He had his chance.  He is obviously is not used to being stood up to and probably spent the weekend kicking himself in the butt for shooting his mouth off.  If he thinks that a frickin air cleaner is going to help his cause against your KevinX'd bike, he is more pathetic than I imagined. 

I hope he reads this:  Nothing you do to that Harley will save you from total embarrassment!  You have bought into a culture that all you have to do is spend the most money and you will have the best.  Everything you have been led to believe about American made bikes is about to come crashing down around you!  I have a poster ready just for you if you are stupid enough to follow through on this.  You have no one to blame but yourself.  You are about to learn the hard way that ignorance will not be bliss.  Bring it.

I can't speak for everybody here but for the most part, I think that the Harley guys we know "get us".  They know Victory makes nice bikes but they are Harley guys and that's all fine.  There is a mutual respect there about being fellow riders in general.  We all tell our tales and love our bikes but no one I know would actually call out another rider in public.  If we are out on a ride and the other guy wants to have a roll-on contest down a long open stretch, that's cool.  I don't know a single Screamin Eagle Ultra owner that would dare challenge my bike in front of anyone else.  They are vocal, but not stupid.

This guy opened up a whole new ballgame by shooting his mouth off in front of the gang at work.  His ego has finally written a check he will not be able to cash, and he knows it.  Eagle has already won this thing.  He has absolutely nothing to lose.  The guy with the $45,000 trophy bike should kick his butt from here to the moon, right?  He can't just beat eagle, he has to thrash him to justify that kind of bling.  He has to put that overgrown-scooter-Jetson-bike in it's place.  The thought of that freaky bike even being close at the finish line is laughable, right?  He paid twice as much, it has to be twice as nice.  The entire reputation of Harley rests on his shoulders at work (and beyond).  He has to win.  If he can't thump a Vision, who can!?   I predict his braggin rights will be along the lines of "Hey, I almost beat a bike that cost half what mine cost and had a smaller motor!"

Eagle only has to show up, the rest will take care of itself.  Just remember who started this.

Vinner1 - 2010-08-02 5:17 PM Joker - 2010-07-30 5:45 PM If you want a challenge go find a BMW 1200LT to play with as the HD is not a problem with the cams. the BMW will want to start with a roll as they have no torque to start with but can keep up with a rolling start...at least they have a chance... Don't think you want to play against a BMW LT...had one...116 horse stock and once it gets going the rpm will stay up in it's power band....redline over 8000 but you could ride it there all day in the Alps, what a rush. And if you want to challenge one, better be a straight line race...unreal handling and suspension....130 mph rev. limiter kicks in. The aero package is meant for the autobahn...I have never seen a bike so stable at high speeds...(in comparison my VV feels really squirrely above 100 mph)...fairing and side tuperware make you feel like your are in a slot car at high speed. Yup...miss playing with my LT...but only until my left petela tendon started screeming from the horse $hit foot position (which took all of one whole hour)...NOPE give me my sweet VV!

       My best friend and long time riding pal has a 1998 K12LT an I dust his ass every chance I get. You have to understand that we have a long rivalry between us. When we first started riding together he had (and still has) a 1978 K75/6 and I had a 1988 Magna 750 followed by a 2000 Shadow Sabre. His frustration about always eating dust motovated his purchase of the K12LT. Alas, he was king and his incessant boasting about smoking not only me but any other V twin on the road led me in search of a new machine.......Enter the Vision. The whole month I waited for my bike to be delivered from South Carolina I tried to educate him about the amazing abilities of the Vision but he would have none of it. His arguement being that no V twin on the planet could run with the beemer, recounting the dozens of times he humiliated those "Howdy Doody" riders and their pathetic machines. Well, our oportunity to tangle finally came when he left me at a light full bore, me totally unaware I was in a contest but not detrerred by the several legnths head start he stole, Spurred the vision and rocketed by him just as I hit third gear. I continued to pull away and he let off. When we arrived at our destination all he could say was "I wont be doing that again". I understand with the right rider the K12 is a real carver with lots of top end, but in a drag to 100mph absolutely no contest for the VV. Period.

       By the way, this contest happened before the cams were installed.

        paulhu

XRsteve - Beware though, if you run up against some one with really good heads and matching cams ect.. A little ole 103 can make 130 RWHP and be streetable.

I work with guy who has a very low profile looking Street Glide (almost no chrome) who does his own wrenching, down to porting and polishing the heads.  He has a really good suspension set-up and a tuneable exhaust.  It is the nastiest Harley I personally have been around and he could probably snap the belt at will.  He is very low-key and is a pleasure to talk to, especially about panheads and shovelheads.  He never talks about racing anyone but you know he has really jumped some people in his day.  Great guy.

sgiacci - 2010-08-02 8:56 PM eagle - 2010-08-02 6:48 PM Even though this didnt happen today I believe its going to happen sooner or later. If it doesnt happen one day at lunch it will probably happen on a weekend ride. Lots of talk of planning rides this fall that both of us will be on. Either way the guys at work arent going to give him a minutes peace about it until he bucks up. Races are simple. You line up at the start line and the first one accross the finish line wins. If a challenger lines up at the starting line and the other doesn't, you simply need to cross the finish line and you win. If it was me I would have brought my bike to the location, and had some record you running a 20mph run and call it a win.

      Yea, but what fun would that be? I like The public hanging idea best, he certainly has plenty of rope by now.....whose idea was that?......MINE! ahh haa haa haa ahh haa haa. (psycopathic laughter)