WHAT IF HARLEY>>>>??????
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Sorry, I'm correcting your HD slang. It's "tater digger".
Rayabusa0818
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lol.. are they really that bad??
My .02 cents:
Harley is a marketing *****. There's no denying that.
They make high quality bikes, and that stands to be true right down to the component level. So, for the bikes, I think they are great. Let's not blame the product here, just the jokers that pull the strings in Milwaukee.
I think the problem is their target demographic. Think about that for a moment. Wouldn't you agree?
There's a lot of H-D riders that are definitely into riding for all the right reasons. Unfortunately they are outnumbered by the weekend-warriors, posers, and wannabes, and people with a deficiency of common sense, and an overabundance of money.
I kinda like seeing groups of these tools dressed in H-D branded garb from head-to-toe, on shiny, brand-new bikes. I like walking up to them in my full riding gear, and innocently asking them how many miles do they have, or if they change their own oil, or if they bolted on any of those garish accessories themselves (c'mon, most of the stuff is easier than assembling a kid's toy). I revel in the negative answers, always delivered with the "I'm a real BIKER" attitude. And then it's time for the coup de grace....they see that I'm wearing a Harley T-shirt under my jacket, or if the jacket is off, they notice the H-D tattoo. Sometimes I even break out a pic of my Electra-Glide.
Hey, it's all in good humored fun. Gotta love the irony.
Harley is a marketing *****. There's no denying that.
They make high quality bikes, and that stands to be true right down to the component level. So, for the bikes, I think they are great. Let's not blame the product here, just the jokers that pull the strings in Milwaukee.
I think the problem is their target demographic. Think about that for a moment. Wouldn't you agree?
There's a lot of H-D riders that are definitely into riding for all the right reasons. Unfortunately they are outnumbered by the weekend-warriors, posers, and wannabes, and people with a deficiency of common sense, and an overabundance of money.
I kinda like seeing groups of these tools dressed in H-D branded garb from head-to-toe, on shiny, brand-new bikes. I like walking up to them in my full riding gear, and innocently asking them how many miles do they have, or if they change their own oil, or if they bolted on any of those garish accessories themselves (c'mon, most of the stuff is easier than assembling a kid's toy). I revel in the negative answers, always delivered with the "I'm a real BIKER" attitude. And then it's time for the coup de grace....they see that I'm wearing a Harley T-shirt under my jacket, or if the jacket is off, they notice the H-D tattoo. Sometimes I even break out a pic of my Electra-Glide.
Hey, it's all in good humored fun. Gotta love the irony.
Two wheels is two wheels.... Personally I prefer sport bikes, but it really doesn't matter what kind or type of bike is attached to those two wheels, as long as it brings the person riding it the satisfaction they desire.....
If Harley put everything they had in pink....we'd have allot of Drag Queens riding Harley's.
I dunno, I have no problems with people who ride other bikes. Two wheels is two wheels. Hell I even give respect to the Scooters out there. Segways I laugh at though. Only thing I know about Harleys is that I'm surrounded by them on my block and everytime they start up; putputput,silence...putputput, silence...putputput, silence...then finally they roar to life and I see a neighbor flooring it down the street trying to get upto 20 mph. Love the sound of em, don't like the performance, dispise the price tag.
I think the biggest problem is that Harleys are good bikes, but 99% of the people who own them 1) Don't know how to take care of a bike, and 2) Only ride them when it's warm and sunny, so they just sit with bad gas and buildup then people blaim the hard starting bike on the manufacturer.
I dunno, I have no problems with people who ride other bikes. Two wheels is two wheels. Hell I even give respect to the Scooters out there. Segways I laugh at though. Only thing I know about Harleys is that I'm surrounded by them on my block and everytime they start up; putputput,silence...putputput, silence...putputput, silence...then finally they roar to life and I see a neighbor flooring it down the street trying to get upto 20 mph. Love the sound of em, don't like the performance, dispise the price tag.
I think the biggest problem is that Harleys are good bikes, but 99% of the people who own them 1) Don't know how to take care of a bike, and 2) Only ride them when it's warm and sunny, so they just sit with bad gas and buildup then people blaim the hard starting bike on the manufacturer.
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