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25-07-2010, 10:07pm
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(25-07-2010, 10:01pm)Rainbow7 Wrote: (25-07-2010, 09:57pm)Greeny_SA Wrote: Yeah , same here I can't stand the image /lifestyle thing ,they make more money from selling wallets & Shit than bikes. They are also ridiculously overpriced for what you get 30 grand for a pushrod motor who are they trying to kid, but people still buy them, Got me, I just don't understand . Yep. It's all about the image.
I know quite a few Harley owners, only two of whom are not massive posers. As the saying goes: "Live to Pose. Pose to Live."
Mate ,whatever floats your boat. I reckon Harley Davidson have pulled off the biggest scam of all time & million's are still falling for it .I Do however ,Admire anyone who can ride a motorcycle in THAT seating position I'd Die .
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(25-07-2010, 10:07pm)Greeny_SA Wrote: I reckon Harley Davidson have pulled off the biggest scam of all time & million's are still falling for it .
I totally agree.
"casting dispersions on others credability." And their illiteracy.
Hey Pan dont you own a Volvo and a Porsche? 
What exactly is your new trackbike going to be hmmmmm 
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(25-07-2010, 10:22pm)BLACKZOOK Wrote: Hey Pan dont you own a Volvo and a Porsche?
What exactly is your new trackbike going to be hmmmmm That was a big fall yesterday, wasn't it Bruce ? It's Sunday Mate .
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25-07-2010, 10:46pm
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(25-07-2010, 10:22pm)BLACKZOOK Wrote: Hey Pan dont you own a Volvo and a Porsche?
What exactly is your new trackbike going to be hmmmmm
Thank God you didn't mention the Vespa 
Yeh, on second thoughts, I WILL do the track day on the 15th with YOUR Busa Bruce! 
I love these threads... We have mates (several here) that ride Harleys too... Can't believe the generalisations we (some Busa owners) make! How many of us use all the HP the Busa has? How many of us couldn't out-run a Harley rider, but still brag about having a Busa...? There's a bloke running in A-grade at EC on a Harley... would love to see any of the Harley Haters race against him 
I say good on em.
Personally though, I still don't like the damned bike much!
Go on... say it...
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I hear ya, Pan. There's not much sense in a busa on our 'no nonsense Policed roads', but a Harley makes even less sense - not as a lifestyle maybe, but certainly as a machine. The best Harley I'd seen was the Porche designed one all those years ago, and Harley die hards hated it because it was water cooled and GOOD. Who owns that bike in your pic? Any noticeable difference riding with someone on a cruiser?
Surely, most things that are advantageous about a motorcycle have been removed by that riding position. I was given a Japanese cruiser once as a courtesy bike and although it was fun by the end of the day, everything it did well is done better by a car. I can get into anything, but like gardening and cooking I think I'll nip Harleys in the bud...especially at 2 busa prices. :-)
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That bike belongs to a really good mate. Top bloke! Much like my Busa mates, he helps out any time you ask...
Riding with him was good. We're both sensible riders, both have families, both have no death-wish, both have intense fear of crashing, etc... so we cruised along well together.
Nice spot in the pic Pan...where is that (for those non Sydney-siders amongst us)?
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26-07-2010, 09:27pm
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"casting dispersions on others credability." And their illiteracy.
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Fact - "98% of all harley Davidsons made are still on the road."
Also a fact - "the other 2% made it home!"
If you're telling a Hardley rider the above facts, duck just after introducing him the the second fact!
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31-07-2010, 01:21am
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From Hayabusa.org:
My father got a 2002 Road King about a month ago, and 2 weeks ago I went to a Harley dealer with him (on the Busa) so he could get a switch that was missing when he got it. As soon as we walked in a salesman comes over and says "So, are you ready to move up to a Harley ?" I smile, and say "No, thank you". Yesterday I went with him to another dealer looking for the same switch. Salesman comes out, and asks "So, how do you like that busa ?" I say "I LOVE it". He then says "hey, there's nothing wrong with starting out on something like that, you'll know when you're ready to move up, just get used to riding, we'll still be here". I had to laugh, and say "Move up to what? You have something that can take it ?" (Not that I'm a racer, but that's what came out) His response was "I guess you never heard of V-RODS".
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31-07-2010, 02:52am
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V Rod who's he kidding , I Guess even their salesmen believe the bullshit they sprout, But if I HAD to have one ,the V rod would be the one.According to wikepedia Night rod special 125 hp at the crank & 85 Nm Wow .All for 30 ish grand .Hold me back .
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31-07-2010, 03:08am
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(31-07-2010, 02:52am)Greeny_SA Wrote: V Rod who's he kidding , I Guess even their salesmen believe the bullshit they sprout, But if I HAD to have one ,the V rod would be the one.According to wikepedia Night rod special 125 hp at the crank & 85 Nm Wow .All for 30 ish grand .Hold me back .
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