HD and NOS

[avion]

Why would you anyway?

It's like supercharging a vacuum cleaner.

What's the point of having NOS on a tourer?

LOL

[video=youtube;p0a6QmvfZkI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0a6QmvfZkI&feature=player_embedded#at=78[/video]

 

[The Seeker]

Because they are yahoos that have it so they can brag they have it.

 

[DaveM]

Makes you think lol

 

[CarlS]

More money than sense.

 

[Rocky]

It always amuses me when I see how much you have to pay for a H-D and then see all the $$$ aftermarket bits you can buy to make it go fast.
For that kind of money I want a rocket right after the showroom floor - or at least a factory engine that gives me the performance I want.
The Bonneville isn't a power house, but I know that and accept it for what it is - a very pleasant bike to ride.
But if I really want performance I'll haul out my H***a which can get me onto more trouble than I would ever want.

 

[DaveM]

I think for some it is more all about the bling and stuff you purchase after the bike that is more important than the ride itself

 

[Rocky]

I think for some it is more all about the bling and stuff you purchase after the bike that is more important than the ride itself

I see that among the Goldwing riders here. They add so much bling to the bikes that they look like an amusement park ride - or a jukebox

A couple of years ago one of our rather obnoxious and outspoken vintage club members (no longer a member) went up to a Goldwing rider and asked where he could put the coin in. The guy asked what he was talking about. Obnoxious guy said he wanted to play a song on his jukebox - thinking he was being funny
Well, they almost came to blows the guy was so pi$$ed off at the remark

 

[DaveM]

:y24: :y24: I am sure he would have been

 

[The Seeker]

Talking about Goldwings.....

There's a group of riders here which get together for a steak dinner once a Month during the winter.

One of the guys decided he was going to get one of those fancy three-wheeled Goldwings which are built in Minnesota this Spring.

So they (he and his wife) fly out to Minnesota to pick up the bike and ride it back to Pennsylvania.

Only problem is that as they are leaving Minnesota, they have to ride through 4 inches of snow...... without any heavy clothing and wearing tennis shoes!!

 

[CarlS]

PPPP - Pi$$, Poor, Prior Planning. I don't wear tennis shoes when I ride anytime of the year. I guess they failed to check the weather prior to their flight?

 

[The Seeker]

Well, they were going to be riding a three-wheeler, so they didn't figure on having to wear boots like a two-wheeled biker would.

The bike is advertised to have "HEAT".......but I don't think it means it's for snow storms!!

 

[CarlS]

One can get knocked of a three wheeler as easily as getting knocked off of a two wheeler. I witnessed a three wheeler hit a boat trailer on the Dragon four years ago. The trike flipped and the couple was killed. They went into the curve too hot.

 

[The Seeker]

I don't think they planned on hitting any boat trailers...LOL!

Seriously, this is an older couple who probably went the speed limit or less on all interstates the entire way.

But they could have looked at a weather map before leaving!!

 

[CarlS]

No one ever plans on an accident unless one is using a vehicle to commit suicide. You are right, they could have looked at the Weather Channel.

 

[The Seeker]

Well of course they don;t plan an accident, but if they crashed a huge Goldwing three-wheeler, I don;t think their choice of footwear would matter much!

They are an very nice couple, but to be honest with you, not the sharpest knives in the drawer either.

When I saw this gigantic yellow banana monstrosity, I said it was nice....but I had to bite my tongue as that isn't even a motorcycle in my book! It's like a Honda Accord without the doors!

 

[dazco]

To my way of thinking nitrous is foolish. I can see wanting more power out of any bike you happen to like, tourer or anything else. But what i find foolish is trying to make a LOT more power instead of buying a bike that already has what you want. If you have a 70 HP bike you love but want 90HP, you can get that fairly easy and w/o destroying the bikes engine. If you have a 60 HP harley with an engine not designed for power in the first place and air cooled to boot, don't expect to get 100 HP w/o sacrificing reliability or blowing it up. I just think it's foolish to use nitrous to try and make your harley a R3. Get a freakin' R3 ! Or get a Tbird and mod it till it's close. But don't buy a honda 250 rebel and try and make it into a busa killer. The engine will last 10 seconds. If you can't handle not owning a bike with HD on the tank badge, learn to enjoy going slow !

 

[CarlS]

Well said, Dale.