Who Hates Harley Davidson?

Even the industry much less a magazine that is in many minds aboot as worthless as the BBB, can't decide or control how to classify bikes. Kinda reminds me of the old "When in doubt, make up some shit and nope it flies".. Pun intended..

 

If Harley made airplanes, would you fly?

That would be a really great name for a harleydood club. "The Flying Assholes" Think of the colors and patches that could be created. The club prez would have to be a proctologist IMO.


The colors logo could be a riff on the Von Dutch flying eyeball. Patches could say things like " We're Number 2" Same thing on the old style "13" patch. An entire new wardrobe in brown could be designed and sold
, Newsletters printed on TP, cookbooks with recipes using high fibre ingredients and prune juice.

 

Just saw the worlds fastest Indian motorcycle movie-a old guy 67 years old did 201mph on a pile of junk-that he made into a super fast pile of junk, made his own piston's. Now I don't think anyone could repeat that story. I would like to see how fast my car would go on the salt flats-I have it set to hit 180mph with a mostly stock old engine-the SRT-4. Gear limited after 180mph. You never know maybe a Harley dude could do that-I think however that would be impossible-201mph:crushed:!

 

@bad billy: Zactly! You got it.


Also Harley Culture, if you can call it that, should not be confused with the machines. New Harleys have incredible fit and finish and are very reliable. While the technology is mid 20th Century, they do what they are designed for: meet H-D consumers' demands and expectations.

As for snobs, did you guys actually read this thread? If you substituted nigger for Harley Davidson, you'd see your amazing irrational prejudice.

All two-wheeled assholes are bad for motorcycling's image: the sport bike wheelie squid, the sport rider weaving in and out of traffic at speed, the street "stunter" and the modern wolf pack.

Seriously, gang, get off your high horses and onto your motorcycles.
I know I'll never change your mind - or the minds of some of the Harley dudes - but I call bullshit when I smell it.

 

Great movie, like the Olympic athletes say, never give up!

 

Bravo!!!
:smile-new:

 

Bravo X2, we all ride, face the same stuff on the road. We have much in common.

 

Harley has two issues in my mind:
-Outlaw bikers and biker gangs give them a bad rap. Also almost every HD I see has no muffler system and make so much noise it is deafening. This is very annoying to me and my family and I hate hearing these guys a 2 am waking up everyone on the street. A great many of them break laws, will not wear a helmet, dot not use signals etc.
-HD still suffers from bad quality issues from a couple of decades ago. I work with a guy who has one from the 70,s it is very nice has had thousands spent on it and every time he rides it needs more repairs to fix more leaks. Not my idea of fun, I like to enjoy my ride not wonder what I will have to fix when (if) I get home.
-I had a customer that work for the local HD dealer in the late 90,s early 2000. Even then he said quality was crap and lots of bike would not start right from the factory. Again not reassuring at best.
I have never ridden one, so I will reserve final judgment until I do.

 

There might be some harleydoods that can go that fast. There would be more but some of them insist on riding each other.

 

Now this is just GAY :flypig:

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PS/ I BTW do not purchase, nor condone the purchase of H-D paraphernalia...

 

The originals were made of bailing wire.

 

You never know when you might have to tow your hog, I think these things may be pretty practical. And they replace em, you can't go wrong.

 

Would you go for "often"?

 

My Harley ownership experience.
Having been around bikes of all flavors, I knew from a reliability standpoint to stay away, far away, from HD. When I wrenched in shops and we took one on trade, it sat leaking and forlorn for ages in the used section before it was practically given away. Then HD had its renasance when Willie G and co. took charge. Evo motor etc. Si one year I made a bit of extra coin and the wife wanted a sportster. Tried to talk her into a 1200 bit she found a sweet 883 with 280 miles. There was a Vrod with only 80 miles and both had extended warranties. '03 &'05 respectively. I won't get into the sportster but will talk about the Vrod.
Props to HD for the balls to produce a water cool twin with some power. Granted its stable mate was my 'busa so it was like a swayback draft horse next to a thoroughbred.
Quality? It leaked oil, headlight assy fell off, taillight assy fell off, fork lock did not line up to work correctly, hazard lights came on and I had to disconnect battery to get that to stop.
Rideabity? Seat was some kinda torture device after 50 mile but tank only held enough gas to go 90 miles. Riding position was freaking painful after 20 slab miles, tank under seat and seat pivots opposite direction of side stand so it was awkward as hell to gas up plus near impossible to fill w/0 overflowing.
HD support? Treated like a red headed bastard stepchild at numerous dealerships when asked what I rode. HD would do NOTHING for the above mentioned quality issues. There was a recall on something minor and I was told I would have to leave it with them for 'a couple weeks'
I ended up selling it. Took about 6 months of CL, cycle trader, newspaper, and word of mouth. Ended up selling it from a pawnshop on consignment. Took a big loss plus fees and was glad to see it gone. Getting pissed just thinking about it. Harley forking Davidson my ass!


