If EVO didn't exist....
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BMW because if there had been no EVO HD would have gone down and the brand name peddled off to the highest bidder. The EVO save HD's ***.
It had a good run. I still own one. Not my primary ride anymore but a great ride to have
It had a good run. I still own one. Not my primary ride anymore but a great ride to have
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Good choice WP. No sense arguing with a dumb***
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Hey, you're a smart feller. Or is that FART SMELLER???????
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If the Evo didn't exist, the entire motorcycle world as we know it wouldn't exist either, after Harley went out of business in 1986. That being the case, I can't even begin to speculate what I might be riding today. It's impossible to overstate the importance of H-D and the Evolution engine.
Most likely I would be riding the modern descendent of the Honda 750 Four or something similar, seeing that the Japanese would most likely still dominate the motorcycle industry.
Most likely I would be riding the modern descendent of the Honda 750 Four or something similar, seeing that the Japanese would most likely still dominate the motorcycle industry.
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Yea well I been called both.
I'm just gonna go to bed and cry my eyes out you meany.
Darn I'll forgive by mornin tho
WP
I'm just gonna go to bed and cry my eyes out you meany.
Darn I'll forgive by mornin tho
WP
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No, because without the Evo, the phenomenon that Harley became in the '80's would have never happened, and Polaris would have most likely had no incentive to try to grab a piece of a market that wouldn't exist.
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Without Evo, I guess HD would have soldiered on with the Shovel. For at least a few more years. Maybe longer. Who knows.
I just crossed over 1000 miles on my "new" 1990 FXRS today. I'm seriously loving this bike.
I ride daily. To work, whatever errands need erranding during the day, then back home. 60 or 70 miles a day most days. 100+ on some. I rarely ride during evenings or weekends. I rarely go out and ride for the sake of riding, although once in a while I'll turn what should have been a seven mile round trip to the bank into a 50 mile round trip through the country. Once in a while.
Mostly a bike is, for me, just transportation. A way of getting around. I like riding because I'm a cheap bastard and I like 40+ MPG, and because if I'm going to be traveling 60 or 70 miles per day, I may as well enjoy it.
This FXR has personality. Getting to know it is a process.
I've ridden fast bikes. The FXR isn't fast. If I wanted fast, I'd be riding a GSXR 1000. That is a fast bike. Its also a stupid bike. An exhausting bike. The FXR may not be a fast bike, but it is a fast enough bike. Its fast enough to do anything I need it to do maneuvering through traffic. The FXR is a smart bike.
What would I be riding if there was no Evo? Maybe a 1990 Shovel, if there were such a thing. Maybe nothing. Certainly not a Twin Cam. Those don't work for me at all.
I just crossed over 1000 miles on my "new" 1990 FXRS today. I'm seriously loving this bike.
I ride daily. To work, whatever errands need erranding during the day, then back home. 60 or 70 miles a day most days. 100+ on some. I rarely ride during evenings or weekends. I rarely go out and ride for the sake of riding, although once in a while I'll turn what should have been a seven mile round trip to the bank into a 50 mile round trip through the country. Once in a while.
Mostly a bike is, for me, just transportation. A way of getting around. I like riding because I'm a cheap bastard and I like 40+ MPG, and because if I'm going to be traveling 60 or 70 miles per day, I may as well enjoy it.
This FXR has personality. Getting to know it is a process.
I've ridden fast bikes. The FXR isn't fast. If I wanted fast, I'd be riding a GSXR 1000. That is a fast bike. Its also a stupid bike. An exhausting bike. The FXR may not be a fast bike, but it is a fast enough bike. Its fast enough to do anything I need it to do maneuvering through traffic. The FXR is a smart bike.
What would I be riding if there was no Evo? Maybe a 1990 Shovel, if there were such a thing. Maybe nothing. Certainly not a Twin Cam. Those don't work for me at all.
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I guess I would have made some cast iron lined aluminum cylinders and a set of aluminum heads with a decent combustion chambers and good intake and exhaust ports. Then sell the design to HD.
John
John