Posted by Sean_Q_ on September 15, 2008, 12:56 am
timeOday wrote:
> But the cruisers, in particular, do seem to get bigger and fatter for no
> reason
There is a reason: those who think "there's no substitute for cubes."
> and make surprisingly little power given enormous displacement.
The Yamaha Roadliner's 1850cc motor puts out about 120hp. And the bike
really does haul. I could barely hold on to the grips.
SQ
Posted by timeOday on September 15, 2008, 1:11 am
Sean_Q_ wrote:
> timeOday wrote:
>
>> But the cruisers, in particular, do seem to get bigger and fatter for
>> no reason
>
> There is a reason: those who think "there's no substitute for cubes."
>
> > and make surprisingly little power given enormous displacement.
>
> The Yamaha Roadliner's 1850cc motor puts out about 120hp. And the bike
> really does haul. I could barely hold on to the grips.
>
Yeah, well, the Hayabusa makes 194 HP with 1300 CC. So that's 230% as
much HP per CC. I wouldn't expect them to be equal, but that's a huge
discrepancy.
Posted by Dean Hoffman on September 14, 2008, 10:10 pm
Lew wrote:
> I sold my old windshield today. The guy who bought it asked how is
> worked when I was using it. I told him I used it on a 4 day, 1600
> mile trip this spring and it worked great. He looked in disbelief
> at my Nighthawk and said, "on that bike?"
>
> Maybe it was because it's a Nighthawk, but I got the feeling he
> thought it was too small to be ridden that far in 4 days. Why do
> people think that 750s aren't fit for touring? I ride 900 mile
> weekends and have ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway from one end to the
> other and back on my "little" 750. I've heard of people doing tours
> on 50cc scooters.
>
> I admit that if I did nothing but Iron Butt type tours I might
> prefer a Gold Wing or 1200LT, but my Nighthawk is fine for touring.
> How big does a tourer have to be?
>
I heard of one guy riding to Alaska and back from here in Nebraska.
He supposedly had a 500 cc. single lunger.
I've ridden 500 mile days on an XS400 Yamaha I had years ago.
Older folk here will remember when a 1000 cc. bike was big.
The bike size increase is part of the bigger is always better
mentality. Americans have bigger houses with fewer people than in the
past. Soda pop used to be sold in 8 ounce bottles if I remember right.
We've all seen the big SUVs with a little chick driving while yapping on
her cell phone.
Kawasaki used to make a 750 for touring. Suzuki makes the C50T (805
cc) tourer.
Dean
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Posted by Mortimer Schnerd, RN on September 14, 2008, 11:06 pm
Dean Hoffman" <""dh0496\"@ine$br#as&ka.com wrote:
> The bike size increase is part of the bigger is always better
> mentality. Americans have bigger houses with fewer people than in the
> past. Soda pop used to be sold in 8 ounce bottles if I remember right.
Hell, Coke used to come in 6.5 ounce bottles. You could pour one down in a
single gulp.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
Posted by johnsen on September 15, 2008, 6:18 pm
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote in
> Hell, Coke used to come in 6.5 ounce bottles. You could pour one down
> in a single gulp.
Yeah. But that was *properly* enhanced "CokaCola (R)(C)(TM)"
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Brian Johnsen
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