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To: blarney

"It doesn't matter how fast your motor is spinning it matters on how fast your bike is moving."

WTF is that sentence supposed to mean?

So you're putting down 130 ft-lbs at 3000 rpm. That's 71 HP. Respectable, to be sure. How long could you keep riding the bike wide open, I wonder, before it seized from overheating? What's the redline? How bad is the vibration on this big paint-shaker of yours?

And still none of these bikes could beat a decent 600 race replica in a drag race.

And as far as outfits like Big Dog goes, if they were producing anything other than the currently politically popular big American cruisers, I doubt if they'd ever get them past EPA regs.


199 posted on 11/25/2005 9:26:44 AM PST by -YYZ-
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To: -YYZ-

**WTF is that sentence supposed to mean? **

Uh that it dosn't matter how fast your motor is spinning(which is rpm's) it matters on how fast your bike is moving which is mph. We could go a step further and talk about how quickley they get up to that speed but I am afraid it might be too much for ya. You do realize that your rpm gauge isn't a speedo right? *snickers*

**So you're putting down 130 ft-lbs at 3000 rpm. That's 71 HP. Respectable, to be sure. How long could you keep riding the bike wide open, I wonder, before it seized from overheating? What's the redline? How bad is the vibration on this big paint-shaker of yours? **

Well first of all if I am putting down that kind torque as opposed to hp then I am most likely riding a diesel. Also 3000 rpms isnt wide open not even close the redline is about 6500. Not much vibration since I have a machine shop do all my porting, polishing and balancing for me. It's not a paintshake it's a ground pounder.

**And still none of these bikes could beat a decent 600 race replica in a drag race.**

I truly hope you are kidding with this statement if not then you we really don't have much to talk about until you learn a little bit more about the subject.

**And as far as outfits like Big Dog goes, if they were producing anything other than the currently politically popular big American cruisers, I doubt if they'd ever get them past EPA regs.**

All their models are now built to pass the 2006 epa regs so here is something else you might want to read up on.


209 posted on 11/25/2005 9:36:07 AM PST by blarney
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