I've put over 8000 on my stock '87 ZL 1000 Eliminator since April.
There's a Harley on every corner but only one or two Eliminators in town. I get more comments, admiration, 'thumbs ups', etc from the public than I could ever get on a stock hog.
And yeah, its fast.
Oh yea eliminators are very fast. It might depend on the area you are in because where I have been the Harley's are the bikes of admiration. If this wasn't so then why did so many people jump on having to say how much better theirs was. Plain and simple I got all the racing out of my system but I guarantee that the two vtwins I ride(one is S&S and the other is el Bruto) have more than enough to smack down pretty much anything except maybe a bosshoss.
The GPZ mentioned earlier depending on if it's a turbo or not is a little monster too, but still doesn't have the value of the American bikes. Eliminators are just great bikes just like the VMax. Comfortable riding position and a buttload of power and toque. But they still aren't the big American VTwins. Kawasaki found a good formula with the Zx1 or whatever it was, (they were kz900's) and were smart enough to not do too many changes
It's like the fast and the furious cars as opposed to the great American Muscle Cars. You can go real fast in a Supra but in a Chevelle SS 396 you don't have to.