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meatcleaver -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:17:35 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver All mouth and no trousers. HDs are old men's toys.The problem when a Harley goes down the street is that it takes so long to do so and adds to the length of time there is noise As someone else pointed out in theis thread, HDs are a triumph of presentation over substance. Spoken like somebody who has never owned one. Before you make that judgment you really should have first hand experience to speak from. Take one out, ride it across country or something. Not just spout what you read in a magazine. Well no I don't own one but I've ridden my brother's more times than I care to and as far as I can tell its an image thing not a bike thing because it doesn't pump the adrenilin like many other machines do.

mnottertail -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:20:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x Nor am i balding. But you are shaven, ZweiZeit?

Pernicious -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:22:21 AM)
Some people like chalk and some like cheese but can’t we all get along. I’ mean them people that eat chalk are freaks from my perspective but they don’t harm anyone else…..

Twicehappy2x -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:24:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver Well no I don't own one but I've ridden my brother's more times than I care to and as far as I can tell its an image thing not a bike thing because it doesn't pump the adrenilin like many other machines do. All i can say is ya must've been doing it wrong, lmao. And it is not always about adrenalin, sometimes it is about just cruising. They can be whatever you make of them, you customize them, you make them your own. I've ridden a HD drag bike that would peel the eyelids off your eyes, i loved it, but it was not suitable for the street. I ridden HD's that were rolling works of art as well. Personally i prefer to build something that is a combination, great ride, great looks.

seeksfemslave -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:28:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver All mouth and no trousers. HDs are old men's toys.The problem when a Harley goes down the street is that it takes so long to do so and adds to the length of time there is noise. Spoken like somebody who has never owned one. Before you make that judgment you really should have first hand experience to speak from. Take one out, ride it across country or something. Not just spout what you read in a magazine. And please , everybody spare me coming back to give me the "yeah, if you modify them" speech. That is standard for any type of machine, bike, car boat, etc, that you race. But that is the correct response NO?. On a standard road going Harley my guess is that prolonged riding at 80 would be hard and at 100 virtually impossible. Simply due to rider fatigue because of the spreadeagled riding position. Triumph produced a 750 cc triple (Trident) that broke all kinds of track records and broke down all over the place when in stock condition. Believe me I know, I owned one lol.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:28:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail But you are shaven, ZweiZeit? Mein liebes mnottertail, nur meine Beine und Armpits. Scooter bevorzugt mein natürliches blondes jedes Haar wo sonst intaktes

mnottertail -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:33:38 AM)
Ach so!!! Ich kann dies. Zoftig!!! Rieschfurher von Haaren

Alumbrado -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:42:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: Alumbrado If it wasn't for male menopause, both Harley-Davidson, and the Hair Club for Men would be hurting. Most of the folks i know who ride have been doing it all their lives, i doubt male menopause begins at 18 or 20 years of age. And like several of the other riders who posted i am neither male nor going through menopause. Nor am i balding. quote: Original Twicehappy2x Spoken like somebody who has never owned one quote: Original Alumbrado Spoken like somebody who hasn't priced one lately. [:D] http://www.bluegrassharleydavidson.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?sid=04420282X10K23K2007J10I15I43JAMQ1038R0&veh=54581&pov=653358 Wow, those are pretty reasonable. But then again, they are stock Harley's. You can pick up a brand new Sporty for around 7 grand almost any where, then add all those shiny chrome accessories later on a piece at a time. My Master who is in the wind now used to build custom HD's for a living. The lower end bikes ran around 30 or 40 thousand, the highest priced one he ever built came in at 110 thousand, but it did have a nitrous boost on it. There are three in our garage with a fourth to be added by next spring. Don't make more out of my teasing comment than it is... Harley came out of near demise as a sideline to bowling balls, by moving into the business of selling bikes to those who can afford them, and as those old guys demanded GoldWing amenities, Harley obliged, to follow their primary customer base. Someone one who still has their old scoot after 30 years, and isn't getting a new one, doesn't put a dime into current HD profits. A senior executive/doctor/lawyer who trades up every couple of years is who they are targeting. Doesn't make the bikes any less nice, but it does validate the earlier comment about being for older guys. Same thing happened to decent electric guitars and amps.

