Rode a Harley yesterday!

[nadroj]

We went to a staff xmas doo at the partner's boss's place yesterday to be greeted by the host as soon as we got out of our vehicle. I was quickly whisked into the toy shed to be shown his '08 Fatboy (anniversary edition whatever that means). I was handed the keys & told it was my job to take a few guests for a ride around the local roads.
First job was to find where to put the key - to be told "in your pocket will be fine".
Pootled off to the road for a familiarization with the beast before unleashing all that power a little later. The hill I found must have been steeper than it looks as I waited for all the grunt to kick in!
Found my way around the locality & gave it a decent handfull on the way back & tested the braking before his gateway. I was really pleased a handfull only gave me 130 clicks ( yes I checked whether it was mph ) otherwise I would have overshot the driveway by a considerable margin. I'm sure the Busa or ST would have stopped comfortably from twice that in the same distance!
Various "dollies" were taken for a pootle to see how nippie it was before returning it to it's home to see it still only had 1500km on the clock after 3 years ownership....

[AllanB]

Sounds like a good party to me - get handed the keys for someones Harley so you can take women for hoons around the block!

[98tls]

Mate i think youve missed the point eh,there not my cuppa either but theres not a lot of point comparing one to the bikes you mention on the points you mention.

[sinfull]

Mine stopped a lot faster

[nadroj]

Mate i think youve missed the point eh,there not my cuppa either but theres not a lot of point comparing one to the bikes you mention on the points you mention.

What else is there but go, handle & stop?

[rogson]

What else is there but go, handle & stop?

Those apply to motorcycles - not garage furniture

[slofox]

... it still only had 1500km on the clock after 3 years ownership....

I'd do that distance in less than three weeks...in the winter...possibly not on a Harley though...

[sinned]

I'd do that distance in less than three weeks...in the winter...possibly not on a Harley though...

Problem with buying a low kms bike like that is: it won't have been run in and probably never will be. Sounds like a new looking future oil burner.

[popelli]

What else is there but go, handle & stop?

I think you missed the point entirely

[FJRider]

I'd do that distance in less than three weeks...in the winter...possibly not on a Harley though...

Thats a day ride ... or at least an average weekend ride ...

[LBD]

I rode a Harley once as well.....still have not quite got over it....

[popelli]

I rode a Harley once as well.....still have not quite got over it....

so did I that was about 1986

never did get over it, now have 4 of them and enough parts to build another 2 of them

[-BW-]

I got my first harley recently. In the first month I did 3000ks, had it in pieces, modified it, and crashed it.

[oneofsix]

I got my first harley recently. In the first month I did 3000ks, had it in pieces, modified it, and crashed it.

I do hope there wasn't a link between those last two

[admenk]

I got my first harley recently. In the first month I did 3000ks, had it in pieces, modified it, and crashed it.

I do hope there wasn't a link between those last two

Maybe the modification was to shorten the front end a tad