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24-03-2009, 09:40am
The comments I made about Harley riders are very generalised...which is what a great deal of Harley riders put everyone else in, face the facts.
The majority of riding I do is with Harley riders. I like cruisers, just got off another one onto the busa.
I will stand by my comment that everything with harley stamped on it is overpriced, and apart from the V-Rod makes, the technology is old. You know how many people I know that own Harleys because of the name? Not because its the best bike for them, or the best bike for the money, most of them haven't even tried anything else. They just want a harley for the name and the stigma.
I've had people admit they wouldn't mind trying something else, but don't want to get off a Harley because thats what they ride, AND alot of Harley riders I know also admit that they have been pretty damn unreliable. Not so much these days, but think along the lines of people still thinking Fords must have shitty door handles because the XD, XE and XF had them. They don't. Some might. Very easy to put in the same group if you have a sour taste in your mouth.
Tell me where the sense in any of that is? And yes, I have had run-ins with biker groups in the past for no fault of my own, which was made up of atleast 90% of Harleys. They just didn't like the bike I was riding at the time. I won't mention the name of the club they were from, but its a rather large network of Harley riders.
As I posted the other day, I don't give a shit what type of bike you ride, as long as you enjoy riding it. But some people have to wake up and realise what is around them before they wonder why people generalise.
The majority of riding I do is with Harley riders. I like cruisers, just got off another one onto the busa.
I will stand by my comment that everything with harley stamped on it is overpriced, and apart from the V-Rod makes, the technology is old. You know how many people I know that own Harleys because of the name? Not because its the best bike for them, or the best bike for the money, most of them haven't even tried anything else. They just want a harley for the name and the stigma.
I've had people admit they wouldn't mind trying something else, but don't want to get off a Harley because thats what they ride, AND alot of Harley riders I know also admit that they have been pretty damn unreliable. Not so much these days, but think along the lines of people still thinking Fords must have shitty door handles because the XD, XE and XF had them. They don't. Some might. Very easy to put in the same group if you have a sour taste in your mouth.
Tell me where the sense in any of that is? And yes, I have had run-ins with biker groups in the past for no fault of my own, which was made up of atleast 90% of Harleys. They just didn't like the bike I was riding at the time. I won't mention the name of the club they were from, but its a rather large network of Harley riders.
As I posted the other day, I don't give a shit what type of bike you ride, as long as you enjoy riding it. But some people have to wake up and realise what is around them before they wonder why people generalise.