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[skydog1000]

Who Me

 

[bruce aussie]

Bruce,
Sorry for the loss of your friend and riding Mate.
The truly fast blokes more often than not seem to be the ones that do not look the part.

You paying attention Bug Tooth? @skydog1000

Yes Peck was carrying a few extra kilo's before cancer got hold of him, didn't slow him down he is up there with 2 or 3 others, the best riders I've ever ridden with.

 

[TOMCAT]

That model Sportster are as good as you'll get off a Harley production line they reckon. Bloke I know that had one had to sell it because he just couldn't 'not speed everywhere' seems like all the good handling , well braked HD's .. well they just aren't that popular with the masses.

 

[cusso ken]

That model Sportster are as good as you'll get off a Harley production line they reckon. Bloke I know that had one had to sell it because he just couldn't 'not speed everywhere' seems like all the good handling , well braked HD's .. well they just aren't that popular with the masses.

In my opinion the only "big" Harleys that handled were the FXR series the early Superglides ect , they used the sportster front forks and shed heaps of weight over the FLH series, I never had a skirtster as they were and still are too small for a long distance ride for blokes with long legs ,but I agree the little Harleys do handle nicely and I have ridden a nicely tuned 1200 that was a lot of fun and sounded "beafy"

 

[Claviger]

My 2003 WideGlide right 31.0 degrees left 32 degrees

2010 WideGlide right 28.4 degrees left 31.9 degrees

Sportster Iron right 29.0 degrees left 30.0 degrees

Sportster 883 Low right 29.0 degrees left 31.0 degrees

Sportster 1200C right 29.0 degrees left 31.0 degrees

Other bikes such as the Super Glide have a more generous lean angle, right 32.0 degrees left 34.0 degrees

Taken from : http://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/512633-nightster-vs-low-rider-lean-angle.html


Cannot find any quote of the max lean angle of the rocket. Think I will have to go out and do the measurements and math tomorrow lol. I sent an inquiry for ****s n giggles to Triumph, doubt I will get an answer but would be interesting to see what they say if they do provide an answer.

 

[bruce aussie]

Don't matter much what lean angles the various manufacturers claim. The proof is in the riding around corners. I know you can push a Rocket a few degrees past when the feelers touch maybe 4 or 5 but not 6. 6 is too far. Just joking I don't really know how many degrees is to far, I didn't measure it.

 

[Claviger]

Ya, and really all those claimed numbers are not terribly useful without knowing a lot of things, like suspension settings, rider weight, how much rider is off the bike, are they absolute or relative angles etc...

 

[cusso ken]

Ya, and really all those claimed numbers are not terribly useful without knowing a lot of things, like suspension settings, rider weight, how much rider is off the bike, are they absolute or relative angles etc...

It's all academic and only relates to on the road handling if the riders of both bikes are of equal skill, a well ridden Rocket will keep up or pass a badly ridden big Jap or Italian sports bike but in my experience if the sports bike guy is up to the game he will win almost all the time ,I regularly ride with a mate of mine on a well prepared Suzuki 1250 Bandit and he is an excellent rider, on the Old Pacific Hwy Berowra to Calga he has it all over me in the corners , I do reel him in on the straights , all good fun