buy a harley get the best ride a mile and walk the rest. :-)
I have 35,000+ miles on my '03 Harley, and my only mechanical failure has been the throwout bearing on the clutch, which no doubt the result of operator error. Read dropping a non-race clutch. Replaced it with a race clutch.
When I returned from overseas in 1968, I bought myself a brand new Harley-Davidson Sportster XLCH (kick-start) as a reward to myself for staying alive.. I rode it from Ft. McArthur, CA, to Ft. Bliss Texas, to the Presidio of San Francisco, to Ft. Lewis, WA, to Ft. Knox, KY, to Ft. Sill, OK and back to Ft. Bliss, Tx. Some posts to others, more than once. I rode the "Sporty" regularly for the six years I was in the Army. The only problem I ever had was with head and tail light bulbs and smart remarks from the dim. I still have it and ride it after all these years. I only walked once when I ran out of gas in Wyoming. I didn't walk far. Never had to walk again.
1968 Yamaha's, Suzuki's and Honda's are now aluminum beverage cans or in a landfill. 1968 Harley's are their owners best memories.