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Originally posted by kiku2sleep
Go any sportbike jokes?
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LOL. To some of us, sportbikes are a joke, but hey, if that's what you're into, more power to you.
I have no desire to go down this road again, and see so many Mustang lovers jump on the rice bandwagon again. It became a bit much last year. I felt like I had stumbled into a Civic site.
There are pros and cons to both Harleys and rice rockets. It just depends on what you're into. I've owned both a 1974 Harley Shovelhead and a 1985 Honda VF1000R. The Honda broke down more often, cost more to fix, was very unreliable, and was way more uncomfortable to ride. I'm more into chrome and steel than plastic and decals. The Harley was so much nicer. It looked better, sounded better, was built better, was more reliable, more fun to detail and trick out, and most important, it was more fun to ride. I enjoy cruising on a motorcycle, not trying to become another statistic. The Honda sucked unless you were always on it, and that's not the way I like to ride a motorcycle, but that's just me.
It's more than just a name that makes Harley's an investment. You don't pay twice as much for the name, but if you ever decide to sell it, you will make your money back. I haven't seen a ricer hold it's value any farther than the first street off the showroom floor.
There unfortunately are now a whole new breed of rich urban bikers that have decided the only way to shake their boring lawyer and stock broker lifestyles is by buying a new Harley and having the shop customize it for them. These people give Harleys a bad name. So do the morons who don't know how to take care of their bike. They lend creedence to the broken down image you relish so much. But for every idiot Harley rider there's an idiot ricer. I can't speak for where you live, but around here, the Harleys are beautiful, and the ricers are duct taped. For the most part. This is a fairly Harley friendly community, though.
Anyway, you obviously enjoy all the things about motorcycle riding that I don't, and vise~versa. I guess it's a damn good thing there's choices.
Before you bash Harley's too much, you should take a V-Rod out for a test drive. It may not be the fastest bike on the road, but it's a lot more comfortable to ride. You can drive like a maniac if you want to, or you can cruise it. It's a little too ricey for me, but it's growing on me. I'm still surprised that Harley decided to build it. Liquid cooled, 115hp, fuel injected, DOHC, forged crank and 11.3:1 pistons, 4 valve heads, shifts at 9k rpm. That's just not my kind of Harley.
Peace.
Take care,
~Chris