Frank,
My apology for not responding sooner, today has been one of those FRY days for me. What could go wrong did, and what was preparing to, I did not have time left to see it happen.
I agree, after Steve sent me the image, I was wondering how this would handle pushing it through the twisties.
I am running the Forcelle Italia on my Sportster with the Progressive 440's, and that mod made the Sportster handle superb. Until you ride a bike with this set up, words cannot really describe what it is like, because you can really put it through a pace that with stock set up, just would not compare.
Some of the members here already ride bikes with suspension set ups that are probablly divine, and they know what I am talking about. The bike leaves you with no fear in its abiltiy to take on the hardest or tightest road.
My Sportster is on the selling block, and I already have a buyer for the Zippers RedShift kit for the Sportster.....I am going to go this route with the front end at some point. Then the 440's, PM brakes, wheels, and finally, I will look at the motor to decide what I want to do.
Still waiting development of something that will give a kick in the pants for the $ spent. The big bore kit for 5K with associated mods seems to be weak on the HP results I would like to see, so I have taken a backseat to the demon HP drug.
Maybe when someone gets a supercharger worked out, I will take the plunge.
I figure this motor has to be able to push out somewhere around 300HP, but am waiting for the right components to get to that point. When you see a Suzu Hyabusa pulling 400 or 500 ponies, it only makes sense that the V-Rod can attain the 300 HP number, and it is all in working the details out.
BTW, Steve Storz is a good fellow to work with, been on the track circuit, and really knows his stuff when it comes to these things. I urge anyone that wants to talk suspension, brakes, performance on the V-Rod not to discount him. His contacts from the racing circuit run pretty deep. He will retrun calls, and generally will allow incoming calls through his secretary. I think shes a front to allow him to manufacture hands on, as I can't imagine Steve flying a desk for 8 to 10 hours a day without shop time.
Personnaly, I have not spent much time talking with Steve on the phone except to resolve my rebuild issues with the Forcelle Italia front end, he was the man on the spot and walked me thorugh teardown and rebuild in minutes. He also had seals in inventory for this front end, and this has been out of production for a few years. Worked for me!
Rodman, follow the web link in the first post, and either call him, or e-mail Steve. he is timely in his response ands easy to work with.
