07-03-2019, 12:26 AM
I have owned Ducatis for years, and have owned many Harleys for even more years, and still own both. I have also owned dozens (literally) of other bikes. People here have made valid points though there is one point that has not yet been made. Riding a Harley-Davidson big twin is a different experience than riding another bike. It just feels very different. It would be impossible for me to describe how, but it does. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, but to passionately espouse opinions about Harley-Davidsons without ever having owned one or having spent a lot of time riding one, leaves me thinking that person is not basing his or her opinion on a complete set of considerations. It is based on what is available to read off a piece of paper or a computer screen, without real life experience. I have been riding for 50 years (started at age 11) and have owned a Harley for 29 of them. Years ago there was a popular Harley t-shirt that said "If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand." I think there is some truth to that insofar as the visceral experience of riding a Harley goes. Like I said, we are all entitled to our own opinions, and this is mine.