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Nice write up. Its funny how HD's sound all bad arse in the parking lot gunning their engines then they get oot on the highway only to have a bike that cost less than the tax they paid on theirs and more than half the displacement blow by them :vtr2:

btw, I did pass a flat black Bentley the other day and snickered in my brain bucket. :wacko:

 

They cater to a loyal following that has very low expectations as far as any kind of performance and thoughtful engineering goes. Comfort wise, they sell a base bike and want you to upgrade everything from the 'Big Book' . As marketing and brand accessory entity, they are without peer.
Back to my Vrod, I forgot the lack of suspension adjustment, gas mileage was horrible, forward controls were pure work plus the wind ballooning my pants up.
Front end developed a huge clack when the front brake was applied. It was the stem bearings, "they all do that" was the answer I heard at various HD dealers. The steering geometry made it damn near impossible to hold anything near a straight line below 20mph so slow or stop and go trAfic was awkward and embarrassing.Brakes? Weak and squeaky.
Belt drive! Don't touch it!! What if needs adjusting? Let the dealer do it. Big bucks!
Then then interaction with "the faithful" could be another thread but I will touch on it. For the most part these folks are so brainwashed and closed minded
It is scary. I heard near every mc misconception spouted like it was gospel. Where do I start? I'll just mention some key words and you'll know the rest. Helmets,loud pipes. American made, reliable, etc. oh and my fav! I swear to god and baby Jesis if I had a dollar for everytime I heard: "I had to lay her down " relating to accident avoidance. I once asked a guy, " so you caused and accident to avoid an accident?" Blank look... "Yeah, I had to lay 'er down"
Ranting? Yes. Thanks for indulging me.


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Caught this from the bracelet site above. http://www.zippersperformance.com/p...s-touring/zip-kits-touring-retain-header.html

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One set of slip ons(2), a K&N air filter and an EFI module for AS LOW AS $1,295.00!! It will give you 3 more horsepower, raw undaunted Hardley horsey power. Man I need to get into the Hardley accessory business................. I can make bracelets also.

 

For $1,295.00 you can buy three little pigs.

 

Sorry to keep on this (not really) but this thread has touched a nerve.
I went back an read some of the middle postings and saw Hayabusa and HD stuff mentioned..
My best friend,R.I.P. was a harley dood.yup it's true! So I would get roped into going on toy runs,charity runs, poker runs etc. When you are in a sea of pirates and youare ATTGATT on a 'Busa you tend to stick out like a sore thumb. Mostly cool but occasional gems like: "Saving up for a real machine?" "I smell rice cooking" and my favorite one, guy says: You oughta get a motorsickle with some power!
Me: Ya? how's that?
Hdood: Like a Hog,git some real power.
Meh yeah? what are you riding? ( I know a bunch of letters are coming at me)
Hdood: I got FLXTCLUSTDTXI Ultra Wideglideride etc. right over there. see it?
Me: Ah nice bike! It makes about 1oo'lbs torque same as mine.Yours make about 85hp,mine runs 160hp at the wheel. yours tops about 105 mph, mine 180+mph. Mine will do 105mph in second gear with 4 more to go. How is that not real power?
I got a few "Wows" a "Fuck that jap shit" and a "Fuck you!" once. Hunnert eighty?? wtf would you want to go that fast? was a common theme.

 

Ffff, wha, ju, pffcchchch XD what do they think power is for on a bike? Hauling trailers?