You might even get all of that!
Except the price
Agreed... and they may not be after the market of “best bang for the buck”. I think there is a KawaYamaHonduki that will appeal to the buyer looking for that, and they do it well.
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Agreed... and they may not be after the market of “best bang for the buck”. I think there is a KawaYamaHonduki that will appeal to the buyer looking for that, and they do it well.
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I like them all, it's about time harley started making more than just cruisers and touring bikes
I can't wait to see their new 250-500cc dirt bikes coming soon
I can't wait to see their new 250-500cc dirt bikes coming soon
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I'm good with 120 hp. That's plenty. Street bikes are getting stupid with the HP. It's fun to twist the throttle wide open for a while and grab a few gears without getting in loose license territory.....
Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't have any need for much more than 100 hp for on the street.
Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't have any need for much more than 100 hp for on the street.
Until you go to pass a car and that pathetic, worthless, a-hole smashes the gas thinking its a race, leaving you hanging out in the oncoming lane.
Like today:mad-new:
I don't flip off many people, but I sure wish I had a pocket of ball bearings for that jerk...
Like today:mad-new:
I don't flip off many people, but I sure wish I had a pocket of ball bearings for that jerk...
I was on Stella and monkeying with the tune so I'm a little down on power. This Testla went from 45 in a 55 for miles... to 90 in a 55 right when I pulled out to pass:down:
Total douche-canoe:stupid:
Total douche-canoe:stupid:
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Ahh. The highest form of *********gery . That's a fairly major award that can be given out quite often these days....
True. True. Sadly:upset:
Ya, on Stella. I have never been on a bike that so violently, and immediatly accelerates like the SX from 7K to redline in any gear.
fullsizeoutput_817 by Cooter!, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_817 by Cooter!, on Flickr
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Anyone know what happened to the V-Rod tooling and all that
john: H-D gradually dismantles and phases out motor tooling at the driveline facility once the fed-mandated "10 year supply rule" is close to expiring. think in terms of original "evo" and aluminum XL motors. the tooling for the twin-cam 2-valve big-twin....the XR motor....the vrod/revolution motor all remains at the milwaukee power-train/driveline production facility. the vrod was unique in that during its production run it was the only model with the motor, all fabrication and assembly done at the same production facility. H-D right now is sitting on tooling and production equipment for the twin-cam, the XR, all XL, M8, revolution X and revolution(vrod). all will eventually get scrapped for a multitude of reasons BUT insiders say NOT the case for the revolution motor leading me to believe it will appear again somewhere down the road on a completely different platform. NOTE: the revolution motor was THE only motorcycle engine in modern history to pass the "Dusseldorf Destruction Test" with flying colors. typically that test is the death-knell for engines. the revolution motor complete assembly including trans truly is one of the greatest motorcycle engines ever produced. ever!
and speaking of H-D here's an extremely rare photo from the H-D archives. it is the intersection of 37th st. and Highland blvd. in milwaukee. the large home is the original home of the Davidson family where william, walter and arthur were raised. the "shed" is the original H-D building in the back yard that the father built for his sons to tinker in. thought you might enjoy it.
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WOW Lunatic, thats a great photo to print and frame. History.
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Great history lesson indeed! I assume all of you have watched the docudrama: harley and the davidson's? Great show i thought! I believe it was pretty historically accurate too!
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Good info LF. Cool pic too!
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Good info. Thanks John.
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thanks one and all. i love most all motorcycles but the history of H-D to this day remains one of the most compelling, enduring and fascinating success stories of the industrial age. here's a few more seldom if ever seen from the archives: in order is the first known pic of the genius behind it all....william harley. second is last known pic of the 3 davidson brothers and william harley all together. william davidson is to the left of the bike in the pic and passed away 6 months later at the age of 66. and lastly is the very first batch of XR750's being assembled on the top floor of the original juneau avenue assembly plant. only the very early 1970 models had the silver colored zinc plated rear exhaust pipe vertical mounting bracket so these are undoubtedly the first ever.
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Badass ironhead pics for sure....
I couldn’t resist posting a pic of my great Uncle Roy after seeing Lunatic’s old photos Here he is in Cohoes, NY about 1931. If us Buellers were alive in this time period with as much riding experience then as we do now we’d be the most experienced riders in the world.
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one more because it's my fav and then i'll quit. summer of 1904 and the first "full year" of production. william harley admiring a just completed bike...believed to be probably #10 or so....in front of the back yard shed where it all started.
Don't stop! These are seriously badass prints John, thanks for sharing!
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