Originally Posted by Mi3ninos

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Guy near me has a best of 6.830 at 197
Course his Buell isnt much on the street
Michael and his dad recently started building custom 107 and 110 bikes at their HD dealership.

Originally Posted by Madnss

its also amazing what some bikes cant do on a drag strip. Not saying he cant, just saying lots of hp doesnt make a bike quick unless you can get it out of the hole.
Put up a time slip with that bike......or else its just another fish in the sea.

Originally Posted by PFWiz

You did bother to read the thread I linked, didn't you? Or are just making it up as you go along?

The thread is about him running at the Hamster Drags at Sturgis. No, I admit they don't clock the bikes but considering we are talking about the cream of street ridable Harleys I think this is exactly what the OP asked...

Originally Posted by PFWiz

You did bother to read the thread I linked, didn't you? Or are just making it up as you go along?

The thread is about him running at the Hamster Drags at Sturgis. No, I admit they don't clock the bikes but considering we are talking about the cream of street ridable Harleys I think this is exactly what the OP asked...

Originally Posted by dog155

Most of the gum flapping about how slow Harleys are comes from those who have never put their heart and soul into trying. I for one know all to well how the bench racers love to brag about how fast their Rice Grinders are only to look like fools trying to prove it against my Harleys.
Gave up years ago trying to stay ahead of these kinds of wannabe's. If it were not for the box store cheap fast Rice they would not be spouting off.Not taking anything away from these bikes they speak for themselves.
In all my years of building and hot rodding Harleys the feelings you develop from tweaking these twin cylinders is a feeling these very people will never have. The pride of riding one is even greater,sad that so many feel the need to have to spank a Harley always wondered what it is they are trying to prove. Then I think I was a kid once and was doing the same thing before the over the pond bike builders were building factory race bikes.
This subject will never go away because new blood always replaces those that get beyond the having to prove something to the world. I enjoy reading the posts and the endless bench racing bickering and occasionally one will decide it's time to prove something.
No reason to ever stop feeling like a kid

Originally Posted by Madnss

besides....90 percent of racing is bracket or index anyway....at least for the joe smoe guys like me.

Originally Posted by baka1969

My question would be; what kind of times can be gotten from a 1250cc naturally aspired (streetable) motor with the stock cases?

Also, with the BT bikes, wouldn't a Dyna give the best chance at the lowest trap numbers given the big weight differential compared to the touring bikes?

Originally Posted by spiceman40

The reason I brought up the subject was because of something kind of interesting I saw.There's a local dragstrip in the super small town of Evadale,Tx and it's pretty much bring what ya got,and you can run it as many times as you want for like $25 bucks.I saw one guy with a brand spankin new nightster run the dog s**t out of that bike.He must have made 15 passes in the 2 hours I was there.He actually left the strip to go get gas and came back.He's times fluctuated between low 13's and high 11's,depending on how the bike was running(he was sputtering a little down the track on a few runs).I remember thinking to myself the guy was a little crazy doggin that brand new bike full throttle pass after pass.Guess it's all about having a good time,even if your tearing the bike up.Not something I'd be doing.

Originally Posted by baka1969

My question would be; what kind of times can be gotten from a 1250cc naturally aspired (streetable) motor with the stock cases?

Also, with the BT bikes, wouldn't a Dyna give the best chance at the lowest trap numbers given the big weight differential compared to the touring bikes?