Pretty rare to see anything I would describe as "hot" on the back of a Harley. Now - I HAVE seen a few of them actually riding one on their own - but that's rare too. Tzone is right about this.
It depends more on what part of the country one is residing at, IMHO...
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As for "fitting a woman on the back".....My definition of "hot" doesn't require that big seat with a backrest.
Maybe 'your' definition doesn't require that, but if you want HER to be comfy and keep riding with ya, it would behoove you to add that 'big seat and a backrest'... If nothing else, just for safety's sake..
YMMV.
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Been plenty dirty, still get plenty dirty. If you ride long distance you are gonna git a little dirty , ....thats what saloons are for.... to wash the dust down.
Aerostich is for riders. Managers and CEOs buy HD sometimes because , well I guess they want be a carefree, open road big 2 wheeler type.
Pretty rare to see anything I would describe as "hot" on the back of a Harley. Now - I HAVE seen a few of them actually riding one on their own - but that's rare too. Tzone is right about this.
It depends more on what part of the country one is residing at, IMHO...
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As for "fitting a woman on the back".....My definition of "hot" doesn't require that big seat with a backrest.
Maybe 'your' definition doesn't require that, but if you want HER to be comfy and keep riding with ya, it would behoove you to add that 'big seat and a backrest'... If nothing else, just for safety's sake..
YMMV.
And yet....hotties on sportbikes still outnumber those on Harleys. By huge factors. Except maybe in and near Wisconsin.
....but that was never why I ride in the first place.
I've had remarkable women on the back of Honda Interceptors, LTD440'S (I had 2), 1100 Saber, Yamaha 650 special, Honda scrambler. CSR305, just about everything I've owned except the Harley. The Saber was totalled with a woman on the back. (Got hit by a DHL delivery van that ran a red light. )
(By the way, the man at the top of DHL rides. He was LIVID, and made SURE all losses and bills were covered.)
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"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
Right now it appears that selling $15K heavy cruisers isn't the approach.
If those heavy cruisers really were $15K, they'd sell a lot more...................a new Street Glide (not the Street Guide Special) is $22K+ & a new Ultra is around $28-30K.
MM
Not saying they are not expensive. But you are not right either.
Harleys will improve when baby boomers die off, and they have to improve the back, and compete. Last 10 years they have changed a bit. Making more changes than they used to. But I agree witht the though millenials are not as interested in Hareys.
GTL is 25.6 http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/us/en/index.html?content=http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/us/en/bike/tour/k1600gtlexclusive/k1600gtlexclusive_overview.html¬rack=1
Funny thing is, I never hear Harley riders bashing other manufacturers' bikes.
Perhaps you have been stone-deaf for many years, are you running straight pipes?
Edited to say: Um...... that was definitely not my experience. Perhaps I am old-school.
You're no older-school than me, bro. And I've been riding my whole life. Grew up on them. Dad bought a robin's egg blue '46 Harley as soon as he got back from war's end in Germany. Rebuilt a Zundapp ground up from a box of parts and had several bikes before and after, all the way up to his last, which was a Gold Wing.
BTW- "rice burner" and "rice rocket" aren't always meant as derogatory terms. Depends on your company, I guess. My brother and I use the terms all the time when speaking together. And he's probably had 3-4 times as many bikes as I have, including Harleys.
But by all means, rap on.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
You need to get out if the armchair & go to a dealer & look at the tags on the bikes so you can learn what you are talking about............you're not including freight, dealer prep costs & taxes; can't buy a bike w/o those being added.
Pretty rare to see anything I would describe as "hot" on the back of a Harley. Now - I HAVE seen a few of them actually riding one on their own - but that's rare too. Tzone is right about this.
As for "fitting a woman on the back".....My definition of "hot" doesn't require that big seat with a backrest.
Ever heard of a place called Daytona... or Sturgis? No? Thought not.
Where the phugk do you live? Malaysia? TFF.
All you Harley bashers are hilarious. Friggin posers. You get on this board and talk schit about "Murican. Buy 'Murican this and 'Murican made that. I only want 'Murican. Yeah right.
Then you turn around and schit bash the oldest surviving AMERICAN motorcycle manufacturer still building and selling bikes.
Bunch of phonies.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
You need to get out if the armchair & go to a dealer & look at the tags on the bikes so you can learn what you are talking about............you're not including freight, dealer prep costs & taxes; can't buy a bike w/o those being added.
MM
Other brands don't have set up and freight?
Taxes??? Really that is a joke of an arguement. Just say you were wrong.
I didn't pay freight or set up on my new one. Also got it for less than MSRP, which Harley doesn't like. But new models were coming soon.
Point being, they compare or are less sometimes than other brands, atleast in touring bike. For cruisers, you are probably getting a better dea with Jap. Though they have gone up alot over the years.
Get out of my armchair?? I rode my Ultra to the Arctic Circle.
As for bashing, yes Harley riders do it. But most of them now a days started on Jap. I was surprised at the metric riders pooping themselves over Harleys when I have gotten on some forums.
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