Hi All,
I've been looking at Confederate's American GT for about 2 years and came
"That Close" to buying one earlier this year. Then I saw the light and bought
a 2000 VMax instead. For those of you thinking of selling 1 or 2 of your
Maxes for a Confederate, you might consider selling 3 or 4 of them, the one I
was looking at over at Staz's, just south of Las Vegas, was $30,000 asking
price. It did have the 120" Merch engine though (a $3,000 extra and a
requirement if I was going to get one). The seat was OK, the handlebars were
bent kinda weird and the foot pegs were sooooooo far forward I could barely
get my toes on them. The bikes got the right stuff in the way of tires and
wheels (but then so will my Max once my Dymags get here) but it's got no
ground clearance so it doesn't lean very far - those primary drives can get
awfully wide down low. Also remember, it's got a big Harley style engine and
that means you'd just have a 120 inch paint shaker for power. You're still
going to leave a trail of nuts and bolts everywhere you go! - not to mention
the stress fractures in the frame!
Speaking of loose bolts, I was at the Rock Store yesterday (Sunday) and saw
something interesting. There was a flat bed truck with 2 dynos on it, side by
side, and a christmas tree between them. 2 guys would ride their bikes onto
the lift gate and be lifted to the back of the truck, roll forward, do a
burnout on the metal plate provided for that and then roll forward onto the
dyno rollers. They would stage, then the tree would count down the 3 yellows
and then a green. Each guy would run up through the gears and they would get
a read-out for a simulated 1/8 mile run. ET's ranged from middle 6's to 9's
and speeds ranged from 103 to 126. They said that the computer sim. inside
doesn't have anything for wind resistance and that's why the speed are so
high for the 1/8. They also gave you your reaction time and whether you
redlighted or not. Though I didn't see what was on it, the riders got a
computer printout for their run. They were testing the system so it was free
but I suspect if it works out we'll be seeing these things showing up at race
tracks and other bike get togethers (especially where there are a lot of
Harleys - they seem to like this kind of stuff). It was actually kinda neat,
you don't have to go find a drag strip and you don't get speeding tickets -
although the local peace maker did stop by to see what all the noise was
about, but he left satisfied that nothing evil was taking place. OH!!, Almost
forgot: about the loose bolts, one of the Harleys that was running had some
of the bolts holding his open primary come out during his run. So a note to
my friend Tom Morgan, if you read this: not only do Harleys fall apart while
on the road, they can now fall apart while standing still :-).
Rod VMOA 1169
00 VMax
95 BMW R1100R
81 Yam XV920RH
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