I could go for that, fill up both tanks.. :agave:
Been thinking about a Harley...
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I could go for that, fill up both tanks.. :agave:
Megamaniac
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Looking to get the burnt orange color hd street glide over the winter for next year getting sick and tired of the reindeer games. Oh look a corner....whoopie.... power ranger time and hey dont forget the pre ride chicken strip inspection tour to establish expected position in group. I just sometimes feel very childish riding like an ****** in group rides and also the rides are always such a rush....hurry hurry got to get to next corners for more whoopie power ranger time. My wife comments how stupid it looks and giggles every time she sees a group of sportbikes and she is far from anti bike I scrape pegs with her on the back.
Yes Harley does have the premium price tag and for me at this point in my life it makes perfect sense to maybe grow up and start acting my age and buy a real bike.
Yes Harley does have the premium price tag and for me at this point in my life it makes perfect sense to maybe grow up and start acting my age and buy a real bike.
I think that is more the rider(s) bringing a bad name to a type of motorcycle. I'm sure we can say the same for any style of bake out there. But sadly I do see the trend with some riders to always "race" when on a group ride. I'm older, fatter and slower so I'm all about the trip but also the destination, I don't want to rush either.
Less ******-baggery in the cruiser world but it's still there. Couple weeks ago I did a group ride and I was the only cruiser amidst 20. Came up to a red stoplight and a Harley train of about 50 came up and passed us on the right, pulled into the intersection and stopped the motorists who had a green so that their whole convoy could proceed out and turn right. Idiots.
Roadghost
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If I have to explain, you'd never understand.
I know I'm just the lone weirdo voice here, that's fine. I have not seen a new SG with bars,boards and seat triangle like Elvis's decker as shown above. There is a perceptible difference. Elvis's decker set up is "normal". Anything that deviates from that, higher bars, lower rearward seat and forward boards are a move to style and fashion, not function. Start adding tons of geewhizz chrome, neon lights, blaring stereos, handlebar streamers, pirate outfits etc. then to me it's just a rolling freak show. That a "normal" bike has no place in the HOG world is sad.
I believe the H-D dealers are fairly amenable to people taking test rides - more so than those of other manufacturers (where it is usually only possible on a dedicated test-ride day). It is also possible to rent them, e.g. in the southwest USA, which would be a good opportunity to see what they are like to live with day to day.
I test-rode a traditional H-D once, which was sufficient to convince me that I would never own one, but different strokes for different folks - and I'd still take a V-Rod for a rip if presented with the opportunity to do so.
I test-rode a traditional H-D once, which was sufficient to convince me that I would never own one, but different strokes for different folks - and I'd still take a V-Rod for a rip if presented with the opportunity to do so.
FLSTC
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The 'mini-apes' is what sold me on the bike, and over time I came to appreciate the wide whitewalls, studs, and conchos. Subsequent to this day1 photo, I added short curved risers that bring the bars back about 1.5" - I guess my arms aren't as long as the Harley model. Foot boards and heel-toe shifter are the bee's knees...
At the risk of making a complete *** of myself, let me explain. I grew up across the pond. Our bicycles were "normal". This was ingrained in my psyche like a religion. When I came here most kids rode bicycles with ape hangers, banana seats, mismatched wheel sizes, squared off rear redline slicks, sissy bars and sometimes handle bar streamers. It made me sick to my stomach. One summer a cool older guy down the road bought a cop decker. What a great piece of kit. He rode it all over the place. He took me on beer runs. Come next spring it had a peanut tank, bobbed fenders, extended forks, bondo around the steering neck and "Z" handlebars. It wasn't the same.
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Dr. Luxurious
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Not at all, you just explained that different people have different tastes, I think it is a good thing.
My Night Rod is docile below 5K, so I can tool around like a traditional Harley if I want. But, it comes alive after that up to 9K redline if I want to move out in a hurry. It's a sweet motor. I rode to Nashville and back last year, no comfort issues up to 120 km/hr, after that the wind pressure gets hard on the neck and back.
My buddy has M109R and handling wise that thing is a barge compared to mine.
Dealer is full of crap. The heritage or Delux are both fine for two up. Heritage comes with soft saddles bags and decent seat for two.
It does depend on the size of the riders tho.
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Roadghost
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Riding the best selling bike in the world isn't stupid.
Agreed. Sounds more like a salesman up-sell. Rode a Heritage Classic all through the Florida Glades with my wife on the back a couple years ago and it was very comfy. If you and the missus are giants, might be a better choice in the full dressers but normal sized people, no way.
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Dr. Luxurious
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riding the same bike as everyone else shows how much of a free thinker you are...put on your pirate costume, go for a long ride and give that some thought
Umm....ahhh...sigh....on your sweet CB1000R...if you extended the forks 6 inches and put a solid lowering strut where the shock should be.....ahhhh....ok, maybe it is a matter of taste I fold. But you have to question the motivation to do that. Try to imagine a life without an audience. Nobody would be motivated to make those bike destroying mods. So what does that say about motivation? When are guys going to start wearing high heels? Can't be too far off.
You oh so sorely missed the point. The fact it's the best selling bike has more to do with the hype and fanaticism over HD, not necessarily the bike itself, it's quality, or it's mechanics. In some of those aspects the metrics win, and they win hands down on cost of ownership & cost of insurance, and the aftermarket is certainly there as well for Metrics if that's part of the essential ownership experience for you.
To make a comparison...Android is the top cellphone OS in the world, but that doesn't make it the best. Of course, to the hard core fanatics (the ones who blindly sing it's praises at every opportunity, wear branded clothing, get android tattoos, put android car stickers on their vehicles, etc etc - see any resemblances to the HD culture?) Android is the greatest thing since sliced bread - it dominates the market, it must be the best...right?
The fact that there are other OS's out there, some of which do things better, with far less issues, a smoother interface and generally a (well documented) overall better ownership experience is completely irrelevant to the hardline fanatics who refuse to consider the alternatives just because they're die hards.
That same situation happens a lot in the HD world, case in point right here.
Roadghost
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Who I am, and what I do has little to do with what I ride. I just like nice bikes. It so happens I bought the nicest. So, if today I want to be a pirate, that's just what I'll do. Tomorrow I can put on a hipster uniform and do that. If I want to go squid, that'll be my choice too. So what? You need to worry a little less about appearances and focus on what you enjoy. I know it irks a lot of other bike owners when I call HD the best. I guess that's why I say it. Truth is, that's why they sell so well. To the OP, you can't go wrong with a Harley. You'll never regret owning it, and no MC company has done more for the motorcycle community than HD.
