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Harley guys complemented me today
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ss2wheels Offline
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group.I have enjoyed my HDs,the oldest being a 1987 and the newest a 2011 streetglide so really pretty good reliable bikes.I would never have even considered an HD prior to that because they were oil leaking, falling apart piles of s--t! I guess the reason I always go back to japanese bikes is the same reason my wife and I drive toyota's, we simply like the way they feel.Now let me ask you does any of this make sense? I am not a Harley basher, they are gorgeous and reliable machine's now, and so many people own them or want to own them,I guess that even though they are built with so many parts from Japan and all over the globe, they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
05-12-2014 07:38 AM
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The Spaceman Offline
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
(05-12-2014 07:38 AM)ss2wheels Wrote:  Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group....

There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.

(05-12-2014 07:38 AM)ss2wheels Wrote:  ...they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."

Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.

Go hagofuku yourself.
05-12-2014 10:43 AM
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
I ride CB because I like the bike period.The ferret
05-12-2014 01:20 PM
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grover Offline
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Dallas, TX
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Harley guys complemented me today
(05-12-2014 10:43 AM)The Spaceman Wrote:  
(05-12-2014 07:38 AM)ss2wheels Wrote:  Isn't it strange and hard to explain the way that it's HD and then every other make of motorcycle? For me having had 7 HDs and a s--t load of everything else in the last 40 years I can say that I ride a bike for the feeling of the machine more than the feeling of being part of a group....

There's no doubt at all that a very large percentage of people buy HD because they see it as a membership card in a club. And there's nothing wrong with that. I think HD ownership has lost some of the cache it had when people were waiting a year and paying $1,000's over MSRP for bikes, but it's still there.

(05-12-2014 07:38 AM)ss2wheels Wrote:  ...they are an american company since 1903, and that means something...
The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."

Given that the guy from Japan paid literally double the best offer I'd ever gotten from anybody in the US, I think I can live with my decision.

Hah! Sounds like you made the capitalist decision to me...what's more American than that?! Wink

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05-13-2014 07:47 AM
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
(05-12-2014 10:43 AM)The Spaceman Wrote:  The week before last I got a text message out of the blue asking if my '77 Low Rider was still for sale. I texted back and explained I'd sold it to a collector from Japan, and asked where he'd seen the bike. He replied: "You're a traitor, you don't deserve to live in the US."

I'm really failing to see what's traitorous about selling something to someone overseas. I suppose it's safe to assume he only eats locally grown crops, wears clothing made in the US, and doesn't own a computer? Perhaps he burns himself with a cigarette (an American cigarette, for sure) every time he sees an attractive girl from a different ethnic background? Where does the madness stop?

He probably shouldn't be using gasoline, because that certainly doesn't come from here!

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05-13-2014 09:26 AM
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MFGUSA Offline
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
The only thing left in America that's All American are probably us Baby Boomers.

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05-13-2014 12:30 PM
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Lord Popgun Offline
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Virginia Beach
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
Doesn't HARLEY sell Harleys overseas??? And aren't foreign parts in their bikes?

On topic, a number of HD riders waved to me today and one with ape hangers and a German looking helmet looked away with nose in the air. Whatever.

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05-13-2014 04:04 PM
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MFGUSA Offline
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RE: Harley guys complemented me today
I visited a Harley Dealership in Unna (or Kamen) Germany (near Dortmund). They had a sign out front "Milwaukee 2800 miles" and it pointed west. Looked like any other Harley Dealership as I remember.

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05-13-2014 04:39 PM
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