Harley Demo truck vs our F6

[opas ride]

Hi Guys Gotta throw in my 2 cents. I do have an 07 Harley fatboy as well as the f6b. (have not road the fatboy yet this spring if that tells you anything)
but as far as power my harley which has had been made into a 103 ,cams,ported heads etc . Oh yea even lowered the gearing a bit by using a sprocket with 2 less teeth i believe. In place of the compensating sprocket. It is a monster! Makes its power from 3500 rpms to redline witch is much different then normal harley engines. Im not 100% sure which is faster as power delivery is so much different in the two bikes but seat of pants tells me the fatboy is faster. BUT I love this honda !!!!!!

Not to say your HD is not fast as I have no reason to doubt...but last year, at my ripe old age of 75, I ran up against a guy with a FatBoy that he said was built to a 110 with cams, ported, exhaust mods, fuel controller, and lots of bucks, etc. etc. and although it was quick I was at least 2 bike lengths ahead of him when I shut down at about 90/95 mph....My F6B is stock except for Cobra pipes and K&N filter...and I didn't have to spend $1000's of dollars to make it go....Ride safe

[BIGLRY]

Hi Guys Gotta throw in my 2 cents. I do have an 07 Harley fatboy as well as the f6b. (have not road the fatboy yet this spring if that tells you anything)
but as far as power my harley which has had been made into a 103 ,cams,ported heads etc . Oh yea even lowered the gearing a bit by using a sprocket with 2 less teeth i believe. In place of the compensating sprocket. It is a monster! Makes its power from 3500 rpms to redline witch is much different then normal harley engines. Im not 100% sure which is faster as power delivery is so much different in the two bikes but seat of pants tells me the fatboy is faster. BUT I love this honda !!!!!!

Just like any pumped H-D I have ever heard about, a lot of guys says their H-D is fast and powerful only to follow that up with... it is built with reworked heads, cams, high compression, re-geared.....custom screaming bla bla bla, but I've never heard that said about an OEM stock H-D, I wonder why(rhetorical question)?
Oh and just so ya know I've built a few hot rod H-D including a Turbo Sportster that was bad to the bone it made lots of RWH, but handled like crap as every H-D I have ever ridden into the triple digits does. No OEM stock H-D has ever compared to the total package of reliability with superior handling & OEM stock performance I get from all my Hondas. I have no doubt "it is a monster", but it did not come from the factory that way.

I still think they look good and are miles ahead of Honda in the paint department.
I'm found of the saying "it matters not what you ride, but that you ride" so if an H-D floats your boat then by all means ride & own one proudly.

[bob109]

There is but one word that separates Honda Cycles from Harley Cycles..........."Refinement". Out of the crate reliable and dependable performance with thoughtful engineering and attention to detail. Sure, Harley's glisten and gleam but that really isn't the essence of cycling. Take the "Image Thing" out of the picture and air cooled V-Twins are rather primitive technology requiring big $$$$ for bragging performance. Never owned one! Had the opportunity to ride my cousins Anniversary Edition Road King and couldn't wait to get back on my bike. My Cub Cadet Kohler V-Twin Garden Tractor was smoother Having talked to several F6B owners who previously owned Harley's the opinion of all was "what took me so long". I personally don't care what others ride as personal choice is a grand thing. That said, I'm not paying out good hard earned cash for a "Image". I'm in pursuit of "functional" rather than "fancy"

[Penguin]

Hi Guys Gotta throw in my 2 cents. I do have an 07 Harley fatboy as well as the f6b. (have not road the fatboy yet this spring if that tells you anything)
but as far as power my harley which has had been made into a 103 ,cams,ported heads etc . Oh yea even lowered the gearing a bit by using a sprocket with 2 less teeth i believe. In place of the compensating sprocket. It is a monster! Makes its power from 3500 rpms to redline witch is much different then normal harley engines. Im not 100% sure which is faster as power delivery is so much different in the two bikes but seat of pants tells me the fatboy is faster. BUT I love this honda !!!!!!

Your Fatboy is close to 200 lbs lighter.

[rdeady]

Believe me I love this Honda way more then the fatboy . Like I said the fatboys not even being ridden. And yes it is lighter and I did spend stupid (wasted) money on the engine and the tunup etc to make it what it is. I did demo some new 103 ci streetglides and roadglides when i was looking for new bike and I was not impressed. Although faster then the older 88 and 96 ci bikes they were still sluggish. Both my 07 fatboy and this f6b are way peppier. I have experienced peppy as I have owned a honda cbr 600 and a triumph street triple in the last 5 years and both were very fast especially the cbr. Night and day between the f6b and a harley I am extremely happy i bought this instead.

[shooter]

The Fatboy is 123 pounds lighter. And I would be surprised if that Fatboy dynoed 90hp. Maybe 90ft. lbs. of torque. The B on the other hand makes 118 HP and 123 ft. lbs.TQ. that's pretty big. I'll tell you one thing about a metric bike. It hits the rev limiter a lot faster than a HD. They rev so much quicker. At WOT its hard to grab the gears fast enough on the 1-2 change and the 2-3 change. Its not the V-Twin design that revs slower cause my M109R revs as quick or quicker than the B. The HD just revs slower by design. That Harley makes a lot of noise and a lot of vibration. That has nothing to do with speed. I'm sure its fast for a Harley. It won't run with the B.

[JBnAZ]

Cost V performance:

Rode yesterday with 3 very nice Harley's. One an electraglide set up factory as a 110. We did a little head to head acceleration, the Honda is faster. All 3 Harley's were super nice, no argument.

However, all three spent multiple thousands more than I did for my B. Not a few grand more, like 6 - 10 grand more with all their farkles added.

I have a hard time shelling out that much cash for something that doesn't perform as well as the Honda. Just my two cents.

And I owned a 2008 Street Glide.... Spent that cash, was fine selling it for something different.

[53driver]

Since my Harley is so old (21 years) I guess I just don't expect her to compete with my 6 - and she can't, even though she makes 80hp with 80cu in.
However, she is carbureted and when the global EMP hits, she might still work.

It's like lettuce and cabbage. They kinda look the same, kinda feel the same, but they are two completely different entities.

[BIGLRY]

Since my Harley is so old (21 years) I guess I just don't expect her to compete with my 6 - and she can't, even though she makes 80hp with 80cu in.
However, she is carbureted and when the global EMP hits, she might still work.

It's like lettuce and cabbage. They kinda look the same, kinda feel the same, but they are two completely different entities.

I love that analogy I'm going to use that one.

[53driver]

I love that analogy I'm going to use that one.

Rock it! I'm still using your "high side" quote and getting lots of chuckles.