Better?



Maybe, but it still has a LOOOOOOOONG way to go before I'd call it "good looking".




I'd much sooner buy a KTM. I have wet dreams over this one........drop dead sexy! (and more money than I'll ever be able to afford)

Harley's marketing is targeted for old farts and the styling is trapped in the 50's along with the engineering. It's just a big shiny chrome pecker rolling down the street to the next tavern.

Aint that the frakking life? Damn, I'll drink to that Ricer riders just go faster to the next cool aid stand and can't remember what the frak they rode thru or past when they get there!

This post has been edited by progun: May 24th 2009 7:28 AM

Uh.....don't look now, but KTM is Austrian.



This New BMW looks sweet too! I was hoping to see one in person at the Detroit International motorcycle show, but BMW diddn't show up.
(BTW, it's not a "ricer" either)

I can look at the scenery later. Too busy passing large packs of slow moving Harley's.

Is that Ohlins suspension I see?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA now that was funny! sh_t at my age I can't go fast...it's a chore just trying breathe when I'm walkng Bottom line is this......
TWO WHEELS RULE....CAGES SUCK!
(don't mess wiff us old Harley dudes....we have a tendency to throw our Geritol bottles at you young'ns on dem rice rockets)
Keep the rubber down, brother......

This post has been edited by progun: June 3rd 2009 8:03 AM

........and your point is?

Its quite a large market segment. A lot of us riders that are older use to ride nothing but in lines with 1/4 mile times in the 10 second or less range that God knows what the top end of the bikes were since we never got there then as our reflexes started slowing and we got into riding more than a few miles without going "Oh my back" started buying VTwins.

That's why the Japanese companies make so many too now.

Take a trip on the interstate someday and count how many crotch rockets you see compared to those antiquated twins. There's a reason and it isn't speed related.

Tj

We go slow cause your girlfriend doesnt like her hair getting blown around so much.

If she were smart enough to be mine, she'd have her head in a helmet and her hair tied w/several hair-ties.....100mph wind knots are a b*tch.

This post has been edited by Longhair: June 3rd 2009 9:22 PM

The majority of cruiser purchases are made by casual riders. There are some hard core cruiser guys that pound out 10K+ miles per year, but most buy them as a status symbol and like being seen on one more that actually riding one. They are more comfortable, but if comfort was my sole criteria I would get a used Goldwing. Me I like going fast, for long distances. I did 400 miles on Sunday and got home by 5:30pm. Most I did in one day was 700. That was rough.

10-4

Still have a 1980 KZ 1000 LDT sitting in the garage next to an "08 Electra Glide and a Honda dirt bike. Neither street bike has given me a lick of trouble. The Harley is the one I'll be takin out for two weeks starting next Fri. I do try to buy American when I can.

guys........


my 2000 ultra has over 100k, bone stock. zero problems..


it been a really good bike.



peabody

farts

This post has been edited by Sgtar15: October 9th 2009 5:06 PM

She is sharp looking

The buells get smoked by 600s as they are raced in the 600cc class because of the v twin thing Im sure the old RC51 will smoke it too
The majority of Hondas especially the gold wing are built here in the U.S.but honda has now out sourced that for cheaper labor that will mean more recalls.
I just dont understand why they call the V-Rod and the buells especially the new austrian buell Harley both are metric (engines)the only thing Buell is the frame??
We have a Fury at work it is sweet but Honda should have put a larger power plant in it,I am a HONDA guy but the bad a$$ is the Yamaha Raider they however should have made it liquid cooled.
The raider will absolutely smoke a kawi 2000 that is 2000 ccs vs 1900 ccs weight over horsepower ratio the raider wins the 2000 is a heavy pig.
my 919 will probably smoke that buell too and it has a majorly de tuned cbr900rr power plant.
Uhh ohh I might be ranting sorry im a motorcycle service tech I used to like Harleys and wanted one untill I worked on them they are archaic technology exept for their electrics and fuel injection i consider harleys to be
neanderthal and rice to be modern man as far as technology is concernend i was going to become a harley tech instead of Honda and yamaha,kawajunkie but they are all pretty much the same easy to work on V twin engines all pretty much the same where as the rice bikes and atvs are for the most part very different i.e. V twin V four,inline four,singles, twins,triples oh yes triumph did not come up with the inline 3 or triple yamaha did that in the 80s for four stroke and suzuki and kawi did it in the late 70s two strokes.
uhh crap still ranting sorry . we have actually sold a couple of furys and quite a few raiders.
My next bike I would like to have the CB1000R but im sure itll never hit the states naked bikes dont sell well here ,so I will most likely find a wrecked CBR1000RR and make a street fighter out of it

This post has been edited by 919@12:00: October 19th 2009 2:23 PM

just what ive got in my garage I have 7 more bikes at motherinlaws another ATC350X ,ATC 250R,ATC250SX,YTM200,YTM200E,XJ650,TT500

This post has been edited by 919@12:00: October 19th 2009 2:34 PM

I used to Bash Harleys and still wont get 1 But they have come a million miles as far as quility. Leave the motor alone and leave the exhaust alone and they will go along time! When on a V-Rod watch out for they exhaust It Will burn your LEG Plenty of power just BAD exhaust placement!!
The Goldwing was the most American made bike for SOO many years it is Amazing
Harley gave there engine design to the japs in WW1! In 84 honda was daul plugging there v twins down to 500cc! Talk about Better perfomance with reliability !
Love my Hondas But then I road BMW K bikes Damn I Love my k75 and cant wait to get on the NEW k1200

I ride an '82 Yamaha Virago 750 and know lot's who have them. Also see a lot of old honda's around everywhere. If I made a couple grand a week, sure I'd have the Street Glide I've been eyeing for 3 years now, but that's harley's problem, they want too much for a bike that they built for less than 1/3 of the asking price. I know they're good, well now, but I just can't pay $18k for a bike when I could get a new car for that much. My limit for a new bike is $10k and that's a kawasaki 1600