I just don't get all the Harley digs... (speeding, Seat, ticket)
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I personally rode Hondas for a great many years. My last was a Honda 750. (I always wanted a Goldwing, but, since I didnt have a garage, or a decent place to keep a 'good bike' out of the weather, I never bothered to get one).
My Brother in law got a Harley, and its an awesome bike...(At least it was, until he got new 'headers' or mufflers for that silly thing so that it sounds like there is absolutely no mufflers at all, just a huge noise machine, which all Harley members seem to appreciate). I never liked a 'loud bike'...The quieter the bike was, the better it was...and it never bothered me that people always called mine a "japaneese rice burner" ROTFLOL! If thats what it takes to be quite on the road, so be it!
A buddy of mine recently got a Harley and showed it off to me...that puppy has the biggest back tire I have ever seen! It looks like a cartoon balloon, (how they would blow up thier thumbs and it would get huge...well, this one looks about on the same route as that!), and I laughed at it when I first saw it... (I think I offended my poor bud...but, I told him that it simply looked hilariously stupid and cartoonish...Its a good thing he is an easy going fella, because he is my mechanic for when ever I have car trouble...LOL!).
I gave my bike away to my other buddy, who traded it in for a real nice bike...(I figured I cant ride anymore, since I am on blood thinners for my heart, and unless the temperature is up to 90+ I am simply freezing while on the road...ferring and all!), unfortunately, he is dead now, and the bike went back to the bank, but, it was nice to see him ride, even if I cant anymore.
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Originally Posted by woodworkingmenace
I personally rode Hondas for a great many years. My last was a Honda 750. (I always wanted a Goldwing, but, since I didnt have a garage, or a decent place to keep a 'good bike' out of the weather, I never bothered to get one).
My Brother in law got a Harley, and its an awesome bike...(At least it was, until he got new 'headers' or mufflers for that silly thing so that it sounds like there is absolutely no mufflers at all, just a huge noise machine, which all Harley members seem to appreciate). I never liked a 'loud bike'...The quieter the bike was, the better it was...and it never bothered me that people always called mine a "japaneese rice burner" ROTFLOL! If thats what it takes to be quite on the road, so be it!
A buddy of mine recently got a Harley and showed it off to me...that puppy has the biggest back tire I have ever seen! It looks like a cartoon balloon, (how they would blow up thier thumbs and it would get huge...well, this one looks about on the same route as that!), and I laughed at it when I first saw it... (I think I offended my poor bud...but, I told him that it simply looked hilariously stupid and cartoonish...Its a good thing he is an easy going fella, because he is my mechanic for when ever I have car trouble...LOL!).
I gave my bike away to my other buddy, who traded it in for a real nice bike...(I figured I cant ride anymore, since I am on blood thinners for my heart, and unless the temperature is up to 90+ I am simply freezing while on the road...ferring and all!), unfortunately, he is dead now, and the bike went back to the bank, but, it was nice to see him ride, even if I cant anymore.
woodworkingmenace: Great post. I'm sorry you can't ride any more. Harleys don't have to be loud, but most are. I don't know whether it actually improves the performance much to make them loud. I think most H-D riders just like them that way, possibly in connection with the 'loud pipes save lives' concept. I used to have a 650 Yamaha twin that I put a 2-into-1 on that was fairly loud, but after taking a 2500-mile trip on it and listening to it all day for a week, I put the stock exhaust back on.
Harleys with fart pipes are quite possibly the most AWFUL sounding things on earth. At idle they sound decent, but once they crack the throttle and get rolling, it sounds like pure, unadulterated flatulence. Awful, awful, awful sounding garbage.
Harleys with fart pipes are quite possibly the most AWFUL sounding things on earth. At idle they sound decent, but once they crack the throttle and get rolling, it sounds like pure, unadulterated flatulence. Awful, awful, awful sounding garbage.
I don't feel that way about any particular brand of bike, but I do feel that way about motorcycling in general. It doesn't matter what you ride as long as you ride.
As the bros and I always say "If I have to explain it you would not understand" perhaps there are a few here who get this quote?
You're right. People rag on Hardleys basically because they suck as a motorcycle. As you and your "bros" always say, "If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand"!
I sort of laughed when I read the title to this thread. I am a 62 year old Male. I fell in love with motorcycles when I was ten years old. When I was 13 I bought my first Harley, a 175cc Super10. I rode it until I was 16 and then I bought a 1960 XLCH. I have owned over 100 motorcycles in the past fifty years both street and off road. I have loved them all!
When I was in my teens and twenties I caught a lot of Flack from people because I usually rode a Harley on the street. Since I turned fifty I haven't owned a Harley. I am currently riding a Kawasaki 900 Vulcan. Now I get grief from some of the Harley riders that are in their forties and fifties and just recently purchased a motorcycle (usually a Harley) for the first time in their life. On a recent charity ride several of us were sitting around a shade tree eating Hot Dogs and the fixins when one of the Harley riders with all the H-D apparel he could wear asked me if I didn't feel out of place hanging around with a bunch of "real bikers". One of the guys ( Wild Bill) in the group had owned a Harley dealership in the 1970's and I had purchased several Harleys from him. When he heard the newby ask me that question I thought he was going to choke on his hot dog. After Wild Bill told of a few adventures we had shared the idiot that posed the question went after a cold beer and we never saw him again.
Any time I hear anyone knocking the bike that someone else rides I get a little bit peeved. Just be thankful that not all of us have the same tastes in bikes! Or Women!
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"If I have to explain..."
always say, "If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand"!
