Why are Harleys cool?

[scan]

Notice:The writer of the previous post has just been sacked....The moderators of this forum, who volunteered to continue to moderate this forum after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked

the forum has been completed in an entirely different style at great expense, and at the last minute

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër ?

[Dichotomous]

harleys are cool cause they have a mellow ride, instant power (no not more power, but its available right away) a real solid all metal feel, and a special sound. if these are tangibles that you would like, then its cool, if they are not, then its not.
I like how they have more metal on them, I like how the parts feel more solid when touched and sat on. Would it matter for anything? naw, I am not going to wear through or break my levers or foot pegs even if I ride my suzuki 300,000miles. Would they break if I crashed, oh yeah they would, would the slightly thicker and meatier feeling harley parts break in a crash, oh yeah they would. But even though its unnessisary weight and so on, it feels nice.
and trying to explain the high points of a harley without the intangibles is not a good picture really. Yeah part of it IS the image, good! maybe I want that image, same reason i wear dress shoes at work. they cost more, are not as comfortable, supportive, or as performance oriented as my gym shoes, but I get respect more when wearing them and feel better in some ways with them on. Go ahead and find me someone who's completely image free, who doesnt care about what anyone thinks. This person, likely doesnt have the money for a motorcycle, dont kid yourself, there is always a bit of image in it.
that being said, I think harley boys have a lot to do with the polarizing concept themselves. Now I know there is more than the fair share of harley bashing on here, but a lot of it resounds around the machines themselves, oftentimes, but not always, things that are true. While harleys do have some nice points, there are a lot of not so nice points as well. Instead of taking a "well I got it cause I like it" approach, it seems a lot of harley boys gotta defend it right from the get go, american made and real bike cliches, well they become cliches cause they are said too many times.

[scan]

Instead of taking a "well I got it cause I like it" approach, it seems a lot of harley boys gotta defend it right from the get go, american made and real bike cliches, well they become cliches cause they are said too many times.

Or the tried and true - if you have to ask, you have a brain...oh wait, if you have to ask, you have taste....no no, I'll get it...if you have to ask, I can ignore you as an invalid person. I remember now -

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand. Yeah, the first time I heard that slogan, I thought they were right - I wouldn't understand.

To each his own and I hope the Harley rider have a great ride too.

[earwig]

I guess I'll throw this out there so the thread doesn't die too quickly, lol... My Honda Shadow had stickers that looked like flames instead of real painted stickers on the gas tank, the fenders were plastic of some sort, and the pipes were really just crappy pipes covered by chrome covers... could this be why some Hondas cost less?

[shane-o]

Americans = no sense of humour typical

i guess i wont have to worry about it to much longer as I hear Nth Korea is about to own your arse Lucky i did that 5 years of Korean lol


할리데이비드슨(미국제 대형 오토바이의 상표) = Harley davidson in Korean Learn it !!!




Hi Hans




.

[Nalian]

Americans = no sense of humour

i guess i wont have to worry about it to much longer as I hear Nth Korea is about to own your arse Lucky i did that 5 years of Korean lol

typical

Hi Hans
.

See I just figured you were drunk so I ignored you. Isn't that all Aussies do?

[shane-o]

Americans = no sense of humour

i guess i wont have to worry about it to much longer as I hear Nth Korea is about to own your arse Lucky i did that 5 years of Korean lol

typical

Hi Hans
.

See I just figured you were drunk so I ignored you. Isn't that all Aussies do?

lol yeah we do like our beers probably a little to much


its all good

[jackM50black]

Harley's are not cool, you must have heard it wrong.... or someone is pulling your leg.

You're welcome,, no extra charge.

[Mintbread]

It's the people like Mintbread, though, who really make you wonder. You'd think that after a few years they'd realise that it doesn't matter WHAT you ride, it's THAT you ride, but some just can't seem to ever let that sentiment penetrate through their bozone layer.

And that is where you have read me completely wrong Gummi. In my years of riding I have learnt many things and one of them is that I don't care what I am riding as long as I am, in fact, riding. This is the reason that when I am at work riding a 110cc motorcycle I am doing it with a smile on my face, the reason I have never owned and never will own a brand new bike and it is also why I currently own a bike that I bought as a salvage and just fixed it up to make it go. I simply love to ride.

I have also learned that the actions of a minority end up reflecting badly on the majority and this is why I have a, not even dislike, but a disinterest in Harley-Davidson and also Ducati. I have been made to feel rather inferior on several occasions because I "only" ride a (insert Japanese bike insult here). I have no doubt that the bikes are great to ride but my opinion of them has been coloured by their owners to the point of not wanting to be associated with that type of persona.

The sooner the Harley and Ducati riders realise that it is about riding, not what they are riding the better, because if you ask me the whole purpose of riding got lost somewhere in their respective marketing departments.

[shane-o]

I am at work riding a 110cc motorcycle

ah i love those bikes, my wife rides competitive road bicycles, and ive tried pacing her on the firestorm but it gets a bit towy riding around at 30-50 kmh for hours so im on the hunt for a good CT 110. Ya dont know where I can find a good example in Melb do ya?


BTW ive seen some guys do some awesome stuff on the ex postie, Just the other day i was waiting to enter this roundabout when a chap on a CT110 came flying around with his knee down looking the goods, i was totally impressed