H-D Cruiser vs GSXR600

[Rogue]

 

Just wanted to share something I saw this morning.

Guy in what looked like a 2001 GSXR600, completely stock with stock pipe, was stopped at a red light.

A H-D (not sure what model but it had ape hangers, white wall tires, old fashioned fenders, but looked very new) with very loud pipes with fishtail tips was rolling up in the next lane right before the light went green.

The GSXR guy was looking the other way and probably didn't notice the H-D (or pretended not to).  Light went green as the H-D was still rolling and then the HD just nailed it.  That bike was simply deafening at WOT.  The GSXR600 just pulled away in a leisurely but firm manner, didn't look like it was at WOT, and its rider wasn't even looking in the direction of the H-D bike.  The H-D was just redlining and shifting furiously (it was obvious the rider was trying hard to catch the GSXR off guard) but nope.  The GSXR600 stayed ahead of him as they went down the road.  

Yes.  I know, it's obvious how it would end.  However, it was cool entertainment for a few seconds during my commute.

[FJRmgm]

just think how many lives were saved by those loud pipes when he got on it...

[Orson]

They still make inline fours?  

[bomber]

So, to be clear, a 140+ MPH race-bred, purpose built, go-fast machine beat a low-redline, torque-box powered bike whose design is probably useful for everything EXCEPT going fast. Just want to be clear, here...  

This is similar to the fact that each and every generation discovers drinking and sex -- over and over again.

;-}

[Rincewind]

At least the loud cruiser guy was able to tell everyone about his small penis.  Winning was secondary.

[Blunder]

Biker Bob to his brother biker buddies down at the bar.

"Dooooods, I just smoked a fuckin' 'busa. That squid was so embarrassed he wouldn't even look at me! Won't them fuckin' ricers never learn?"

And he believes every word of it.

[TBone]

I thought this was another "Which bike should I buy?" thread.  

[Tyrroneous]

So, to be clear, a 140+ MPH race-bred, purpose built, go-fast machine beat a low-redline, torque-box powered bike whose design is probably useful for everything EXCEPT going fast. Just want to be clear, here...  

That's not the issue or the point.  The fact that the fishtail loud pipe ape hanger guy THOUGHT his fringe and tassles were faster or even had a chance against an ageing sport bike is what is laughable about this whole scenario.  

[UFO]

No tassles?

[Justin]

No tassles?

I think the tassles caused too much drag, otherwise he'd probably had pulled ahead.

[Blunder]

Ultimately, I don't care. These things are generally funny, but the discussion around them is often far funnier than the event itself.  

And then there's the whole coffee cup lid conundrum.

[stevent]

Well I for one hope the son of a bitch gets all that aggression out of his system before he works on MY teeth.........

[Blunder]

Or your taxes.

[Rincewind]

Well I for one hope the son of a bitch gets all that aggression out of his system before he works on MY teeth.........

 

[atadaskew]

That Ninja rider was lucky he rolled up against a Harley, not a Vespa....

[Flyer]

I've smoked a few bullet bikes through intersections in the Big Red Truck myself...
(Well...ya...you need "lights n' sirens"...)
 

[Rogue]

I neglected to add that I've encountered that same H-D rider before while on my VFR800.

Same situation but I let him beat me.  What can i say?  My VFR's engine was still cold as I just pulled out of my office parking lot while he already had his oil up to temperature!  

I think that encouraged him to think the fishtail tipped pipes does make his bike fast.

His pipes were just beyond obnoxious though.  It sounded like open pipes...really deafening at WOT.

[CosmicCowboy]

So the GSXR600 is faster than the VFR800? Yeah, we knew that, too.

[TuffguyF4i]

I think the tassles caused too much drag, otherwise he'd probably had pulled ahead.

Butt cheeks flapping out the back of assless chaps have the same 'drag' effect.  

[CLAY]

I had this last summer.  Pull up next to dood on some type of HD with his skull-cap helmet.  He wants to race, so we do- now bear in mind, I'm not a racer.  When someone wants to, my usual technique is to acts as if we are going to race, then simply pull away at a more leisurely pace than usual, allowing kid to beat me in his car-truck-whatever.  For some reason this guy got me- I suppose the cocky look, the revving the bike, or something- I don't know.  Anyway  I smoke him up to about 50 (speed limit of 45), at which point he stays on it and passes me, giving me the "I kicked your ass" look as he does.  

Welp, I have to turn left to go home, and he's in the right lane probably going to get on the highway, so I pull in behind him at the light for the on ramp.  Light turns green, he takes the corner and hammers it.  I stay right behind him while he winds her out up till about 90 or so when I pulled along side him, then do the "sick snick boom", and simply blew past him.  I stayed on it until he was *way* back still on it, took an exit, and side roads back home.  Man, that felt good.  

In the end, no matter how fast, it's still a cruiser.  I'm not sure what these guys think.  The B12 isn't even that fast in the world of sport bikes.