W T F !
Too bling-ey for me but as a project he's put a lotta work in; good on him. HIS bike - good on him.
cool lookin non hd does upset some
looks closer to a victory i recon so
what then is harley now a victory copy huh
or is victory the enemy or is everyone the
enemy .
guys it would be sweet if just the diks on
ducatis were the enemy huh
Phil, When the time does come, just be sure and ride every one you are interested in cause what your brain thinks you like, Your body will have a different opinion, Trust me, I know.
And Pepsi copies Coke and Hungry Jacks copies McDonalds and Samsung copies Apple and on it goes.
I've got me preferred brands from the above and same for bikes. Who gives a f*ck?
The Jap Cruiser I had would out brake, out handle, out accelerate, easy to service, easy to mod, so different from my current Harley.
Harley carries the missus easier & with more comfort, love the harley for what to is, noisey, big fat cruiser.
. How many of you guys driving Jap cars? The yanks are trying hard to make there cars more jap like, cheap, fuel efficient, etc....
I respect everybody on 2 wheels, anybody who thinks they are riding the ultimate bike needs to pull there head out of the sand.
Pretty much everyone gets into bikes coz they're FUN.
An exception to this is Commuters who buy a bike only for economic reasons so I'll exclude them as they'd have no 'brand loyalty' anyhoos.
But yeah, bikes are FUN and we all learn at our own pace and eventually lean toward a style and preferred brands somewhere down the track. Same with our vehicles, same with electronic goods etc.
However, our choice of bikes somehow 'defines' us in the same way our choice of music and clothing defines us.
At some point we feel 'this is me, these are my bikes and my kinda people' and we dismiss others who hold a different point of view.
Regardless of 'brand' I've always found a love of bikes to be a great conversation piece with Strangers at any social gathering. Met a bloke at the Work Christmas party the other night (Ducati Rider) and we banged on about bikes for a straight hour.
If nothing else, Bikes were what we had in common. And that's a good thing.
This is a really good thread. Very interesting to read all the different options on metric vs Harleys. I've owner metric cruisers and now a Harley, love the Harley but the metrics do have a lot more features but I still love the Harley. Just to throw a bit more into the debate the following stats refer to cruisers; Kawasaki Vulcan have been in the market since 1984 Honda cruisers commenced in 1983 Yamaha were a late starter in 1994 with their Star range H-D AMF Electra Glide was 1969 [H-D loves could argue that H-D cruiser manufacturing could go back to the 1940's or earlier, similar to the Indian] Here is a bit of trivia; Prior to WWII, Harley-Davidson's were produced in Japan under license to the company Rikuo (Rikuo Internal Combustion Company) starting in 1929 under the name of Harley Davidson and using the company's tooling, and later under the name Rikuo. Production continued until 1958 In 1969, American Machine and Foundry (AMF) bought the company, streamlined production, and slashed the workforce. This tactic resulted in a labor strike and a lower quality of bikes. The bikes were expensive and inferior in performance, handling, and quality to Japanese motorcycles. Sales and quality declined, and the company almost went bankrupt. The "Harley-Davidson" name was mocked as "Hardly Ableson", "Hardly Driveable," and "Hogly Ferguson", and the nickname "Hog" became pejorative. In 1981, AMF sold the company to a group of thirteen investors led by Vaughn Beals and Willie G. Davidson for $80 million. Inventory was strictly controlled using the just-in-time system.
Interesting bit of trivia there BillS, learn something new everyday!
Cheers Bloodnut
