Any Bikers in here?

[hyena426]

LOL Hyena, you gonna have a rocket powered roller skate when you get done there. Should turn a few heads , that`s for sure.

lmao,,maybe!! i thought it would be ahead turner,,specialy sence little scooters are becoming popular again..thought i would put a little edge to one..and being a harley scooter too:)<~~wish i could fit a real harley motor in it..but there just too big..not even a sporty motor would..that was the biggest motor i could fit in there and bolt up with out destroying and modifing the frame.thing can still be turned stock..little harley toppers are too spendy to destroy completely..i had a offer of 1000 bucks just how it sits..i guess parts are hell to find for them

btw doesnt triumph make the biggest stock cc bike now? i heard somthing about a 2400cc bike they make now

[hyena426]

we lived the bikes and we knew everything there was to know about em... maybe that made us "bikers". Maybe that is the diggerence today.

yup...i would say so..my dad had a back yard full of harleys he would buy for 5 bucks and drool as the rich boys road by on there new bsa's that he couldnt afford..and called his big baggers grampa's bikes,,lol.and now people will kill for a good bagger..my dads nik name is bagger bob because back in the day he was the only one who road those things round here..everyone wanted sportsters and bsa lightings..full sized harley's were considerd junk back then..isnt it funny how things change?

i grew up on junk bikes my self..break a trottle cable,,i would tie a guitar string to the end of it,,and drop it down into the carb just to enjoy it some more..my dad only got me one dirt bike in my life and it was free..lol every moto bike i ever owned i had to trade wheel and deal to get on my own..i think the harder you fight and have to work on your machine the more you apreciate them compaired to some one who has a rich dad and just buys him a new one every time he destroys it

i can see how some people get upset..because they work hard on there bikes and some rich folk come in and buy somthing twice as nice with out any hard work put into there machine..it has made motor bike life alot diffrent..im glad alot of people like harleys now..but you do have alot of fakes now who have no idea how hard some people worked to get there bikes to look good with out any cash to all old school bike riders

[Staga]

Originally posted by hyena426

btw doesnt triumph make the biggest stock cc bike now? i heard somthing about a 2400cc bike they make now

Yep.


http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/firstrides/122_0311_triumph/

[Jackal1]

Naw, not even close.
That`s what their promotional hype states, but like everything else there is always a "faster gun" around the corner.

BHC-3 ZZ4  
Engine    
 Type:  Liquid Cooled V-8    
 Horsepower:  355      
Torque:  405      
Block:  Cast Iron - 4 bolt main    
Cylinders:  Aluminum (58cc)    
 Valvetrain:  1.94"Int. / 1.5"Exh.    
 Size:  350 c.i. (5700cc)      
Compression:  10:1    
 Carburetor:  Quadrajet 750 cfm    
 Exhaust:  2.0" with dual mufflers    
 Transmission:  2-speed semi-auto w/rev.    
 Final Drive:  Belt,Gates - Polyc

BHC-3 502
Engine    
 Type:  Liquid Cooled V-8      
Horsepower:  502    
 Torque:  567      
Block:  Cast Iron - 4 bolt main    
 Cylinders:  Aluminum (110cc)    
  Valvetrain:  2.25"Int. / 1.88"Exh    
 Size:  502 c.i. (8200cc)      Compression:  9.6:1    
 Carburetor:  Quadrajet 850cfm    
Exhaust:  2.5" with dual mufflers    
Transmission:  2-speed semi-auto w/rev.    
 Final Drive:  Belt, Gates - Polychain

  I believe it was `95 that some friends of ours had a big motorhome and wanted to go to Sturgis for a few days , then they were going on to Yellowstone. He talked me into splitting the spot fees for the MH. We had to book almost a year in advance. This was the first, only and I guarantee the last time I will ever do this at Sturgis.
Anywho....We had got there a couple of days before official opening of bike week. Sometime during the night the guy that owns this company had came in with their rockstar type custom bus and and equaly long trailer loaded with these bikes. They hadn`t set up shop downtown yet. They opened up this big van type trailer and started wiping these monsters down. I figured this guy would have his head where the sun didn`t shine as most big wigs do, but I had been babysitting a few fire waters and decided what the hell, I wanted a closer look.
I went over and the guy turned out to be pretty laid back and invited me in the to have a look see. I ended up hangin out and shooting the BS with them for an hour or so.
I first asked about the balance. He walked over, took one finger and raised one of them upright. Was unbelievable.
I asked about the acceleration. He said the best way to describe it was this....He said "ya know how when your cruising down the Interstate and you see a car a hundred yards or so in front of you and you decide to lean into the other lane and twist it to go around?"  He said you need to start thinking about that on one of these about a half mile or so in advance., otherwise if ya twist it you will end up with your front forks in the trunk of the car in front of ya. lol
 

