strokerlmt
Moderator
Radiator is huge.....there must be a way to cut it in two and wrap each section around the front frame bars.
LMT
LMT
Is Thunderbird a dirty word here??
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Xchoppers
Two Stroke
Vtwin?
What Vtwin?
Large air cooled engines will soon be extinct just like the dinosaurs they are...
musicswapshoppe
Rocker
Have just saved all the pics you have posted here and played as a slide show on my pc. Looks really good, and was fun to see the slight changes. should try it
KingOfFleece
Street Tracker
wrong
strokerlmt
Moderator
water cooled.......air cooled.......packed in ice........don't really care
The T-BIRD engine is huge
The T-BIRD engine is huge
Xchoppers
Two Stroke
You don't like large engines?
You don't like horsepower?
That's fine for you but don't think you are in the majority.
Anyone that has ridden a bike that makes lots of power (more than 100hp) knows they are a lot more fun than one with less.
Air cooled engines are clearly outdated for anything larger than a small engine like in the Bonneville.
That's why even harley went to liquid cooling for the Vrod.
The rest of their bikes are all pigs and the Vrod can't keep up with other big Jap cruisers. I know 'cause I've raced them with some of my bikes and blown them away! Harley intended to revamp their whole line to liquid cooled engines when they came out with the Vrod but they weren't ready for the lack of acceptance from their neanderthal customers that demand "classic styling" over modern technology. That's why I pass them by on the freeways every day! If they try to run their HD's at modern day speeds for any distance they overheat!
Plain and simple, the E.P.A. won't put up with engines that pollute the atmosphere and the only currently available technology that allows big power production while maintaining low emissions is using close tolerance, liquid cooled engines.
Dead horse?
Your thinking is the dead horse.
Get ready to be put out to pasture...
You don't like horsepower?
That's fine for you but don't think you are in the majority.
Anyone that has ridden a bike that makes lots of power (more than 100hp) knows they are a lot more fun than one with less.
Air cooled engines are clearly outdated for anything larger than a small engine like in the Bonneville.
That's why even harley went to liquid cooling for the Vrod.
The rest of their bikes are all pigs and the Vrod can't keep up with other big Jap cruisers. I know 'cause I've raced them with some of my bikes and blown them away! Harley intended to revamp their whole line to liquid cooled engines when they came out with the Vrod but they weren't ready for the lack of acceptance from their neanderthal customers that demand "classic styling" over modern technology. That's why I pass them by on the freeways every day! If they try to run their HD's at modern day speeds for any distance they overheat!
Plain and simple, the E.P.A. won't put up with engines that pollute the atmosphere and the only currently available technology that allows big power production while maintaining low emissions is using close tolerance, liquid cooled engines.
Dead horse?
Your thinking is the dead horse.
Get ready to be put out to pasture...
Xchoppers
Two Stroke
Xchoppers
Two Stroke
The radiator is small and well conceiled compared to a Rocket III.
A Rocket III blows away a T'Bird though...
There is no replacement for displacement.
KingOfFleece
Street Tracker
Manuf. are going to have to jump thru hoops to meet the Euro noise standards soon-one of the many reasond air cooled large motors are going away. It'll be sooner as opposed to later. Not next week-but we'll all be alive to see it.
Xchoppers
Two Stroke
That makes 1 of us.
Everywhere we ride we see broke down harleys on the side of the road.
At any of the runs we go to it's guaranteed we will see at least 2 or 3 over heated HDs waiting to get into events.
Normal cruise speeds on the freeways here run 80-90mph but you seldom see harleys running that fast...
strokerlmt
Moderator
Grant....my comment was that a nice mod would be to open up the front end with radiators wrapped around the front spares.
don't really like the looks of the rocket.....just personal
LMT
don't really like the looks of the rocket.....just personal
LMT
Xchoppers
Two Stroke
That's understandable.
It's not one of my favorite looking bikes but man, it's fun to ride!
KingOfFleece
Street Tracker
True. The R3 is "ygly" cute but I love her anyway!
