Is it just me, or do I see 32 models on ONE platform? Cruisers! Not a standard, commuter, dual-sport, MX, adventure, touring or sport bike in the mix! Oh wait, I guess that tricycle thing HD makes would be considered a 2nd platform! Hardly-Davidson SOOO needed Buell and the fresh thinking they brought to...
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People look at me like I’m stupid or something. Harley building sport bikes? What’s wrong with you??? I read it in their tweets, see in the eyes of the polite ones and am verbally assaulted by the not-so-polite! ”Harley doesn’t make fucking sport bikes and never will!” ”Legend,” “tradition,” “America,” blah, blah, blah. Sport bikes are...
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This morning, while enjoying the glorious weather with all the windows open, I was rudely interrupted from my work by a hideously loud and obnoxious Harley with open pipes. My neighborhood is a very quiet place and is kind of an enclosed circle, so sound REALLY tends to resonant. And this rider seemed to have absolutely zero...
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A few twitter conversations and recent events have had me thinking deeply about the dangers of motorcycling and some of the carnage we’ve witnessed of late. Often, here and elsewhere, you’ll typically hear me singing the praises of riding motorcycles, the peace and centering it brings, and the many other positive attributes of our...
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I have to preface the following by stating that what I know is secondhand, hearsay information. I was 80 miles away waiting for the group of riders that assisted. Saturday, July 10, 2010 near Tracy, CA, a 30-something, female rider crashed her Harley Davidson on HWY 205. According to the riders that witnessed the...
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Well, since you asked… Yes, I do have a problem with Harley-Davidson. The topic came up again today, but contrary to popular perception, I am NOT a “Harley Hater!” I actually want to buy one! It just has to be one that handles, stops and goes! In other words, nothing HD currently manufactures! I...
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A very strange thing happened yesterday. On the way to see a client, on a perfectly straight road, I watched a guy on a Harley ride off the shoulder of the road, into a muddy field and crash into an orchard. I can’t tell you how anyone could do that, but somehow this guy...
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