Doesn't everyone ride??
this is my 03 VTX 1800
I have added the Vance & Hines pipes, Hypercharger, and a power commander with the accellerator pump boost option.
Had it dyno'd and custom mapped....this thing is wicked fast.. looks like a sleeper, but I can pick the front tire up about 18" in second gear, and bury the speedo soon thereafter....
Another VTX1800? Woot!
Nice man. same color too lol.
Yeah, they are definitely a sleeper bike. 0-60 in just over 3.5 seconds? Killer. If your only racing stop light to stop light (or up to 60-70mph), you'll take most any sportbike out there cept the die hard 1000RR's, and of course the all out bikes like the busa and ZX14.
My friend on his BMW1200 inline 4 sporty was VERY surprised. Racing light to light, it was about 50/50 which he never thought I would even get the jump on him at all.
My last ride was a SV-1000 (V-twin sportbike) that did 0-60 in 3 seconds flat. Not mine, but I had the exact same model/color
When I turned to a cruiser, I knew that I had to get a power cruiser, cause going from 3 seconds 0-60 to a 5+ second 0-60 (average cruiser) would have been like pulling teeth.
Thank god for the VTX! I have looked at gettin other more sporty bikes, like the VFR for example, but couldn't rationalize it because many sportbikes like the VFR are SLOWER than the VTX.
The best is when you pull up to a squid on a GSXR 600 and he revs like he's tough $hit, and then the light turns green and he's eating cruiser dust! LOL.
Of course, thats all legal speeds. Once those bikes rev up, they will pass us. But then again, I rarely see triple digit numbers where they would woop our butts. I had the SV-1000 up to 140, and I had the VTX up to indicated 130... plenty fast enough for me.
One time (cause I'm younger still only 25) I was riding with a pack of sportbikes and we jumped on the concrete slab. They took off up to about 115-120 and let off the throttle, thinking they left me in the dust, but then I flew past them at 125 all lounged out giving them a thumbs up as they are all crunched up pretzel like.
They said it scarred the living daylights outta them when I passed them because of my psuedo loud pipes (with throttle Wide open) and because they never thought a cruiser could keep up with them.
Ah yeah...Anyway, nice bike man.
