…motorcycle?s peak power at the Teresi/Easyriders Dyno Drags. I caught a battle between father and son as they squared off to see who was king of the quarter-mile. Their Harley-Davidson motorcycles were first lifted onto the back of a big rig?s trailer that has been converted into a mobile, makeshift drag…

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…strip is one of the most popular motorsports in America and quarter-mile times are a popular measure of a motorcycle's performance.Quarter-mile times are a popular performance benchmark for cars and motorcycles. The popularity of quarter-mile performance numbers comes from drag racing, one of the most…

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…grunt nor the panache of its European counterparts. The bike with the least horsepower here cranks out 110 eager ponies while running a 10.82 quarter-mile, so we're obviously in a fairly serious performance category here.On these bikes, as long as you keep speeds under 120 mph or so, your race-rep…

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…tested was Harley-Davidson's deadly serious Destroyer, a competition-only machine based on a V-Rod that easily cracks the 9-second barrier in quarter-mile drag racing. This means that a Harley - yes, a Harley - is the quickest accelerating production vehicle ever built."Yeah but," I hear you say,…

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…flexes some muscle on the '09 V-Rod Muscle.The void between me and the far hill at the end of Infineon's drag strip was black and measureless, the quarter-mile strip sticky with high-grade NHRA rubber left over from the day before. I did my best to channel the spirits of Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines riders…

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…models mentioned above.Piaggio, the parent company for the likes of Aprilia and Moto Guzzi, has just published its financial results for the first quarter of this year, showing that its sales have grown by 19.8% compared to a similar period in 2005. A strong performance in the U.S. and Indian markets…

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Harley-Davidson celebrates Million Mile Motorcycle Harley-Davidson celebrated and honored Zien?s million mile motorcycle accomplishment at the Company?s Milwaukee headquarters.For any motorcycle rider to log one million miles in a lifetime is truly amazing, but it?s even more impressive to do it on…

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…the baddest bike on the market. He pointed out that during Kawasaki's own private tests the ZX-14 was 22-feet ahead of the Busa in the quarter mile and has a five mile per hour faster trap speed. Everyone knows how fast a Busa is so at this point I was chomping the bit. After that type of introduction…

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…being utilized in the Lamberd's latest motorsport inclination - drag racing at Phoenix's NHRA track, Speedworld Raceway Park. "Drag racing the quarter-mile is not as easy as it looks," said Gary of their drag racing experience, a statement echoed by our very own Duke and Ken who have been on a drag…

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…of 200 hp at the crank.Performance Test: Ducati DesmosediciTop Speed: 190.78 mphDistance covered: 1606.85 meters (0.998 miles)Time taken: 25.40 secondsStanding start quarter-mile: 10.26 seconds @ 146.87 mphAccelerationSpeed (mph), Time (seconds), Distance (meters)30 1.54 9.9860 2.96 38.6270 3.41 51…

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