Harley-davidson Screamin' Eagle VRod destroyer

[leonidas]

I took a ride today (around the neighborhood).
Rode over to the reservoir to look at the lake and then around town.
Stopped at a bar/restaurant a few blocks from our house, went in, sat down and ordered a beer.
The fellow next to me was wearing a motorcycle jacket; so I asked if he was a motorcyclist.
He informed me that we was not a motorcyclist. He was a Biker.
I said, "Oh. It's sure a nice day to be out for a ride today. What do you have?"
"I own a Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle VRod Destroyer." he said, never looking my direction.
"Hey! Me too," I said. "I have two of 'em!"
This got him to turn and face me.
"You have two Harley-Davidson Destroyers? You know they are very limited edition bikes." he said.
"But you have two of them, do ya?"
I replied, "Yup. A Honda V65 Magna and a Honda Blackbird."
At least it got a smile out of him before he said. "I'd have to see that happen to believe it."
We went on to talk for a half hour or better after that. Nice guy. Even bought me a beer.
Maybe we'll see each other again some day...

Pictures of my ride:








And my two Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle VRod Destroyers

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[leonidas]

Just did some reading on it.
Yup. It's a drag race only bike.
165hp. will do 9s right out of the box.
YIKES! I doubt I'll see him on the street, tho.
At least I hope not.

[Drifter]

Good story. Nice photos and nice black bird. Or red bird in your case
I looked that monster up also, wow they have to do a lot to make a HD get under 10 in the quarter. I would like to see one in person.

[Camp21178]

Great story leonidas!

[Y2K]

Just did some reading on it.
Yup. It's a drag race only bike.
165hp. will do 9s right out of the box.
YIKES! I doubt I'll see him on the street, tho.
At least I hope not.

Won't see that Destroyer on the street,can't be made road legal unfortunately.

[leonidas]

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Is there no street version at all?





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[slozomby]

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Is there no street version at all?
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lights ( looks like theres mounting places easily accessible) , mirrors, horn, license plate mount, tires w/ tread, pretty much all you'd need to get it street legal in most states. baffles for the rest. if your forking out $30k for one of these another grand or 2 in parts shouldnt be a problem.
oh and remove the flip bar.

or you can buy a nightrod or vrod and spend $20k making it your own

[artistic_gore]

If I could make a dirt bike street legal, I bet that could be as well.

[Y2K]

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Is there no street version at all?

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There is a 1200cc SE V-Rod but it's not a street legal Destroyer.

or you can buy a nightrod or vrod and spend $20k making it your own

Yup,get a V-Rod and order parts for the destroyer,that can be done.

If I could make a dirt bike street legal, I bet that could be as well.

No title or VIN # on these bikes so good luck.

[artistic_gore]

I know if you build one yourself, you present the paperwork for the parts and whatnot to the state patrol. They issue you a vin number or have you designate one, something to that effect and then you get a title/registration. Wouldn't this be similar? Show the origin paperwork (it may not have a title but it has a pretty fat receipt), show what you have done to make it street legal and get a title/vin # issued. Forgive my ignorance if not. It just seems like there must be a way.

[slozomby]

my last yz had a vin. i know you can get a vin assigned to your dirt bike by getting it inspected at the Cali dmv. (

cali and texas have very specific legislation covering the conversion of dirt bikes to street mostly covering emmisions. the rest is covered under basic street laws ( turnsignals, head lights and brake lights, lighted license plate, minimum tread depth, mirrors and a horn) im sure most other states have the same.

[Camp21178]

That is one nice looking bike.

[Y2K]

I know if you build one yourself, you present the paperwork for the parts and whatnot to the state patrol. They issue you a vin number or have you designate one, something to that effect and then you get a title/registration. Wouldn't this be similar? Show the origin paperwork (it may not have a title but it has a pretty fat receipt), show what you have done to make it street legal and get a title/vin # issued. Forgive my ignorance if not. It just seems like there must be a way.

Dunno,maybe but I know it's getting harder for homebuilts and dirtbike conversions to get licensed.
Emmisions laws,noise laws etc.

[Drifter]

Why on earth would anyone want to ride that on public roads? First, one tiny disc on the front? It probably needs an other quarter mile to stop that thing. With that square rear tire on there a scooter could lay waste to it in any kind of corner, but I bet with any other tire you would be back in the tens at best in the quarter mile. When is HD going to realize they are by far the most obese fat bastards of the motorcycle world. I can understand the nostalgic value I guess. They have some of the nicest paint jobs, and are (I guess) nice and comfy with cd players and should direct their bikes that direction. I will leave the Goldwing out of this. But a performance oriented HD, really? They weigh a ton and sound like a old biplane. If it is the quarter mile you are after get a busa and stretch it. You could probably do this for under 10 grand leaving a ton of money to make a actually serious quarter mile machine.

Last year my dad and I went on a large group ride that was about 80 miles. A majority of the bikes were HDs with a few sport touring, metric, and multisport bikes. There was some neat custom jobs and some of the paint schemes were breath taking. I go on rallies like this a lot and for being a sportbike rider I am very well behaved. Then this guy in his twenty's rolled in on a brand new V-Rod. You would think Arlen Ness himself arrived. Everyone crowded around and this guys mouth had no end. I admit it was a nice looking bike and did have a nice deep sound to it. But then this guy started telling everyone that it was faster than a sportbike and one of the fastest production bikes made. I just shook my head and took a step back. At the beginning of the ride through town he is gassing it everywhere, and other HDs are getting excited around it. I just left them alone to their little bursts. So finally about forty miles into the ride we get to a wide open stretch and this guy is in front. I edged my way up behind him. He saw me creep in and immediately took off. I let him do his thing and back off a bit and get back to the group. I decided to go with the full education. I pulled up next to him and looked over and tilted my helmet sideways. That was all it took, it was on. To give him an idea of just how much of a difference there is I let him get a bit ahead of me and then I dropped a couple of gears and went for it. I bet I was going at least 30 mph faster than he was when I went by him. This was on my 929 not my 1000 by the way. That was the last time I ever saw him. I slowed down and joined the group again but the V-Rod was no where, he must have turned around. HDs are the definition of all bark and no bite.

[slozomby]

its designed to be a quarter bike. its great for the 1st quarter mile. on the open road it gets its lunch eaten. the 929 does mid 11's in the quarters. vrod does low 9's
top end on that vrod is probably 125 or so. 929 is 180ish?
yamaha vmax is the same way. great quarter. crappy mile.
happens to anything thats built for torque rather than horsepower.
im sure you'd smoke him in the twisties too. this bike is built w/ 2 purposes in mind: getting off the line fast and look good doing it.

personally i like the styling of the vrod. and thats what most HD buyers are buying them for anyway.

just saying.