How do you tell an old Harley guy/spyderlover?

[Smokinspyder]

HA luck sure . To bad my buddies HD was so far behind me he needed a 50 shot of nitrous to keep up . He did know we were racing btw LOL ha ha not one of them kinda races where one guy wants to the other one doesnt care . Sorry I like some of the HD bikes . But from all the years i been riding my low opinion of MOST of the HD riders just keep getting low . Now its not all of the HD riders but no offense to some of the old HD riders on here but the opinion that has been expressed to me is if its not a HD your not a true biker. ITs not about what you ride, its that you ride .

 

[Bob Denman]

It's not about what you ride, it's that you ride .[/QUOTE]
:agree: Can I get an "Amen" here??? :thumbup:

 

[grumpybob]

When I'm out in the woods I always want to have someone slower than me with me, for the bears. When I'm in a war jone I want somebody faster than me, for the road bombs. :chat:

 

[rnet]

Lou, we will have to find a lonely road this weekend to find out, but I really don't care, without the girls.

 

[challman]

Hmmmm, let's see.....

Spyder- 60 ft lbs torque @ the rear wheel

My Harley- 110 ft lbs torque @ the rear wheel

Weight difference- minimal

I know which one is faster, but it sure is fun watching some of you guys try to convince each other otherwise.......:roflblack:

Torque is never measured at the rear wheel because transmissions make rear wheel torque measurement irrelevant unless you know the gear ratio you could gear it up like a winch and produce 1000s of torque and would accelerate very fast until you reach maybe a 100th of a mile an hour then you would have the engine wrapped up.
This is why horsepower measurement is measured. An engine that has medium amounts of torque at a very high RPM can be geared to have way more rear end torque. This is why so many of superbikes redline at 9 or 10 thousand RPM. The thing that makes Harley feel so powerful is that you have instance throttle response and power without having to get up to 4000 rpm. A high RPM engine is not as much fun in my mind. If I could I would have a Honda VTX 1800 Water cooled engine in my spyder if. High torque and Hi quality, and longevity

 

[jedd]

The format has changed but some of the subject manner never will.. this has been some entertaining reading. Thanks to all for keeping it humorous yet somewhat civil.

Jim:thumbup:

 

[glasspyder]

6 of one, half dozen of the other, traded my v-rod for an spyder. Kept the buell, and the street glide, never looked back. Dont care what the twits at the partys have to say.
V

 

[Bob Denman]

So you're doing the "Vee-6" dance the hard way... Very nice choices! :thumbup:
Two feet in 3 worlds... :2thumbs:

 

[Cliff-Co.]

harley v-rod & spyder

hi firefly I can answer ya question, harley v-rod & spyder, ( i own both), spyder 110 h.p. 700 lbs., & v-rod 600 lbs 135 h.p. (nutt'n beats horse-power--hee hee), they are both titt-for tatt up to 70 m.p.h., & butt then it's bye-bye v-rod, with the spyder in it's rear view mirror !!! :yikes:

 

[boborgera]

I just took a long demo ride on a new Tri Glide About 2 hours ago, Impressed me; Definitely not under powered.[103cc]

 

[Bob Denman]

I'm pretty sure that you meant "Cubic INCHES"

 

[Firefly]

hi firefly I can answer ya question, harley v-rod & spyder, ( i own both), spyder 110 h.p. 700 lbs., & v-rod 600 lbs 135 h.p. (nutt'n beats horse-power--hee hee), they are both titt-for tatt up to 70 m.p.h., & butt then it's bye-bye v-rod, with the spyder in it's rear view mirror !!! :yikes:

That wouldn't surprise me in the lease. V-rod is well known for it's power.