Posted on 04/13/2005 11:55:31 AM PDT by Cagey
But that IS their market....
Come back when you got 35k to spend on a Real motorcycle. lol
Very true! I watched an entire restaurant of waitresses run to the window to watch a Ferrary pull up with a middle-aged guy in it. They all laughed when one said: "Sorry about your penis."
I'm buying a BMW K1200GT this year. Tell me that isn't a real motorcycle....
I prefer racing cars not bikes. Doing over 100 mph on two wheels is too dangerous. If you live through it, great.
Just fixing it to reflect the a-holes that ride around my neighborhood when I and my family are trying to sleep.
Pulling up on a Harley is like pulling up in a Vette.
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Some of us who ride a Harley just sit back with amusement at the "imiitators".
But in all seriousness, the only thing that truly matters about riding a motorcycle is to keep the rubber side down. After that it is all opinion.
As for the Harley advertising campaign, it is just proof that they are using a Madison avenue firm because they are focusing on selling too many t-shirts and not enough motorcycles.
Do you ride?
"As for the Harley advertising campaign, it is just proof that they are using a Madison avenue firm because they are focusing on selling too many t-shirts and not enough motorcycles."
Heh. Exactly.
BMWs: overpriced, but they make a fine all-around machine.
Not anymore. Sold my bike after my buddy got creammed (killed) turning around at the end of the driveway.
Old Hardley trumps new Lexus?
Sorry about your buddy. It's a risk of motorcycling, but it's a risk I'm willing to accept.
Out of curiosity, when was this?
Depends on the lady.
A long time ago, my other friend I watched fly over the back end of a car and hit is head on the curb after some driver pulled out from a gas station right in front of him. I'd get another bike but only to ride the highway and it would be full dresser with front fairings and the works.
Personally, the fat tired $40k+ machines are a real turn-off as are the "I spent $15k on billet geegaws" bikes. Plenty of clowns out there who don't even bother to take a motorcycle training course (or even get a license) but they'll spend over $40k for the bike, thousands on custom leathers and $10 for a "helmet" and then spend a few hundred getting THAT custom painted....
Me? I'm unloading a bunch of rolling baskets (a few BSA's, a Norton, a nice Bonnie and a MotoGuzzi) to make room for a '51FL I found in a barn a few weeks ago. Yes, they're still out there but you need to be REALLY lucky now to unearth one. I just know that some shiny "chopper" riding fool will ask me what it is when I get it on the road. Can't tell you how many times I've had to tell some weekend Brando that I was riding a Triumph and yes, it actually IS 40 years old....and it's the newest bike I ride.
Wings are nice bikes. Just don't fall asleep on them. :P
What was the 120 mph comment about?
My friend with a Z1 hit a stone at about 120 mph and almost went down. He was a test driver for Lester Tire $ Wheel and pulled out of the crash. That would have been 3 for 3 but Rich was a real pro driver.
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