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#277704 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 4116 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 3 Years ago   erizo wrote: Road_Hawg wrote: I did have a problem on the track with hitting my rev limiter in second and third gears, which hurt my time and top speed. I never did get to a point to where I could avoid hitting that limiter on some runs. that's why i have a revcounter mounted between my risers in my line of vision. helps avoid embarrasing moments Me too!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #277856 Inubus (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 758 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 3 Years ago   Road_Hawg wrote: Inubus wrote: Road hang that is great to see what the r* will so stock! Was that the track out by seven points? No, it is Yello Belly in Grand Prarie. Very old track that has been around forever. It is privately owned now but it is open to the public. When I lived in mesquite we used to hit seven points on. The weekends it was lots of fun. Up here we have a 1/4 mile track but getting a bike out seems to be a pain. Thnx I will look that one up and might check it out this summer   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #277994 Chubs (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 112 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 3 Years ago   Out of all of the bikes mentioned nobody commented on the VN2000. My old man has been a Vulcan rider since the classic came out, around 98 I believe. He's owned four others since. I never really cared for the soft, floaty ride of the Vulcan and the shaft drive but to each his own. His latest is a VN2000, what a machine. I will say there is much to be desired in the looks department but as for the performance and handling it's second to none in the cruiser world. I have road V-rods and they are close. The only one in the class that I know of that may take it stock is the 109. If you get a chance to ride one, do it it's a fun bike. As for me I'll keep my roadie, better looking and sounding bike by far.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #278103 Emu@Oz (User) Emu Says Platinum Boarder Posts: 2516 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 3 Years ago   Chubs wrote: Out of all of the bikes mentioned nobody commented on the VN2000. My old man has been a Vulcan rider since the classic came out, around 98 I believe. He's owned four others since. I never really cared for the soft, floaty ride of the Vulcan and the shaft drive but to each his own. His latest is a VN2000, what a machine. I will say there is much to be desired in the looks department but as for the performance and handling it's second to none in the cruiser world. I have road V-rods and they are close. The only one in the class that I know of that may take it stock is the 109. If you get a chance to ride one, do it it's a fun bike. As for me I'll keep my roadie, better looking and sounding bike by far. I'd endorse the VN2000 any day. It's a smooth bike to ride with plenty of ponies to spare. I'm not sure how my Rocket III would go up against one though, wouldn't mind finding out   Logged     Last Edit: 2010/04/29 17:30 By Emu@Oz.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #278212 OBMF (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 618 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 3 Years ago   I don't really know how quickly my 07 R*S will do a quarter mile, but I do know that last night while out enjoying the nice spring evening my Roadie easily hit 93 mph (on my speedo) with my wife on board (she's about 130 and I'm about 205#) My buddy was on his jazzed up Stratoliner, and he said his speedo was reading 100. We were probably somewhere in between the two speeds. I had some throttle left. I wouldn't want to make a steady habit out of it, but these bikes will run fast. I couldn't stay up with the Strato off the line, but had no trouble keeping up on the road. Oh, and it was riding as smooth as silk. OBMF   Logged     Last Edit: 2010/04/30 04:17 By OBMF.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #299376 out2lunch (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 321 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Gotta say, the Roadie 1700 with after markets and BAK sounds excellent and moves very well. Ran for the first time today with a Victory Vegas Jackpot. The Roadie sounded better and had no problem keeping up.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #299401 Gohot229 (User) Be good, or be quick Junior Boarder Posts: 142 Re:Roadies Slow? Not as Much as You May Think 2 Years, 9 Months ago   Some years ago, 04 I think, I was down outside of Oceanside Ca. at a streetcorner where I sold pitbikes and quads, and at the light were a Vrod and what I believe was a Kawasaki ZX10..? not sure the # designation, but at any rate they both sook off from the light with a very shallow sweeper for the next 1/8th and then straight away. The Kawi got 'em for about 3-400 feet and then the Vrod just passed and smoked his butt bad, I mean like a 600 racing a 250. I was not expecting this outcome at all, but I did see it with my own eyes, and yea, you could tell both were wide open. The key to a R* is to up the comp. with the piston/ring kit. It's somewhere in the 10's+ and it'll really wake up a R*.   Logged     Slow awake Fast asleep   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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