Ultra 103 ci w/Nitrous vs Softail 113 ci w/Turbo on Dyno Drag

[HMiller1980]

haha this leaves out the launch, the steering input, track conditions, traction, and slowing down and turning at the end of the track. NONE of which a chrome covered bagger can do well. thats right boys, leave em on the trailer, thats where they belong.

[wolfizwatchin]

Like Flinstone said below... harley..comfort... but dont insult me with big twin turbo'd and nitros'd when my stock VF1100s gets 120= hp STOCK... puuhhhh -fukn-lleeease!! but I prefer my harley for general crusin, more than enough power, but seriosuly... my hog will never run down my V4... NEVER, ITS EMBARRASSING TO ENTERTAIN SUCH AN IDEA!

[wolfizwatchin]

BTW... I forgot to say I thought those were some nice rides, Im not the dresser kinda dude... but they were both nice machines, no doubt!

[1973shot]

draggin on dynos is for a bunch of pussies

[HEMRICKPERFORMANCE]

@1973shot

I guess that you haven't seen my other videos of the same bike out running crotch rockets and V-rods on a real drag strip. I noticed that you haven't posted any videos, but you sure can talk shit with your keyboard.

[TroutButter]

The announcer sounds like Jesse Ventura. lol

[duffsbeers]

THEYRE GOING SO FAST I DIDNT SEE IT

[flintstone9812]

Harleys can be pumped up and it can be impressive to see but in truth, they are cruisers. How many crotch rocket bikes can be ridden for 12-15 hours comfortably? I haven't found one yet. They are a blast to ride but not comfy. They are like apples to oranges. My sons have 650 honda and a 750 suzuki to name a few. Very fast, very fun, but I wouldn't take one an a three week trip to the smokies like I did my Harley.

[Jester4point0]

POINTLESS

[Ryknfjor]

thats a pretty realistic run for those kind of pushed engines though id like to add they cost ~3x as much as a literbike on ebay that will run as fast. and to everyone -the reason that the value of harleys are greater than the japs is cuz its a status quo pushed propaganda and the japs keep updating and outdating their own stuff. Japenese and european motorcycle technologies move forward. Hardley's technology stays stale. Buell forever- R.I.P. C'mon Victory do something crazy!!

[Greyrat70]

OK, I like V-twins (Harleys, Indians, Kaw'is, and Yamahas alike) but the numbers are...um, shall we say skewed a bit...average cruiser = around 650 lbs (dry weight) and the average sport bike = about 400 lbs (dry weight.)  Now, plug the numbers into lb/HP...the highest output cruiser I've ever heard of is less than 200 HP, so let's use that, and a STOCK Kaw'i ZX-10 (2009) is about 145 HP...Results: Cruiser power to weight ratio = 3.25:1 (very fast), Sport bike = 2.76:1 (faster than ANY cruiser.)

[hotkeepr7]

this hole rocket harley mix is just stupid. i have more power at idle just about any rocket around. as a rocket has its power up top. you cant compare the two. its not fair. two diffrent bikes. rockets are cool, i guess.. they have there crowd. lil geeks. that think there crap dont stink. then you have american clean good bikes. that last forever and hold its value forever. and when built right. now listin up rocket girls, in the 1/4 mile will smoke a rocket...

[eckyspondoolie]

weak as piss, any Kawasaki would cane you both.

[riderpoet]

One reason that air-cooled Harleys can be built to go that fast is because the dragstrip doesn't require sustained engine cooling. Basically, you're in the gas for only 9 or 10 seconds, and then you shut it off. There simply isn't time for the engine to overheat, even when it's boosted or tweaked to make 200+ horsepower. This is the main difference between bikes like these and liquid-cooled sportbikes that are built to run at full throttle all day long.

[freshe5b]

Having owned Yamaha and Harley, I must say the Yamaha's will outperform an equivalent Harley any day. But go to sell both, the Harley will retain its value much more than the Yamaha, and the Harley's are far easier to modify. Yet to run into a streetable cruiser that will run with my Ultima 110" turbo Dyna.

[jjc839]

A vmax will run 9's? new to me...

[baseball4416]

this is awesome, a great machine to have a bike week!

[outshined1969]

a vmax will smoke both... stock

harleys are junk

[dabrownguy2]

haha cool. at my work i got to ride a road glide with a jims 131 and D&D 2-1 and it was awesome. and another 1 was a heritage with a intercooled procharger with a 103 engine. both made about 145hp. stupid fast bikes =)

[omsigbug]

ridiculus bikes=stupid events...what were they thinking???

[HEMRICKPERFORMANCE]

That was the same thing that I was thinking when I was racing the crotch rockets on this video:

youtube. com/watch? v=DRUAvnEAeiI&feature= channel_page

[TroutButter]

@omsigbug haters gunna hate & stupid person is stupid.

[calfan3]

lmao........this is.........aghh

[Brian500R]

haha

is this serious?

[ryandthack]

@Brian500R

yep I guess it is. Stupid heavey, slow bikes and people trying to make them look fast. These bike would be to run 13 sec. 1/4 miles on a strip. Totally ridiculous. Apparently the computers formulas are waaaaayyyyyyyy off.

[hotkeepr7]

@ryandthack

you think a turbo nitrous built harley motor ony runs a 13 second? i have a built harley with no spray or turbo that will eat both these bikes. trust me that dyno isnt off at all.

[andgate2000]

Draging on the dyno? How do you take into account the bikes different weights. On the strip inertia has an effect an acceleration!!!

[HEMRICKPERFORMANCE]

They weigh each bike and enter the year, make, model in the dyno computer. The computer has a list of bikes and their specs incluiding frontal displacement and uses these in the calculation. My bike and myself weighed in at approx. 1100 lbs at that time. Is it perfect..no but very entertaining.

[tomcat44056]

I know from running this compared to the asphalt strip the dyno drag is about a second or more optimistic so they still wont beat a crocth rocket. Very impessive though, I cant beat it

[cmsracing]

Yeh... Too bad "crotch rockets" are a full second quicker!

[ronstew1955]

yeah too bad the ultra weighs about 200+ lbs more than a croch rocket and while riding the ultra classic you can listen to the radio and sit up straight. yaeh .....too bad

[forumboy007]

Yeah, you can sit straight up but that thing can't corner worth shit!

[HEMRICKPERFORMANCE]

I guess you have never seen motorman857 videos. Type motorman857 in You Tube search.

[kissmyring111]

@forumboy007 really you think so?

[barebones660]

holy hell very impressive man. crotch rocket killer for sure