Okay I know I'm gonna take it for this, but the VRod in the right hands will kill you. People are getting close to 200 HP with their VRod's (heavily modified). I much prefer riding my K9 but ride my VRod alot as well. When I'm on the K9 and my wife's on my VRod I smoke her, but she don't run it hard like I do. I took a bunch of shit on the VRod site about my K9 and didn't understand why people are such brand biggots, come on lets not get that way here. Like I said my VRod can't replace my K9 but my VRod is killer fast, and yes faster than my K9. My best friend has a FZ1 and we are neck and neck till 120 then he starts pulling away. VRods unlike other Harley's start pulling hard between 4 & 5 grand and redline about 2500 rpm's higher then other Harleys. Don't beat my VROd up dude's just a different bike for a different reason. Important thing is we ride, so race him and see what happens.