[SeanAlexander]

Sure... Your ultra modified Dyna with a $25,000 forced induction, nitros injected, 500mile TBO motor MIGHT turn a sub 11 second 1/4 and be CLOSE to performing like his bone stock $10,000 V-Max but what does that prove????? Geee if you throw enough money at it (How fast do you want to spend?) you can make it a $30,000 fairly fast timebomb of a bike. Or you could compare a close to stock (read still fairly reliable) 1400cc Dyna with something more in it's performance league... say a $5,000 Kawasaki EX-500cc parallel twin or a $6,000 Suzuki SV-650cc V-Twin. Of course when you get to the twisty stuff both of those rice burners will leave you for dead.

 

[SeanAlexander]

>>"One totally unsupported rumor was that the 4-cyl CB750 engine was originally part of this collaboration before Harley decided it wouldn't sell and the design was then sold to Honda. "<<





Total bunk... Honda was racing inline 4, 5, and 6 cylinder air cooled engines in the early 60's. They had been racing similiar motors, nearly 10 years before the CB-750 was built. Honda started life as a piston ring manufacturer renowned for the precision and overall excellence of thier parts and slowly expanded to motorized vehicle production. They have always been known for excellence in the design and manufacture of thier engines. If ever a company deserved to be called "The Motor Company" Honda is it.

 

[SeanAlexander]

Technically Harley never "BUILT" a motocrosser.... they re-badged someone else's (Aeromachi)

 

[SeanAlexander]

Granted, MV-Agusta and Gilera both beat Honda to the punch, but aside from basic layout, there were not many similiarities between the MVs and the Honda RCs. I will conceed that Honda may have been given the clue to investigate inline multis by the Italians, but there is little doubt that Honda very quickly produced the superior engine. Though MV's were renowned for thier sound (inline four wail) they couldn't hold a candle to the high RPM shreik of the hondas, especially the 20,000RPM neighborhood motors like the RC-166

 

[SeanAlexander]

Re: So we have a sociology major here...

>>"Knee sliders for street riding? If you go around dragging your knee on the street, you're heading for a fall and a world of hurt, eventually."<<

What if a rider only owns one set of leathers (Knee sliders and all), which he uses for racing in sanctioned events AND for street riding? Since they like to be protected whenever riding, they wear those same leathers on the street... Do you judge him/her harshly for that? Knee sliders are a SAFETY and FUNCTIONAL enhancement that do not HAVE to be used every time you ride. It's akin to arguing that riding/driving any vehicle capable of exceeding 100MPH is crazy, because 100MPH is too fast to safely operate in most public driving situations. Are all of those housewives in Geo Metros pretending to be Jaun Manuel Fangio, just because their car is capable of exceeding the "Reasonable and Prudent" standard 95% of the time?

 

[SeanAlexander]

WOW! Maybe if I get a Tatoo, wear a 1/2 Helmet that is deliberately designed to demonstrate contempt for my own head, wear a big Gold Chain w/Eagle Pendant, wear Chaps and IF I buy the "Cool" bike, I can pick up "CHICKS" in High Heels. Seems like I've been missing the point of this whole owning and riding motorcycles thing. I guess it's all about the "CHICKS"