Quote Originally Posted by XB9-Vtwin View Post
For instance in the movie EASY RIDER - Would it have even been realistic for a well-used HD chopper to have made it w/out breakdown in 1969 from California to New Orleans? From what I've read I doubt it. Or is the fact the Buell "beginner bike" the BLAST is 500cc's because the HD motor is weak or the fact is operates at such a comparatively low rpm it requires THAT much displacement whereas a jap entry level bike is usually 230cc's?

This why I'm here to ask those who know because I damn sure don't.
In the end, even Erik Buell was putting brand new Blasts in the crusher... with a smirk and twinkle in his eye while pressing them into paperweights.

Even he realized they were better as an endtable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQ5iYavry8