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Post by RapidJim on Apr 6, 2013 8:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by teddy554 on Apr 6, 2013 8:32:28 GMT -5
That was a funny video, thanks for sharing  |
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Post by Ace57 on Apr 6, 2013 8:38:24 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Apr 6, 2013 8:43:14 GMT -5
He got the rear tire on the Harley hot and sticky before every race. What do they say? "Old age and craftiness will beat youth and strength every time"  |
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Post by earlwb on Apr 6, 2013 8:48:47 GMT -5
That is a funny video, thanks for sharing. I like it.
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Post by carasdad on Apr 6, 2013 9:25:12 GMT -5
That would be a nice Harley if he cleaned it up and fixed it up....looks to be a really old Pan Head.... |
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Post by nulldevice on Apr 6, 2013 10:36:37 GMT -5
That would be a nice Harley if he cleaned it up and fixed it up....looks to be a really old Pan Head.... It IS a nice Harley. It's a rat bike. He fixed it up to look that way. If he cleaned it up and fixed it up to match your aesthetics it wouldn't be a rat bike any more. He suckered the poor youth by setting up the race to favor his machine and work against the capabilities of the boy racer bike. He also knows how to do a standing start. Old age and treachery. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 6, 2013 12:15:26 GMT -5
Well guys and gals...
What you saw here IS the aura of the Hog... Of course, in a full quarter-mile, the crotch-rocket might have passed the old Harley (although THAT one is definitely NO slouch...).
It's the TORQUE of the Harley that is SO friggin' addictive. Leaving the line at 2,500 rpm on a hot Harley is easy-to-master and will shoot you from a standing-start like poop going through a goose! Leaving the line at 8,000 rpm+ on a crotch-rocket works, but takes incredible skill. That "potato-potato-potato" trademark Harley idle belies its origin of a "stump-puller" rather than a "chainsaw" mill.
Back in the day, my "Ole' Blue" was an over-the-top chopper, capable of an 11 second 1/4 mile, at 135 mph. Not impressive today, but jaw-dropping in 1965. A modern Asian bike of similar performance (I'm guessing a hot 500 maybe?) I'm thinking puts out maybe 200 hp with 50 lb/ft of torque. My Hog was putting out somewhere between 200-300 hp BUT... with over 400 lb/ft of torque! The Asian ride may redline at 12K rpm or way more, and is fast as stink, but my old Hog did it all at a "John Dere" like 2K rpm.
Hot bikes are ALL fun... But having ridden most types for over 50 years, I enjoy it much more when it comes "effortless" at lawnmower-rpm, rather than the frantic, near-crazy rpm of today's rockets.
Young folks often feel the opposite... But a LOT of young guns still like the old Harleys. The sound, the smell, the puddles of oil, the rattles and loose clanking of a "Milwaukee Shaker" are all as strong an attraction as a short skirt on a skinny gal at a rough bar...LOL! But MOSTLY, it's dropping the hammer at 2K and feeling like Godzilla just kicked your butt clear over Tokyo that gets us hooked.
Don't believe it? Just watch that cool vid again!
Leo (still smilin') and rememberin' in Texas
PS: One of things I actually LIKE about the little Chinese 150 scoots is their torque. A little like a Harley (OK, VERY little) but, they just effortlessly jump from a standing start. It's FUN!
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 6, 2013 14:50:28 GMT -5
Wow I was shocked to see the Harley win
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Post by woowilly on Apr 6, 2013 15:13:50 GMT -5
> That would be a nice Harley if he cleaned it up and fixed it up....looks to be a really old Pan Head....
If cleaned up, it wouldn't be a cool rat rod...
It's not a panhead, it's an EVO twin cam which is a fairly modern harley engine design. ( EVO=evolution series. )
Look at the valve cover arrangement, it's the newer 3 piece design ( with a rectangular hole in the top center ), not a pan.
the panhead engine also has an external magneto with distributer & cap,a fairly flat cover over the cams that extends up to the generator at the front of the engine. ( the EVO engine has a cone cover protrusion over the crank end to house the points or CDI pickup, and a permanent magnet alternator setup on the primary side of the engine. same setup as a 3 phase scooter charge system...)
If properly setup, a panhead would be about the same off the line as an EVO...
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Post by Jarlaxle on Apr 6, 2013 15:55:27 GMT -5
Funniest thing I ever saw...a guy on a sportbike (I recall a CBR600) got dusted twice...by a car. It was a bright-red Firebird Formula, about a 1989 (last year without an airbag, whichever that was). They ran twice, and the bike lost both times. The car looked & sounded like nothing special...in fact, I took it for a stock Formula with chrome exhaust tips & nice wheels. It had deep-tinted glass, but that was only remarkable until I saw the Florida plates. A look inside showed nothing exceptional: stock auto-trans shifter, an aftermarket head unit in an otherwise-stock interior, stock dash with no added gauges. The engine was totally docile, exhaust was quiet, it had functioning A/C. I didn't think anything of it until I saw it with a window down...and noted that it had, tucked tightly against the roof pillars & painted to match the interior, a roll bar. The car ran 9's. Under the hood was a twin-turbocharged, intercooled LS1. It was run by a laptop-programmable EFI system with three preprogrammed tunes: regular gas (actually, 89...it ran terribly on 87), premium gas (  +), and...E85. On E85 and with the boost turned up (22psi!), it ran 9.50 1/4 mile times at about 140MPH & put over 800HP down to the rollers on a Dynojet. (That's 1000+HP at the crank!) It was also the driver's ONLY VEHICLE! He drove it every day...and last time I saw him (last June), he was on his seventh Hot Rod Power Tour Long Haul. (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009-12) He bought the car new; it was built as a 305 TPI/auto car. He wanted a 350, but the dealer only found one, and it didn't have A/C. (Gee, wonder why it wouldn't sell in Miami!) That was one of the coolest cars on the Power Tour. |
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Post by Paladin on Apr 6, 2013 16:58:13 GMT -5
... It's the TORQUE of the Harley that is SO friggin' addictive. ...  I watched the video, saw that it was going to be a 1/8th mile (or less) drag -- I was laughing before the race started. |
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Post by tinstar on Apr 7, 2013 1:26:27 GMT -5
[replyingto=rapidjim]RapidJim[/replyingto]That was great! Loved it!
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Post by domindart on Apr 7, 2013 2:22:09 GMT -5
DX
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Post by SylvreKat on Apr 7, 2013 7:03:36 GMT -5
I wondered what Hildo was doing. But then again, Ricky did a little heating up, too.
I know my Harley-friend, it's the acceleration that gets him. Said he'll be going onto the highway and before he knows it he's at 100. Takes it down from there of course. But that thrill of accel catches him and he's going up the gears and he's off.
>'Kat
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+), and...E85. On E85 and with the boost turned up (22psi!), it ran 9.50 1/4 mile times at about 140MPH & put over 800HP down to the rollers on a Dynojet. (That's 1000+HP at the crank!)
