Paulie Junior's personal SPF roadster is now up for sale

RedBarchetta · #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 02:18 PM

He's use to riding slow cruiser bikes...the Cobra probably scared the bajeebees out of him, hence the sale. Only a fool would pay anything close to that money for that car.

-Dean

thudmaster · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 02:46 PM

Guess what..........it looks just like every other 427 powered titanium with black striped superformance. He will sign it for you........

Got the Bug · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 03:09 PM

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Guess what..........it looks just like every other 427 powered titanium with black striped superformance. He will sign it for you........

And you get to take delivery of the car at his house. Woo hoo...that's got to add $10K.

RodKnock · #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 04:47 PM

Now if "John Voight" ever owned it, then now we're REALLY talking.

vanoochka · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:01 PM

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Now if "John Voight" ever owned it, then now we're REALLY talking.

Maybe this one's owner is actually "Paul Tuttle". I wonder if there's a chewed pencil in the glovebox?

RodKnock · #6 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 11:04 AM

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Maybe this one's owner is actually "Paul Tuttle". I wonder if there's a chewed pencil in the glovebox?

I just hope the new owner doesn't try to find this Paulie guy and try to get him to bite a pencil to authenticate this Cobra as previously owned by Paulie What's His Name.

ratsnst1 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta

He's use to riding slow cruiser bikes...the Cobra probably scared the bajeebees out of him, hence the sale. Only a fool would pay anything close to that money for that car.

-Dean

some of those bikes he builds are very fast and would smoke most cobras.

SP01715 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 08:30 AM

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some of those bikes he builds are very fast and would smoke most cobras.

He builds some very nice bikes, but they are not fast in the world of bikes. I have beaten some very fast sport bikes (much faster than the choppers he builds) in my Cobra.

patrickt · #9 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:16 AM

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He builds some very nice bikes, but they are not fast in the world of bikes. I have beaten some very fast sport bikes (much faster than the choppers he builds) in my Cobra.

I don't know... I would say most sport bikes would give our Cobras a run for their money (and beat mine, at least). Check out this page for a nice summary of sport bike times.
http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_...mes/index.html

RedBarchetta · #10 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 02:53 PM

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some of those bikes he builds are very fast and would smoke most cobras.

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I don't know... I would say most sport bikes would give our Cobras a run for their money (and beat mine, at least). Check out this page for a nice summary of sport bike times.

Come on, guys. Sport bikes and the cruisers that OCC builds are two different classes of motorcycles. We're talking apples and oranges here. I would put my Cobra up against anything that those OCC clowns build any day, any week. They are great craftsmen (at least Junior is...his Dad comes off as more of a hack to me). But they build pretty bikes, not fast ones.

Can't recall the last time I ever saw someone on a cruiser bike pushing 3 digits. They're simply not geared (and shocked) to deal with that.

-Dean

patrickt · #11 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 03:08 PM

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Come on, guys.

My post was in response to this bit of braggadocio: "I have beaten some very fast sport bikes ... in my Cobra." When I think of sport bikes, I think of ten second quarter bikes -- and that chart has a few nine second bikes. I don't think a lot of Paulie's bikes are safe over about 50MPH.

SP01715 · #12 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 09:31 AM

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My post was in response to this bit of braggadocio: "I have beaten some very fast sport bikes ... in my Cobra." When I think of sport bikes, I think of ten second quarter bikes -- and that chart has a few nine second bikes. I don't think a lot of Paulie's bikes are safe over about 50MPH.

I have owned several bikes over the years. Try taking a "10 second" bike on paper to the strip and see what you can run. They pay pro's who take sevral runs to get those times. I had a GSXR that was a 10 second bike stock. I put on race tires and a Vance & Hines stage three kit, and could barely break into the high 10's after several runs. Having to battle wheel lift while trying to hit your shift points is tough.

ratsnst1 · #13 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta

Come on, guys. Sport bikes and the cruisers that OCC builds are two different classes of motorcycles. We're talking apples and oranges here. I would put my Cobra up against anything that those OCC clowns build any day, any week. They are great craftsmen (at least Junior is...his Dad comes off as more of a hack to me). But they build pretty bikes, not fast ones.

Can't recall the last time I ever saw someone on a cruiser bike pushing 3 digits. They're simply not geared (and shocked) to deal with that.

-Dean

I didnt mean all of the bikes he builds just some of them are very quick in the quarter mile, and yes they are very uncomfortable, I have some friends that build them and the hp to weight ratio is unreal, I am not trying to start any big argument here, but I do know some guys that have some very fast bikes.

Excaliber · #14 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:14 PM

Yeah, I'd have to agree that some of the OCC bikes are likely extremely quick. From the designs I've seen also extremely dangerous at any kind of high speed!

Take the Cobra for instance, it to could be considered dangerous at high speed. But the difference is the chassis, brakes, suspension are designed for high speed and control. Those choppers just look scary as hell at anything over 70 mph on a smooth flat freeway with little traffic. Lord help you if you had to manuver!

SP01715 · #15 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 09:21 AM

[quote=patrickt;995974]I don't know... I would say most sport bikes would give our Cobras a run for their money (and beat mine, at least). Check out this page for a nice summary of sport bike times.
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I have run a handful of sport bikes from a rolling stop, and have yet to lose. The one bike that ran neck and neck with me was an R1. The smaller dispacement bikes are no match.

patrickt · #16 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 09:24 AM

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I have run a handful of sport bikes from a rolling stop, and have yet to lose. The one bike that ran neck and neck with me was an R1.

I believe you. I wonder if it takes a certain "breed of cat" to run 10 second quarter miles on a sport bike, and most owners of those bikes are not of that breed.

ratsnst1 · #17 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 08:36 PM

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He builds some very nice bikes, but they are not fast in the world of bikes. I have beaten some very fast sport bikes (much faster than the choppers he builds) in my Cobra.

Some of those engines he puts in those things are up to 130 hp, with a huge fat rear tire, there very fast.and very light.

SP01715 · #18 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 02:29 PM

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Some of those engines he puts in those things are up to 130 hp, with a huge fat rear tire, there very fast.and very light.

My GSXR was putting out 146hp out of the box. After the stage three kit you can add about another 20 to that. The custom choppers are nice, but not in the same league as a sport bike.