Screaming Eagle VRod Destroyer

[Lou Girardin]

We've just got the first of these factory drag bikes in the showroom.
1300 big bore engine, drag pipes, solid rear end with wheelie bars, air shifter, drag slicks.
Reputed to do low 9's out of the box.
$54,000 to you, Sir.
I want to run this baby in on my daily commute.

[Fishy]

Any pics Lou???? I read an article on supercharged VRods in last months Motorcycle trader... was quite interesting!.

[SimJen]

get a stock zx-14 and it'll do 9.3ish 1/4's, strap it and it'll go faster.
Strap a ZX10 and it'll do low 9's too for a lot less money.

[onearmedbandit]

This thread is useless without pics!! (and offers of free test rides!)

Or is it all a have?

[cousa1]

I read the Two Wheels article about it and I'd love to see it in action.

[Lou Girardin]

get a stock zx-14 and it'll do 9.3ish 1/4's,.

This has been reported where?

[Lou Girardin]

This thread is useless without pics!! (and offers of free test rides!)

Or is it all a have?

Yeah suckers, I was lying.
Off to have another perve now.

[SimJen]

This has been reported where?

a few places on the net
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/03march06_zx14pt2.htm
They reckon even the relatively inexperienced were getting high nines.

[nudemetalz]

This may be a silly question, but is it street-legal (the VRod that is)?
Just that it still has the switch gear on the bars.

[ZeroIndex]

That would make for a nice town commuter... racing from traffic light to traffic light :D hahahaha

[Lou Girardin]

This may be a silly question, but is it street-legal (the VRod that is)?
Just that it still has the switch gear on the bars.

It's as street legal as I'm law-abiding.
Check the switch gear - shift, data aquisition etc.

BTW when a UK test reports sub 10 sec quarters on a stock ZX14 I'll believe it.
I've seen too many US claims of fantastic times that you can't reproduce.

[Buster]

Damn thats a sexy looking bike. I never thought Id say that about a HD. Nice attention to detail for a track bike :2thumbsup

[kro]

By hokey that would be one loud bike, just look at the "exhaust system"

Nice looker for a hog, I'd hit it.

[nudemetalz]

It's as street legal as I'm law-abiding.
Check the switch gear - shift, data aquisition etc.



Oops,...I need glasses I think.....:doh: .....

It's definitely a good looking (for an HD) machine alright. Betcha it sounds the biz !!!

[R6_kid]

I've seen too many US claims of fantastic times that you can't reproduce.
yeh, but im not a pro-fesh-in-all racer :third:

[onearmedbandit]

Fuck that's cool.

[Scouse]

get a stock zx-14 and it'll do 9.3ish 1/4's, strap it and it'll go faster.
Strap a ZX10 and it'll do low 9's too for a lot less money.The test report I read on the ZX14 said it did the standing 1/4 in 9.86 now that is very fucking far from 9.3ish

[Jackrat]

get a stock zx-14 and it'll do 9.3ish 1/4's, strap it and it'll go faster.
Strap a ZX10 and it'll do low 9's too for a lot less money.

Yeah,But both will still just be jamjars at the end of the day.:laugh:

[Smokin]

Hmmm, Think I have finally found a HD that i like the look of.:slap:

[sAsLEX]

solid rear end with wheelie bars

thought wheelie bars extended out the rear of the bike?

[Big Dave]

in last months Motorcycle trader


That's you off my christmas card list.:baby:

[Lou Girardin]

thought wheelie bars extended out the rear of the bike?

Yep. Carbon fibre jobbies. They're not fitted in case some fumble-foot steps on them.

[Mental Trousers]

Damn thats a sexy looking bike. I never thought Id say that about a HD. Nice attention to detail for a track bike :2thumbsup

Indeed. The VRod and derivatives look farken grousse. Not that I'd ever buy one, but they do look good.

[sAsLEX]

Yep. Carbon fibre jobbies. They're not fitted in case some fumble-foot steps on them.

makes sense :ride:

[imdying]

That would kick ass down Colombo St on a Friday night :lol:

[Monsterbishi]

That would kick ass down Colombo St on a Friday night :lol:

Until it hits a bottle in the road, veers, hits the 12 year old previous owner of the bottle who was coma'd in the gutter, and ends up crashing into a dx corolla that has already crashed while trying to drift round the corner onto moorhouse :-)

[Lou Girardin]

Ray took it for it's first outing on Sunday - 9.8's. With a little fiddling mid 9's are on.
One's done 9.2 in the States.

[scumdog]

Ray took it for it's first outing on Sunday - 9.8's. With a little fiddling mid 9's are on.
One's done 9.2 in the States.

Lies I tells ya, lies!!
It's a H-D ffs, straight out the box too.

EVERYBODY knows they don't go fast/aren't quick, right?:whistle:

(Waits for a chorus of "yeah but can it go round corners etc etc):wait:

[NordieBoy]

yeah but can it go round corners etc etc

:shifty:

[Lazy7]

yeah but can it go round corners etc etc

:shifty:

how does it go around corners with a square rear tyre? :crazy:

[Sniper]

Thats ok in my books. Not a cruiser fan, but damn.........

