Raced a Harley...

[manuboy]

Tell you what I'll do my good man, you hook me up with a 2000 or later FXDX with only genuine Harley bits fitted and a 1550cc kit. Maybe we could hire one, throw a thousand dollars on the table each (which the winner would donate to charity) and I'll take a one lap, standing start race at Ruapuna bet with ya. No practicing, no warm ups, one lap.

What say you pale face

Edit: And for the record, I know a joke and a bike slagging too. I just like to get in on the Harley Vs the world thing.

That'll teach me to mouth off on public forums eh....

I said it and i'll stick to it. I hear the FX/DX has great brakes and decent up front adjustable suspension. I dunno about the couple of thou (my money is not my own so i'd feel a little guilty), but i'd be willing to come up with whatever i can - charity is a great idea and we could split hire. Just don't tell 'em what you're hiring it for until we take it back.

Prefer 1 warm up lap if ya don't mind. The M1/z6 combo takes a little time to get usable heat - dunno about your dunlops.....

Next time you're down? You probably know puna as good as i do and it's a pretty simple layout aye....

p.s Dipper or no dipper??? i like the track without but it's probably to my advantage with it considering your lean angle..... :spudwave:

[scumdog]

I know (and I was joking). But it made me laugh.

Oh - and apparently I'm ghey - because I ride a Honda.

Neeah, I think you mean "I'm ghey AND I ride a Honda"

You'd still be 'ghey' even if you rode a Harley.

[ducatilover]

lol i'm not the greatest fan of harleys or any cruisers [the riding position of a cruiser hurts my back and being bent over exposing my arse hole doesnt] i found that quite a funny joke though... lighten up some of you guys, admiting that cruisers generally dont corner would be a great start

[Waylander]

lighten up some of you guys, admiting that cruisers generally dont corner would be a great start

You need to come riding with me and Slash. Hell come do the Kaimais with us one day and I'll even show you what it looks like to have a guy on a cruiser haging off the side of the bike, knee down like a sports bike.

[SlashWylde]

LOL, Fuck yeah, I'd be up for that!

I fully admit that cruisers don't corner as well as sports bikes do, that's obvious to anyone with half a brain. The pegs and frame are that much closer to the ground so you can lean only so far before you start bottoming the pegs out and levering the front tyre off the road with your frame or break pedal. Heh, been there, done that on the Coro loop.

I'm en-lightened up for sure...isn't it obvious - I ride a cruiser but like I said, hearing the same shit "Oh cruisers are slow...and ugly...and you suck blah blah" gets tiresome after a while...sooo... yeah...

[SlashWylde]

Oh and Duck-lover...Joe is cool but Zakk is god...or Maybe Slash...I can never make up my mind.

[Biff]

You'd still be 'ghey' even if you rode a Harley.

Good.

I'd hate to be the only straight bugger riding one.



Now a Rocket III .....mmmmmmmmm......


Or even a VN......

[Rashika]

admiting that cruisers generally dont corner would be a great start

hmmm... I found that cruisers corner happily enough mind you I aint trying to take them at 160km hr ...i thought it was just you that had issues with corners at that speed?

[buellbabe]

bla bla bla... like I keep saying ... all it takes is balls!
OK I admit that generally speaking they aren't designed to corner like a sport-bike, it all comes down to rider ability.
Personally some of my best rides on HD's have involved alotta scraping and sparks, its all part of the fun!
YEE HA!

[Pixie]

some harley dudes go hard man?dey got big balls?

Is that why they prefer that stupid riding position?

[DMNTD:Me]

...i thought it was just you that had issues with corners at that speed?

[Goblin]

Good.
Now a Rocket III .....mmmmmmmmm......

They do go really fast in a straight line but still dont go around corners very well.

[scumdog]

Is that why they prefer that stupid riding position?

Have you ever TRIED riding a cruiser - and in the 'stupid riding position'?

It's like wafting along in an arm-chair, comfortable as...

[Biff]

They do go really fast in a straight line but still dont go around corners very well.

I wouldn't ride it. It's far to 'bling' to be ridden.

I'd just look at it parked in my gagre, occasionally wiping my drool off it.

[Rashika]

It's like wasfting along in an arm-chair, comfortable as...

ahhh is that like the ole' 'wafting' is it??