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[Special_Ed]

nope - to late - na na - na na...   

 

[RJ749]

H2O=HD=CRAP!!!

Hoist!

(Sorry Ed!)

HD=2010 SERK=150hp/180ft lbs tq=Howie  Sorry though, it'll still have a 2 YR Warranty

[Special_Ed]

HD=2010 SERK=150hp/180ft lbs tq=Howie  Sorry though, it'll still have a 2 YR Warranty

If it doesn't run it's HD=2010 SERK=0hp/0ft lbs =

[RJ749]

If it doesn't run it's HD=2010 SERK=0hp/0ft lbs =

I thought that's what he has now.

[LabRat]

If it doesn't run it's HD=2010 SERK=0hp/0ft lbs =

Hey, Special_Ed, There's a guy on another board dedicated to another water cooled bike that goes by the same name....Do you happen to be one in the same???

[Special_Ed]

I thought that's what he has now.

   Roger if there ever was a time that I said I wish I wrote that, that was it.  There goes the keyboard, spew everywhere!!

[Hoist!]

HD=2010 SERK=150hp/180ft lbs tq=Howie  Sorry though, it'll still have a 2 YR Warranty

I'll figure out how to destroy that w.....ty too!!!

If it doesn't run it's HD=2010 SERK=0hp/0ft lbs =

Wiseass!!!

I thought that's what he has now.

You too Rog!!!

 

Hoist!

[Special_Ed]

Hey, Special_Ed, There's a guy on another board dedicated to another water cooled bike that goes by the same name....Do you happen to be one in the same???

I use the same name on the 1130.com v-rod site. But don't send much time there. I was there this morning when I checked the stats my last log in was October.

[LabRat]

I use the same name on the 1130.com v-rod site. But don't send much time there. I was there this morning when I checked the stats my last log in was October.

Na, this is on a Voulusia (Suzuki) site.

[Special_Ed]

Na, this is on a Voulusia (Suzuki) site.

Hard to believe there's more then one knucklehead with my handle.

[LabRat]

Hard to believe there's more then one knucklehead with my handle.

True. Looks like he hails from Oakland, CA. I've run across others from that forum on the HDForum board.

[Special_Ed]

True. Looks like he hails from Oakland, CA. I've run across others from that forum on the HDForum board.

Hey wait just a minute...    

[Midnight Rider]

HD could easily come out with a modified TC which has water cooling on the upper 1/3 of the cylinder/head portion, much the same as the Kaw 2000cc.  They use pushrods too, and are high hp/tq motors on a large touring platform, and they are reliable machines.  It would sound the same, run cooler, etc. To call a Vrod a "Jap" bike is waaaaay off the mark.  HD will either change to meet not only EPA requirements, but to meet new market demands by younger potential customers, or they will suffer the consequences on the sales floor.  At least the Vrod is able to come right out of the box with 110+hp, meet the EPA standards, and not leak oil all over the cases, and run so hot that the rider has to protect his/her thighs from the rear cylinder heat.  And yes, I can take a completely stock 1250cc Revo motor and beat any stock Air cooled HD currently made.  Period...end of discussion.  With less than 5k, I could take the same Revo motor and still beat the majority of Air cooled Vtwins.  HP wins, every time.  For HD NOT to come out with a touring/sport touring model of the V rod would be foolish...it would sell like hotcakes, and I'd buy one in a NYM.  If they did it even half way right, and used decent suspension components, HD would hit a mark they've never hit before.

Hell, my V will hit 150 as is, but I don't have the 'nads to get it there, but Don can tell you it will hit well into the triple digits and do it quickly...just ask him...

[RJ749]

  Roger if there ever was a time that I said I wish I wrote that, that was it.  There goes the keyboard, spew everywhere!!

Hehe 

[iski]

HD could easily come out with a modified TC which has water cooling on the upper 1/3 of the cylinder/head portion, much the same as the Kaw 2000cc.  They use pushrods too, and are high hp/tq motors on a large touring platform, and they are reliable machines.  It would sound the same, run cooler, etc. To call a Vrod a "Jap" bike is waaaaay off the mark.  HD will either change to meet not only EPA requirements, but to meet new market demands by younger potential customers, or they will suffer the consequences on the sales floor.  At least the Vrod is able to come right out of the box with 110+hp, meet the EPA standards, and not leak oil all over the cases, and run so hot that the rider has to protect his/her thighs from the rear cylinder heat.  And yes, I can take a completely stock 1250cc Revo motor and beat any stock Air cooled HD currently made.  Period...end of discussion.  With less than 5k, I could take the same Revo motor and still beat the majority of Air cooled Vtwins.  HP wins, every time.  For HD NOT to come out with a touring/sport touring model of the V rod would be foolish...it would sell like hotcakes, and I'd buy one in a NYM.  If they did it even half way right, and used decent suspension components, HD would hit a mark they've never hit before.

Hell, my V will hit 150 as is, but I don't have the 'nads to get it there, but Don can tell you it will hit well into the triple digits and do it quickly...just ask him...

It's almost inevitable HD will offer a water cooled bagger for the HP/TQ reasons alone.  Sound can be engineered - not that tough to do since HD has been doing just that for many years.

Too many folks look at the V-Rod & wonder how it would look as a bagger.  Doubt HD would go that route.  More likely they will modify an existing FL frame & drop a water jacket in it somewhere.  Purists will scream about the end of the world as they know it, but it's the future, Bro.  And I would be in the market for one as well.  After a couple of years to make sure the water leaks are fixed.