[Shotimes] (OT) removal of air box for a new toy!

[Zach Leahy]

Hey I'm happy with my 90bhp and 575lb touring bike.  It is faster than
most harley, but that's of little consequences.  What matters for me
is that it's "fast enough".

One thing that bugged me on the harley I rented in spain....  the
brakes,  they are sucky.  I gues I got used to BMW brakes, and seious
stopping power.  I can lock the front really easy (my bike is 2 years
before BMW mainstramed ABS on bikes) if need be, but have good
modulation.  The harley I had 9soft-tail deuce) I could wrench on the
front lever as hard as I liked and there was no worries of it locking
under 10mph.  Stopped like the titanic.  But, does balance incredibly
well at a crawl.

i like brakes!  :)

Z

On 6/23/05, BOB FISHER <thunderbird88@comcast.net> wrote:
> i like harley's for what they are-american made cruisers.they started a war
> by making a performance bike to try and compete with the jap bikes.i think
> this was a major mistake as it made most harley lovers kinda pissed.we have
> a lot of guy where i work who say,"yea i got the big bore kit on my harley
> and it really is fast."ok.so that 6 g's you just spent  gave you maybe 20
> horses.wow.all that cash and now you might make as many horses as my 91 cr
> 500 dirt bike.it's just those harley guys who really kinda piss me
> off.that's why i'm not into harleys and am into jap bikes.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Garber" <dgarber@servicelinklp.com>
> To: "BOB FISHER" <thunderbird88@comcast.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) removal of air box for a new toy!
> 
> 
> > 40 or 50 g's? Sheesh, what the hell kind of bike are you buying? Shit, I
> > paid 6k for my Sportster (1200 XL). It would take a lot less than 3k to
> > get well over 100hp to the rear tire.
> >
> > Ron's point is valid relative to 'pure' performance and the fact that
> > Harley isn't about that. The Jap sport-bikes are very very fast, handle
> > extremely well and brake as well as you can on two wheels. I was just
> > ribbing Ron a bit about the shot at Harley's as dogs. Most may be 'dogs'
> > by Sprotbike standards, but some of us (like I have with most cars I've
> > owned) have Harley's that will give some sportbikes a run for their
> > money in most common venue's..
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Garber
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of BOB FISHER
> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:32 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) removal of air box for a new toy!
> >
> > but that 40 to 50 g's you just spent you could have a 9-10 g jap
> > bike,run low to mid 9's(still much faster and reliable than a totally
> > tricked harley)and buy a new shelby cobra when they come out in
> > 06-07.hmmm.....i think we all know what the smart choice is there.
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