Wrong - they have tassles (and ride Harleys) because they can!!Originally Posted by matthewt
Loud and Uncouth
Wrong - they have tassles (and ride Harleys) because they can!!
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Loud and Uncouth
Just in case this ain't a fishing expedition, the Anglia vs Ferrari thing was merely to indicate that you would not use one for the others purpose, you would (hopefully) buy the car for what you wanted/expected - but then you ain't seen my Anglia
I got a bite! I gotta bite!! just carry on riding your Vulcan if thtas your bag
Like I said difrent stokes fer difrnt folks
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Hardcore Biker
I'm guilty. Forgive me. I shalt not slag off Harleys again, until the next time I slag off Harleys. I'm also guilty of buying a Sportster 1200 when they came out in 88 (the year, not cubic inches you Hogaphiles). It felt great, it felt fast and therefore it made me feel great. Then it ran out of gas! I must have struck the one lemon in every 5 made. Oops, sorry again. Loved that bike and also hated it at the same time.
If you're interested in one- give it a go you might enjoy it.
Loud and Uncouth
and next year you have to pay out the same amount of dollars as you get almost non-existant trade-in (might cover the price inflation) wheras the H-Ds are worth 3/4 the new price etc DUH! :sly:
No reflection on the Kwaka quality but with H-D holding such a high resale value it's all to do with finance like NZ cops getting the budget everything :disapint:
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Easy Biker
Me I'll probably never buy a Harley but I don't worry about who rides them, that's their choice. As long as they have two wheels huh!
With motorcycling to me its all about the old "(wo)man and machine" thing and the challenge is to get the best out of the machine, to feel you have ridden it well. Like you've kept it running, or ridden it smooth, or ridden it fast, but sure as hell you had fun. Doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't have to be the latest, fastest 1 kg lighter model, its just got to feel right to you.
One of the most fun rides we had a few years ago is when my bro helped a mate of mine get his old Zenith 750 V twin going and that got ridden everywhere. It made a helluva sound, but wouldn't corner for shit, had rigid rear end etc etc, but man was that fun to ride.
If someone gave me a Harley I'd probably love riding it but I'm just too tight to lay cash out on one. One dirt bike and one road bike is enough for my wallet.
People can tell me VFRs are so last century, but that bike fits me well and is flawless in my opinion. The WR is so this century and I just enjoy riding it after not enjoying my DR250 as much. So if anyone bagged the bikes I have I'd just laugh and I'm sure that's just what the HD guys do (unless some of them truly do hate their rides).
Why would anyone have a dungeon full of bikes like my mate in the pic below?
Because that's his choice that's why. He doesn't have an HD, just pommy shit, but hey that's his thing and they are all fun to ride (if they are assembled).
Cheers
Merv
Hardcore Biker
After riding with literally hundreds of Harley riders in a recent Easter run my opinion of Harley's was tranformed from believing them all to be ignorant to realising they are just like me...into their bikes.
Some of the green cash brigade give the marque a bad name by never waving or blasting their drag pipes down sleepy cul-de-sacs at night but the, mainly Ulysses H-D riders were as friendly and welcoming as any riders I've had the pleasure of meeting.And rode damn well too!
When I was very young a H/D riding M/C gang of F/wits moved in accross the road from us and used to steal our firewood at night to feed their nightly bon-fires...My dad was club captain of our rugby club and the two senior teams ran them out of town (back in 1985)...but those gang boys sure did care for their rides and I lusted after one badly.Some of my cousins ride harleys and one even races his sportster at Manfield...they dont give me a hard time for riding jappas and I still lust after the chrome!
I want a V-rod!!!!!!!H/D commissioned Porsche to design that engine.The othe models are of no interest to me.But I was surprised, on a ride back from Auckland last Saturday, to have a Harley2-up(model unknown) pull in behind me and pace me at 140 ish and ride the corners nearly as quickly as I did...when they slipped by at around 160km/h both waved and I was left with a great big grin on face from that encounter
L-Plate Rider
Ha ha, yes this is getting interesting. Some Jappers seem to advance personal hits on HD riders, ( don't they Jim2 ). I love bikes, and are not rasist towards one segregated group of riders - each to their own - so that's why I bit back . You'd be better off wearing out the tips of your fingers typing something constructive - lets face it - you dont like HD's , so why the hell want to discuss them !!!!!
Below is an ]example of an insult to a certain type of bike enthusiast: -" Why do all Jap bike riders have the seating posture that resembles being taken from behind, by a greyhound !?!?!? " ( hurts does'nt it )
PPS I'm not an Aussie !! ( although I have nothing against them either !)
Over & Out
Mobile Oil Stain
Hahahaha,Good one.
But then you being a sportster rider,,an their not real Harleys anyway,,
Forum whore
You are just not paying attention and you still haven't read all of the thread yet have you?
Why the hell am I wasting my breath?
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
L-Plate Rider
Hahahaha,Good one.
But then you being a sportster rider,,an their not real Harleys anyway,,
I would 'nt argue with Mr Willie G Davidson - he's richer than you or I could ever imagine eh ! Very nice guy though - met him last year.
Jane
L-Plate Rider
They have said I have a short attention span...........glad u noticed !!
gee wizzz
actually Um I was working on a very old rotary hoe a few years ago
it had a v twin pushrod motor.
I swear the motor was the same as in an iron head harley.
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
L-Plate Rider
wll, maybe the Davidsons invented that too. May be like the Mitzubishi being a car....and also a video brand ! The mind boggles does'nt it !
Anyway - I kind'a like the ol rotary hoe ....
jane
gee wizzz
could just be --but the harley owner I was talking to whilst I was fixing it got pissed off.wll, maybe the Davidsons invented that too. May be like the Mitzubishi being a car....and also a video brand ! The mind boggles does'nt it !
Anyway - I kind'a like the ol rotary hoe ....
jane
He saw the manual open and said--Ahh I see ya working on a REAL bike --he wasnt impressed when I showed him the "real bike"
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
Forum whore
Bet that was a Howard - neat motor eh? did you check out the cams? they are ground on an angle to line up with the valves.
Uh,Porche designed the VRod thing huh? They did the Lada Samara too - what a fine bunch of engineers they are.
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