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"I have two HD's. A 02 883 Hugger and a 03 Deuce with 14K miles. Have not had a bit of trouble with either one, and the only time they have been in the shop has been for routine maintenance. HD's built today are reliable and maintenance free if you take care of them. And will hold their re-sale value for much longer and higher than any Jap bike.
Ride Safe! Gunnrmike"

I appreciate the response. I just know I've had to pick up my neighbor three times since he bought his Harley Sportster in 2001.

Bottom line is a rider is a rider is a rider. And debate about which bikes are best is one of those things we all love, to a certain extent.

The fact is most people can't afford a new Harley, or even a used one for that matter. I seriously considered purchasing one two years ago (I'm fortunate that I can afford it), after a decade of being without a bike. I'm more of a cruiser type at this point in my life, so I checked out what Harley had to offer. I would have ended up spending about 25K or more. Because it had been a decade since I had a bike, and I wasn't sure if my wife and I would "get into it" once again, I decided I'd buy the Suzuki Intruder, 1500 cc, for $9,995. If we did in fact "get back into it" I would sell it the following year, and get the Harley I wanted.

Bought the Intruder, and the wife and I love it. Runs great, handles well, no issues. Took a couple of weekend trips up the Ohio River last year, had a ball. At this point, I've no plans to get rid of the Truder, due to the reliability, the ride itself, and it does look good.

I don't have a problem with Harley's, in short. I do get oh so very tired, however, of those that have a compulsion to give me crap along the lines of "when you gonna get a real bike" stuff. Especially from those that can only afford a Harley T shirt or three. Got one in my neighborhood here, wears the Harley Tees, runs her mouth whenever I show up to fill up the Truder at the mini mart. Being a gentleman, I refrain from responding that she needs to drop 160 pounds so as to be able to buy Harley T's in sizes other than XXXXX.....LOL!

I don't have a problem with Harley's, in short. I do get oh so very tired, however, of those that have a compulsion to give me crap along the lines of "when you gonna get a real bike" stuff.

Bro, I understand completely. We get tired of those who have a compulsion to slam the reliability and performance of HD's. It's always stuff that's an and out fabrication like "A Harley can't sustain 75mph" or some other utter nonsense.