Nice!
This is my classic Toyota KP61 "DRIFT" car.
I'm entirely too large and too old for such a car...But it's my new project.
Rear wheel drive and engine swapped for a DOHC unit.
Nice!!!This is the new Harley I've added to the collective.
My back likes it....And so far, so do I.
It's my first Harley.
Thanks.
I'm going to catch a lot of HELL with my buddies.
I've talked so much crap about the motor company for decades!
Now I own one.
Funny how old age mellowed me out. I no longer need to go 200 mph.....
What? You think a Harley won't go that fast? Maybe you bought a dud!Thanks.
I'm going to catch a lot of HELL with my buddies.
I've talked so much crap about the motor company for decades!
Now I own one.
Funny how old age mellowed me out. I no longer need to go 200 mph.....
No.What? You think a Harley won't go that fast? Maybe you bought a dud!
No, us died in the wool Harley folk look down our noses at those, dare I say, crotch rockets!No.
My new Harley has race cams. (Installed by and bragged about for over 15 minutes by the previous owner) A tuner kit for the fuel injection and has aftermarket pipes
It makes about 78 hp. And is 700 pounds. The engine is nearly 1,700cc.
My Kawasaki has an aftermarket computer and some other small mods and makes over 200 hp. 540 pounds. It's just 1,441cc.
The Harley will cover a quarter mile in the low 14 seconds.
The Kawasaki will do it in the high 9s.
The Harley has a top speed of about 125.
The Kawasaki does 186 limited by a "gentlemans agreement" amongst manufacturers. With my set up...over 200. That's like standing by the side of the highway and watching a bike go past you at 75 mph.
By speed comparison. The Harley is a lawn tractor up against a ballistic missile.
True. The Harley will outrun most cars. And this one would dust off most other Harleys.
But in the world of actually fast. They are irrelevant.
True with lots of money they can FLY. And I know a guy that drag races big twins.
But put that same money into a sportbike and it'll be the same story.
I've never met anyone that has owned a Japanese Hyperbike and rode a Harley and said "now THAT is fast!"
I got this thing to putt around on. I expect nothing more.
It is a big, heavy, comfortable peice of 1940s technology.
I'm assuming that you've never been on a late model Hyperbike from Kawasaki, Suzuki Ducati or BMW?
Give me a while.No, us died in the wool Harley folk look down our noses at those, dare I say, crotch rockets!