08-13-2013, 12:15 AM
[quote='The ferret' pid='10943' dateline='1376401702']
Harley has really never appealed to me aesthetically. When I got my first one in 1965 they were basically the only game in town unless you wanted an oil leaker from Britain (had one of those too eventually) or a high strung Italian ( had one, my brother had one, my dad had two and my son has one now) The Japanese were unproven in the early 60s and everyone thought theyd be like cheap transistor radios. I had 6 Harleys altogether, but never really liked any of them, asthetically or functionally. I always thought the Beemers were better looking. Then in 68 I got a Honda and it was a great bike. Basically been with Japanese brands ever since. To me functionality beats aesthetics but I think with Japanese bikes I get both. I like the way they look and I like how they function. Probably why I drive Honda cars and a Honda truck as well. Everytime I try something built here, I get stung by unreliability.
To me it's not very good looking, sitting on the side of the road waiting for a trailer or a tow.
Agree with all said. I have noticed that many of the others have closed the gap considerably if not completely in the last ten years or so. I've been driving chevy trucks and SUV's because they are bigger then the Honda products and I have not had a lick of trouble with them. Years ago like in the seventies and eighties not so.
Harley has really never appealed to me aesthetically. When I got my first one in 1965 they were basically the only game in town unless you wanted an oil leaker from Britain (had one of those too eventually) or a high strung Italian ( had one, my brother had one, my dad had two and my son has one now) The Japanese were unproven in the early 60s and everyone thought theyd be like cheap transistor radios. I had 6 Harleys altogether, but never really liked any of them, asthetically or functionally. I always thought the Beemers were better looking. Then in 68 I got a Honda and it was a great bike. Basically been with Japanese brands ever since. To me functionality beats aesthetics but I think with Japanese bikes I get both. I like the way they look and I like how they function. Probably why I drive Honda cars and a Honda truck as well. Everytime I try something built here, I get stung by unreliability.
To me it's not very good looking, sitting on the side of the road waiting for a trailer or a tow.
Agree with all said. I have noticed that many of the others have closed the gap considerably if not completely in the last ten years or so. I've been driving chevy trucks and SUV's because they are bigger then the Honda products and I have not had a lick of trouble with them. Years ago like in the seventies and eighties not so.