Comments on: Harley V-Rod Racing Sidecar

By: tim hanna

tim hanna — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:29:29 +0000

Hey Fleadip – whats your problem? I totally agree with you and so did Hogwild.
I am not making anything up. Everything I wrote above I learned before writing my book on John Britten.

By: Fleadip

Fleadip — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:50:50 +0000

Geez, you let anyone post here. You all are making all of this up and it couldn’t be farther from the truth. I was the quality control super on the VR project at HD. We designed, built, and rebuilt the engine all here at HD.

By: Tim Hanna

Tim Hanna — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:51:42 +0000

Sorry Chema but you are wrong on all counts.
1. The VR1000 motor was in development long before John built his own motor.The story about Flowmetrics is true.
2.Harley never rented a Britten engine. They were given one to evaluate by Robert Ianucci who was for a while acting as John’s agent in the US.
3.I have no idea what you mean about it being a shame about not making better use of the Britten.Do you mean Harley should have plagiarized it?
4. As to the comment about it being ‘the old former project with Porsche’ – read the comments by Wild Hog above. He knows what he’s talking about.

By: Chema Robles

Chema Robles — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:50:37 +0000

Its not correct, the Britten engine is older, Harley rented an Britten engine and out came the engine VR 1000, decaf and not enough genuine chance of being competitive, it’s a shame not to make better use of Britten; the motor V Rod is the result of the old former project with Porsche.

By: tim hanna

tim hanna — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:49:01 +0000

The V Rod was evolved from the VR1000 race motor which was tweaked by the Californian company Flowmetrics. Gerry Branch gave drawings of the VR1000 head to John Britten who used them as the start point for the Britten V1000. Strange but true.

By: Swagger

Swagger — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:22:42 +0000

…..still Hardley Ableto………

By: HogWild

HogWild — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:56:59 +0000

Harley designed the VR1000 road race motor, then evolved it into the V-Rod “Revolution” motor. The final touched were done by Porche under direction from HD. Japan had nothing to do with it, and the contribution by Porche was well done but not the major portion of the design effort. Harley did a GREAT job with the V-Rod and deserve credit for it. It is indeed a world class bike, designed by Harley-Davidson.

Thanks Chris for featuring my bike!