lt1z28camaro

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So I have a friend that has a harley and he claims his bike will beat me no doubt due to the power to weight ratio..... I've always been under the impression harley's are slow...I raced one in my old 01 gt and beat one.... soooo I figured this car would easily spank one. But maybe I am wrong? I don't know much about this bike...it's a harley davidson dyna or something i think.. Any ideas? My car put down right at 400rwhp..the setup is supposed to run 12 flat on clean run but i havn't been to track yet. (Lloyd Elliott heads/cam/supporting mods)

BadBandit69

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i'd say ur in the clear. tell him to put his money down.

lt1z28camaro

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Thats what i was thinkin but it was me vs 3 guys sayin the bike would win i just shook my head and said bring his bike to run after class next week..

AWD_Launch

I don't know about all Harley's but most can't even hit 12's 95-100traps. I believe the V-rod was the fastest ever and trapped like 110ish. So I doubt he will win. I laugh because all 1200+cc cruisers think their **** is so fast and always want to race my 600, I have yet to be beat and it is 100% stock.

chrisdacarnut

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Haha I had a buddy that had a 1200 sportster. He thought that bike was quick, I raped him in my old 01 Z28.

David_viny

They can get off the line and do the 1/8mile OK but even then there mph is starting to slow down compared to cars running the same time through the 1/8. At least that's what I remember seeing at the local track.

StealthFormula

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I don't know what Harley he has but assuming its not a V-Rod it has zero chance in keeping up. They need to be worked over quite a bit to be in the lower 12 second range so assuming he just has bolt-ons you will destroy him.

01ssreda4

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i ran one (dunno if it was a sportster or what) stop light to stop light and it was dead even to about 70 mph. my car had only LTs and catback then.

whytryz28

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I raced my dads 02' road king (magnuson pipes, screamin' eagle tuner/intake) and he beat me to 100, had like 4 bikes on me. So with bolt ons they CAN be fast.

This was before the tune, so now we might be even.

letsrunem

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They are heavy as **** and sound like ****. Torque is all they got going for them.

StealthFormula

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Yeah but you have a stock LT1 which is like a late 13 early 14 sec. car, the OP has a heads/cam LT1 thats supposed to run 12.0's. My dad has a Mean Streak 1600 with pipes, k&n etc. a late 12 second bike so yes cruisers can be pretty quick but without serious internal work they wont hang with a high 11/low 12 second car.

thunderstruck507

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I ******* hate bikes. Sound like complete *** and use every opportunity to make as much noise as possible.

letsrunem

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Did I mention they're SLOW?

mulalleybs

People are always disbelievers. "a car cant beat a bike" "a sports car cant beat a exotic" blah blah blah. Harleys ARE slow and i'm sure your car will win in a race unless your clutch goes out. A friend tried to argue with me his gsx-r 600 would beat my car in a race.. He owes me $50

nightrunner

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if it is modded internally, it could be a contender, harley's can be made fast, but there are very few around. hell procharger even has a kit for them... then there is n2o kits

most likely though you wil take him, he will probably take the launch though

AWD_Launch

So you have a car that traps 125+. I'm assuming thats a high 10 or pretty much 11 flat. What mods do you have? Any slips?

mulalleybs

Umm i dont have anything special. A supercharged z06, but ive never taken it to a dragstrip

stumprrp

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you guys think harleys sound like ****? hmm... interesting.

you should win pretty easy OP

00FlowCamaro

My dad works at Harley and he can't even believe how loud some of the bikes are. Stock they sound cool but once they start doing stuff then they are loud and very annoying.

OP you should have this...

thunderstruck507

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very very much so...at least the majority of them, they're just loud and have that "racking" sound and many people that drive them feel the need to rev every ******* chance they get

I don't doubt that they COULD sound good, kinda like a ls1 car with a loudmouth or straight pipes COULD sound good...but it would require a trip to the muffler shop and installation of new product

they rate right up there with fartpipe hondas on the annoying exhaust scale