Harley 120R Verse Rocket X

[TriumPhil]

The feeling a rider gets from his motorcycle is the same today as it was over a 100 years ago. All the technology in the world won't change that. My Harley communicates to me in ways my Rocket never will.

Different strokes for different folks, saddleup.

All of the Harleys I've ridden over the years, and there have been many, speak to me in tongues - essentially telling me, "I've fallen and can't get up!"

 

[Tal]

****!!..my very first ride was a Puch Moped!!...must have been about a 1958 model im guessing...i was the man!! well, i was only 15 yrs old. I had "snoopy" written on the rear mudflap for Christ sake!!! Used to crouch down over the tank and fly along at 25mph....still had that euphoric feeling tho!!

 

[Ishrub]

The feeling a rider gets from his motorcycle is the same today as it was over a 100 years ago. All the technology in the world won't change that. My Harley communicates to me in ways my Rocket never will.

My uncle has an Australian built and assembled 1915 Peerless motorcycle with a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub gear change, belt drive and an 5hp English Precision V twin, he did an 800km + veterans run on it from Sydney to Melbourne about 10 years ago. He still rides it, his 1927 Triumph Model P 500cc, 1937 BSA B25 Empire Star and 1946 BSA M20 500cc singles regularly and produces the Exhaust Notes magazine for the Victorian Vintage Motorcycle Club.

 

[Ishrub]

It's better than their previous designs, but it still lags behind the metrics...they need to go with full liquid cooling for one thing...and they're making a big deal about the new 4 valve per cylinder design that's been around for decades with the metrics...

Nearly 100 years for Triumph bikes:
List of Triumph motorcycles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Triumph Model R 500 cc 1921-1926 Designed by Harry Ricardo. OHV with a 4 valve head.

Over 100 years for cars:
Multi-valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The first motorcar in the world to have an engine with two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder was the 1912 Peugeot L76 Grand Prix race car designed by Ernest Henry. Its 7.6-litre monobloc straight-4 with modern hemispherical combustion chambers produced 148 bhp (19.5 HP/Liter(0.32 bhp per cubic inch)). In April 1913, on the Brooklands racetrack in England, a specially built L76 called "la Torpille" (torpedo) beat the world speed record of 170 km/h.[

 

[IMFASTTOO]

That is an interesting point. Of all the bikes I've owned I kept being drawn back to BMW twins. I'd sell one, buy something more powerful, get bored with it and buy another BMW. Happened several times and if I buy another bike it will likely be another BMW twin.

HAD many BMW twins never liked them much very odd boring bikes with lots of problems

 

[Ishrub]

HAD many BMW twins never liked them much very odd boring bikes with lots of problems

Thats strange, you seem to be made for each other, matching twins no less

 

[cusso ken]

I fully understand the Attraction to Harleys, When I was out and about on my Harley I turned into Geronimo, I still have my 1340 Shovel Superglide 2 that I bought new in 1985 and rode almost every chance I could, loved the sound and the simplicity, and at that time the relatively exclusive Harley ownership they were less common on the ground in the 80s and early 90s in OZ, the Rumble of the Shovel engine IMHO has not been duplicated in any of the later"more powerful" Harleys, this was before the Chaps in Chaps and designer must have clothing, HOG wanna bees ,
I would not say that one day I may buy another Harley or put a new S&S Shovel engine in my old FXRS just for fun.

 

[dragonjocky]

Went on a nice poker run yesterday and had a lot of fun. A lot of good people. Ran across a guy on a CVO with a 120r Harley engine. He paid a extra $10,000 thousand dollars for this motor. claimed it had 141 horse power. On the last leg of the poker run he ran up beside me and challenged the Rocket. The four people I was running with moved out of the way. Long open highway in front of us, no traffic to speak of so off we went. He was very disappointed. The guy would not even speak to me when we got to the end of the run. A lot of people were totally amazed at the Rocket X performance level. Not only did we receive a lot of complements on how good the bike looked but after the full open run up against this hot shot there was a lot of questions asked about the level of performance of the Rocket. One guy I could tell was just itching to ride the Rocket but would not come out and ask. I let him sit on the bike and then turned the ignition on and told him be careful but go ahead and take it around the block. He argued at first but I could tell he really wanted to. After riding side by side with the guy for about 100 miles I knew he was a seasoned rider and was not concerned. The grin on this guys face when he made it back was priceless. His ride is a 2015 Harley Heritage but some how I get the feeling not for long.

LOL! Yeah I let a buddy of mine who rides a Street Glide take my rocket for a ride. Any time we're out now and someone asks about the rock his one word reply is "Fast".

 

[GPMAZ]

HAD many BMW twins never liked them much very odd boring bikes with lots of problems

Well over 100,000 miles on 4 different models. Regular maintenance, no problems. Maybe its a karma thing.

 

[scot in exile]

My uncle has an Australian built and assembled 1915 Peerless motorcycle with a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub gear change, belt drive and an 5hp English Precision V twin, he did an 800km + veterans run on it from Sydney to Melbourne about 10 years ago. He still rides it, his 1927 Triumph Model P 500cc, 1937 BSA B25 Empire Star and 1946 BSA M20 500cc singles regularly and produces the Exhaust Notes magazine for the Victorian Vintage Motorcycle Club.

You mean our uncle