Raced a Harley...

**ducatilover** · 21st March 2006, 10:24

Originally Posted by imdying

That's cause the FJ has torque, heaps of it... much like a Harley, cept the Harley has more of it in more useful places. Kinda like the same reason I'm moving to a twin next

youd be suprised how much down low an fj has! good onya for going for a twin though id rather have a twin because of the torque and the power delivery and the relaxed way most of them can cruise

unless its a harely

**imdying** · 21st March 2006, 10:30

I'm just getting fat and lazy, moving on from my high reving boy racer days. Gonna miss the 6R though, still trying to think of a way I can keep both. The pull of a 1000cc vtwin through RS3 Yoshis is strong though...

**Rashika** · 21st March 2006, 10:34

Originally Posted by ducatilover

i do that alot rashika on my dads fj1200

No... read it right, I said YOU... not your dad.

**ducatilover** · 21st March 2006, 10:37

Originally Posted by Rashika

No... read it right, I said YOU... not your dad.

well then no, but my small bike eats more petrol then it should anyway and it only has a single seat so.....

**Rashika** · 21st March 2006, 10:54

interesting sidenote:
usually when filling up I have noticed that i seem to use the same or less petrol than others, esp if they are smaller engined bikes ... guess it is that bike not having to work as hard as a smaller one to give the same energy output?

But I'm confused now DL?

Originally Posted by ducatilover

youd be suprised how much down low an fj has! good onya for going for a twin though id rather have a twin because of the torque and the power delivery and the relaxed way most of them can cruise

unless its a harely

Does that mean that HD dont cruise? or that they dont cruise in a relaxed way?

**imdying** · 21st March 2006, 10:57

My ZX6R to Nelson needed about 5 litres more than OABs GSXR750 (both carb'd models). Mind you, I had to keep it on the boil more to keep up... But yeah, I consistently need to put more in the tank than him... haven't compared it to his thou yet though.

**Motu** · 21st March 2006, 11:01

Originally Posted by ducatilover

thats fairly good for a 1200. although they arent doing much work and they arent a very umm power producing state of tune so i geuss they shouldnt use much petrol

To maintain a steady cruising speed,you'll find most bikes are putting out the same HP,you only need so much to push a certain weight at a certain speed....put any more power into the equation and you'll be going faster.

A stock 883 Sportster has the ergonomics,weight distrubution and power to weight ratio that suits my riding style perfectly,the 1200 has more power,but for the riding I do it's not really needed.Another 100mm of supension travel without effecting seat height and I'd say it would be perfect.But in my town I'd only have it for one day...pity about that.

**ducatilover** · 21st March 2006, 11:04

Originally Posted by Rashika

Does that mean that HD dont cruise? or that they dont cruise in a relaxed way?

whoops, im thought skipping, i meant id rather have a twin than a four cylinder unless the twin happens to be a harely [but i also am not a fan of cruisers so i wouldnt want to own any cruiser harely or not].... id consider a buell though, fuck theyre small!

**sAsLEX** · 21st March 2006, 11:05

Originally Posted by Rashika

interesting sidenote:
usually when filling up I have noticed that i seem to use the same or less petrol than others, esp if they are smaller engined bikes ... guess it is that bike not having to work as hard as a smaller one to give the same energy output?

Tractors are known to be quite economical, they had a huge single powered tractor at the keumu show one year that would run on half a pound of butter for an hour, thing would move back and forward with the piston

**ducatilover** · 21st March 2006, 11:12

[QUOTE=Motu]To maintain a steady cruising speed,you'll find most bikes are putting out the same HP,you only need so much to push a certain weight at a certain speed....put any more power into the equation and you'll be going faster.
[QUOTE] well to keep my gn at 110 or 100 ish it was using more petrol than a gsx250 at the same speed, its that the gn had to work hard to stay at 110k but the gsx didnt, the bros650 has to work hard to stay at 165+ but it isnt that economical doing that, at 110k though it used a tiny bit more than the gn at 110