Tested a Harley V-Rod Muscle today....

[GBusa]

Turbo Busa's making 700+ hp and ridden on the street. 300 Hp on a pump gas, daily driver turbo Busa is common.
Turbo Busa @ 272 mph in the standing mile. Lets see the harley stay together for that mile let alone do it over and over again 
Turbo Busa 

[Kopfjager]

Tell em to bring to the NHRA and see if it passes inspection. If it would they would be running the #1 plate.

[Kopfjager]

Oh. Can't run turbo engines in Pro Stock.

[Kopfjager]

Or Hector's Buell.


Hector Arana Pro Stock Motorcycle

[Ahks]

(not nearly as torquey as my Ducati)

Slap on a "good" 2:1 pipe and a better flowing air cleaner/filter/intake jobby with a "good tune" which can almost never be gotten by a Harley dealer or independent Harley mechanic and it REALLY livens up the torque curve...

I'm not really up on v-rod tuning but the rest of the product line comes with some pretty horrific tuning from the factory.

[muskrat]

the product line comes with some pretty horrific tuning from the factory.

as do our Ducs    I think it's collusion between Ducati and Termi.

[Speedbag]

Slap on a "good" 2:1 pipe and a better flowing air cleaner/filter/intake jobby with a "good tune" which can almost never be gotten by a Harley dealer or independent Harley mechanic and it REALLY livens up the torque curve...

I'm not really up on v-rod tuning but the rest of the product line comes with some pretty horrific tuning from the factory.

+1

Factory tune is terribly lean. Horrendously lean. Once I put on my V&H pipe, lost the airbox lid, slapped in a high-flow air filter, and added a PC3 all was well. The pipe knocked 40 pounds off the bike, and it puts down 120 HP at the wheel now.

[Rob Hilding]

Yesterday, I decided to take all the (running) bikes in the garage for a spin. One right after the other, on the same 10 mile route.......

First was the wife's  '05 Heritage Soft tail - Easy chair riding position, Lots of noise, terrible brakes, mild acceleration

Next was my '06 V-Rod VRSC-D (mid controls) - Bars immediately felt narrow and bike felt small! Much faster and good brakes - better handling

Next was the '98 M900 - clip ons - "falls" into turns - a bit soft on acceleration compared to the V-rod

Finally, '01 M900Sie - also clip ons  and with 15 -43 gearing - less nervous front end and great punch with the gearing - I can't think of a better Monster for me