Hildo´s Harley vs Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade 

@BadTirapelli. I built this bike 25 years ago and rode it through 42 US states, 2 Canadian and all of Europe. It took, and takes, me were ever I wanted to go. Now, after 150.000+ miles, it never missed a single turn. This bike has more soul than most people and certainly can't be touched by any other bike, ever... It has nothing to do with winning, horsepower, nimble handling, fast cornering or speed ;-)

Don't ever underestimate an old timer that's been riding for years👍

You see the power behind the Ratbike's burnout? That thing has some fucking fire!

No, a 96" 10:1 CR stroker motor. A common performance mod 25 years ago. Still works fine today :-)

That's right bro. It's kind of a shock effect, they never think it's possible. Out of the hole it's not that hard to get in front. A streched bike with a bit of an engine & sticky tire does it. Don't race 'm 400m, don't race 'm on a circuit, never race 'm to their terms. You have to pick your battle. Be sure they're inexperienced enough to sign up for this kind of race... and they'll go down like a lead balloon. If people think this was the first Yamasuki rider that got surprised? Wrong ;-)

Love the rat Harley and he clearly knows what he's doing and wears the right gear. Even has full face beard ... excellent!

Did he just call it a "yamasuki?"

CBR1000RR needs a new rider... poor bike...

I got to watch this video over and over again. Love it. Seen stuff like that happen to a Kawasaki rider, who thought he could beat a Harley in a dragrace. No chance. When it comes to torque, nothing on two wheels beats a Harley.

Awesome bike Hildo. I've surprised many people with the low end torque of my evo-FXR too.

I have forwarded this video to a bunch of my buddies and have watched it quite a few times myself, 😅 still enjoy it Hildo,from one old (68yrs.)Shovelhead dude to another ! Maranatha, Greetings from Tampa Florida 😎

This popped up in my suggestions 3 years ago yes I watched it again lol

The guy on the CBR need to learn how to use a clutch.

aw man. i was expecting to see an actual 1/4 mile drag race. of course the chopper wins off the line but with a little more distance that chopper has no chance

Epic!!! Zag deze clip ooit ineens verschijnen en sinds die tijd ben ik al meerdere keren terug geweest om weer even naar deze hollandse held te kijken. Eens in de zoveel tijd moet ik 't gewoon weer ffkes zien. :)

That Harley is made for low end torque. Plus Hildo is sitting right on the rear tire. It has better traction and weight distribution for launching. A CBR is balanced and made for racing a circuit. Hildo and his Harley will beat any sports bike in a 1/8th mile every time! He looks like an F-18 Hornet being catapulted of an aircraft carrier! Love it!

Anyone notice the shifter travel on that Harvey before he pulls it out on the street!

Wow, that was not the expected result. Nice hard launch on that Harley!

A Honda is for going from point A to point B.A Harley is an experience going from point A to point B.

I'm a sport bike, supermoto, dual sport type of guy but this old man is my hero lol love his swag humble, with his rusted down custom HD sleeper, old skool guy.

For those that prefer English subs, I have the identical video on youtube with subs. See the link in the description

Hildo, when all this is over... i'd like to buy you a beer!

Hope your doing well and strong Hildo, respect and support from Canada. Keep on givener hell for leather friend !!

I remembered this old gem just now, and 11 years later it still exists hahaha

Does anyone know what kind of wax and chrome polish Hildo uses? I need to pick some up.

drag race aside.. look at that majestic-looking beard you have!

You can only cut someone off when he's able to overtake. He was unable ;-)

I just wanted to up grade to the 103 ci. The torque difference means less shifting when riding the dragon or the cherohala an the mountains between Alabama an Virginia. The heated grips are a nice touch also on those cold days.

Beautiful sound, both of them, music to my ears.

Straight off the line, the Harley, or any v-twin, has more torque.

Harleys are torque monsters so a short drag race win is no surprise but a long interstate race would of had a different result.

Its called a cam guys lol you can move the powerband up higher so that's probably what he did. And I'd say that's every bit of a quarter mile. Both of those bikes were gone pretty quick.

i call bullshit on that. i like both Harley and sports bikes. unlike most fan-boys i don't care a bike is a bike if it looks good and runs well ill ride it. however im not saying that the harley wouldn't beat the cbr because i don't know for sure all i know is that the guy on the cbr is pretty crap, ive seen vids and in real life people taking off on cbr 1000RR's way faster than that and i can take off quicker on my cbr 250R. not debating the results just saying that the cbr guy obviously has no experience in a drag race and the guy on the harley looks like he has had heaps.

