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Survived: Harley Destroyer

Eugene, the destroyer and me

“I am Gene, Super Gene,” he said? and from then on it was clear how the day would go. In the evening we had to drink a lot.

How gracious the English language is: Just imagine if it were stars and stripes-
adorned on the racetrack, slit his eyes, his face
to the fist and the lips to the words: »I am Eugen, Super Eugen! And me
I’m going to make you drag professionals today. ”Such a figure would suddenly have completely fused. Gene Thomason, Harley racer and head of a drag racing school, can thank God in the USA
to be born ?? where a Eugen doesn’t even know how silly Super Eugen sounds.
As a child, Gene was definitely nice, but that was before the horn-rimmed glasses and so long ago that we can ignore it below. So he stands in front of us, Mister Super Gene, on the pasted drag strip of the California Speedway, giving the full throttle professor. His job: to initiate two dozen motor journalists into the secrets of the first series dragster in history. “The all new” Harley-Davidson VRXSE Screamin ?? Eagle V-Rod Destroyer. The fastest oven that Harley has ever launched in any significant number. 600 should
20 of them are intended for Germany ?? and already sold. “Not for street use,” of course.
“What we are celebrating here is not a child’s birthday,” lectures Gene. “You’re going to fire a 165-horsepower bullet, 7000 revs. A screeching monster that can walk the quarter mile in less
than ten seconds? if you check what that means. «What we definitely check is that we have Super Genes
everyone thinks they are right noses, none of them worthy enough to even leave the Destroyer on: folk Smurfs in joyful anticipation of the ultimate quartermile thrill. For someone like Eugen, who normally hangs around the Top Fuel Harleys in the 6s, the horror.
Nonetheless, the whole thing boils down to something like that. In fact, Harley is planning to put out a Destroyer Cup to make it easier for amateurs to access the quarter mile and add a dose of speed to the brand’s image. Outside of the United States, word got around that Milwaukee doesn’t just produce stationary engines. The Destroyer could fix that now, but Super Gene’s curriculum is not yet through. Thoroughly he lets himself be demonstrated that the Smurf as such can accelerate with a normal Harley, drive straight ahead and burn. Later in the day it also becomes clear why ?? and how wrong we Eugen have done in between.
Those who sit in the saddle of a destroyer for the first time may even forget to breathe. Screaming eagle ?? because of: roaring horde of rabid animals! 1300 cubic, compression 14 to one, 58 suction throats and zero sound absorption. How was that now with switching? First gear on foot, the rest with your thumb, without the clutch, whenever there is a lightning bolt. Is that what I really wanted? Why haven’t I learned anything sensible??
Why am I not sitting at the hairdresser’s now and having my hair undulated? Genes,
Eugen, dear Herr Thomason, please, please, turn this machine off again.
Pull yourself together, Schulzi! Burn that thing, pretend you’re roasting a 7-inch drag sausage every day, turn the tap on, let the lock-up click, and see that
you aim straight at the hut in front
you keep, no matter how lousy the load initially oozes around its almost flat-footed rear tire. Just like Gene said. Overturning is not possible with such a wheelie bar, and in addition, when the clutch is pulled, they have programmed the rev limiter so that you cannot accelerate too much.
4000 revolutions, stop, the screaming becomes unbearable. Stupid traffic light, already burning. Ah, first yellow double light, from the second it gets serious and then green so quickly that the engine speed almost rattles into my cellar with shock. Footrests ?? Where? Lightning, thumb, ohhh ?? why is the bucket driving towards the hedge now? The hut at the end of the strip,
did you have her in view? Lightning, thumb, lightning, lightning, cut, end. 402.34 meters, over time and speed we cover the cloak of silence. It was about survival and nothing else. Just this much: With the Screamin ?? Eagle Fat Boy I wasn’t that much faster … And when someone asks me about the power I feel: unimaginable, folks. You have to experience that!
In the end, Super Gene was also very happy because there was no Smurf on his
a fabulous 9.19 seconds.

Screamin ?? At Harley-Davidson, Eagle stands for everything that makes things fast. And
some of them find their way into series production via the CVO models. CVO ?? as
Custom Vehicle Operation ?? is the department of the “all American company,” which is not a
Motorcycles, but rather motorized investments. For 32995 Euronen, warm that
completely furnished Srceamin ?? Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide. With inflated
Twin cam foundation: 82 hp high, 1690 cubic centimeters deep. A two-room apartment with a view of extravagant chrome accessories. Who now taps on property, however,
is wrong. You can take such a FLHTCUSE with you everywhere, it is very easy
Driving much easier than threatening 385 kilograms.
CVO proves a sure sense of art with the 29,525 euro heavy Screamin ?? eagle
Fat boy. The theme of the sculpture, which is also equipped with big bore cylinders: the hole!
Holes everywhere. On the rims, on the handlebars, on the running boards, on all panels,
To leverage ?? on the brake discs anyway. This is convincing in the American original
A masterpiece with high-fidelity sounds from the high-end side pipes. State of the art is also the new 200 mm rear tire on the lowered rear.
The Screamin’s rear appearance is even fatter ?? Eagle V-Rod: Here a mighty 240cc Dunlop Sportmax turns the wheel. Looks great ?? and drives really bad. Almost every
Corner exit a surprising result. No matter. As a legitimate offshoot of the Destroyer, the 125 hp 1250er is allowed every degree of lean angle as a further development
book. Cost: 26,895 stones.

What wins on Sunday, sells on Monday

Infernal roar, green light, 402.34 meters full throttle, done. “That ?? s drag racing ?? ?? basically. Quite manageable for drivers and audience alike, and the Americans love this sport. More, much more than Formula 1 or MotoGP. On November 6, 2005, the USA did not aim for Spain and the MotoGP final, but rather close to the Pomona Racetrack
LA, site of the decisive NHRA championship races. Millions in front of the television, 60,000 in the stands. NHRA stands for National Hot Rod Association, hard translated: 
“National Association of Hot Connecting Rods.” And wherever it blows towards the Quartermile, there is a festival atmosphere. There are zeppelins circling in the sky, rocket men land on the track, pop stars are hired to sing the national anthem and a great many
Dollars invested in huge servings of popcorn, spare ribs and beer.
The main attraction are the top fuel cars with up to 7000 hp, which, when pressed, rock their 402.3 meters in 4.4 seconds while flaring four or five gallons of nitro? so
ridiculous 15 to 19 liters ?? and even jet across the target at 540 km / h. The Pro Stock Motorcycles are more leisurely. The 1.5-liter four-wheel and
2.6-liter two-cylinder. Minimum weight including driver 279 kilograms. At the start: Buell, Harley, Kawasaki, Suzuki. And for the second year in a row, the title went to Andrew Hines, 22,
from Screamin ?? Eagle / Vance & Hines team, which with 6.968 seconds and 317.76 km / h
also holds both pro-stock records on the quarter mile.

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