Posted on 11/23/2005 12:31:34 PM PST by Red Badger
Yup.
It's just like the "liberals" who really aren't "liberal" at all.
[must be why HD riders are mostly "conservatives"]..;))
Didn't Harley actually patent their sound?
Or try to, after everybody [and their dog] tried to imitate it?
Facts is facts.
Underneath the thin veneer of sophistication and modernism, we're all barbarians on this bus....:)
Depressing, isn't it?
actually most Harley owners are over 40, employed, educated with at least a coledge degree, and (gasp!) REPUBLICANS!
You really should save it. Just keep your two wheels down and save the venomn for those who call ANYONE who rides a motorcycle a "donorcycle."
Yes they tried to patent their sound but if I remember correctly they couldn't. The inturn patented the head angles etc on them. Those patents ran out quite some time back though which is they companies like zippers, merch, s&s and so forth started building motors. You can even buy panhead and knuckleheads that are modern now. It's a pretty sweet deal.
Problem is they don't even look like them yet. The chroming looks cheap on the Jap bikes and there is still too much plastic.
Hell yea, I know I am.
heh, I rode a 99monster dark that looked a lot like that there. It was the best handling bike I have ever ridden. Oh gasp it was also a twin cylinder.
And what's interesting about the Yamaha commercial is its presentation. The first half I didn't realize I was watching a Yamaha commercial. One would think if they were so proud of their little bikes, and not trying to relate them to the Harley style, they would put the Yamaha name out there a little better.
Where to start. Your response is virtually incoherent, which I suppose is to be expected from your type. Everytime you throw out the word "rice" and terms like "litte rice boys" you're doing so in a pejorative sense, which I would call "badmouthing." Your disrespect for all Japanese bike owners comes through entirely clearly, so don't try to pretend otherwise.
If you notice that's why they don't show closeups of them. If you look at the commercial, they're quick flybys (usually from a distance).
Chicks dig it.
Trust me....;)
I got enough response to know that the only person it's incoherent to is you. I would imagine that is because I am well aware of what I am talking about and you aren't. It's okay go do a wheelie and impress a 16yr old girl, it will make you feel better.
That's a 620 Dark. I got rid of a Kawasaki Concours for it, wanted a lighter bike for commuting.
Well, I love my Honda ST-1100; it's my gofast bike.
And the only Harley catalog accessory I own is a keyring. It holds the key that starts my Harley.
Both are great bikes.
And if you're going to spread the ignorant rants about Harley-Davidsons, you might learn to spell it.
I can't believe you haven't marshalled the faithful yet.
"It doesn't matter how fast your motor is spinning it matters on how fast your bike is moving."
WTF is that sentence supposed to mean?
So you're putting down 130 ft-lbs at 3000 rpm. That's 71 HP. Respectable, to be sure. How long could you keep riding the bike wide open, I wonder, before it seized from overheating? What's the redline? How bad is the vibration on this big paint-shaker of yours?
And still none of these bikes could beat a decent 600 race replica in a drag race.
And as far as outfits like Big Dog goes, if they were producing anything other than the currently politically popular big American cruisers, I doubt if they'd ever get them past EPA regs.
Hubby knows all that stuff.
I ought to run in and pick his brain for facts and then run back here and post them so I can at least *appear* knowledgable too....;D
[For now, really, I just sit on the back and grin. I'll have my own ride this spring]...LOL!
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