silverback

Engine mods and the 800 pound Gorilla in the room!

1/8th mile at ~125mph! Lower gears; 1st and 2nd deliver way too much torque...hence the tendency to wheelie. Power delivery needs to be maxed in gears 3 and above. Or use of a set of drag bars.

If this vexing problem can be corrected a 400+ hp Silverback should be capable of high 8's, probably with drags. An even more powerful drag bike will soon debut!!!


(I've got my pipes and engine mods coming up; can hardly wait!)

travelguy said:

we czech's always figure it out in the end.. just takes abit sometimes

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Rice or Wheat?

dracul said:

Some may indeed shock you. Just as there giants among us, so too are giant trouser serpents lurking below in some instances. Some notable **** stars can tie theirs in knots and they still are large Mostly, the porky boys show the least meat, by and large...er...small Maybe that's why the fatties are often so darn angry with the world and become demagogue radio jocks, like ole' Limpballs. Also, my dear, the size of a man's Johnson is not necessarily proportional to his overall body stature or girth. Big men can carry pea shooters and midgets can be tripods! Generally, the "brothers" have it hangin' heaviest but there are exceptions sweetie. Polynesians and Asians are rather modestly equipped from what I've seen in the dozens of gyms I've been in over 40 years and several states. Hispanics and whites are about equally disposed, on average. I suppose somewhere on line you could fine some truly heroic specimens...I'll leave that inquiry solely to you dear girl

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My only comment is.......

An inch longer I'd be a king. An inch shorter and I'd be a queen.....

HELLRAISER said:

RON, WENT AN LOOKED AT SOME TRIUMPS AN HARLEYS TODAY...SEEN A BEAUTIFUL ONE OF A KIND PAINT JOB ON A TRIUMP BONNIVILLE THAT I JUST LOVED....SET ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES CHECKIN SIZE....LUCKY FOR ME, I HAVE A 34 INCH INSEAM AN HOLDING A BIKE UP OF ANY SIZE IS NO EFFORT FOR ME! I WAS LEANING TOWARDS A TRIKE BUT NOW IM THINKIN JUST MOTORCYCLE....OH IM SO CONFUSED....MAYBE I SHOULD PURCHASE ONE OF EACH!!!! THANKS RON...DeAnna ANY WEBSITE SUGGESTIONS?

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3 wheels or 2 wheels......holding it up is not the big decision...

Do you want to "drive" or "ride"???

Bonnies are very fun to ride!

Trikes are for old folks and children

Don't do a trike, lovely Deana. Trikes are toys unless powered by stompin' V-8's! Three wheeled cars at best. Underpowered and ridiculous, IMHO. You're much better than that...get a big assed BIKE!!!! luv ya, the blood sucker

You are talking ****e Dracul...

You might think trikes are only for 'old people and children' but how insulting is that to the many motorbike riders with disabilities who have to go the trike route to continue riding. I ride a Rocket 3 - yes its a trike. Me and many others have disabilities through protecting your freedoms in militery service, through idiots driving cars or our own stupidity. But we are no less valid as R3 riders than you. I'm a permanent wheelchair user and a competitive powerlifter you seem to like your muscles, so you would probably be a guy who would denegrate that too. Try exercising your mind more often - it'll help. Ron

dracul said:

1/8th mile at ~125mph! Lower gears; 1st and 2nd deliver way too much torque...hence the tendency to wheelie. Power delivery needs to be maxed in gears 3 and above. Or use of a set of drag bars.

If this vexing problem can be corrected a 400+ hp Silverback should be capable of high 8's, probably with drags. An even more powerful drag bike will soon debut!!!


(I've got my pipes and engine mods coming up; can hardly wait!)

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The 240 kitted "drag" bike (which has been pumped up to 260+hp is expected to run in the mid 8s with a little more effective front wheel control! I suspect that a 400 rear wheel hp version won't do it due to wheel spin (unusable hp on the track) without some crazy mods.