Old Hippie from Holland, Djeez.

In 1988 I came in 2nd place in the customs in the chopper show of CCN (Chopper Club Nederland) in Beverwijk, Holland. If you actually ride a bike for 25 years, summer and winter, without pampering the shit out of it, this is what you get. Like or dislike, I take pride in it and don't give a flying fuck what anybody thinks. A store bought brandnew bike doesn't impress me

Kinda knew how this would end but still caught me. Respect man.

old man love harley. young man love honda.

Only people who have never ridden a bike would believe this

Wow a race from 0-30, how exciting. A literbike isn't even in the power band in first gear until about 70 mph.

As -03 Ducati owner i gotta say, that this old look of Harley looks so great! That's what they should all look IMO! Nice!

Have anyone realized how freaking skinny this guy's legs are? Shits hilarious. And please stop fucking arguing about which bike is better. Because this two are nice bikes and I'd rather have any of these than my daily bicycle and you fuckers make me feel bad and poor.

Torque is the secret

V- twin beats inline 4 from a dig? What a surprise... not

I ride a harley electra glide staged out completely and I ride a cbr1000rr. Love them both. Each have their place. Awesome video.

MotoGP bikes have 200-220 HP and can do about 100mph in 1st gear, That said, when the red lights go out they're not that impressive, but after the initial 8 seconds or so they're incredibly fast ... and untouchable!

wow.....that honda rider sux

Hi Kneedown. I approve comments before they are placed. Everybody can write down their opinion, nothing is blocked and if people think I suck, I will get over it :-). The approvement is to prevent excessive offensive language as is seen on so many RU-vid comments. From all of the contributions just one person was lacking common decency and was blocked. Take care, Hildo

Hildo, you rule!!! Many thanks for uploading this video, you just made my day! I wish you many happy miles with your awsome bike...

Coming back from 5 years ago..this is always fun to see over and over again. Although I don't think my Road King can race a CBR...My beloved Vmax has and can-Although most of us know sportbikes are quick and fast-cruisers are not made to be "fast" and welp..neither are muscle bikes but when you see this ratbike holeshot off the line..its always entertaining. Thats why I named my Vmax..."holeshot". How are you and the Ratbike doing these days Hildo? Here is a lit treat for the "cruisers vs sportbikes". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-njCgN9u00Z4.html

Haha, great stuff, love the Harley. A bike with soul.

Old Harley still has tons of torque and can get off the line realy quick. Nicely done. The guy was a good rider too.

Right on Hildo! You don't see very many Kick-Start Evo's. I love the sound of clutch chatter in the morning!!!!!!!!!! Great video!

Im a harley person but I seen these results from a mile a way. More torque and not having a problem keeping the front wheel down yeah its gonna win. If the Honda was stretched however, the results would have been different.

1) This is a Honda CBR600 not CBR1000. 2) A drag race of 100 Meters only proves which rider lets the clutch out faster. 3) Harley's torque comes in just off of Idle and the CBR needs lots of RPM's before its produce any real torque. That's why the Harley has an advantage, over a very short race. 4) In a Race of quarter mile the Honda crush Harley in a few seconds. Funny video.

Good show - great success. Nobody would expect this result ?

Geweldig Hildo, heb me rotgelachen hoe je dat broekkie een lesje hebt geleerd! Groetjes uit de Algarve, mocht je ooit deze kant op ploffen trakteer ik je graag op een welverdiend biertje! :-)

He looks like trevor from gta 5.

go on hildo!! lovin the ratted harley, plenty of power, AND its camshafts were made in lye, england, from 1956 onwards till 2005 as i used to make them!!!! (and use them to prop up wonky pallets for 6 months till they go rusty then put them back when 1 short!!!!!!!!!)

I have loved Harleys forever they are a cruising bike,there is no way that Harley would have won against a skilled rider...

Torque vs BHP, this is why I ride and race a 1700 V-MAX race tuned to 190NM, it surprises people on the drag strips riding their superbikes.

This is superb thank you

It's like the old, "apples& oranges," thing. Just watch it for the entertainment value. Then shut the fuck up. Sounds like conversations between 13 year old boys. Signed riding since 1966

An old hells angel told me once a long time ago that a harley will out do most bikes up to 100mph, I never believed him but now??!!

Really dig the lines on the chopper. Just beautiful. Wicked leather pants, I would rock those. Take care & best wishes. Same goes for all who come across this comment. Cheers ✌

Torque beats horsepower.

