"No brakes on the front, but must wear my helmet, safety first!"

Plain and simple ... Hildo can ride and Ricky can't. I bet if they traded bikes and went again Hildo would still beat him.

I saw the S&S patch on Hildos jacket and knew who would win. S&S makes cam shafts that drastically increase the torque of a Harley and that is what gets a bike off the line. I didn't get a good look but I think it also had an S&S carburetor. Hildo might have been saying 70 HP based on factory figures but I bet that engine was a torque monster. In the first race, I heard tires squealing. If the Honda had done that It probably would have done a wheelie as soon as the tire caught so we can be pretty sure it was Hildo ripping off some rubber with all that torque I mentioned. I thought sure we would see at least some front tire hopping from the Honda but no, so maybe Riki is not comfortable with that. Still, Hildo shot away really fast so I don't think a more experienced rider could have beat Hildo in that short distance. On an open road that Honda would have rocketed up the highway, but Hildo knows his limits and at least for this race, He owned it.

that was a lesson on gear ratios and torque

That "harley" is a rat bike that was built to go stop light to stop light racing. Alllll about the low end. That crotchrocket didn't have a chance at that distance.

He's ZZ Top's grandad.

I love all the mad sportsbike riders in these comments

The low down torque of the HD makes it easier to launch, problem with the super bike is it needs a skilled rider to launch it. Obviously this guy didn't know what he was doing.

LOL, you're really going to just outright blame the kid? I'd venture to say that nobody was going to beat that rat bike on the rice bike in that short of a run. So while you say "fuck a Harley", that Harley spanked ass and there's no denying that.

Gotta love old school man

It's the beard.

uh, race longer, uh corners, uh wind from the east, uh close one eye, uhhhh lol For all the haters, the race is what it was and the old dude, on the uh 70hp(lol right) Harley not only won, he killed him. I have a 1000RR and wouldn't want to race against that bike, in that race. cudos to HD in this one.

varming the tyre well is essential ;-) The rest is done by torque, grip, low center of gravity, long wheelbase and drivers skills. Did I miss something?

Nice beardwork and good job varming the tyre. :D

I gotta laugh...Hildo's Rat Bike is badass!!!!

This is why I made my KZ 750 int I rigid bobber. Can't beat the look of a old school home built bike.

This is a lot of fun watching this. Great video. Yes, we all know what would happen in a longer race or if there was turn, calm down sportbike guys haha. It's all good, all bikes are cool.

kid had no idea how to ride the sportbike

Ok the Harley wins 0-25mph. Good show.

How could Ricky be that bad? He got smoked 3 times?? This is unbelievable.

Riding the chopper wearing choppers! I love this

Thanks for sharing I got a chuckle out of this. Hildo's Rat bike is victorious!

Oh god, I lost it at the no front brakes lol.

All the thumbs down 👎 from sports bike riders with buyers remorse. Sure you can go over 150mph... on a track... but a bike geared to top out at 70 will walk most things on the road.

go hildo ! . COOL BIKE MAN . top beard too

No breaks on the frontside but strapon the helmet, safety frirst!

home made Harley!😉 bloody great race. Yamazuky 😂

I believe half that smoke came out the exhaust!

"yamasuki" lol

ive watched this video alot never gets old lll

I’m in Texas & was raised on tha only motorcycle in tha world yup you guessed it a Harley. Nothin compares to it. You’ll never see a Harley broke down on tha side of tha road & if by chance you do you’ll see tha dude pushing it coz they don’t leave their Harley’s on side of road like crotch rocket owners do. I’m an ol hippie chick that loves to ride & im known to Suppirt my Local Bandido”s . Peace to Holland from Texas .

Not taking sides but... stop light to stop light a v-twin will smoke the sport bike, but let the sport bike get up in it's RPM range and it will leave the v-twin for dead! It's all about torque vs RPM.

"I have no brakes on the front side, but.. I have my beard!"

experience is king, the old guy knows how to get the power down properly, if the other guy had more experience it might be a different outcome

yer and look at the size of the belt drive man that thing is packing some serious power man but so what proves the old drag race term ?when the flag drops the bullshit stops !

I don't know about him, but my preference is agility and efficiency. Harleys do not have success at that.

Lesson of the day: Torque wins the day in short races. Nothing else needs to be said.

The twin makes most power and torque a low range rpm. The sport bikes make most torque around 5000-7000. The other rider had no idea on how to take off properly. It's a little more tricky on the sport bike because of the center of mass is forward, unlike the Chopper. Tat means less wheel spin, more grip on the low end rpm launch for the twin. However, a skilled rider would know the power ranges of his/her bike. There is no way that twin is faster. It's the rider!

"Torque vs power" is the same "acceleration vs speed" There's no way Hildo can beat Ricky on a fast track There's no way Ricky can beat Hildo on 0 to 60

Hildo,you're my hero!

Harley is always going to off the line, but that's it. Sportbike will catch it and stay ahead. Not to mention if they take any corners that stretched rake and ape hangers will surely help the harley's cause...

well most are for cruising, but they do have sporty models besides sportster they even have harley models equivalent to crotch rockets

Power is nothing if you can't put it down..That rat is long! He can dump into her way faster and hold it out.The blade would loop if he romped on it like that.

