IMFASTTOO
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The CBX didnt handle that good I had several of those
Hahah dreamers...........
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Bob R
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I like the way the Rocket sounds. One of the first things I noticed when I bought the Rocket was how nice it was to ride with out the consent roar of the engine. Yes Harley's fixed up sound neat but after awhile it can get irritating.
You don't even have to be riding one for it to get irritating. I won't ride behind a HD with loud pipes just because it is so irritating. Because of that I don't get invited on very many group rides that involve HDs.
bob
Triple Trouble
The Duk of death
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- '05 Rocket III '73 Norton Commando 65 Norton Atlas
Back in the day I pulled up next to a '73 Z1 on my '73 850 Commando with clip ons, rear sets and a Dunstall/Blair 2-1-2 exhaust and short gearing. I grinned over at him and he gave me the look! I must have psyched him out because when the light changed I took off and he just putted away. I had no doubt he would dust me but it never happened.
joey fletcher
My Son's Bike
Grampi Said
Something must have been wrong with my H2 due to my other H1 was faster. Indeed the 500 H1 was faster by quite a bit.
Just like a stock rocket up against Carpenter's Gorilla. I spent a ton of money on the 500. Heads and jugs to Calif. to get the spark plug holes welded up and relocate the plugs, the jugs had a lot of porting work done and Teflon skirted pistons to match.
There were a lot more tricks other than just adding velocity stacks and expansion chambers
I had planned on doing the same to the H2 750 ....but a divorce put an end to my playing
Stuff happens..........what can I say
Something must have been wrong with my H2 due to my other H1 was faster. Indeed the 500 H1 was faster by quite a bit.
Just like a stock rocket up against Carpenter's Gorilla. I spent a ton of money on the 500. Heads and jugs to Calif. to get the spark plug holes welded up and relocate the plugs, the jugs had a lot of porting work done and Teflon skirted pistons to match.
There were a lot more tricks other than just adding velocity stacks and expansion chambers
I had planned on doing the same to the H2 750 ....but a divorce put an end to my playing
Stuff happens..........what can I say
cr0ft
Living Legend
Yeah, straight pipes out of the engine which so many Harleys use is just antisocial. When you start car alarms just passing by, you're not a rebel, you're just a sociopathic *******.
I'm all for a nice rumble, and am considering aftermarket slipons, but there's a world of difference between a nice noise and straight pipes.
cusso ken
Living Legend
The Kawasaki triples went like they were shot out of a cannon, the only H2 rider I knew loved the bike but the main thing I remember about his worked one was it drank fuel at an indecent rate when really on the gas it was flat out getting from town to town less than 100ks at times tiny tank and a hughmungous thirst
cusso ken
Living Legend
The Z1 accelerated faster but was only 5mph faster than a 850 Commando in top speed ,however if a corner came up it was Sayonara okiwa nakama
grampi
Supercharged
I had a '79 myself...it handled about like the rest of the big Japanese bikes of the time...like you said, not that good...
grampi
Supercharged
An H2 would've been hard to hold onto with all those mods!
grampi
Supercharged
The Kawasaki triples went like they were shot out of a cannon, the only H2 rider I knew loved the bike but the main thing I remember about his worked one was it drank fuel at an indecent rate when really on the gas it was flat out getting from town to town less than 100ks at times tiny tank and a hughmungous thirst
They got horrible gas mileage...about as bad, or maybe a little worse than my Vmax was...the only time I checked it's mileage I got 22 MPGs...
