Stunt bikes, you know what those are, Honda CBRs, Suzuki GSX-Rs and lots of other Japanese sportbikes all stripped down and set up to do wheelies, stoppies and a lot of really insane maneuvers most of us would hurt ourselves trying. No one would ever look at a Harley and mistake it for a stunt bike, right?
Jason Pullen, former supermotard racer, decided to give it a try when his supermotard motor blew at an event in Sacramento. He was checking out the other riders around the place when he saw some stunt riders and said, why not? All he had available at the time was a Harley Davidson FXR so he gave it a shot. He got some attention from his unconventional ride and has since added a Sportster to the lineup.
Who says Harleys are overweight hogs? Ask Jason, he might smile and show you a thing or two.
Link: Jason Pullen Stunts
Source: Super Streetbike
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aaron says
I’ve seen a superjumbo, a glider, and a B-52 do acrobatics. but that doesn’t make any of them a pitts special!
kneeslider says
True, but if you ever watched Bob Hoover do his routine in an Aero Commander, you would have seen excellent aerobatics in an unexpected machine, quite graceful, too, especially the part where he shuts off the engines and does stunts all the way down to a perfect landing.
aaron says
hoover…. rings a bell, was he the one that would do several routines in a show, each in a different plane?
about 20 years ago I went to every air show I could, about 15 in ten years. the canadian shows have slowly become an american military show and tell, with only 4-5 acts featuring non military planes. zoom and boom are cool too, but it’s kinda like watching someone on a zx-14 drive a really tight go-kart track.
last airshow I went to, the best act was an acrobatic biplane with a jet strapped to the bottom. now that thing was capable of some awesome stuff!
pbx says
Thats a sportster not a FXR
kneeslider says
As I said in the post:
aaron says
I just remembered that the official bmw stunt guy uses a k1200rt (or r1200rt, or a k1200lt or….whatever – one of their monsterous luxoboats. pretty sure it was a “K”) for part of his show. don’t know what he does on it, the tv show only showed him on the boxer engined cruiser and the “scarver”.
Mauricio de la fuente says
That they are the stunt harley rider, and which the best is of all???