2:52 first switch to neutral then release the clutch :D

I bought a used Harley/custom Softail with a built Evo 96 "motor with 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 S&S stroker kit. I do not know all of the other parts but it has a Super G carb and Andrews 5 speed trans. My independent mechanic says I have the "good stuff" because it uses the stronger S&S engine cases and pistons with good shapes for lots of low to mid torque. I can see why Hildo launches so well.

Its all about putting the power to the ground and not worring about flipping over. Love it!!!

his gas tank aint got flames for nothin

All this proves is that some kids on a CBR that he aint skilled enough to get the most out of.but as a proud owner of a wide glide we'll take it

That Harley has more class in it's gas cap then that riceburner has in the whole bike

Looks like good fun! I would love to have a go against Hildo with my bandit 1250, It has loads of torque down low just like a cruiser...

The Harley won. THREE times. Deal with it,you all complaining against that.

Damn, looks like we need to evenly match riders before we start saying a certain bike is better than another.

LMFAO @ 2:23 the gear shifter looks like it's barely hangin on hahaha

Ik heb geen remmen aan de voorkant maar veiligheid bovenaan uiteraard. Prachtig!

Cruisers can just go balls to the wall off the line because they can't and won't pop a wheelie. It's 10 times harder to launch a super sport bike.

Then they got above 50 MPH and the CBR walked away, then Hildo's harley hit a turn and wrecked. Not trying to be a jerk, but this is really a pointless race. Of course a big torquey V-twin will win in a very short race like this. A inline 4 hasn't even hit its power band yet. Plus the CBR rider launched like shit. Oh well, I guess congrats for beating a bike that has technological and performance superiority in almost every way, I gotta give credit for that.

Harley owners in their simple minds must be loving that someone basically built a drag bike that would need a full rebuild every week can finally beat a bog standard Fireblade. Let's see what would happen if you put that antique up against a modern tuned bike.

The best of three you are the victor Hildo. Nederlande mit de Harley uber ales. 110 years machined metal and experience, leather, open face, and johny rebs wins over modern plastic, full face, jeans, sneakers, plastic jacket.

Got to love American made Harley muscle.

Harley: Torque from 2000rpm, 90% weight on rear tire Honda: inexperienced rider, torque from 6500rpm Track: too short

Yes he is speaking English, for most European's English is a second language Type in Rat Bike Harley vs Fireblade @ the top on this video it has subtitles of what he is saying.

it's just that the Harleys torque curve.. comes in just off of Idle.. and the crotch rocket needs lots of RPM's.. before its produces any real torque.. that's why the Harley has an advantage over a very short race.. if the crotch rocket were to lower its ratio. it would be a much closer race..

Wooooo Hooo.. WOW!! love his Harley.. so Cool!

the honda sounds better imo and will certainly be quicker around corners, straight lines are for fast cars, corners are for fast drivers

Don't mess with the beard man. You shave that off, shit gets all biblical! It's like Samson's hair, it's what makes Hildo awesome!

The technology is advanced...the skill of the user is what makes it..

thats what i call a slow race

A fine work of fiction. Europeans are weird about Harleys and actually believe that they can be fast- none of mine ever were. Admittedly torquey off the line the Harley would be dragging it's ass after a hundred yards. I'm also surprised that the guy didn't bend the forks on the Harley when he was warming the rear tire.

I like the old look of the Harley. Looks old and worn, but its as fresh as can be on the inside.

Anyone would be struggling to beat that particular Harley as its been fitted with a super-charger with a blower, that's what's making that rattling noise. Basically it's a dragster bike so what we see is a race-tuned Harley & not just a ratbike chopper as it says in the description. Not a fair race at all

A drag race of 100 feet only proves which rider lets the clutch out faster. That Honda would win by three seconds if they ran a quarter mile. At least, if not by more. Funny video though.

Harley has awesome US made power!

It's just unbelievable! Congratulations man.

I'd be proud to ride with you any time, Hildo...I ride an '85 Evo myself. ("Geezer Glide"...ElectraGlide Classic FLHT).

Holy shit! I've never seen a Harley run that long without breaking down.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...Hildo Rocks..!

I own a cruiser and have never ridden a sportbike, but I know my slant bike brothers will always beat me in a speed race. However, the much tourquier cruiser will beat anything stop light to stop light. Doesn't matter your brand though, it's all about the love of the road

Greenmarine5, i had a 2009 ultra classic that i put 24,000 miles on, i now have a 2011 ultra limited with 16,000 miles. They both have been ridden hard, but not abused. No tune ups what so ever, just regular scheduled maintenance. You should not listen to them boys that rides them other bikes. That old hog sounds good.