meatcleaver -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 10:43:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver All mouth and no trousers. HDs are old men's toys.The problem when a Harley goes down the street is that it takes so long to do so and adds to the length of time there is noise. Spoken like somebody who has never owned one. Before you make that judgment you really should have first hand experience to speak from. Take one out, ride it across country or something. Not just spout what you read in a magazine. And please , everybody spare me coming back to give me the "yeah, if you modify them" speech. That is standard for any type of machine, bike, car boat, etc, that you race. But that is the correct response NO?. On a standard road going Harley my guess is that prolonged riding at 80 would be hard and at 100 virtually impossible. Simply due to rider fatigue because of the spreadeagled riding position. Triumph produced a 750 cc triple (Trident) that broke all kinds of track records and broke down all over the place when in stock condition. Believe me I know, I owned one lol. HDs are a bit like riding a horse and feels that way after a bit of a ride. I had a Trident once and yep, it sucked having to carry spanners everywhere you went. The women weren't always appreciative of having to stand in a bus shelter for a hour in the cold and rain while you rebuilt the engine. Jap bikes go like shit but can seem to lack that je ne sais quoi at times. Speaking of which, I'm off to Japan in an hour.[:)]

demistress -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 11:28:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave quote: ORIGINAL: Twicehappy2x quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver All mouth and no trousers. HDs are old men's toys.The problem when a Harley goes down the street is that it takes so long to do so and adds to the length of time there is noise. Spoken like somebody who has never owned one. Before you make that judgment you really should have first hand experience to speak from. Take one out, ride it across country or something. Not just spout what you read in a magazine. And please , everybody spare me coming back to give me the "yeah, if you modify them" speech. That is standard for any type of machine, bike, car boat, etc, that you race. But that is the correct response NO?. On a standard road going Harley my guess is that prolonged riding at 80 would be hard and at 100 virtually impossible. Simply due to rider fatigue because of the spreadeagled riding position. Triumph produced a 750 cc triple (Trident) that broke all kinds of track records and broke down all over the place when in stock condition. Believe me I know, I owned one lol. Well, I dunno, I rode my stock HD sporty cross country solo 3 times, going about 80 the whole way and riding between 12 and 20 hours at a stretch. Of course with a stock tank, I WAS stopping every hour LOL

Twicehappy2x -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 11:39:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: meatcleaver Speaking of which, I'm off to Japan in an hour.[:)] Have a great trip! Do not forget to bring everybody some souvenirs, lol.

Twicehappy2x -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 11:41:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail Ach so!!! Ich kann dies. Zoftig!!! Rieschfurher von Haaren Schlechtes... so sehr schlecht......

petdave -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 7:10:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Raechard That could all have been said in two lines: Bikers that wake me up Annoy me. How about the four word summary? : Hell is other people.

CuriousLord -> RE: Loud Motorcycles (10/23/2007 7:32:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: susie I think anyone who "wishes someone would drop dead" because they have done something to annoy them has more issues than being kept awake at night. Life is far to precious to wish anyone dead. Moreso because they're going out of their way to intentionally annoy a lot of people. To me, spiteful malice is just the most disgusting thing in the world. I can't imagine that such a person could spend their nights trying to bug others then be a good person for the rest of the day. I see them as almost certainly being the kind that's out date raping women at bars, picking fights with everyone they see, stealing anything that they can get their hands on, and beatting their kids- if they ever stick around long enough to do so. Rather, I think that there are some people that this world would truly be better off without. You can't tell me you think Hilter should've been around? I'm not saying everyone's a Hitler, nor even that I know for certain that this guy was anymore more than a drunken idiot acting stupid out of the influence of too much booze, but I can tell you for certain, life contradictions itself. You can't tell me everyone should be alive since many people get in the way of even more people living. The ones who do so out of pure spite are the worst of them, to me. So, if you want to admit all of this or not, you can't say "Life is far to precious to wish anyone dead" unless you really are saying the world wouldn't have been better off if Hilter wasn't hit by a car just before his ascent in German politics. (He's an extreme example, but I'm using one to show that this idea is absurd.)

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