Who here rides a Harley?

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.......as a result my Harley sits in the garage waiting for the few times a year I can take it out!!

That's why I love Southern California.

Nice post FLASHMAN1


And where could I go about getting a "shit" bike to learn on, what kind would be good, ebay? Auto Trader? How much should I expect to pay? Thanks peeps.

 

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That's why I love Southern California.

Nice post FLASHMAN1


And where could I go about getting a "shit" bike to learn on, what kind would be good, ebay? Auto Trader? How much should I expect to pay? Thanks peeps.

I personally wouldn't spend any more than $1,000 on a "learner" bike, look throught the want ads or your local paper for an 80's yamaha or honda cruiser. Ride that P.O.S. for 6 months, so you can get used to balancing a heavy bike (some of the older jap bikes are VERY clumsy), and then you'll be ready to be spoiled by the ease of balancing and controlling a Harley...

A buddy of mine bought his first bike EVER 2 years ago. (Fatboy) He had not ridden anything but a dirtbike in the past, and the last time he rode one of those was like 10 years before... He has never even dropped his bike, not even when I was teaching him to ride... Harleys are in a league of thier own when it comes to ease of use, that's for sure. I personally don't like sportsters anymore, simply because thier center of gravity is higher than that of the bigger bikes, making them slightly harder to ride. My favorite bike (that I've actually owned) up to now was my Heritage Softail... Comfortable, easy to ride, versatile, great for a Saturday night barhopping run or for a ride out to Sturgis. And let's face it......... Ask any WOMAN (excluding 16-year old airheads) whether they prefer a man on a dressed up harley or on a crotch rocket, and see what they say.... If they say they prefer the sportbike (they're few and far between), give 'em a ride on your Harley, and thier mind will be changed for good!!!!! trust me...........

 

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I personally wouldn't spend any more than $1,000 on a "learner" bike, look throught the want ads or your local paper for an 80's yamaha or honda cruiser. Ride that P.O.S. for 6 months, so you can get used to balancing a heavy bike (some of the older jap bikes are VERY clumsy), and then you'll be ready to be spoiled by the ease of balancing and controlling a Harley...

Heh what a crock of shit, i think you got it reversed boy. Harleys are clumsy as hell. Jap bikes are very well balanced with a very low center of gravity, they are engineering achievements that Harley can't even touch. Hell they had to hire Porsche to design a new engine. They are worhtless i tell you, worthless.

 

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Heh what a crock of shit, i think you got it reversed boy. Harleys are clumsy as hell. Jap bikes are very well balanced with a very low center of gravity, they are engineering achievements that Harley can't even touch. Hell they had to hire Porsche to design a new engine. They are worhtless i tell you, worthless.

BOY?!?!?! Christ, I'm not even going to go there... First of all, unless you have owned bikes on BOTH SIDES like I have and others have, shut your swollen face-anus.... I've owned jap bikes, and I never said that they were junk, I just personally prefer harleys. Unless you've ridden a motorcycle long distance, (i.e. not one of those jerk-offs that wheelies from bar to bar on your rice rocket, while I chug by and pick up the chicks) you shouldn't be talking about how comfortable and easy to manage they are. I guess a Harley COULD be clumsy if you're a little pansy douchebag that's 100#'s soaking wet in corduroys. They are HEAVY, yes, but heavy and clumsy are completely different things.... I guess you must be weaker than my 5'2" 110# girlfriend that used to take out my Heritage all the time if you think they're clumsy. Either that or you're just one of those little speed racer wannabe's that tiptoes at stoplights on your CBR that couldn't even handle riding BITCH on a Harley. I'm thinking you're a combo of both.....

 

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Bottom line, if you can get a good deal on your uncle's sporty, BUY IT!!! get used to riding, and in a year or so, sell it. (you'll probably come up even money) and go buy a bigger bike at that point. My first street bike was a Honda Hurricane 1000 (some of you older fuckers like me will remember this one), and it was a great bike. But even though it only weighed like 500#, it was still harder to negotiate slow speed turns, stoplights, and FORGET about riding long distance, unless you consider looking like Quasimodo when you get off your scoot a fun time..... That bike was great when I was 16, but the first time I rode a Harley, that was it, I was hooked.... Now I'm in the process of building my dream chopper..... ahhhhhhhhh

 

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BOY?!?!?! Christ, I'm not even going to go there... First of all, unless you have owned bikes on BOTH SIDES like I have and others have, shut your swollen face-anus.... I've owned jap bikes, and I never said that they were junk, I just personally prefer harleys.

Swollen face anus? Hmm, my "boy" remark got you that rallied up? Well boy, if i ever catch you tlking to me like this in the real world, Mr internet tough guy, I will pull your fag harley riding ass off your bike and do a burnout between your ass cheeks, you leather chaps wearing freak.

Unless you've ridden a motorcycle long distance, (i.e. not one of those jerk-offs that wheelies from bar to bar on your rice rocket, while I chug by and pick up the chicks) you shouldn't be talking about how comfortable and easy to manage they are.

