Hey, bikers! Do you know what 1% means?

**2001GTTT** · 05-05-2008, 01:13 AM

just an up date as to how sick the 08 cbr 1000's are:

Blistering fast too, i might add, and the hyabusa we just got is pretty insane also. lol....its pretty weird what you find on some brand new bikes that come in. going over one i found a human hair underneath the paint on a $30,000+ screamin eagle edition springer.

1 and 3 are the cbr, 2nd one is the busa.

**Troll** · 06-21-2008, 11:03 PM

I was getting itchy again today. I went to National Road HD in Uniontown on my way to get some BBQ (no offense to your Z&M offers, Clark... this store was just on my way today).

They have 3 Nightsters (one on the floor and two in boxes) and one Crossbones in stock. Seemed pretty eager to talk, too.

I took the brochure to my old man's house and left it with him. I told him to buy something, leave it in his garage and I would perform all the mods and maintenance on it. Of course, I get to ride it whenever, too.

I don't think the deal's going to fly.

**Troll** · 06-21-2008, 11:07 PM

I'm starting to like the gloss black color more, too. The denim black two-tone colors are very very nice, but it looks weird when the oil tank, swingarm, fork lowers, handlebars and damn near every other black piece is GLOSS.

so the mod list starts out like this:

Screaming Eagle Heavy Breather air intake
Vance & Hines black staggered short shots exhaust
efi re-map

**2001GTTT** · 06-22-2008, 12:35 AM

we got some badass bikes in stock now.... wont be able to get pics for ya till friday, me and gina are headin out to the beach tomorrow.

**altoona** · 06-30-2008, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Troll

I think Harley owners nowadays are a bunch of 60-year-old white-haired retired dudes that look lucky enough to make it to wherever I see them. NOT SO OUTLAW ANYMORE!!!

Hey you must be talking about me! I'm almost 60, hair's work'in on turning white, sometimes I walk into a room and can't remember what I went in there for, and never really was much of an outlaw, if truth be told. Unfortunately I'm not retired yet.

Anyways this has been an interesting thread, seeing other people viewpoints. I've been on two wheels for a long time and have had my Sportster for the last 20 years. I don't care what they ride, I consider all bikers as friends, unless they prove otherwise. I've known some real a-holes that ride sport bikes, but I've known some that ride Harleys too. It's not what you ride, but who you are inside that matters.

I will say that the performance of the modern day sport bikes is nothing less than amazing. At the test and tune last week there were a lot of sportbikes present and I had one lined up against my car several times. I could usually get them out of the hole, but around the 1/8 mile mark they would pass me by. That a 600 cc bike can run the quarter in the 11's just blows my mind. The fastest vehicle at the track that day was a bike, a turbo 'Busa. I don't remember his et, but he was trapping 174 mph in the quarter. That guy had way more balls than I ever did.

**2001GTTT** · 06-30-2008, 09:09 PM

was this out your way?? j/w because a guy that comes into the shop has a turbo busa, amazing.

**altoona** · 06-30-2008, 09:48 PM

The turbo 'Busa was at Beaver Springs this past Saturday. I've seen that same bike there before. I think his et's were in the 7's! Even in my younger days I never had the nerve to ride a bike at 174 mph. The only cars I've seen at BSD during test and tune days that were faster were rails, and they weren't that much faster.

**Troll** · 06-30-2008, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by altoona

Hey you must be talking about me!

Nah! Sounds like you've been riding forever. I don't mean to knock anybody, but I'm referring to the guys who have never rode in their life, they're 50 or 60 and now they can afford a new Harley so they go get one.