Damn Harley Guy!

Yeah, but who wants to stand around talking with 20 assholes on Goldwings at some gas station?

 

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My old boss at the BMW, Norton, Triumph shop was a Harley mechanic that had started his bike building career in the 1950s. He used to dance around the shop (no kidding) singing little songs and telling stories about how bad they were. They had warranties that consisted of parts only and no labor, crappy build quality, mouse trap clutch linkage, fly'in open generators, mag shorts and everything else. He loved his BMW. He was constantly amazed at the quality and simplicity of the design.

We had our share of Harley riders darken our door. They knew, if they had a problem Leroy could fix it. Once a guy rolled in with a candy red chopper. Everything that could be chromed was and anything that was left over was gold plated. Leroy was sitting on the stool at his work bench eating his lunch. He looked over his sandwich and said "Anyone that would ride one of them things is retarded." There was a certain amount of guff you had to take to have him look at your Harley.

I do not understand the Harley bitterness toward other bikes. The war is over. We won. The Japanese are our friends, along with the Germans and the Italians, and they all make great bikes. I have loved all kinds of bikes from my teens. I have had a chance to ride everything from a Vincent to a QA50 and I loved them all, Harleys too. It's not all Harley riders that have this affliction. Quite a few own sport bikes or Gold Wings and make great riding companions. It's the ones you find that bleed orange and black and that believe all the Harley marketing lifestyle crap that you have to look out for.

One more Leroy story, we used to have the Harley guys coming into the shop bragging about how fast their bikes were. Leroy would listen patently to their spiel, look them in the eye and ask "how can you tell how fast you're going? At speeds over 70 the screws will fall out of your glasses, your eyes won't focus, the speedometer is a blur and your hands look like two grapefruit because of the vibration."

 

There are always people, who will be pricks, no matter what they ride.

 

as for the original post, i gotta call bull shitt on the 200 mph part. ridiculous! my dyna is a cvo with the screaming eagle 110 inch (bout as hot of a motor as you can get from harley) and couldnt come close to outrunning my rwb! at a poker run a couple months back, after a little smack talking back and forth between me and a 5'2" 90 pound 65 year old, bearded old man named poncho (greatest guy you could ever meet) he proceeded to spank my viffers ass on a quarter mile stretch of landon road on his 03 ultra classic with a modded 88" motor! so, ya never know.

many of my friends ride harleys. i bought my viffer from a harley guy. i have a harley but, im way too good looking to ever be considered a harley guy. what stands out the most from the original post is that the harley dude was ignorant and low class to talk shit just cause he rides a different brand bike. and its no more intelligent nore any classier when you guys do it. the freedoms in the ride, not what your riding. you be you and i'll be me.

...just sayin

 

One more, off-topic, "Leroy story" and then I quit I promise. He said that back in the day, you always had some guy coming into the Harley shop with the baddest, meanest Harley and something to prove. These guys always wanted to race someone for pink slips. There was a mechanic named Pee Wee who had a Harley 61. According to Leroy it was nothing special and something of a rat. He would accept the guys challenge, pull around the back and load his saddle bags with Harley flywheels, the secret of drag racing being traction and a quick start. Leroy said the they would go to the street out back, the flag would drop and Pee Wee's back tire would chirp once and he would be gone while his opponent would be fighting wheel spin. He never lost but because of shop policy never collected a pink slip. The key to the racing success were, heavy duty spokes and clutch, an almost bald but square profile back tire and weight over the rear axle.

 

You are correct and I agree.

 

Josh,
I recently had a (what turned out to be a one way conversation) run in with a Harley guy. Sitting at a booth in a Waffle House where my friend David and I met up to go for a ride that day. We were finishing our breakfast and David had gone to the rest room. Sitting there minding my own this guy walks up to the table and asks "Who's on that yellow bike?" I said, "That's mine it's a Honda VFR... my friend is on the Yama" and before I could even finish saying "Yamaha Royal Star", the guy started talking about his brand new Harley Davidson he bought back in December. I'm a nice guy and treated him as such as he continued to say that he doesn't ride in the cold, or in the rain unless he gets caught in it. While he's going on about HIS Harley Davidson I'm thinking to myself.."I can't believe this guy said 5 words to me JUST so he could tell me about his Harley Davidsons." He then started gloating about his "custom built" Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle with a 120 HP and how fast it was. PFFFFFFT bull shit. I didn't say anything but I did give him the impression that I was no longer interested in what he had to say. He has a brand new Harley that he has ridden a whole 6 miles and I bet he still hasn't ridden it since he parked it in his garage. Typical Harley owner.
I'm a pretty easy going guy. I'm not the type to BRAG about my motorcycles. I don't care what brand of bike you ride, let's just go have some fun. I have met some Harley owners that are genuine good, nice folks BUT it is the rude, arrogant jack asses like this guy that has made me HATE Harley Davidsons. After he left I regretted not telling him to go get his "custom built" Harley and we'll go find a 1/4 mile stretch of road. The next time that happens I will tell that person that I don't care about his over rated, over priced and under powered "real" motorcycle. My 30 year old 67 cubic inch Honda V65 Magna will spank your bad ass Harley too.
My buddy David just sold his Royal Star and bought a 98 VFR.

