rider on?


Mickey

[pitternator]

I went on a tour with  aguy ona harley and tbh it ssurprising at road speeds how well they keep up. They are not anywhere as dynamic in as sold tune as say a racers special. They simply will be left behind due to lack of ground clearance for a start. But they aint sold as fast bikes are they ...they are cruisers.And they satisfy their target market.

[Pat]

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[quote author=Skippernick link=topic=6026.msg54089#msg54089 date=1359315155]
My mate has a Harley and off the line it will beat my 600, because it is very torquey but then hp takes over.
Stage one tune is usually just screamin eagle pipes or vance and hines pipes and very usually straight through, and therefore marked "not for highway use" it being American.
Fat boy's i think are about 15 cubic inches cyclinder size.
And finally the "fat boy" is named after the 2 bombs dropped on Japan in WW2.
Lesson over.

You can expect to hear from OFSTED: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/fatboy.asp  :lol

Also, you're about 90 cubic inches out on the capacity..... 

I recall there was an ex-racer back in the 90s who was running a HD dealership that offered a 'put up or shut up' challenge in MCN for anyone to beat him on his Harley round a UK track, where the winner left with both bikes, don't think he had many take him up on the challenge.
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Ok fair enough, don't know what you mean by ofstead though?
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Was a pun about the factual inaccuracy of your history lesson! 

[Skippernick]

[quote author=Skippernick link=topic=6026.msg54155#msg54155 date=1359360663]
[quote author=Pat link=topic=6026.msg54147#msg54147 date=1359333513]
[quote author=Skippernick link=topic=6026.msg54089#msg54089 date=1359315155]
My mate has a Harley and off the line it will beat my 600, because it is very torquey but then hp takes over.
Stage one tune is usually just screamin eagle pipes or vance and hines pipes and very usually straight through, and therefore marked "not for highway use" it being American.
Fat boy's i think are about 15 cubic inches cyclinder size.
And finally the "fat boy" is named after the 2 bombs dropped on Japan in WW2.
Lesson over.

You can expect to hear from OFSTED: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/fatboy.asp  :lol

Also, you're about 90 cubic inches out on the capacity..... 

I recall there was an ex-racer back in the 90s who was running a HD dealership that offered a 'put up or shut up' challenge in MCN for anyone to beat him on his Harley round a UK track, where the winner left with both bikes, don't think he had many take him up on the challenge.
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Ok fair enough, don't know what you mean by ofstead though?
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Was a pun about the factual inaccuracy of your history lesson! 
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Yes reread the link and see what you are getting at.
All I say is don't believe everything you read on the internet.

[ChristoT]

All I say is don't believe everything you read on the internet.

But this is the internet too...  :rollin

[Skippernick]

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All I say is don't believe everything you read on the internet.

But this is the internet too...  :rollin
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AHHHHHHH :'(

[chaz]

My old man (67) rides his HD 1200 xlwhatever pretty quickly, he's not got much metal left on his pegs/pipes. Keeps up with most riders up to about 80mph, then he gets too much wind up his trouser legs  :lol :lol :lol

and then ya nuts drop off, lol.