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The VRSC was introduced in 2001 in a single model called the V-Rod aiming to compete against Japanese and American muscle bikes. The V-Rod's Revolution engine was developed for road use by Porsche Engineering with the aid of a few Harley-Davidson engineers [6] [7] [8] from Harley-Davidson's VR1000 V-twin racing bike engine.
An undisclosed number of samples of engines failed, until an engine successfully passed the 500-hour nonstop run. This was the benchmark for the engineers to approve the start of production for the Revolution engine, which was documented in the Discovery channel special Harley-Davidson: Birth of the V-Rod, October 14, 2001. [134]
It was a free event held in Sturgis, South Dakota during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. [1] After the first event, WCW changed the name to Road Wild because of a potential trademark issue with the Harley-Davidson club Harley Owners Group (HOG). In 2000, it was replaced by New Blood Rising.
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For 2017, Harley released the Street Rod based on the 750 Street model. This new model introduced new features such as higher output Revolution X engine 68.4 hp (51.0 kW) @ 8,750 rpm and 47.2 lb⋅ft (64.0 N⋅m) @ 4,000 rpm, 43 mm inverted front forks and piggyback reservoir rear shocks, drag-style bars and 17 inch wheels. [ 8 ]
Horry County hosts three large motorcycle events each year. Black Bike Week in Atlantic Beach is typically held Memorial Day weekend, May 24 to 27 in 2024. The Fall Rally will take place from Sept ...
Rod, he may just genuinely have forgotten. I was sitting around at the Sunset Marquis for three weeks writing the lyrics. I wrote nearly all of 'Somebody Special', I wrote lots of that with Rod, lots of it on my own, but 'Gi' Me Wings', that chorus is me, as are quite a lot of the lines in the verses.
"Somebody Special" is a song by British singer Rod Stewart, which was released in 1981 as the third single from his tenth studio album Foolish Behaviour (1980). The song was written by Stewart and Steve Harley (lyrics), and Phil Chen , Kevin Savigar , Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger (music).