Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have

I am riding a Yamaha FJ 1100, the last of the great air cooled bikes. But now it is 1400 cc's, flat slide Keihn carbs, Carillo rods, titanium valves, Perf. machine brakes/floating rotors, puffed out swing arm, gumball 17" tires f/r, 4 into 2 exhaust, stock cam timing, rebuilt trans. with stock gearing--and there is not a bike made that can touch it in a top gear roll on.

Helloo Stilljd

thanks for your comment. I've nailed a couple of bikes in roll ons. The thing is a torque monster and with the stock cams and the racing carbs the throttle response is instantaneous in the rev range where most of us ride on the highway. All the ultra fast bikes make their power high up the rev band and in top gear (esp. a 6 speed bike) they are sitting in a part of the rev range at 80mph where there is not a lot of power. I like riding two up and the torque and power in the 4000-7500 rpm range makes it a joy without a lot of shifting. The wide seat is great and the modern radial tires, wheels, brakes and new fork make it very secure. I would love to have the chance to roll it on with any bike; I am pretty sure it would win against any modern bike if it were stock. I know I am narrowing the rules a bit but if you had a chance to ride it I think you might agree.

p.s. Stilljd

Nothing is faster for riding on the two lane road with curves than a lightweight bike. And lightweight bikes are also great fun to ride. But they certainly are not the most comfortable for a cross country trip, two up riding, or carrying luggage of packages. I love light weight but the real world is the real world. I have a few cars but only one bike.

My personal theory is that the factories build lightweight bikes for the reviewers to review, and that sells more bikes. But the reviewers are all young guys making no money having fun with someone else's bikes. They don't live in the real world where you have a bike and put 5000 miles a year on it, take a couple of trips a year, but still want it to have some go. And besides all that, at least my bike has a 6.5 gallon tank and that means I don't have to fill it up every 150 miles. Another real world item.

stilljd
no offense taken. I love debating over e-mail. I know that it sure would be fun to try my FJ against all the bikes out there. I think if you rode it you might agree. It has got a lot of power, and the throttle response is truly instataneous so that when you slam the throttle open you are slammed forward as if someone smashed you in the back, not merely accelerated, but slammed forward. The bike gets up over 100mph in a flash, and you have to hang onto the bars for dear life.

but let me say that it really is only a matter of the 80-120 mph range; I am sure that a lot of the new bikes would gather steam much faster in the higher speed ranges. Plus, I have left the stock hearing in place so even though the bike would go a lot faster than the top speed now (145-150 or so), the gearing would run the engine past redline.