View Poll Results: Why I bought my Harley

Cause my Honda (rice rocket ) was never a chick magnet

2.86%

Harley's been in the family for years, is there another bike

16.57%

I turned 50 and well it's better than Viagra

10.86%

Do you really have to ask

50.86%

As stated below, In my own words

22.29%

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Why did you Buy a Harley

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Jul 1, 2016 | 09:44 PM

#101

Norms 427

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From: Spokane, WA

My dad rode a HD similar to this from Kansas City to Los Angeles in the late 1920s. Many dirt highways.

My older brother rode this 1948 tank shift:

I rode this 1957 74 FL in the early 1960s in high school:

My parents-in-law have riden HDs forever. Grandpa finally sold his HD 3 years ago at age 80.

My wife rides this:

And can you guess why I have a HD?

EDIT: I almost forgot the brother n sister-in-law:

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Jul 2, 2016 | 04:23 PM

#102

AussieDog

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Joined: Jan 2015

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From: Washington

Gold Wing Comment

Quote:

Originally Posted by cycle7447

I was riding Wings - and was ready for an 1800. Back then, the engines were falling out because the frames were cracking and Honda refused to admit there was a problem.

After sometime, Honda finally admitted there was a problem and recall the bikes to have the frames re welded. I decided to try a Harley - and simply fell in love with it.

Moral of the story - if you have a customer, you should try to do all you can to keep that customer. When you send him someplace else, he may never come back. Since 2004, I havee had three Harleys.

Interesting comment on Gold Wing frames. I had a new 1997 GL1500 that had a footpeg weld break off in the first month. While driving on the highway in heavy high speed Houston traffic. They took their time fixing it under warranty.

Jul 4, 2016 | 01:47 PM

#103

ChrisHo

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Joined: Aug 2013

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From: Georgia

Well I bought my first HD this Sunday the 3rd of July. I will go get it later this week, had only planned to leave deposit but instead paid for it but didn't have gear with me. Bought a lightly used by nicely accessorized 16 Street Glide.

Why a HD, turned 50 and figured that after 6 months an 5k miles my 2015 R1200RT I bought in December just wasn't doing it for me. Twenty years of BMW and I think I will see how a HD fares

Jul 4, 2016 | 05:37 PM

#104

Super08

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From: Alberta

Chris I love the performance of the new 1200RT and was tempted to try one, but I doubt I would have to comfort I have on my 15 Road Glide.

Jul 4, 2016 | 05:51 PM

#105

Dynamick

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From: Edmonton, Alberta

Hey, what's up Super 08? Did your bike survive the fire, or did you get a replacement?

Jul 4, 2016 | 07:02 PM

#106

Super08

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From: Alberta

Yes our home and my bike were fine. Just light smoke smell in basement that we got rid of. Many of my friends were not so lucky.

Jul 4, 2016 | 08:16 PM

#107

Oogie Wa Wa

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Joined: Feb 2014

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From: Oak Harbor, OH

Funny, we had an RT also, an '05. Great motorcycle... Hey, what's not to love: a simple, pre-WWII design, two big cylinders, torque-y air cooled motorcycle? Well, IF my feet could ever be planted on the ground both at the same time, that is. Sat it down a couple of times. Those jugs do protect your legs!

Then the wife got new knees a while back, and that was the end of 40+ years of riding on and off for her, I just didn't trust myself to balance everything. OK, I was 58, what the heck, let's look at sidecar conversions. SWMBO wouldn't ride in one, "we're not that old, I'm not getting in one of those things." *sigh*

How about trikes? Sure! (Don't ask.) So we went looking.

OK, I hope I don't offend anyone too much (nah, I really don't care), but except for the Harley, we both thought that all the rest of the trikes are all just plain fugly. We wanted a motorcycle, not a space ship (albeit older design space ships.) But the Tri Glide looked darned good to us. Harley has motors that don't need to be hidden! (hence the RT) We bought our trike a couple of days later. Great decision, and it's nice being Harley folks now!

Interestingly they went to water cooled heads on the RT in 2014 also; same year as Harley. That kinda silences everybody's "not keeping up" statement.

Jul 4, 2016 | 08:58 PM

#108

fireman on a RK

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Joined: Apr 2015

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From: Eastern Oregon

I had been thinking about getting bike, after too may years without. I did not want a crotch rocket nor a HD. One day, I spotted a Road King. Still did not want a Harley. Kept going by the shop and one day I stopped. I still did not want a Harley, because they rode like crap, leaked oil and did not start easily. I was just looking. Yeah, that purple paint job, the flames, all the chrome, the way it felt when I sat on it, I went home and started looking for the price of that bike on Craig's List. I ended up giving $10,300 for a 2002 Road King with the Screamin Eagle package, 27,000 miles. After 3 years, in the winter when the riding season is still months away, I walk in the garage and just look at it. It is fun to ride, and I meet the nicest people on a Harley. When I come back from a ride, Dee hears those Rhineharts, and has the garage door open. People tell me what a beautiful bike it is. The last guy who told me that had 3 BMWs in his garage.
I now understand, if you have to ask, I cannot explain why I ride a Harley.