Rocket65
Supercharged
A friend of mine traded his '09 Harley Ultra for a 2014. When we were riding together we weren't really racing (he had his wife on the back too) I could tell he was wide open by the exhaust sound and him ducking down behind the windshield. It was incredibly easy for me to come up behind him, drop way back and come up again while he was wide open. I could easily have cruised around him while he was wide open. Not looking to embarrass his new 30k machine.
Got me to wondering why Harley's continue to produce motorcycles with unusually low h.p. ratings. It is like pulling teeth to even find out the horsepower. They try to keep it hidden, like they are embarrassed about it. Some Harley forums say "it's about torque". They don't have much torque either.
Is the reason for the low power to help with air cooled engine life? When you can find a h.p. rating it is like 72 h.p. on an 800 lb bike. Some only showing 68 h.p! Yes, a V-rod is liquid cooled and 123? hp.
Some Harley's look great and sound great. Not bashing, just wondering about this marketing plan. It must work because 75% of the bikes I see are Harleys.
I'm not even saying I would not buy one. I know you can buy lots of screaming eagle upgrades. Maybe the marketing plan is to sell the high performance upgrades. If they came with over 100 hp, they would not be able to sell all of the upgrades.
Got me to wondering why Harley's continue to produce motorcycles with unusually low h.p. ratings. It is like pulling teeth to even find out the horsepower. They try to keep it hidden, like they are embarrassed about it. Some Harley forums say "it's about torque". They don't have much torque either.
Is the reason for the low power to help with air cooled engine life? When you can find a h.p. rating it is like 72 h.p. on an 800 lb bike. Some only showing 68 h.p! Yes, a V-rod is liquid cooled and 123? hp.
Some Harley's look great and sound great. Not bashing, just wondering about this marketing plan. It must work because 75% of the bikes I see are Harleys.
I'm not even saying I would not buy one. I know you can buy lots of screaming eagle upgrades. Maybe the marketing plan is to sell the high performance upgrades. If they came with over 100 hp, they would not be able to sell all of the upgrades.