 

I have little doubt that a Harley can reach speeds in excess of 150 MPH......once its dropped out of a plane.

 

What a jagoff. See, riders like that are why I decided to not bother with a Harley. Then my Dad died, and I inherited his Sportster. This was less than a year after my 87 Interceptor was stolen. I remember dad tellin me he just bought a bike, I asked what he got, and he told me. well, I asked why? You could of bought whatever you wanted. Anyway, it was a 1200, last year of the carb, screamin eagle everything.,.,.It was fun, but I have seen rev limiter many times on my 700, and it just wasn't it for me. I digress...listen, if i can throw my leg over it , I will ride it. However I like the V4 Interceptors. I sold the Sportster Monday, because my good friend wanted to buy it, and I have another VFR coming, so why not. Riding is the important part, no matter what you have. There are prolly some Harleys around that could give my chosen favorites a good run, and that's great. Gotta consider the source I suppose. I may have another Harley someday. the last four years I wouldn't tell people that asked me what I rode I had a Harley, because it wasn't a Honda.

 

Along the same lines:

What are the two best days a person has with a Harleydood-cycle?

The day he buys it, and the day he sells it!

Sorry it someone already told this joke, I didnt read all ten pages.

 

1 of my brothers bought one of harleys performance oriented version called a screaming eagle fuel injected model with PC3 installed, header system and to be perfectly honest it really wasn't a slouch but it wasn't any real threat either. we raced 2 times and i beat him both times but underestimated its power the 1st race and didn't launch as hard as the 2nd time around. needless to say the 2nd race it was well over a semi and trailer length!!

 

Some restaint might be in order around "some" harleydoods if one rode a fatboy.

 

200 KPH is not even in the Harley realm without a LOT of work. I ride with a few friends sometimes that have Harleys but they know they have over priced half Japanese/Korean/American bikes but just love their 1930's technology rides. lol

 

It's a shame HD didn't fork over some bucks for that Redbull sponsored free fall. they could have tossed out a Harley first and claimed a Harley exceeded the speed of sound. Oh Well..

 

This thread is pointless, your comparing apples vs. oranges. There is going to be so many things to knit pick out that one has and the other doesn't. Halrey are touring bikes, VFR's are sport/touring bikes. That's like comparing a Cadillac brougham to a Ferrari 458. I own both a HD and a VFR. I like them for what the other cant do. Yes there are some dumb ignorant people out there, but to complain about it what does that accomplish, it just creates annimosity between 2 riding groups and stereo types. I can understand dealing with a individual asshole here and there but to say Harley owners? you're stereo tyoing a whole group. I own a Harley and I am not that kind of person. When I first started riding for me it was all about 2 wheels, no matter what kind of bike I was jsut glad to be a biker riding a motorcycle. Dont get caught up in the bad boy image over a bike, just like guns, people kill people, guns don't. It's the person not the machine. My 2 cents, hope no one got butt hurt. I am a nuetral, ride all styles of bikes, but I'm not defending any particular rider, just pointng out it's a person choice to be an asshole, it's not their bikes fault.

 

I like my VFR but i like Harley's too. I feel there is a place in the world for both hyper high tech bikes and bike built on a commitment to heritage. Both are fun to ride, both have different feels and both do what they do extremely well. As you said, this is not about the type of bike but about rider attitude. I think you will agree that out of all the manufactures of motorcycles only Harley actively promotes a "them and us" lifestyle or culture that fosters a lot of the rancor. There is one thing to have good natured competition, it's another to be the active enemy of another brand. That's just silly.

 

OMG !! Our sacred turf has been invaded by harleydoods. Let us pray.

 

I agree with you that Harley does advertise "us vs. them". But you also have to look at the fact that they are the only American Motorcycle manufacture. Victory & Buell haven't been around for too long, and I'm not that old to know if there was other manufactures pre 70. Harley hasn't copied anyones style as other manufactures have copied Harleys style. I would love to see Harley come out with a full blown sport bike crotch rocket (not a buell). I honestly think they would sell like crazy if they did. Creating stereo types for any group is just adding negativity and eventually pours over to other groups of people. When people who don't ride hear about Harley guys, they'll also start to look at sport bike riders and their faults. Should be 2 wheels & 1 one love. Wishful thinking I guess...I still give my props to all my 2 wheel brothers and sisters out there no matter what they ride. Peace!

 

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