Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have

p.s. Stilljd

Nothing is faster for riding on the two lane road with curves than a lightweight bike. And lightweight bikes are also great fun to ride. But they certainly are not the most comfortable for a cross country trip, two up riding, or carrying luggage of packages. I love light weight but the real world is the real world. I have a few cars but only one bike.

My personal theory is that the factories build lightweight bikes for the reviewers to review, and that sells more bikes. But the reviewers are all young guys making no money having fun with someone else's bikes. They don't live in the real world where you have a bike and put 5000 miles a year on it, take a couple of trips a year, but still want it to have some go. And besides all that, at least my bike has a 6.5 gallon tank and that means I don't have to fill it up every 150 miles. Another real world item.

How'd I miss this one? Been gone for too long. 2005 HD FXDXI (Dyna Superglide Sport). Live on 15th Street in NYC. Keep it on 13th street. Every time I get on it, I start and finish in the City. Love it. Nothing quite like rumbling down 5th Ave and startling the tourists. Keep the shiny side up.

Huntermusic,

A grain of truth in everything you say. I didn't mean to disrespect your ride or one up you.

"and there is not a bike made that can touch it in a top gear roll on."

I just thought that was was a pretty bold statement considering the likes of the R1's, GSXR1000's, Ducati's of all shapes and sizes, and such in the world. May the power gods smile on you!

Peace Brother. :>)

Be Safe,
Jim S.

stilljd
no offense taken. I love debating over e-mail. I know that it sure would be fun to try my FJ against all the bikes out there. I think if you rode it you might agree. It has got a lot of power, and the throttle response is truly instataneous so that when you slam the throttle open you are slammed forward as if someone smashed you in the back, not merely accelerated, but slammed forward. The bike gets up over 100mph in a flash, and you have to hang onto the bars for dear life.

but let me say that it really is only a matter of the 80-120 mph range; I am sure that a lot of the new bikes would gather steam much faster in the higher speed ranges. Plus, I have left the stock hearing in place so even though the bike would go a lot faster than the top speed now (145-150 or so), the gearing would run the engine past redline.

Huntermusic, OK, BS around which bike is faster/fastest. I can live with that. I just don't want to tick off/offend someone that I don't know for no good reason.

If I don't get too busy at work I am going to research some horsepower/torque vs. weight numbers and see what we might be able to predict. There are canned programs that will do the modeling if I can find a "freeware" version.

Jim S.