[hyena426]

well turnip mite still have it,,unlike boss hoss they made there own motor instead of sticking a chevy in there bike:) boss hoss are scary machine,,<~~my topper mite be scarier:),,jk,,but!! i think the dodge v10 bike mite take the boss hoss:) close one

This isn't your conventional bike and it's clear from the motor of choice--the same V10 that powers Dodge's Viper. The national speed limit is reached in 2.5 seconds. The top speed? No less than 400 miles per hour. Literally a crotch rocket or missle on wheels, the Tomahawk keeps as much traction as is physically possible with not two wheels, but dually-style sets of two. That is, each "axle" has two wheels and tires, not one. The 45-degree V10 is shoehorned between the front and rear wheels.

Trevor Creed, Senior Vice President - Design, Chrysler Group stated that, "[The] Tomahawk is an icon of the extreme thinking of a brand that is known not only for the legendary Viper and Ram, but also for all new, innovative vehicles such as the Magnum SRT-8 and Durango concepts." We pretty much agree with Creed, but especially on the extreme thinking part. How do you come up with this? "Hey Herr Dieter, let's make a bike so fast that we can't actually test it!"



Displacement is at 8.3 liters; this 20-valve, liquid-cooled aluminum block has already shown what it can do in the heavyset Viper. God only knows what this sci-fi ride is capable of now. The maximum 500 hp is reached @ 5,000 rpm, but the ever-important 525 lb-ft of torque is reached in the 4,200 rpm range with redline at 6,000rpm

Hey Herr Dieter, let's make a bike so fast that we can't actually test it!"

you got to love that quote,,lol

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[Skydancer]

All manufacturers use other people parts. So I think the loonys who make ther boss hoss can qualify as manufacturers. my Triumph has got jap parts all over it. As have many Harleys nowadays. I saw a Boss Hoss at Sturgis back in 98 and it may be big and fast but boy is it ugly.

Over here we have the sport bike crowd too. mostly younger guys with more money than is good for them ( can that ever be true? lol ) or older guys who read too many magazines and have been off bikes for a few years, return and get sucked in by the hype thinking it'll make em look young and cool.

Some sport bike riders are ok. My criteria is usualy if they can do at the bare minimum and service on the thing themselves, then they might be worth talking to at the local bike meet.

At the Moment my Daytona looks way too sport bike. Personaly I prefer the stripped down streetfighter look.

All the performance without the agony of having your wrists pounded and and your back bent in half. OOh s*it I must be getting old lol.

That Thruxton is nice gixer but when I took one out on test I found again that my poor knackered many times broken wrists couldn't hack it.

Bring on the Renthals.

Ride on.

[lazs2]

world products makes an all aluminum 427 chevy small block that weighs 435 lbs wet.  That would be a good boss hog motor.

I would love to ride one.

lazs

[Skydancer]

Bloody hell thats nearly the same weight as my whole bike! pick Wouldn't want to pick that up after a get off!

[lazs2]

well... if you had rode heavy bikes much you would know that you aren't picking up the 600 lbs or so but using leverage.

I could routinely move my Hog around when my leg was in plaster including picking it up when it was down... You don't have to bench press it you know.

you do have to be smarter than the bike tho.

lazs

[Skydancer]

Yeah true.

The early Hinkley triumphs are pretty top heavy so you have to use a lot of leverage.

Backside on the saddle face away from the bike and walk back works good unless you go too far and tip the damn thing the other way.

[lazs2]

yep... the jap bikes are top heavy and  tall... Harley's and ( I would imagine) boss Hogs have low centers of gravity.

lazs

[Gixer]

Originally posted by Skydancer
Yeah true.

The early Hinkley triumphs are pretty top heavy so you have to use a lot of leverage

You've obviously never ridden the Rocket3 then. That bike has a phenominal low centre of gravity. Best cruiser style bike I've ever ridden by far.


...-Gixer

[Gixer]

Skydancer,

Ah sorry I missed the word "early" in your post .


...-Gixer

[Skydancer]

No probs.

Personaly I think the Rocket amazing though it is, is ugly.

I'm more of a speedtriple man, or crashed fightered gixer.

[Skydancer]

Who is Zulu? I checked out the begining of this thread and its says persona non grata. Why what does that mean?