Re: Hey Bass

["Doug" <vssdoug@xxxxxxx>]

Whenever I think of scooters I think Lambrettas, a Routemaster could out
accelerate my brothers old TV175

Doug

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"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> I have to admit that is where my experience is limited.  I have never
>> owned
>>> a scooter of any kind.
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>> Exactly
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> I don't see why a light weight with a 650 motor wouldn't absolutely smoke
> most stock Harleys off the line.  Especially if it will rev higher and has
> a decent clutch system.  (even if it doesnt have a manual clutch it has
> some form of clutch(es))  Heck before the twin cam came out in 2002 the
> the stock touring bikes wouldn't even break the century mark.  If they did
> it was down hill with a tail wind.  The Dynas and some of the softtails
> were a little faster because they were lighter and tuned slightly
> different, but not all that much faster.  The twinky is a little faster
> than the Evo but again, not that much.
>
> Mark, I have owned a number of Harleys and one thing I am not is delluded
> about what they will do.  Except for the V-Rod VRSC(A,B,X) (I owned one of
> these too) if you saw a "fast" Harley it was modified.  You could try and
> argue in favor of the Buell, but that is a limited production "modified"
> motorcycle.  It is not a stock Harley.  Buell is to Harley like Shelby is
> to Ford.  And then its based around the sportster engine which is tuned
> much hotter for a lighter bike than the motors running in any of the full
> size Harleys.
>
> Let me give you some more detailed info.  A stock 96" (just came out this
> year as a stock engine size) FXD Dyna Super Glide only developes about 65
> bhp according to Harley.  The dyno chart on it is in their accessories
> book where it shows improvement when using their stage 1 or stage 2
> performance aftermarket upgrades.  Now, it does produce a ton of torque
> from about 3000 RPM.  In fact they claim it devlopes 92 ft/lbs, but when
> you look at their dyno chart the graph shows it as much lower.  That
> particular bike should accelerate very well, but you wind a little scooter
> up to redline and feather the clutch and it should be interesting.
>
> I know my numbers on current production are right on because I just picked
> up the current book from Bobby's shop this morning since I am considering
> buying a new FXD.
>
> Of course when it gcomes to hole shot and acceleration off the line there
> are a number of factors.  If that little (650 ain't that little. My 650
> Seca turbo would run nearly 200 (198 twice) mph on radar and would pull
> wheelies in any gear when running under 100) scooter breaks traction its
> all over for it in a drag race.  If that Harley is running a hard compound
> touring tire it will probably break loose just as quick as that little
> scooter though. So then it becomes a matter of rider skills and the
> machines have very little to do with the results.  Now I doubt that Robert
> has much rider skill (no dis Robert. You just have not been riding that
> many years) but neither do most of the butt jewlery riding BAMBI's out
> there either.
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> Tack on that the BAMBI sitting next to Robert at the light was probably
> trying to "pose" and impress everybody with his butt jewelry and was
> probably left slacked jaw and dumfounded when Robert punched the gas and
> took off at a decent rate on what looks like a toy scooter.  Heck I would
> probably have sat there flabbergasted when I had it demostrated to me what
> a "scooter" could do.  I remember the 250 scooters Honda came out with
> more than a decade ago blew us all away when we discovered they would run
> 65 all day long without overheating even in the desert heat.
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