Have I ever told you you're an a$$hole? I like that in a friend.
I had a cop friend peg me at 3.2 seconds from 0-60 with his new super-duper state of the LIDAR that has speed, distance and time. It was cool seeing the play-back on the computer in his car.

 

[]Why do people keep telling me that?



I've always wanted to run against a LEO's equipment, it'd mean somuch more than what my speedo is telling me. Thanks for sharing the experience.

 

I just wanted to make sure, in case you didn't know.
I'm fortunate to have several friends that are state and city LEOs back in AZ. A lot of the time we were playing with their equipment to see what it would do. I think that new LIDAR will even tell you what color drawers you're wearing.

 

Thanks! [sm=Awwww.gif]

 

If you are serious (which I doubt you are) I'm sure you were riding the Vrod like a air cooled bike. If youchange gears at 2-3000 rpm's it won't feel like the "hot rod" it really is. These bikes love the high rpm's, ride it andchange gears at 8000+ rpm's and then come back and say that.

 

Vic, I doubt he can count past 4. He'll never find the 8 or 9. 9 and 1/4, definately out.

 

i ride a 1200 sporty, my dad has a 04 v-rod. From a dead stop i roll on him for about 100 feet, after he gets the rpms up 5k+ he drives by me like i am sitting still. The bikes are so completly different, its really hard to compare. the v-rod also was a tad bit fast then my ninja 600r, and that bike moved.

 

I'll bet your Sporty can stay close to the V-rod in the twisties. Yah, 600 class sport bikes are about the largest the V-rods can out run. Unless you're running from a dead stop and nothing farther than 1/8th mile. I know, I ran a friend of mine on a Busa several times. He caught me at the 1/8th a couple of times and it was always close. I was never close in the 1/4.

 

I'm trying to stay out of this and keep my mouth shut but I can't. 100 feet is only if both of you are at idle, right? Since I launch at 5000 (depending on road conditions) I'm already where you say he's running past you. If a V-Rod leaves at 5k a Sporty has slim to none................







And slim just left the building.

 

Well if we both had equal launches from a dead stop, my sporty would leave harder and i would be infront. I say infront for 100 feet and thats it. As soon as the v-rod gets the rpms up, its gone. Agian that could be just the driver, even when we switched bikes and goofed off, we had the same results. I will say that i was not really familiar with the v-rod at the time, hence why i didnt launch correctly or at 5K, it was diffiently softer then that.