[Lou Girardin]

how does it go around corners with a square rear tyre? :crazy:

Spin it up and drift it.

[Motu]

Ray took it for it's first outing on Sunday - 9.8's. With a little fiddling mid 9's are on.
One's done 9.2 in the States.

Did they have umbrellas all down the strip for him? Surely it was wet at Meremere like everywhere else in the NI,or did he go somewhere else?

[Fishy]

Now that is one Harley I would like to ride!.

[popelli]

Now that is one Harley I would like to ride!.


strange as the v rods are becoming increasingly difficult for hd to shift

[Divot]

People piss me off, cant you dick heads look at a motorbike and appreciate what it is!

:mega: :mega:

[HenryDorsetCase]

to quote from one of my favourite movies:

God Damn Jimmy, thats the GOURMET shit !!!

[Paul in NZ]

Another useless post!

When I read the title "Screaming Eagle VRod Destroyer " I was expecting pictures of some yank in an SUV running over a Screaming Eagle VRod.

I'm bitterly disappointed and demand a refund and counselling.

Cheers

ps - interesting bike

[Streetwise]

They have one for sale in Saywer Honda in wellington, They say it does 100kph in 2.3 seconds. Sounds very quick to me,

[ducatilover]

but for lots of money they still cant fit decent brakes?:finger:

[Lou Girardin]

but for lots of money they still cant fit decent brakes?:finger:

Brakes just slow you down.

[popelli]

but for lots of money they still cant fit decent brakes?:finger:


believe the brakes are supplied by brembo which incidentally is the same company that supply brakes to ducati

nobody has ever questioned ducati brakes

[ducatilover]

believe the brakes are supplied by brembo which incidentally is the same company that supply brakes to ducati

nobody has ever questioned ducati brakes
and? its still a single disc and the only decent single set up disc ive ever seen these days is a beull

[ducatilover]

Brakes just slow you down.
so they are there for a reason?:yawn:

[popelli]

and? its still a single disc and the only decent single set up disc ive ever seen these days is a beull

my monster has single a disc therefore the buell has better brakes

actually you are probably right, the buell has better brakes than my ducati

[Aiolos]

Only one on the front, but look at the size of the one on the back.

[Lou Girardin]

and? its still a single disc and the only decent single set up disc ive ever seen these days is a beull

Hellooooo. It's a fucking dragbike. Why don't you ride a Street Rod and see how Harley (Brembo) brakes work.

[ducatilover]

my monster has single a disc therefore the buell has better brakes

actually you are probably right, the buell has better brakes than my ducati
hmmmm i like those buell xb12's:apint:

[ducatilover]

Hellooooo. It's a fucking dragbike. Why don't you ride a Street Rod and see how Harley (Brembo) brakes work.
but why not have twin front disks? mind you my vt250 has crap brakes after the bros650, where can i get braided brake hoses?

[popelli]

hmmmm i like those buell xb12's:apint:


maybe you could change your sign on to Buelllover

[Aiolos]

but why not have twin front disks?

Yeah, sure. Just whack another couple of kilograms worth of steel on there when it isn't necessary.

Lots of weight on the rear + skinny wee front tyre + massive square rear tyre = screamin' eagle thingo.

[ducatilover]

Yeah, sure. Just whack another couple of kilograms worth of steel on there when it isn't necessary.

Lots of weight on the rear + skinny wee front tyre + massive square rear tyre = screamin' eagle thingo.
they already weigh fucking tons though:eyepoke:

[popelli]

they already weigh fucking tons though:eyepoke:


motor is too heavy for a buell which is why they are based around a sportster engine

[ducatilover]

i think itd be awesome if buell got involved with aprilia or as some said ducati, now there would be some awesome bikes. but the whole "pure american" image would go down the plug hole

[TonyB]

One's done 9.2 in the States.
Dunno Lou, when a UK test reports low 9 quarters on a stock 'Screaming Eagle VRod Destroyer' I'll believe it.
I've seen too many US claims of fantastic times that you can't reproduce.




;)

[Lou Girardin]

Dunno Lou, when a UK test reports low 9 quarters on a stock 'Screaming Eagle VRod Destroyer' I'll believe it.
I've seen too many US claims of fantastic times that you can't reproduce.




;)

Ho Ho Ho.:clap:

[Lou Girardin]

motor is too heavy for a buell which is why they are based around a sportster engine

The Vrod engine is too big for the Buell, not too heavy.

[Divot]

i think itd be awesome if buell got involved with aprilia or as some said ducati, now there would be some awesome bikes. but the whole "pure american" image would go down the plug hole

Eric Buel did once ask John Brittin to suppy motors, but John declined

[ducatilover]

Eric Buel did once ask John Brittin to suppy motors, but John declined

that would have been interesting :rockon: