Basic Safety Features?
Cruiser
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RE: Basic Safety Features?
its easy to see that HD forum lets some bash others for having a question that may be a big concern for him or her. I dont see anyone saying get your head out of your a$$ for how much oil your bike holds or some other questions.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: NZ but live in Dorset, England
RE: Basic Safety Features?
OMG I just realised my Landrover has no airbags, no ABS, it rolls over if it tips too far (from painful experience) and I've put bars on the front which might hurt pedestrians if they jump in front of me ! (good for catching the roe deer that live next to me tho!)
Seriously I don't mean to flame but like my cage the attraction of a Harley, in particular the Dyna is the lack of nanny like accessories and the basic but quality build of it. Yes it costs more than the alternatives but I intend to be riding and driving the same two vehicles in 20 years time ... not confident the same would apply to any other motorbike.
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Seriously I don't mean to flame but like my cage the attraction of a Harley, in particular the Dyna is the lack of nanny like accessories and the basic but quality build of it. Yes it costs more than the alternatives but I intend to be riding and driving the same two vehicles in 20 years time ... not confident the same would apply to any other motorbike.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,900
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From: Backwoods of NH
RE: Basic Safety Features?
ORIGINAL: AZ Rider
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God, help me...
Sorry folks. I'm just going to say it like it is. I've been on a mission lately about this stuff so as I tell the people in the General section...
IT'S A HARLEY-DAVIDSON.
"Mine has excessive vibration." Geez fricken Louise. Harleys have been doing this for, I don't know, a million years? Get a Jap bike and all that vibration, character, soul, and any other remaining personality is removed. Enjoy the electric smoothness of the engine.
"Oh, and mine is too hot!" It's an air cooled engine ya panty waist. I ride in Ari-frickin-zona. Doesn't get much hotter riding here in the summer. Over 60 days of 100+ degrees, 105-110 many days. I expect the bike will be a tad warm. You can certainly ride your Harley in Pigsknuckle, Indiana where it's 84. If you're getting third degree burns while riding (I can't make this stuff up, check it out for yourself), you're either sitting on the engine itself or you need an IQ test.
IT'S A MOTORCYCLE
"The wind! The buffeting! The drama!"
It's a frickin' motorcycle! What did you expect? Bugs to stop flying? Air to stop movin?, Rain to stop falling? The elements is what gives riding a MOTORCYCLE its appeal. Get back in your minivan, ya poof.
"I'm wearing my one piece unobtanium full faced helmet/ nomex/ airbag equipped three inch thick kevlar full-body suit with iron gloves with ski boots." How do I keep from perspiring? I want to protect myself." Yeah, yeah, there's the shuttle right over there on the launch pad, Neil. Just join the space program, OK?
If you're that worried about crashing, get off the bike and back in your bubble and watch life from the sidelines.
There, I feel better.
[sm=boink3.gif]
God, help me...
Sorry folks. I'm just going to say it like it is. I've been on a mission lately about this stuff so as I tell the people in the General section...
IT'S A HARLEY-DAVIDSON.
"Mine has excessive vibration." Geez fricken Louise. Harleys have been doing this for, I don't know, a million years? Get a Jap bike and all that vibration, character, soul, and any other remaining personality is removed. Enjoy the electric smoothness of the engine.
"Oh, and mine is too hot!" It's an air cooled engine ya panty waist. I ride in Ari-frickin-zona. Doesn't get much hotter riding here in the summer. Over 60 days of 100+ degrees, 105-110 many days. I expect the bike will be a tad warm. You can certainly ride your Harley in Pigsknuckle, Indiana where it's 84. If you're getting third degree burns while riding (I can't make this stuff up, check it out for yourself), you're either sitting on the engine itself or you need an IQ test.
IT'S A MOTORCYCLE
"The wind! The buffeting! The drama!"
It's a frickin' motorcycle! What did you expect? Bugs to stop flying? Air to stop movin?, Rain to stop falling? The elements is what gives riding a MOTORCYCLE its appeal. Get back in your minivan, ya poof.
"I'm wearing my one piece unobtanium full faced helmet/ nomex/ airbag equipped three inch thick kevlar full-body suit with iron gloves with ski boots." How do I keep from perspiring? I want to protect myself." Yeah, yeah, there's the shuttle right over there on the launch pad, Neil. Just join the space program, OK?
If you're that worried about crashing, get off the bike and back in your bubble and watch life from the sidelines.
There, I feel better.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 324
Likes: 6
From: Melbourne, Florida
RE: Basic Safety Features?
[quote]ORIGINAL: AZ Rider
I would then START paying attention.
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God, help me...
Sorry folks. I'm just going to say it like it is. I've been on a mission lately about this stuff so as I tell the people in the General section...
IT'S A HARLEY-DAVIDSON.
"Mine has excessive vibration." Geez fricken Louise. Harleys have been doing this for, I don't know, a million years? Get a Jap bike and all that vibration, character, soul, and any other remaining personality is removed. Enjoy the electric smoothness of the engine.
"Oh, and mine is too hot!" It's an air cooled engine ya panty waist. I ride in Ari-frickin-zona. Doesn't get much hotterriding here in the summer.Over 60 days of 100+ degrees, 105-110 many days. I expect the bike will be a tad warm. You can certainly ride your Harley in Pigsknuckle, Indiana where it's 84. If you're getting third degree burns while riding (I can't make this stuff up, check it out for yourself), you're either sitting on the engine itself or you need an IQ test.
IT'S A MOTORCYCLE
"The wind! The buffeting! The drama!"
It's a frickin' motorcycle! What did you expect? Bugs to stop flying? Air to stop movin?, Rain to stop falling? The elements is what gives ridinga MOTORCYCLE its appeal. Get back in your minivan, ya poof.
"I'm wearing my one piece unobtanium full facedhelmet/ nomex/ airbag equipped three inch thick kevlar full-body suit with iron gloves with ski boots."How do I keep from perspiring? I want to protect myself." Yeah, yeah, there's the shuttle right over there on the launch pad, Neil. Just join the space program, OK?
If you're that worried about crashing, get off the bike and back in your bubble and watch life from the sidelines.
There, I feel better.
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I would then START paying attention.
[sm=boink3.gif]
God, help me...
Sorry folks. I'm just going to say it like it is. I've been on a mission lately about this stuff so as I tell the people in the General section...
IT'S A HARLEY-DAVIDSON.
"Mine has excessive vibration." Geez fricken Louise. Harleys have been doing this for, I don't know, a million years? Get a Jap bike and all that vibration, character, soul, and any other remaining personality is removed. Enjoy the electric smoothness of the engine.
"Oh, and mine is too hot!" It's an air cooled engine ya panty waist. I ride in Ari-frickin-zona. Doesn't get much hotterriding here in the summer.Over 60 days of 100+ degrees, 105-110 many days. I expect the bike will be a tad warm. You can certainly ride your Harley in Pigsknuckle, Indiana where it's 84. If you're getting third degree burns while riding (I can't make this stuff up, check it out for yourself), you're either sitting on the engine itself or you need an IQ test.
IT'S A MOTORCYCLE
"The wind! The buffeting! The drama!"
It's a frickin' motorcycle! What did you expect? Bugs to stop flying? Air to stop movin?, Rain to stop falling? The elements is what gives ridinga MOTORCYCLE its appeal. Get back in your minivan, ya poof.
"I'm wearing my one piece unobtanium full facedhelmet/ nomex/ airbag equipped three inch thick kevlar full-body suit with iron gloves with ski boots."How do I keep from perspiring? I want to protect myself." Yeah, yeah, there's the shuttle right over there on the launch pad, Neil. Just join the space program, OK?
If you're that worried about crashing, get off the bike and back in your bubble and watch life from the sidelines.
There, I feel better.
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Road Master
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,123
Likes: 1
From: Dallas TX
RE: Basic Safety Features?
I had a yamaha with the clutch safety and the kick stand saftey and it sucked ended up disconnecting them and bypassing them because every time i turned around the dame things would leave me with a bike that wont start and with the kick stand safety you cant run the bike with it down its a stupid idea and I would not want to have them on my harley. But I guess some people need those things to keep from messing up there bike
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 978
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From: Southeastern USA
RE: Basic Safety Features?
ORIGINAL: badabing
I have learned the hard way that my '06 FXDI (and I'm assuming most other HD's) do not have some basic safety features that far less expensive scoots do. One is an engine cutoff feature if you try and engage the clutch while she is in gear with the jiffy stand down. The other is a neutral safety switch or in other words, not being able to actuate the starter while the bike is in gear. Even though I usually put her in neutral when i park, the other day I forgot for some reason. Anyway, i was so excited to let my cousin hear my new V&H BSS scream a little, I almost started her up in gear. Thanks god he stopped me just before i pushed the start button to tell me the neutral indicator was not lit, would've been ugly. The thing that really gets me is the my practically new $13K "real" bike doesn't have the basic features that my 02 shadow "wannabe" does. why is that?
I have learned the hard way that my '06 FXDI (and I'm assuming most other HD's) do not have some basic safety features that far less expensive scoots do. One is an engine cutoff feature if you try and engage the clutch while she is in gear with the jiffy stand down. The other is a neutral safety switch or in other words, not being able to actuate the starter while the bike is in gear. Even though I usually put her in neutral when i park, the other day I forgot for some reason. Anyway, i was so excited to let my cousin hear my new V&H BSS scream a little, I almost started her up in gear. Thanks god he stopped me just before i pushed the start button to tell me the neutral indicator was not lit, would've been ugly. The thing that really gets me is the my practically new $13K "real" bike doesn't have the basic features that my 02 shadow "wannabe" does. why is that?
Personally, the less of that crap the better. I don't need anyone protecting me from myself.
Kind of the same thing with the truck. First thing I did with my last new ford was disconnect that damn thing that dings if you don't have your seatbelt on, and then bypass the switch that makes you put your foot on the brake in order to put it in gear.
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From: Templeton California
RE: Basic Safety Features?
I had all those "safety features" on my last bike I ended up disconecting the clutch safety switch because it failed and would not let me start start the bike.I had the same problem with another bike but with the kickstand safety switch.Most bikes worked just fine with out these features well into the eighties and I hope Harleys will continue to do so.
