smoked by a v-rod
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05-31-2007 | 01:48 AM
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Well I thought about not posting this but what the heck ...... I saw my first V-Rod on the road this evening and at a light on the way outa town we talked while we waited for the light to change and decided to ride a while since we were heading the same direction needless to say once we got out of town on the back roads we hit the go bar a bit that thing walked away like I was on my wifes metric ! never did catch up to him ............ talk about deflated !
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05-31-2007 | 02:22 AM
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Well I thought about not posting this but what the heck ...... I saw my first V-Rod on the road this evening and at a light on the way outa town we talked while we waited for the light to change and decided to ride a while since we were heading the same direction needless to say once we got out of town on the back roads we hit the go bar a bit that thing walked away like I was on my wifes metric ! never did catch up to him ............ talk about deflated !
Well I thought about not posting this but what the heck ...... I saw my first V-Rod on the road this evening and at a light on the way outa town we talked while we waited for the light to change and decided to ride a while since we were heading the same direction needless to say once we got out of town on the back roads we hit the go bar a bit that thing walked away like I was on my wifes metric ! never did catch up to him ............ talk about deflated !
[/align]What did you expect. The V-Rod has over 100 horses and is the fastest stock production Harley made.[/align][/align]It's final drive doesn't even go below a 4 to 1 ratio; kinda like a muscle car of the 60's with a 4:11 rear end.[/align][/align]That's why it's called a "rod," as in hotrod.[/align][/align][/align]
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05-31-2007 | 02:35 AM
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RE: smoked by a v-rod
My friend has an 06 Night Rod, and that thing is fast.......but me and my Nighty smoke his *** in the twisties.......I would take a better handling bike in the twisties than a fast bike in the straights anyday. Anyone can go fast in a straight line, but its a different game in twisties...
Vegas, Mike....
Vegas, Mike....
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05-31-2007 | 04:51 AM
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05-31-2007 | 11:53 AM
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RE: smoked by a v-rod
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AV-Rod can't hold a candle to most sportbikes.
ORIGINAL: joel85
basically a sport bike with harley stamped on the side. Go figure that it's a little fast.
basically a sport bike with harley stamped on the side. Go figure that it's a little fast.
You're absolutely right.
How does a 120hp/600lb bike compete with a 178rwhp/380lb bike?
That being said, I'd buy a VRod rather than an R1/R6/Gixxer/CBR etc. The riding position feels like you're set up to hump the bike, not ride it. Maybe it's just me...