Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Thoughts on Harley bashing.

Why is it that the majority of the folks who chime in on Harley Davidson related threads, that are throwing stones either a.) Have never ridden, let alone owned one, or b.) Are into a style of motorcycle(primarily "crotch rockets", which I have nothing against, myself) that H-D doesn't even manufacture, so why the comparison? I suppose it's no different than our gun related threads....people seem to like to spout off about things they have no first hand experience with. Just curious.

Jeff

Thats about it.Theres alot of that on this board for sure.
When your 20 theres not a thing wrong with a penis and scroturn chrusher.Now that im older I have alittle more respect for my junk.
Most of the people I know that are riding v twin wannbees are just biding there time before they can swing a H-D.Not a thing wrong with that either.


dave

I wouldn't get on any donor cycle, unless it was off road.

Harley Davidson's are decent motorcycles. For the type of bike they are, they're almost as good as a Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic.

If you could buy a good used Road Glide for what they're worth, ($5000-$6500) I'd probably own one.

,..but I wouldn't dress all up like Black-fuggin-Beard the pirate everytime I went for a ride on it,...as seems to be customary.

<whew> ... glad my beard's grey...

It's kinda funny when you see a couple of local guys buy Sportster's and all of a sudden they're wearing cut off jean jackets and wearing a bandana, black leather boots and straight pipes and they think they're cool. Just a fricken joke!

Tom

I always bashed them, but then again when i was young i only rode "INDIANS" the real ones from the wigwam!!!!! Don

You know the difference between a Harley and a Hoover, right?....


The dirtbag is on the inside of the Hoover!...

That's less gay than the crotch rocket guy wearing the chartreuse and lime green leather jacket that's two sizes too small and a full ninja helmet.

i rode my 94 harley into a gas station other day and a guy noticed and comented that my bike wasn't spotless.My response was that yuppies buy their bikes to look at i bought mine to ride.To further make my point mine is a 1200 sportster that i rode from upstate ny to sturgis,new orleans,floridia and maine.......Among many other place and never been trailered a day.Afterward he admitted he only had 2k on a 2009 road king what a waste of a road bike was my response and rode off

I wonder what the modern day typical HD owner is trying to be ?

Hey Bristoe, what do you wear on the ricer Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic? Kamikaze headband?

Don't ride a scooter no more but if I did it would be one from an American outfit.

I ride a 2002 Bonneville. I wear whatever I happen to have on when I decide to go riding + a pair of wraparound Ray Bans.

From another site, "the ultimate motorcycle time machine" the Bonneville that is.

I dont usually bash unless some harley yuppie starts things. Dont get me wrong, I think Harley makes a nice bike, but not for the money. I ride a Victory and I paid far less for a bike that will go faster, pull harder, get better gas mileage, and require MUCH less maintenance. Its also made in the USA, and more comfortable. Honestly, I dont care what you ride, but I cant stand the harley mentality of 'if its not harley, its not worth havin'. My bike, my business.

I ride my 2002 Low Rider somewhere around 8K miles per year. It's bone stock except for the high flow intake and the Screaming Eagle pipes
I wear leathers and boots when I feel the need, but this morning it was tennis shoes and a T shirt.
I'm looking to move up in a year or so and really like the Soft Tail line

Objectively, Harleys aren't that great. Better than in the AMF days, and before THAT, but no thanks.
While I love the motor music, on the other hand the power curve, gear box, riding position and pretty much everything else just doesn't make it for me.
If I have to do a V-twin, give me a Ducati of comparative vintage to any hog. The music is just as wonderful, but so is the rest of the opera.

Maybe so but it's just as pathetic.

Everybody who criticizes someone else's choice in motorcycles, guns, etc. is generally just a blow hard massaging his own ego.

It's your money. Do what you want with it. Ask for advice if you want, or don't.

well said and when i rode to sturgis in 95 their were other makes of bikes and i didn't see no one get critisized because what they chose to ride in fact i did hear i don't care what you ride as long as you ride