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Message started by klx650sm2002 on 06/16/10 at 10:39:21

Title: My favourite big twin
Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/16/10 at 10:39:21

2048cc's of torque monster, the VN2000.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o147/klx650sm2002/VulcanVN2000ClassicLT.jpg
and an engine cutaway(ohv)bore 103mm stroke 123.2mm
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o147/klx650sm2002/VN2000cutaway.jpg
Clive W :)

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by mick on 06/16/10 at 10:58:36

What would be the top speed of that monster ?
Geez thats over 1000 cc per pot,and the wieght ? just shy of a ton by the look of it.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by earlytimz on 06/16/10 at 11:17:16

My rail-buggy only has 2054cc's & it's much heavier by far...
That bike is a hoss for sure! The downside is it looks like every other bike on the road.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by mick on 06/16/10 at 11:38:42

5B5F4C52474A5753443E0 wrote:

My rail-buggy only has 2054cc's & it's much heavier by far...
That bike is a hoss for sure! The downside is it looks like every other bike on the road.

very true,another bike for the sheeple.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by jef.savage on 06/18/10 at 05:55:53

Motorcycle Consumer News tested one in '04 and came up with 90.0 RWHP, 116.9 lbs. torque, 818 lbs. wet weight, 41.3 average mpg, 134 mph top speed, 0-60 in 3.95, 1/4 mile time and speed of 12.15 at 106.70

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/18/10 at 06:16:22

& what does that big boy weigh? I guess thers some folks out there who can operate something that heavy & be okay with it, Im not one of them.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by runwyrlph on 06/18/10 at 17:35:09

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/madcap_bucket/Untitled.jpg

oh wait ... I thought you said "big twins"

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/19/10 at 12:41:22

That oughta void a warranty.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by mick on 06/19/10 at 13:50:16

disgusting !

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/20/10 at 01:48:39

Dry weight: 380.1 kg (837.9 pounds)

Oookay, Yea, well,, umm, nooo, I dont think I could pick that up or get it off my leg.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by LANCER on 06/20/10 at 04:35:50

If I were going for a BIG bike I would like this 2 liter vtwin or the Triumph big twin.
If your going for BIG then go BIG

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/20/10 at 05:40:58

Bikes that big otta come with an electrically operated jack to poke in a receiver to pick it up with, or hey, why not just have it mounted somewhere about midway, running across & make it able to extend to either side? Wouldnt have to get it all the way up, just far enough so some regular person could finish it w/o getting a double hernia.

Title: Re: My favourite big twin
Post by WD on 06/21/10 at 09:23:15

The Rouge (V2K, VN2000) is the only current production twin I find remotely comfortable. Suffers from too low of handlebars. And the seat sucks.

I find modern Harleys cramped. Most Yammerhammers are too ugly for consideration, Suzuki twins have the most hideous fenders ever conceived. Kawasaki killed off their best twins (800 and 1500 Vulcans and Drifters).

I like my dinky little Savage, but it has taken a lot of mods to make it ridable and improve its factory shortcomings. Micro-bars and a whipped concrete seat didn't cut it for long... neither do pseudo-fenders, lobster eye signals, plastic headlight bucket that snaps off if your tool roll bounces onto it... One more respray and another muffler swap and Azrael (Pokey's new name, Angel of Death) should be just right.