Is motorcycling allowed?

[IceCreamMan]

So on Saturday morning  i was riding my manly Triumph and drove past a Harley dealer. (Guildford Harley)  Woe is me at the next round about i made a u turn and popped in. 

 

Free coffee, which was good, and a lekker chat with a smous there and what a lekker experience it all was. Most of the ous working there had more tats than me , and bigger boeps too. And they pretty much gave me the run of the place. Lots of clothing and Harley branded stuff from the usual to sunglasses and watches. Real upmarket place which I spose is contrary to the easy rider image. 

 

Must say Harley have a load of different models. They offered me a demo on any bike they had a demo for which was pretty much most of the models. I declined as the roads were wet and did not want to bin a bike that aint mine. 

 

So, which hubbers have a Harley and which model? I like the scaled down bikes like roadster or softail models. Not the huge contraptions with all sorts of goeters. 

[sawystertrance]

Don't go back....

 

It's a slippery slope filled with marketing and free coffees and before you know it you'll have bought a leather jacket, bandanna, some dark shades and will be getting tats and growing a ponytail.

 

And you won't be able to go around corners, let alone do another u-turn.

[RocknRolla]

it's all fun and games till your mates find out....

 

Plus, riding a triumph in pommie land just sounds right.

 

as you were...

[RoddieJ]

I’m going to agree with the previous 2 posts.... Stay away!

[IceCreamMan]

Mid life existential crisis is real   

[patches]

So on Saturday morning  i was riding my manly Triumph and drove past a Harley dealer. (Guildford Harley)  Woe is me at the next round about i made a u turn and popped in. 

 

Free coffee, which was good, and a lekker chat with a smous there and what a lekker experience it all was. Most of the ous working there had more tats than me , and bigger boeps too. And they pretty much gave me the run of the place. Lots of clothing and Harley branded stuff from the usual to sunglasses and watches. Real upmarket place which I spose is contrary to the easy rider image. 

 

Must say Harley have a load of different models. They offered me a demo on any bike they had a demo for which was pretty much most of the models. I declined as the roads were wet and did not want to bin a bike that aint mine. 

 

So, which hubbers have a Harley and which model? I like the scaled down bikes like roadster or softail models. Not the huge contraptions with all sorts of goeters. 

 

Mid life existential crisis is real   

 

Are you a dentist or an accountant?

 

If not then don't sell yourself short. Your life can't be that boring that you need to look for 'excitement' from overpriced donkeys when you could have a thoroughbred

[mazambaan]

I used to knock the Harley thing but then a few guys I rode dirt bikes with admitted they had Harleys and explained the attraction. It is a bit like cycling (IMHO); not the quickest or most exciting all the time, quite a bit of physical pain but great cameraderie. The people who are into it enjoy Sunday rides, weekend rides, longer tours and trips to Europe and the US; all through their Harley hoggishness.  I was a little envious.

 

Good for them.

[Gnarly]

90% of all Harley's ever build are still on the road today..... the other 10% made it home. 

[IceCreamMan]

I used to knock the Harley thing but then a few guys I rode dirt bikes with admitted they had Harleys and explained the attraction. It is a bit like cycling (IMHO); not the quickest or most exciting all the time, quite a bit of physical pain but great cameraderie. The people who are into it enjoy Sunday rides, weekend rides, longer tours and trips to Europe and the US; all through their Harley hoggishness.  I was a little envious.

 

Good for them.

That’s their product, motorcycles are an enabler but they sell a lifestyle.

[Hairy]

I’m going to agree with the previous 2 posts.... Stay away!

why you guys such Harley-Phobes?

[WrightJnr]

Have any of you ever bought a Harley and then sold it without taking a complete bath? My brother in law and then my father in law had them. And when it came time to sell they couldn’t afford a Chinese scooter with the change!! I think once you in, you in for life.

[IceCreamMan]

Have any of you ever bought a Harley and then sold it without taking a complete bath? My brother in law and then my father in law had them. And when it came time to sell they couldn’t afford a Chinese scooter with the change!! I think once you in, you in for life.

 

They hold their value a lil better here looking at the second hand market. 

[RocknRolla]

The harley thing for me is two fold.

 

1) Their bikes don't really appeal to me. Not sure, what exactly, but it's just not there. I understand some of their machines are eye wateringly expensive. but like with all things money does not equal taste or class. also the "ac/dc on the hifi, for everyone to hear is also a bit stale...

2) The riding in formation, holding up traffic like they are some kind of guv'ment convoy is what really irritates the crap out of me. 

 

Ok so it's a little more than 2.

 

Thanks, I do feel better now.

[Kalahari Vegmot]

For you guys with bigger adventure bikes; what's the insurance costs like pm?

[Hairy]

The harley thing for me is two fold.

 

1) Their bikes don't really appeal to me. Not sure, what exactly, but it's just not there. I understand some of their machines are eye wateringly expensive. but like with all things money does not equal taste or class. also the "ac/dc on the hifi, for everyone to hear is also a bit stale...

2) The riding in formation, holding up traffic like they are some kind of guv'ment convoy is what really irritates the crap out of me. 

 

Ok so it's a little more than 2.

 

Thanks, I do feel better now.

so it is more the people really vs the bikes that grate you....given they are rather expensive too.

[MrJacques]

why you guys such Harley-Phobes?

 

Do you know why they have those tassels on the handlebars? So you know when you're moving forward