This has nothing to do with torque or horsepower. They both have more than enough power to spin the wheel all down there. This is all about weight and where it is.

I'm wondering why the sport bike wasn't pulling the front tire. It could be Ricky was not comfortable giving too much throttle at the start. To get a good launch he should have had the front tire at least a few inches off the ground. Still, it is hard to overcome the monster torque of a long stroke V-twin. Plus I saw the S&S patch on his jacket. It is highly likely the engine has S&S cam and carburetor.

110 years of success. They usually out last their owners. What's your preference sir?

That thing pulls harder than a 15 year old boy.

Now take a turn, Hildo........was a cool scene to watch.

it is not the bike its the fking Driver! hes AwEsome!

it's all fun and games ;) those twins have a lot of torque, it would be nice if they could do a quarter mile race!

This is really lame. This race looked like a 50 yard sprint. The CBR has only 76 ft lbs of torque - and at 8500 RPMs. Move that finish line out to a quarter mile and race, or how about top end. Seriously lame. And no, the Fireblade is 136 HP at the wheel. Get your facts right. If you have some specs of the rust bucket, I could produce the average specs on that bike too.

So badass, make me wanna switch bike lol

You want a Harley that goes fast build up an 80" Evolution motor(what Hildo has in his hardtail). A simple cam, high compression piston upgrade and head work and that motor will own 750 sport bikes all day long.

LOL. Hildo claims 70 HP. That was the factory HP many years ago. It moves like it has about 200b lbs of torque.

Power to weight ratios win out every time.

Hell yeah smoked that rocket.

On the street ,Torque is King.

That's interesting considering I used to blow off any Harley I cared to go up against with my lightly modified 1972 model Yamaha RD350 two stroke café racer. Hell I even blew the side covers off one of those POS 6-cylinder Honda abortions. Boy, I sure miss that little lightship.

That blade is not even trying. If that's a 100cc sportbike, then he does NOT know how to ride, let alone take off worth crap

yeeah ... 480p - the new 4k ...

Harley's sure are fun.

hildo, that was almost as sweet as 10 girls in bikinis washing my bike.

It's not a Harley, it's a Hildo. But anyway, congrats. Good job. Impressive. I'll still keep Kawi with ABS on both wheels.

That is one well built harley!, cant see what motor?im hoping its a shovel, but maybe an evo?, you can tell that guy has a Ifetime of experience!!

proves it is not hp that counts but Torque!

its called a buell and the guy on the sport bike was just a bad rider

nicht verwunderlich, das Drehmoment der Harley ist schon bei niedrigen Drehzahlen viel höher!, Trotzdem klasse, da denk ich doch gleich an WERNER

Rofl the guy on the fireblade doesnt even go for it

well hildo there begs to differ, and I think the evidence speaks for itself.

Todd Pierson .. well said brother well said

I'm pretty sure that harley had much more than 70hp, second the strip was not more than 100meters.

I wouldn't call that a Harley, I'd call that whatever hildo calls it because he built it

i heard crazy stories about boxhill do people still race there??

I like the HD but give em a little longer race. The HD only goes 95 mph. The sewing machine bike will catch up quickly. Besides he's racing against a child with no experience. Who cares , right ?

Guess it's the rider not the bike

now try that in a 1km race XD the harley probably does 160kmh as max speed XD

Hildo has his personal website in Dutch. You can find the specs of this bike, its a 96 cid stroker Evo. www.twolefthands.nl/motor/de%20Harley/page1%20de%20Harley/de_harley.htm

that aint no standard harley look at the size of the belt on it

If Made in the usa back in the day its badass

Hildos still life? Damone knows what hapend him now?

Do you wear any leather chaps or Levi's jeans?

Is varming tyre the same as warming tyre ???

The harley got a bigger engine with more torque so its normal it will take off faster.

holy shit! look at that Harley go! Choppers > Sport Bikes (y)

Fireblade wasnt all out. Needs a New rider lets see that

either Ricky can't ride or Hildo paid him to lose just for YT views... blah blah torque/gearing... the rat Hardley Ridable is good for one thing... putting it in a shed with a cover on it.

Very nice Harley Rat... Greetings from RATAS, ratbikers from Venezuela

C'mon man give ricky another chance..

Good translation, Well done

I'm down at Boxhill most sundays on my 'Blade - I'd give any Harley rider £200 to outrun me.

awww man! donchoo just love the cloggies! :-D

kick start now thats a real bike

Didn't know that, I have the forth gear worn out on my fireblade :D But thanks for the reply

Hildo is rat Champion 🤘🤪🐁😎

sadly, all the raods are restricted to 50 mph now - in teh old days it was mad!!! great fun...what is odd is that I've noticed very few young people seem to ride.... I'm 49 and I'd guess 50/60% of the peopl ethere are older than me

do he needed to start on he second gear??

It's called torque

he's probably a little of on the only 70 part.

i love this cat

If the chopper bike beat sports it is that in every race starts first . -_-