Thread: what constitutes performance on a harley

Quote: Originally Posted by redv Well, now that we have gone there... To me Harley performance is how many traffic lights someone rolls down their car window and yells nice bike, or rolls up to me and starts asking questions, or just gives a thumbs up while I'm riding by. Yes it happens pretty much every day I ride it. However, it's also very comfortable to ride and performance is at the level that I want. (0-100kmph at 3.4s is...

Quote: Originally Posted by schmii the more car alarms you set off per mile the more smiles per mile you get. go up a few posts and you will see that I have stock pipes and they are really really quiet. I have not managed to set of a single car alarm in three months of riding... dammit! BTW o you feel embarrassed?

Quote: Originally Posted by 97montego redv - I started hot rodding bikes back in the '80s, I've built and tuned stuff from V8s to turbo imports. If you give a damn about performance and understand motors you're not likely to be a Harley guy. I'm sure you can make a Harley quick or fast, but I could probably build a flying refrigerator as well. Interesting since you used to have to be a mechanic to keep your bike running...

Quote: Originally Posted by redv , is they actually understand this because they know about motors. redv - I started hot rodding bikes back in the '80s, I've built and tuned stuff from V8s to turbo imports. If you give a damn about performance and understand motors you're not likely to be a Harley guy. I'm sure you can make a Harley quick or fast, but I could probably build a flying refrigerator as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by redv ...seriously, those guys already left a long time ago... Those that remain don't have a need to buy anything more imposing or a faster bike to pretend like they are racers. To me it's about the smiles per minute, and I get so many that I don't have a single bit of dissonance about buying this bike. I think it's healthy for people to get their irrational fears, inadequacies and hate'n...

Quote: Originally Posted by jaydogg888 Have you ever ridden the duffy lake loop? Nope, I don't even have a motorcycle. Where's this duffy lake loop you are speaking of?

Quote: Originally Posted by Son of Lars You're in the same league as the Harley owners I see out of town, in remote places. The guys with well tuned, quiet bikes, in it for the ride not the image. I'll always respect that. I had some idiots on Harleys snicker about the rusty headers on my old Gixxer this year. I heard them, and said "my bike has 160000km on it, how bout yours?". Then I walked away. It was funny to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Habsfan39 Point taken...can I ride the night train? Habs NO.lol

Quote: Originally Posted by redline000001 I agree 100% A couple of years ago on Hy1(coast) in Cali we came across a guy riding the wheels off of a sportster. Full throttle through the gears out of the corners, hard braking max lean into the corners. He would wave us to pass the cages when safe and warn us when there were oncoming cars. Yes, our sportbikes could go faster, and the corner speeds were a bit down but it was a great ride. We were...

Quote: Originally Posted by nutcracker Performance on a Harley is not breaking down for 500 KM Most insightful.