Harley Sportster vs Ninja bike?

Question

What would be faster a Harley Sportster 1200 or a Suzuki 600cc?

Answer 1

As I have said, you have asked this three times . but as a further comment .. the Harley sportster 1200 is a sports tourer. Mainly a tourer trying to be quick.  Both the Kawasaki Ninja and the Suzuki GSXR  are thourough bred racers. Turned into road bikes. The Harley, even with twice the engine size is not in the same league  and has a long way to go development wise yet.

The Harleys mad Jack refers to in the drag racing. are harley frames with twin engines that favour the rules. nothing like the road bikes. and I think the ZZR14 is doing well in the rest of the world.

Answer 2

The Suzuki is much faster.

Answer 3

No competition, one is a Japanese Sports bike the other is an American agricultural tractor.

Answer 4

The Harley is just two overbored Briggs&Stratton motors bolted together,so the Suzuki Ninja(whatever that is)would send it home with it's tail between it's legs.

Answer 5

Since the Harley relies on only two cylinders, it is quite obvious, the Suzuki will beat the Harley.

Answer 6

On the highways where I live, the maximum posted speed limit is 55 miles per hour.  Either bike will do that.

But this question was posted under motorcycle racing.

You are comparing apples to oranges.

The NHRA Motorcycle championship last year was won on a Harley.  The top 4 positions were either Buell (Harley based design) or Harley.  The nearest Japanese bike finished 5th in the points.

In AMA Flat Track racing, Harley Davidson finished in the top 8 points positions.

On a road course, a Ninja racer would beat the Harley.  In the AMA Road Course series, Suzuki, Honda, and Kawasaki dominated

Answer 7

Well, Suzuki GSXR600 is pretty fast, I think you mean a Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R though. Either will probably out run a harley. I mean the japanese sportsbikes have 109bhp and weight 172kg where as the sportster has 50bhp and weighs 251kg. So your tatlking about double the power and much less weight. In other words harleys are not fast bikes, they are big and heavy.

If you want fast look at the Yamaha R1 or the Suzuki GSXR1000 they have closer to 200bhp and weigh the same as their 600 counterparts. So you have a 1:1 power to weight ratio, which is ludicrous. But fun.