extremely low gearing is NOT the same as torque...
Do you have ANY idea how hard it would be to keep my front end on the ground if I re-geared my bike to make it's top speed equal to a harley?!?!?
i'd have to put a pizza pan sized rear sprocket on it...
Where did the myth that sport bikes are "more difficult to ride slow" originate?
Who came up with this myth?
Why is it perpetuated?
Sport bikes are more perfectly balanced, are lighter (meaning you make up more percentage of the total weight of the bike) and they have better turning radii...
if you got the money for a literbike, go for it...
I ride a Honda CBR1100XX, and I love it...
If you're just riding around, go for the liter,
If you want to stunt it, get the 600...
...Davidson outsells them all 30 to 1? clearly Harley is our lord, jesus christ's gift to earth.And satan is trying to tempt the unfaithful with these pagan imitations of motorcycles.
Praise the lord Jesus Christ Almighty.
rose, Harley Davidson™ outsells all asian motorcycle manufacturs 30 to 1...
...superbike races for them? Was he just not a good enough rider to handle the awesome power and speed of the VRSCX in a race, do they have a better rider in mind?
...outsells them all 30 to 1? clearly Harley is our lord, jesus christ's gift to earth.And satan is trying to tempt the unfaithful with these pagan imitations of motorcycles.
Praise the lord Jesus Christ Almighty.
rose, Harley Davidson™ outsells all asian motorcycle manufacturs 30 to 1 in EVERY...
...superbike races for them? Was he just not a good enough rider to handle the awesome power and speed of the VRSCX in a race, do they have a better rider in mind?
details around this expereince:
type of bike? year? displacement? mods? where did you do it?
max, that's 155 mph
I've had mine up to an indicated 188 (probably more like 175 due to speedo error) the bike had more, I was just eating up road too fast for comfort...
2001 CBR1100XX
full Akra...
what's important?
obviously you like the looks of all of them, right?
now which one is going to require less maintenence? (probably the honda)
Which one has the edge on power? (again probably the honda)
Which one is less likely to leave you stranded? (honda)
i think the choice is clear...
a harley will beat 90+% of all the sport bikes out there from 0-45 MPH
tell me the difference between 0-60 and 0-45
Does it really take a harley THAT much longer to go from 45 to 60? really?
http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/technical/200801perfindex.pdf
I call shenanigans...
could someone please...
you should have no problems installing it yourself if you are decently skilled with a soldering iron, and some sort of electrical tape or shrink tube...
copy other companies? Harley Davidson copied Indian for the first thirty years of their history, copied Germany during the next ten years, copied Europe during the next ten years then after two decades of poor decisions and bad management (Holiday Rambler), Harley had to resort to copying the...
If I doubled the teeth in my rear sprocket to make my top end around 100mph, I'd have so much torque that my front wheel would pop off the ground in every gear...
as it is: I have a hard time keeping the front wheel down when I launch from first...
smartblonde: has nothing to do with clutch...
why are you happy with a motorcycle that accelerates as slowly as a commuter car?
why are you satisfied with designs that your great great grandparents pulled out of their butts?
what stops you from striving for excellence?
Is it fear? Is it despair? or is it just a need to be part of a group...