Warchild
Benevolent Dictator
Because the CBR rider did not have his shift points right.I still wonder, why a big loud custom can barely keep up with the smallest of the sportbikes...
Because the CBR rider did not have his shift points right.I still wonder, why a big loud custom can barely keep up with the smallest of the sportbikes...
Admittedly, I ripped it off from my old Blackbird forum, where Hardley-bashing has become an art form.A very old story . . . Raleigh hasn't built good road bicycles in England for years . . . back in the day when Reynolds "531" tubing, Campagnolo components and sew-ups were the hot ticket! (And even then the high-end Raleighs were still pretty crudely made.)
Or.....Like shooting HOGS in a pen?Admittedly, I ripped it off from my old Blackbird forum, where Hardley-bashing has become an art form.A very old story . . . Raleigh hasn't built good road bicycles in England for years . . . back in the day when Reynolds "531" tubing, Campagnolo components and sew-ups were the hot ticket! (And even then the high-end Raleighs were still pretty crudely made.)
Which is not very sporting, mind you... it's like shooting fish in a barrel.... :lol:
aarh, aarh Good one!I will always remember that moment. I don't think I've ever pedaled so hard in my life. And, some of the credit must go to Raleigh cycles, as well. They really make a great bicycle...
Sad part is, some of those clowns actually believe that crap- until they try to run against a properly ridden Jap bike. I don't know where the mindset of "loud equals fast" originated (some kindergarten playground, perhaps?), but 65 hp pushing 800+ pounds sure isn't going to throw a scare into any of my bikes.Countless has the Harley man rolled up to a hapless soul on an asian atrocity cycle at a stop. Even though they have run astray in their unpatriotic motorcle purchase he turns to acknowledge the rider as fellow American.
Yet to a manling they won't look, won't turn their fiberglass entombed head in his direction, pretending they don't know he's there. But what they don't know is that from great distance a Harley man's superior roadcraft has already brought him a view of their fulmer face eye port's dreading recognition of him in their mirrors.
But it's too late, they freeze, their deepest fear is becoming reality, a Harley man is pulling alongside. Their shoulders slouch in recognition, they halt the wheezy throttle blipping of their tinkertoy engine. Yet never have they left from the line first, preferring to hold the inferior position to the next stop. A stop short, as not to come into the proximity of the Harley man and his machine.
Many more times than not they have already beat a hasty left or right retreat with visions of the Harley man's leather boot kicking their asian atrocity cycle into the ditch, they have heard the rumors of such righteous acts before. Of no less concern is the fear that the thundering shockwaves from Milwaukee's finest iron will damage their third world pot metal and plastic atrocity cycle.
In the end they know. They know the order of motormen and motorcycle. And they know their place in it.
Highwayman
:lol:Because the CBR rider did not have his shift points right.I still wonder, why a big loud custom can barely keep up with the smallest of the sportbikes...
Yep. The true riders among them mostly don't, but the poseurs sure do.Sad part is, some of those clowns actually believe that crap- until they try to run against a properly ridden Jap bike. I don't know where the mindset of "loud equals fast" originated (some kindergarten playground, perhaps?), but 65 hp pushing 800+ pounds sure isn't going to throw a scare into any of my bikes.
I remember a few years ago watching "American Thunder" on speed channel where they bolted a supercharger onto a Harley. They were saying how it would put out 150 horsepower.Sad part is, some of those clowns actually believe that crap- until they try to run against a properly ridden Jap bike. I don't know where the mindset of "loud equals fast" originated (some kindergarten playground, perhaps?), but 65 hp pushing 800+ pounds sure isn't going to throw a scare into any of my bikes.
I doubt it would hold together very long, unless the whole motor & drivetrain were dis assembled and specially built to handle the HP increase ($$$$$).I remember a few years ago watching "American Thunder" on speed channel where they bolted a supercharger onto a Harley. They were saying how it would put out 150 horsepower.
Ray
That's illegal and I hope it was an isolated lapse in judgement.... before I realized what was up, the image in the mirrors looked like he'd dropped an anchor in the center lane.
Says the guy supporting the Oregon state government with his California dollars. :lol:That's illegal and I hope it was an isolated lapse in judgement.... before I realized what was up, the image in the mirrors looked like he'd dropped an anchor in the center lane.
[SIZE=8pt](Freakin' hoolie.)[/SIZE]
It didn't. They blew it up on the dyno due to a lack of oil circulation.I doubt it would hold together very long, unless the whole motor & drivetrain were dis assembled and specially built to handle the HP increase ($$$$$).I remember a few years ago watching "American Thunder" on speed channel where they bolted a supercharger onto a Harley. They were saying how it would put out 150 horsepower.
Ray
I was guessing moped.Great story!!!
I was thinkin your were on a dual sport but when i read the last paragraph it was to much.
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Countless has the Harley man rolled up to a hapless soul on an asian atrocity cycle at a stop. Even though they have run astray in their unpatriotic motorcle purchase he turns to acknowledge the rider as fellow American.
Yet to a manling they won't look, won't turn their fiberglass entombed head in his direction, pretending they don't know he's there. But what they don't know is that from great distance a Harley man's superior roadcraft has already brought him a view of their fulmer face eye port's dreading recognition of him in their mirrors.
But it's too late, they freeze, their deepest fear is becoming reality, a Harley man is pulling alongside. Their shoulders slouch in recognition, they halt the wheezy throttle blipping of their tinkertoy engine. Yet never have they left from the line first, preferring to hold the inferior position to the next stop. A stop short, as not to come into the proximity of the Harley man and his machine.
Many more times than not they have already beat a hasty left or right retreat with visions of the Harley man's leather boot kicking their asian atrocity cycle into the ditch, they have heard the rumors of such righteous acts before. Of no less concern is the fear that the thundering shockwaves from Milwaukee's finest iron will damage their third world pot metal and plastic atrocity cycle.
In the end they know. They know the order of motormen and motorcycle. And they know their place in it.
Highwayman
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