You of all people should know that in reality most harley owners use them to bar hop from truck stop to truck stop to pickup toothless hoes.

I guess a Harley COULD be clumsy if you're a little pansy douchebag that's 100#'s soaking wet in corduroys. They are HEAVY, yes, but heavy and clumsy are completely different things....

Actually, Heavy and Clumsy are closely related. Simple physics when subject to the law of gravity. They are closely related, dumbass.

I guess you must be weaker than my 5'2" 110# girlfriend that used to take out my Heritage all the time if you think they're clumsy

She did not think i was clumsy last night

. Either that or you're just one of those little speed racer wannabe's that tiptoes at stoplights on your CBR that couldn't even handle riding BITCH on a Harley. I'm thinking you're a combo of both.....

It takes a someone with at least a pre school education to look at specs sheets on Japanese and Harley Bikes to conclude that Harleys are Underengineered and inferior, BUT good at selling an image. Yes harley does not sell a good motorcycle, they sell a good image. And incidentally i DO ride a CBR. The CBR1100XX. You could never handle a beast like that for you are a slow, inferior rider of mediocre skill at best. So stick to harleys boy.

 

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Wow, someone hates Harleys... What do you mean by trailer park machismo??? Maybe, just MAYBE people prefer the sound or looks of a Harley to the Jap bikes...

Buying a bike for sound and looks???
Sounds like uninformed trailer trash to me.

 

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Swollen face anus? Hmm, my "boy" remark got you that rallied up? Well boy, if i ever catch you tlking to me like this in the real world, Mr internet tough guy, I will pull your fag harley riding ass off your bike and do a burnout between your ass cheeks, you leather chaps wearing freak.

Well, you're calling me "Mr internet tough guy", yet you're the one making threats. Hmmmm, that's intelligent. Tell you what, since you're so intent on catch me talking to you like that in person, which I most certianly would, I'll gladly tell you how I can be found so you can test your theory, and see how anxious you are to "rip my fag harley riding ass" off my bike then. Yes, your "boy" comment annoyed me, I don't think anyone likes being called boy. I was definitely unnecessary, and ignorant. So I responded in kind.


You of all people should know that in reality most harley owners use them to bar hop from truck stop to truck stop to pickup toothless hoes.

Anyone who is tall enough to reach the magazine rack in thier local supermarket can pick up a motorcycle mag and see the kind of "toothless hoes" that hang around Harley riders You will in fact see some of the hottest women you've ever seen at any rally, pick one... whereas, for the most part, sportbike riders get the 16 year old girls that think you look cool pulling a wheelie.

Actually, Heavy and Clumsy are closely related. Simple physics when subject to the law of gravity. They are closely related, dumbass.

what I mean when I said heavy and clumsy are different, they are, in this way.... Deadlift 500 lbs on a bar (if you can) now try to lift a 500 lb refrigerator. Which one is clumsier to lift? By your rationale, they should be equally difficult to lift, right??? WRONG!!! weight that is properly balanced on a bar is ALWAYS easier to lift and control than something unbalanced and hard to grip. Liken that to the comparison of you, the pillow biter, riding your high center of gravity, tippy, crotch rocket which is in fact LIGHTER than even the sportster 1200, to me, riding a bike that has a 25.5" seat height and a leaned back riding position. Try both, trust me, you'll grudgingly agree. Anyways when explaining it that way, heavy and clumsy, are not as closely related as you portrayed them to be, DUMBASS.

She did not think i was clumsy last night

A LAME attempt at a comeback, you couldn't have thought of anything better than that??? you tore me up on that one

It takes a someone with at least a pre school education to look at specs sheets on Japanese and Harley Bikes to conclude that Harleys are Underengineered and inferior, BUT good at selling an image. Yes harley does not sell a good motorcycle, they sell a good image. And incidentally i DO ride a CBR. The CBR1100XX. You could never handle a beast like that for you are a slow, inferior rider of mediocre skill at best. So stick to harleys boy.

Yes, they are GREAT marketers, and I never once said anything to detract from the Japanese Engineering, However what I did say was that they (Harley) has made quantum leaps in the motorcycle game in the past 20 years, and the unreliable Harleys of the AMF era are long gone. People like you, however, like to try to keep the facade of unreliability alive to discredit the progress they have made. As far as your laffable attempt to try to say I couldn't handle your less than superior CBR, tell you what, take a couple of high speed passes through some high speed twisties on a Hayabusa, and after you shit your pants, get back on your CBR and ride away in shame. You have no clue about my riding skills. I ride Harleys because I prefer them, period, not because of the image, or any other reason.... Don't worry I'll stick to Harleys, you stick to your Vanilla Ice bike, and we'll all be happy, and no more

P.S. My Chopper is almost finished, so anytime you want to race a 1/4 mile run, your CBR against my "inferior piece of shit" Harley, just come on up. But don't cry when you get dusted.... BOY....