Harley's are awesome! (Signed: Road Racer)
The absolute excel at what they do, which is eat up large expanses of road, comfortably. My father in law trades out Harley's like most people pay property taxes. I've gotten to ride a couple handfuls of big twins. A 103" Ultra all the way to Sturgis & back. While no canyon carver, or apex straffer, I thought it handled surprisingly well when pushed! (By "pushed", I mean dragging floorboards.) With a touch of understeer, but responded well to mid-corner adjustments. (Aka-"counter-steer"- let the debates begin! Lol)
With this said, there's a part of Harley that I
don't like.
first- buying a Harley
doesn't make you an instant badass!
Leave the t-shirts, belt buckles, hats, boots, vests, gloves, sunglasses, jeans, and attitude on the racks. I know too many guys that bought
all of that nuts, & were "instant biker"!
I've owned Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda, Buell, Ducati, Suzuki, & a few others......I have zero tshirts from any of those mfg's. A shirt doesn't
make you any thing! (Except stupid, @ $35 a pop!)
second-Harley is awfully proud of their "American made"!!!
My FIL had a $48k Harley last year. Sure, it was some special CVO this-or-that......but they basically have a $10k buy in. Their
not exclusive, or exotic. As-a-matter of fact....it's quite the opposite, with motor technology that happened half a century ago! Yet they fly off the showroom floor, $25k at a time. nuts, I've never bought a $25k
car!!!!! thirdly- to the not a very nice person that nightly rolls into the traffic circle in front of my house at 11-11:30 pm, first off the gas....nice burble, with the occasional backfire.....& then hard on the gas through 4 gears....I might think it sounds
nice.....it's hardly appreciated. & for Christ sakes, if you're going to attack said traffic circle like its your
personal corner on a race track.....@
least start getting on the gas
sooner.....you pretty much
suck, & I would
destroy you on my Ninja 250. Punk.
That's all.