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RE: Harley guys complemented me today - ss2wheels_imp - 05-12-2014
Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
RE: Harley guys complemented me today - The Spaceman_imp - 05-12-2014
(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.
(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."
Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.
RE: Harley guys complemented me today - CeeBeeMe_imp - 05-12-2014
I ride CB because I like the bike period.
Harley guys complemented me today - grover_imp - 05-13-2014
(05-12-2014, 03:43 AM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote:(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.
(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."
Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.
There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.
(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."
Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.
Hah! Sounds like you made the capitalist decision to me...what's more American than that?!
grover
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today - shdwghst457_imp - 05-13-2014
(05-12-2014, 03:43 AM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote:(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.
(05-12-2014, 12:38 AM)ss2wheels_imp Wrote: Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."
Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.
I'm really failing to see what's traitorous about selling something to someone overseas. I suppose it's safe to assume he only eats locally grown crops, wears clothing made in the US, and doesn't own a computer? Perhaps he burns himself with a cigarette (an American cigarette, for sure) every time he sees an attractive girl from a different ethnic background? Where does the madness stop?
He probably shouldn't be using gasoline, because that certainly doesn't come from here!
RE: Harley guys complemented me today - MFGUSA_imp - 05-13-2014
The only thing left in America that's All American are probably us Baby Boomers.
RE: Harley guys complemented me today - Lord Popgun - 05-13-2014
Doesn't HARLEY sell Harleys overseas??? And aren't foreign parts in their bikes?
On topic, a number of HD riders waved to me today and one with ape hangers and a German looking helmet looked away with nose in the air. Whatever.
RE: Harley guys complemented me today - MFGUSA_imp - 05-13-2014
I visited a Harley Dealership in Unna (or Kamen) Germany (near Dortmund). They had a sign out front "Milwaukee 2800 miles" and it pointed west. Looked like any other Harley Dealership as I remember.