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To me, a motorcycle should be as simple as possible and a product of a mechanical Industrial Age. I don't want a radio, infotainment, Bluetooth, gps, unnecessary computers or electronics on a motorcycle. I want a motorcycle to have everything I need and nothing I don't. I want it to be modern enough to be reliable but not so modern that it resembles the space shuttle, which I suppose is even obsolete these days as well. I want it to feel like I am riding something substantial and permanent in contrast to today's disposable society . I want it to sound like something exciting is happening instead of sounding like the drone of an electric motor. I want it to remind me of simpler times.
So yeah, I am riding the exact bike that fits that definition. Even the name is right, Heritage Softail Classic.
I suppose another way of putting it is if you are in a band, you could use a drum machine for perfect timing and consistent reproducible fills, but instead, you always use a real life drummer. That drummer may be imperfect and the machine vastly technically superior, but which one is going to make you move?
So yeah, I am riding the exact bike that fits that definition. Even the name is right, Heritage Softail Classic.
I suppose another way of putting it is if you are in a band, you could use a drum machine for perfect timing and consistent reproducible fills, but instead, you always use a real life drummer. That drummer may be imperfect and the machine vastly technically superior, but which one is going to make you move?
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From: Upstate New York
To me, a motorcycle should be as simple as possible and a product of a mechanical Industrial Age. I don't want a radio, infotainment, Bluetooth, gps, unnecessary computers or electronics on a motorcycle. I want a motorcycle to have everything I need and nothing I don't. I want it to be modern enough to be reliable but not so modern that it resembles the space shuttle, which I suppose is even obsolete these days as well. I want it to feel like I am riding something substantial and permanent in contrast to today's disposable society . I want it to sound like something exciting is happening instead of sounding like the drone of an electric motor. I want it to remind me of simpler times.
So yeah, I am riding the exact bike that fits that definition. Even the name is right, Heritage Softail Classic.
I suppose another way of putting it is if you are in a band, you could use a drum machine for perfect timing and consistent reproducible fills, but instead, you always use a real life drummer. That drummer may be imperfect and the machine vastly technically superior, but which one is going to make you move?
So yeah, I am riding the exact bike that fits that definition. Even the name is right, Heritage Softail Classic.
I suppose another way of putting it is if you are in a band, you could use a drum machine for perfect timing and consistent reproducible fills, but instead, you always use a real life drummer. That drummer may be imperfect and the machine vastly technically superior, but which one is going to make you move?
Your last comment reminds me of the old joke: "What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? You only have to punch the instructions into the drum machine ONCE."
Last edited by Uncle G.; May 24, 2017 at 07:59 AM.
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