Love of a motorcycle.

[rocketman1]

It is a certain kind of love that you can have for a machine.
Not the same love you have for fellow human or the planet and or love eternal.
Maybe its more of an infactuation, time will tell.

Harley Fatbob & me met me a few months ago.
Not too much chrome, just enough to reflect the beautiful light off its body.
V&H "big shots" give the most beautiful music I have heard from a cruiser bike.
The rumble and burble of distant thunder from the downshifts, what can I say? Magic

The solid nature of its steel body and parts, not too big, give a feeling of strength and longevity.
Attendance to quality by Harley engineers is a credit to them.

Handling and brakes, very effective.

The bike appears to have a SOUL, maybe thats just me being over emotional.

I have no doubt that other riders feel the same about their bikes.
But this LOVE works for me on this bike
Isn't a wonderful thing, motorcycling..........

I never thought I would catch the Fatbob love thing!!!
Im so glad I did.


Go Safe.

[Madness]

Paging Mike.Gayner to thread in aisle four... :corn:

[awa355]

Nice to read of someone telling of how much he enjoys his bike. :clap:

[AllanB]

I hear ya. Reignited my passion with my new bike.

The soul subject has always interested me - generally spoken about of non-Japanese bikes though I do not adhere to this theory.

I'll tell you something odd - having spent decades on a diet of Japanese bikes and now Italian the little idiosyncrasies that are counted as 'character' on the Ducati would not be tolerated on a Japanese ride.

This is backed up by a couple of recent releases from Japan (new Suzuki 1000 springs to mind) when low end fueling is very average - almost standard fare on many European rides and noted as 'character' - the reviewers just bitch about it if Japanese.

Ditto American rides.

Motorcycle racism?