Sportster at Drag Strip

Running my Sportster at Evadale, TX drag strip.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• motorcycle
• drag
• racing
• sportster
• harley

[bj616]

That was awesome! Looks like it goes like hell.

[ridesahd]

Thanks.

[nightofoblivion2]

awesome bike. i've got an 08 1200R. once you loosen up these engines their monsters

[ridesahd]

Thanks.

[jrossty]

Awesome vid man! Check out my video of me on my '97 1200S, and my buddy on his '01 R6... Good numbers btw.... I'd like to be able to break into the 12's with my setup...

[ridesahd]

Thanks!!!

[cabritorsss]

I think I know who started calling Sportsters "women's" bikes. All of the fat geezers that are too heavy for them. In my day, maybe, and only maybe, a well tunes Norten could keep up with them (I'm talking about Kr' and CH' models. They were always, and still are faster and better handling than the the "hog" transporters. A Sportster however needs 2-3 thousand miles to loosen up before they can "limber" up a little. No, they're not techno marverls BUT they'll go for years on end for cheap.

[IlliniSpiker]

I have a 2000 Sporty S, trust me it's a fun bike to ride. I don't plan on having it as my primary bike forever, but I doubt I will ever get rid of the bike. The 1200S is technically in the street fighter class. I don't see why there was a need to be such a dick about it. You don't like the sporty? Quit looking up videos on You Tube about sportys.

[metaltera86]

Proud to say that my dad owned a Harley sportster 1200 back in the early 90s as a young 20 year old. Same will apply to me soon.

[chuckdrc51]

11.3 nice!!



[FTWDAVEB]

yes they are ive got a 99 883 with buell lighting heads cylinders and 10:5 to 1 comp pistons 1200cc now,portmatched intake s&s super e and a 150hp rated clutch. its 83.9 hp at the wheel never took it to the track yet i will be soon

[harleyguy89]

Ive been looking to run my Sporty1200 at the track down here in Edinburg TX and they tell me NHRA rules require riders to have on full leather racing suits. Now please tell me why you are wearing blue jeans? Ive been dying to unleash my bike and thats the only thing keeping me out of the strip.

[yankeephil1]

nice to see and hear well set up sportster doin what they were always made for,hence the name sport-ster.

[turbospirites]

wow my stock Dyna FXD only ran a 13.10 at 97 mph

[jkt8012]

HD Glide Hogs are for jean vested Biker-Poser old men who want to be perceived as macho. They ride the large series Harleys because their weight and age demand a rolling easy chair. Sportsters on the other hand are for true bikers..Years ago I owned a 1952 K model which was the grandad of the Sportster. The sportster was developed to compete with the large British bikes . Don't have a Harley anymore but still have my 75 Norton Commando which is in basically the same class with the Sportster.