What a terrible couple of weeks it's been here in the west.....

A rider on his brand spanking new Harley (2nd day out) died when he hit a tree last week and yesterday a chap died straight after taking delivery of his Harley, head-on into a car...

There is something terribly wrong when accidents happen so close after taking delivery of a new bike, we may get a more clear picture later....

The only thing I want to say to new Harley owners, who have come from sports bikes, is that Harley arn't sports bikes...They are heavy, don't handle real well in stock condition, and some models have brakes that are not exactly top class...You have to learn to ride them all over again, take it easy and ride to the conditions that prevail....

RIP to the riders and condolenses to thier famillies....

For fuck sake stay safe guys and gals and look after the newbies....

Bt

 

+2 good advice

Condolences to those families

RIP to those guys.
Im probably one of the ones your refering to in all honesty.
Ive been riding for around 20 years, but as you say, they arent a sports bike, even though my previous bikes werent in the sport category, my WDG is taking me some time to "relearn" how to ride, might sound a bit silly but
its taking me some getting used to, mainly at walking pace, and those right hand bends.

RIP x 2

Ride safe guys and gals

Very true Bobtail. Harleys are different to ride compare to a Super Sports

RIP, condolences to the family.

rip rip

RIP x2

Im just about to take delivery and trading in a sporty.
After going from dirt bikes to sport bikes years ago, now going from a sporty to a HD Im expecting it to handle like a boat, and the brakes to not even come close to the power (or weight!), but compared to my hunched over sporty, the HD's I have ridden feel like an armchair on the hwy.... thats what they are really built for right?
Definately NOT expecting a nimble commute!

great words Bobtail.

RIP brothers.

True words BobTail, the Fat Bob still scares the fuck out of me in tight situations and I have had her since March. Sports bike riders should never take delivery of a harley during high traffic times. Get the thing delivered and learn to ride it in a known enviroment.
RIP

 R.I.P X2 TAKE CARE OUT THERE +1 TO BOBTAIL

rip condolences to the families.

both were killed in the sou west .we met the young guy just before he died brand new wide glide we were leaving and probably was over confident in handling capability of the harley .bone stock harleys are grim reapers ,ride to your experience only .the other guy come off in poker run not speeding ,but ran off the bike into ditch would have been ok but bike landed on him ...sorry news

i agree, i was at a harley dealership promo day meet an older guy who was getting back into riding after 15 or so years he was there to pick up a ultra classic  he rode to the set of lights, put his foot down and you could see his leg wobbling trying to hold it up, when he took off , he had some near misses as he  wobbled down the road.

some people should start out smaller and progress up when used to hd handling abilities

RIP