Ok I'll fess up and take whatever beating is coming. I am the Harley rider in discussion here. I would like to set a few things straight before the bashing starts, 1st The kid as has been called here (I guess you could say that being he's about 30 years younger than I am)is no amature, he's been riding sports all his life and knows how to handle a bike. 2nd No intent to degrade any bike, I ride with lots of diff type bikes, I ride a Harley, my Wife started on a Yamaha V-Star, one of my best friends in the world rode a Warrior until just recently, his wife rides a V-Star. 3rd I never intended to lead anyone into thinking my bike was stock, my dyno sheet at 118/118 had been posted for some time before the story, and that was before a few more upgrades and without NOS, but no intention to make anyone think I was stock. 4th(The Kid) is a great guy that I would ride anywhere with, and did ride a lot with while he was in LA. I consider him to be a good friend, If someone doesn't accept his bike anywhere we go, then they don't accept mine either, I could care less what you ride as long as you ride.
The only reason I found this site is one of the HD forum members pointed me here for help on the upgrades we did to his bike, I got some great info that helped a lot,(There still not as easy to work on as a Harley) but the info was great. The only thing I enjoy more than riding is working on bikes and learning new thing about them.
OK, let the bashing begin, I've got big shoulders.