have to disagree. own a hog and a sportbike and you will come to understand how fast both can go.
i'll take my dyna anyday in a race. wanna go?
My bike weighs in at 388 pounds, makes 178 hp and will do 80 MPH easily in first gear, stock. It's made for racing and not for comfort or cruising. You'll be hard pressed to find any hog that will even still be in the rearview mirror after a few minutes.
love the pipes, are those really loud? what do the holes do for the sound? never seen those before...
thanks, they're D&D fatcats with quiet baffles, only really loud at wide open throttle.
the holes i drilled myself for looks, eh.
warchild, my point is still the same, i ride 2 very fast motorcyles and one of em is a harley, i won't get into dyno #s and whose dick is thebiggest but
right on that you cannot see me in the rearview after a few minutes! keep the rubberside down man!
thanks, they're D&D fatcats with quiet baffles, only really loud at wide open throttle.
the holes i drilled myself for looks, eh.
warchild, my point is still the same, i ride 2 very fast motorcyles and one of em is a harley, i won't get into dyno #s and whose dick is thebiggest but
right on that you cannot see me in the rearview after a few minutes! keep the rubberside down man!
I don't want to get in to a pissing match either.
There's some simple facts that can't be overcome though when you compare a cruiser, any cruiser, to a pure sportbike.
Things like weight, aero dynamics, rider position, weight distribution, etc, etc. I suppose Harley could make a sportbike, but then, well, the comprassion is totally moot.
Baddog said he doesn't even think he could get the Ninja to wheelie. With all due respect, if you're a good rider (and I assume BD is), you can make any modern sportsbike pull the front wheel with the clutch. The newest bikes will easily do it on power alone. Christ, my bike will wheelie power only through most of its gears, not just the first one or two.
Cruisers are just a different style, they don't go as fast and they're not meant to.
Reminds me of that PINKS episode where the guy loses his Harley to an old Suzuki and is utterly shocked at being blown away. Makes me chuckle each time.
Might have a hard time keeping up on a highway, too
not at US limits ;)
but over here in Germany - yes
but as much as i enjoy driving 150 mph with my car, on a bike i hardly did more than 90. but i have always been driving enduro and i love the handling in the city
but as much as i enjoy driving 150 mph with my car, on a bike i hardly did more than 90. but i have always been driving enduro and i love the handling in the city
I'm a pretty tame rider myself these days. After a few near death experiences when I was younger, I had to quit riding for many years in the interest of self preservation. I picked it back up about 6 years ago, but I'm nowhere near as aggressive. All things considered, I probably should have bought a cruiser.
hog owner ridin a ricer on the 4th is against the rules.
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It was so embarrassing. I just went for a little ride with it. Came up to the main highway here, just as a guy on a Dyna Glide came blasting around the turn. Made me wish I had a full face helmet on.
Originally posted by CDSmith
Uh, look at the specs. They're fast.
No wheelie huh? Funny, a buddy of mine from high school would beg to differ, but he's dead.
All Ninjas are not created equal.
Originally posted by WarChild
Baddog said he doesn't even think he could get the Ninja to wheelie. With all due respect, if you're a good rider (and I assume BD is), you can make any modern sportsbike pull the front wheel with the clutch. The newest bikes will easily do it on power alone.
What if I tell you the fastest I could get it to go was 70 MPH? Would that perhaps change your opinion?
It was so embarrassing. I just went for a little ride with it. Came up to the main highway here, just as a guy on a Dyna Glide came blasting around the turn. Made me wish I had a full face helmet on.
All Ninjas are not created equal.
What if I tell you the fastest I could get it to go was 70 MPH? Would that perhaps change your opinion?
Hahah, was it a Ninja 250 by any chance? That's a scooter in ninja clothes :P
having a sportbike that i've juiced up pretty good and a cruiser, i know of the differences, eh. there's always someone who has rode more, has a faster bike, more carbon fiber, knows more, etc.
it's funnier than this over at the ducati board and even funnier at the harley board.
but this style of scoot right here is next on my list, BADASS!
Originally posted by MaDalton
i'll get me one of those next time and i swear as long as we don't go on a racetrack i'll be always faster than all those harleys and rice bowls ;)
having a sportbike that i've juiced up pretty good and a cruiser, i know of the differences, eh. there's always someone who has rode more, has a faster bike, more carbon fiber, knows more, etc.
it's funnier than this over at the ducati board and even funnier at the harley board.
but this style of scoot right here is next on my list, BADASS!
KTM LC4 690 - i wonder if they sell in the US (Austrian company)
i couldn't imagine how slow a ninja 250 is. probably not much faster than a moped. ive had a ninja 500 and a ninja 600, the 500 was slow as fuck. i ride sport bikes and i too would be embarrassed to ride a 250 ninja.
You could have told me it was a 250 ninja, ya big doof. :D
lol
The one my buddy went for his fatal wheelie ride on was a 600, late 80's model. Now, had you been on one of that size and hadn't been able to do a wheelie I'd have said there's something definitely wrong with the rider. :D
What about these guys with their Honda cruisers, 10 suitcases attached all over the place, and a stereo blasting music from 30 years ago, these aren't the kind of cruisers you're talking about I hope.
What about these guys with their Honda cruisers, 10 suitcases attached all over the place, and a stereo blasting music from 30 years ago, these aren't the kind of cruisers you're talking about I hope.
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