TriumPhil said:

The 240 kitted "drag" bike (which has been pumped up to 260+hp is expected to run in the mid 8s with a little more effective front wheel control! I suspect that a 400 rear wheel hp version won't do it due to wheel spin (unusable hp on the track) without some crazy mods.

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Probably need a car tyre............. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Rocket Ronnie said:

You might think trikes are only for 'old people and children' but how insulting is that to the many motorbike riders with disabilities who have to go the trike route to continue riding. I ride a Rocket 3 - yes its a trike. Me and many others have disabilities through protecting your freedoms in militery service, through idiots driving cars or our own stupidity. But we are no less valid as R3 riders than you. I'm a permanent wheelchair user and a competitive powerlifter you seem to like your muscles, so you would probably be a guy who would denegrate that too. Try exercising your mind more often - it'll help. Ron

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I was waiting for YOU to chime in. What took you so long? Sorry though, trikes are not motorcycles. Period. End of story dude. Disability or not the only trikes that impress me have V-8's and push 800+ hp. Motorcycle chop jobs are toys: aint taking it back. I wish you well, glad for your service and all that...we've all paid our dues pal. I was a cop and corrections officer in deadly tough locks ups with people you would not want to dance with. I'm injured from head to toe and live in continuous pain...big friggin' deal. Most feckless, gasbag, pretend bad-boy biker lardasses could not begin to live in my pain wracked corpus. My fate...I bought it. When I can no longer ride two wheeeeeeeels man, I won't kid myself with three. I'll retire from the **** bikes altogether and get a god**** horse! Plain enough???? I'll NEVER ride a trike!


And by the way, I graduated Magna Cum Laude, straight "A's" on full Chancellor's Achievement academic scholarship from my sophomore year until graduation from the University of Hawaii, sap. On the Dean's List enough times to paper a wall!!!! Published several papers. Blah, blah, blah. Suffice it to say I know my way around a term paper and an exhaustive examination process. I've excelled at various graduate level programs I won't bore you with, additionally. I'm also a working graphic artist, tattooist, airbrush artist and Certified Personal Trainer, among several other things. I'm probably conversant in topics you can't even pronounce fella. Yawn.... SO... NOT all lifters are uneducated louts...like sssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooo many BIKERS! Take my friend, the new Mr. Olympia, PHIL HEATH: he holds two degrees and runs several small businesses. You WISH you had one tenth his abilities and talents! His predecessor, JAY CUTLER, also a friend of mine, owns one of the most successful construction outfits in the mid-west and he also has earned an MBA! So back off with the predictable and insipid "stupid powerlifter" hogwash and horse****e. It's not becoming, nor is it accurate in even the remotest terms.

In the future, make sure your mind is loaded before you shoot off your mouth (virtually speaking of course)! A common problem on this decrepit forum. So many pissed off bantam roosters strutting around spoiling for an argument. What pissant rubbish! Why .com will always be my preferred venue (although acrimony is not unknown there either...I just steer clear of it...I elect to vent my occasional spleen exclusively in this fetid cess pool).

P.S. I do give ya' credit for powerlifting though! Good on you...mate...

400+ hp model on the way!

TriumPhil said:

The 240 kitted "drag" bike (which has been pumped up to 260+hp is expected to run in the mid 8s with a little more effective front wheel control! I suspect that a 400 rear wheel hp version won't do it due to wheel spin (unusable hp on the track) without some crazy mods.

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Drag bars my friend! I was talking to Art about this very thing a day ago. Actually, I talk to Art several times a week. Great guy! Anyone who thinks differently really doesn't know him or has his/her witless noggin well up his/her kulu The 400+ hp rendition will likely smoke nearly any bike out there...with the possible exception of some hyper Busa's and monster Max's. There are many who worship the Gods of Power!

Hell man, look what the venerable HOMBRE has done on his end! 754 horsepower in that ultra-bad-assed, Frankenstinian monstrosity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY friggin' gawd! What Cyclopean might! The potential of these machines is utterly staggering, do you not concur? Of course, there is no replacement for displacement as the old saw reads There are built and blown Boss Hoss's with over 1,200 hp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!