Big Bruno Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 My man, I've done 115 mph on my "girl's bike." No windshield. Girl bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sportsters better be faster than a buck ten. Even a seven fiddy. I think harleys are tight. Not that tight, but tight. I think harley fans are dumb. Not that dumb, but definitely forgetful xenophobic rednecks. In the 80's Suzuki and Kawasaki were coming out with sport-tourers that were lighter, faster, and thousands of dollars cheaper than the sportsters. Harley Davidson almost went bankrupt in the early 1980's but was rescued by government tariffs on Japanese motorcycles. The tariff was implemented in 1983 and was to last five years. It was placed on all imported Japanese motorcycles with engines 700 cubic centermeters or larger in response to Japanese motorcycle manufacturers stockpiling inventories of unsold motorcycles in the United States. Had the government not bailed out Harley, jap bikes would be the reigning kings of sport tourers, and to me they still are. To me it doesnt matter because the sportster is the longest running and most legimate harley ever made. As a sportbike/flat tracker, the sportster was awesome. I just rather have the suzuki. OH WAIT I DID—till it tried to set me on fire. Fastest that thing would go was 135. It was also a great bike for the city since the thing was 26" wide, bar end to bar end. i had that exact paint job and exhaust too. I scraped the shit out of that exhaust tho. ANYWAY, Harley Davidsons are way more popular than they need to be, and their big fat dynas have no place in city traffic. In san francisco and on the freeway they're like buttplugs holding a line of sportbikes up from splitting lanes. I wish traffic was like tetris: when you make a wall there should be a "boop boop" and they all disappear. That's not to say I would never ride a big fat 700lb bike—Maybe on a long country tour, but not in the bay area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bruno Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Oh, I definitely could have gone faster. I was on I-35 in the middle of the day and ran out of straight highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 watched the jason jesse documentary 'pray for me' last night. you should get it. it was rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It's kind of entertaining to read the comments in here and the comments in the "bicicletas" thread when folks start talking about one style of bike compared to another. Everyone has their own flavor... I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleSuplex Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 whatever you say sportster guy all those bike are sportsters' yes but the guys i know dont ride sportsters you do u and ill ride 115 plus on any bike windshield or no windshield this is my all time favorite hd 1988 Harley-Davidson FXRT SPORTGLIDE II note the sticker and you know where im comin from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Lately there's been one of these parked next to me at work every day... I guess the nice weather is bringing everyone out. I guess I should clean my bike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 or just catch tags on his. (catching tags means writing your name on something BTW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I lurve that daytona. Pretty torquey, but they sound like jetsons cars. Not very badass at all. I rode the naked version of that, the street triple, 144 mph on a testrun before. No fairing. (take that TripleSuplex) and now for the awesomeness. MotoCzysz E1pc.... czech the dashboard... yes. that's an iphone. here's it on the dyno on the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoRWcPJlSQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 i did 130 in a car once and freaked myself out. yall motorcycle dudes are nutso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Going 179 is nutso. Partly because when you see cars a quarter of a mile away you think "hmm maybe I should slow down" so you do gradually... but you're still going 120 when you rip between them on a two lane highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleSuplex Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 ^^^^ definitely co-signed take that soup hope your good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 note the sticker and you know where im comin from I knew the minute you started all this jargen this is "where you were coming from", but still doesn't mean a Sportster is a girls bike. I've seen Angel's on sportsters wether you want to believe it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I know of a guy that was prospecting for an omg, and for whatever reason, nobody told him he had to have an American bike, and dude went out and bought a brand new Honda cruiser. Needless to say, he was clowned like a motherfucker. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleSuplex Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I knew the minute you started all this jargen this is "where you were coming from", but still doesn't mean a Sportster is a girls bike. I've seen Angel's on sportsters wether you want to believe it or not. yes thats true and some of the sportsters that bruno posted are cool but imo they are for girls like i said i like the bigger bikes but thats just what ive grown up around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosEonE Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Dopeness Where can i find more like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Stuart Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 new t bars on the 87 xlh [ATTACH]112536.vB[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 sportsters are frequently chopped up and rebuilt into non sportster looking shit. dont hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Dopeness Where can i find more like this? Oakland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleSuplex Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 lol at soup i talked to an old school biker buddy today his opinion was sportsters are beginner bikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 That's fine dude. I'll take any "beginner bike," race you up the 1 and win. That's all I'm sayin. Oh and http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/0-Harley-Sportster-at-A-Day-In-The-Dirt,2395/Harley-Sportster-at-A-Day-In-The-Dirt,389/GuyB,64 http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/destroyed-in-seconds-motorcycle-race-crack-up.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 can someone please talk about something that isnt stupid? ^^^that dude in the first video looked like david cross. pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Seeking, you going to buy a bike already?? If I didn't need a breathalyzer in everything I drive I would have bought a new one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soup Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Damn, all the images i wanted to post are broken. Here's a video instead. What motorcycling used to mean to me: but no more. I swear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 god damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 http://www.fastfever.com/?vid=563 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 That video didn't work from me but I think I found the same thing on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvF9hl1Ukg Pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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