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Out riding the other day, going to the store. Met up with a guy that had a custom build like a Big Dog Pit Bull kinda bike, we did the red light to red light thing from a roil on.
Very happy to say I took him buy about 3 bike links thru 3rd and then he caught up to me in 4th....we had to slow for the red light. He pulled up next to me and said "Man that thing goes pretty good!"
I asked what he had, he said a 117, He asked the same I just smiled and said Its just a 103... Thinking he would have took me on the big end but I am happy.
 
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I had an impromptu drag race with a BMW 750i a few months ago. The Bimmer kicked my TK's ***....
 
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It’s fun to do every now and then whether you “win” or “lose”. Why not open it up a little and have fun? I usually see people in their cars and trucks enjoying it as well.

I beat a guy on a sport bike once, and I will admit, he was caught sleeping on the green, but I still won. Had a guy and a girl in a car pull up laughing their asses off. They followed us to a bar that we were headed to and they bought me a beer.
 
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It’s fun to do every now and then whether you “win” or “lose”. Why not open it up a little and have fun? I usually see people in their cars and trucks enjoying it as well.

I beat a guy on a sport bike once, and I will admit, he was caught sleeping on the green, but I still won. Had a guy and a girl in a car pull up laughing their asses off. They followed us to a bar that we were headed to and they bought me a beer.
Cool Story.
 
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I was going slow to roll over some railroad tracks some sort of Kawasaki Cruiser pulled up next to me we cross the tracks side by side after we got across the tracks it was on like Donkey Kong. I easily outran him I got a speeding ticket for doing 85 mph. Cost me $500.
 
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I was going slow to roll over some railroad tracks some sort of Kawasaki Cruiser pulled up next to me we cross the tracks side by side after we got across the tracks it was on like Donkey Kong. I easily outran him I got a speeding ticket for doing 85 mph. Cost me $500.
The price of victory can be costly.
 
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The price of victory can be costly.
Especially if you crash....

But that only happens to the other guy...

 
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Originally Posted by Sam2010
I was going slow to roll over some railroad tracks some sort of Kawasaki Cruiser pulled up next to me we cross the tracks side by side after we got across the tracks it was on like Donkey Kong. I easily outran him I got a speeding ticket for doing 85 mph. Cost me $500.
I guess the Kawa was the real winner
 
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Any body ever line up next to a Tesla...they are fast!! Mike be able to get one with my V8 Chopper..don’t need ticket for drag racing at my age though
 
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Kind of a long story but, back in the early 80’s a friend of mine had an accident at work, almost lost his right arm, tore it up pretty bad, anyway he had a Knuckle Head, don’t remember the year but if I remember correctly it was around 106ish ci.
Ok so back in the day the street bike to bet was the KZ900, on the weekends down on Central Ave in Mpls we would race these kids on there hot roded Kawi’s and just beat the crap out of them! It was funny like crazy! The Kawi owners were just baffled!

The bike owner and two of my other riding buddies end up on the cover some chopper magazine with the bike in an old biker bar down on 27th and Central ave in Minneapolis. It was a cool time in my life!
 


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