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He rides a 1986 Sportster. Either an 883 with 46 hp or an 1100 with 50 hp - I asked him several times which one it was but he declined to answer. I'm not sure what the Honda CR500 has to do with the conversation. Is that what you ride?

I ride an 1988 Yamaha FZR 1000 with 145 hp for fun and an 1982 Honda 650 SC with 63 hp for putt-putting around with the old lady. I've ridden for over 40 years and I lived through the 80's when Harley Davidson was having it's problems - their bikes were built like crap back then.

"a CR500 has about 56 hp... if you don't respect that, then I'm pretty sure you're talking out of your ass."

Not only is his 50 hp bike a dog - he started out by being rude and then decided to tell us all how his bike would "jerk a knot in our *ss" "if we could ride it." Yeah, I have a little difficulty respecting posters like that. Are you a poster like that too? "if you don't respect that, then I'm pretty sure you're talking out of your ass. " is a pretty rude way to start out a conversation.

He did not start the conversation with you; you started it with him. He was responding to a dig on Harleys by another poster. If he came across rude, it’s because the person he responded to was insulting to Harley owners first.

So technically, if you think the way I started the conversation with you was rude, then you must also think the way you started the conversation with OftheOhio was rude. I suppose we’re even then.

As for the CR500, it’s a 50hp bike that will rip your arms off. If you can handle it. Most people can’t. I don’t have one. I have a CR250R though. 35hp and a lot of people can’t handle it.

My main ride is a FXSTC but I also have an RC51 and an XR650R.

The FXSTC had no top end from the factory, so I did a bit of work to it. Big bore kit, screaming eagle heads, higher compression pistons. Really cooks now. Not sure of the figures, but it does take sport bikes off the line now... until a turn.

The RC51 is stock (125hp). Hard to mess with perfection.

The XR650R was 55hp from the factory I believe. I put in the HRC high compression piston and big cam kit, and it should be about 75hp now from what I understand. I live in NYC and this is a faster bike in Manhattan conditions than any sport bike.