Originally Posted by
RL67037
What impresses me about the video is I've seen videos of modded street cars filmed from a stationary camera at a drag strip behind the tree and it doesn't look like the cars disappear as fast as this Bel Aire did that was being chased by a moving camera and didn't do a burn out to prep for the run, although the rolling start probably helped that. I'm sure the slower bike adds to the look of speed when you are expecting a bike to keep up with a car.
The ninja 250 and 300's are deceiving. I wanted one until I realized they only have 16 hp for the 250 and 30 hp for the 300. I guess I down played the 300 a tad. 0-60 is high 5 second range, and the quarter is low 14's. I think it was the 250 that's 7 to 60 and like 16 in the quarter.
Originally Posted by
Mrmiata
Bikes Blues and BBQ a few years back... Our group on street cruisers came up on some crotch rockets at a red light.. Turned green and they zipped off. We caught back up to them at the next light. Same scenario played out. This time when the light changed I Jumped on the 1200 Sporty.. arrived at the light with them.. WTF looks from them all.. LOL. Wife wasn't too thrilled.. but I was smiling.. Being lighter than the other Harley's they do get a decent hole shot.
That's funny. If the sportster I rode wasn't so damn heavy I would buy one for cruising. It's comfortable as hell. I just hate the lack of power from them. I have seen/heard of some gnarly one's though. That would be fun.