Why All The Hatred ?
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2016
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From: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Yes......while I don't have a strong opinion either way on most of the new offerings, I would personally be very disappointed to not have an option for a chromed-out SGS.
They have to attract new buyers to stay in business. We should be behind them IMO. Ride these new bikes first before complaining they don't look like they used to. If they kept coming out with the same old same old we'd be complaining they weren't attracting new buyers. If we want to be riding HD in 20 years (well I might have given up riding by aged 80), but if you younger riders still want to be riding Harleys then stop moaning and get behind the Moco. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2016
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From: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Lol, that is so true for so many! I really like the chrome finish with the Velocity red. It just looks awesome (to me). If I had a black SGS, I could see going for the blacked out look.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Florida
"If they kept coming out with the same old same old we'd be complaining they weren't attracting new buyers.'
Who cares? Millenials have no money & zero taste (just listen to their crap music). They ain't interested in bikes; only the latest iPhone.
Who cares? Millenials have no money & zero taste (just listen to their crap music). They ain't interested in bikes; only the latest iPhone.
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From: Central Texas
Dickey I am sore afraid you are right about this one.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2016
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From: Detroit area
I find it hilarious that guy's are barley getting to a stage 1 on the M8's and the after market is working 24/7 to catch up and now everyone is looking at the 18's.
Fact is, the M8's bring nothing but EPA heartache and until the aftermarket figures out how to get around it most guys have little options.
Funny going to Sturgis or somewhere and seeing a 100,000 SG's with FM headers, SE air cleaners and PV tuner.
Aftermarket will get this figure out but we gotta wait for anything substantial
Fact is, the M8's bring nothing but EPA heartache and until the aftermarket figures out how to get around it most guys have little options.
Funny going to Sturgis or somewhere and seeing a 100,000 SG's with FM headers, SE air cleaners and PV tuner.
Aftermarket will get this figure out but we gotta wait for anything substantial
and that's fine. different bikes for different jobs.
swing by the sportster forum.. you can eat your words there. bring that staypuff marshmallow you ride.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2016
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From: Virginia - In my bunker
My two cents. I think HD screwed the pooch trying to change to go after the younger generation, and ended up turning their back on the older generation that's carried them for years. (And OBTW geniuses, are the ones with the money)
Most of these bikes look like knockoffs of metric bikes, (that aren't hot sellers either) and crappy knockoffs at that. This, coupled with the fact that the younger generation isn't buying bikes because their not cool looking, they're not buying them cause they're too damn expensive and society has told little Timmy and Tina since birth that motorcycles are dangerous.
Killing the Dyna line is monumentally stupid. Like one step beyond bone headed. I am honestly stunned.
Also, the fact that some here continue to point to "Well the articles in all the fanboy blogs/magazines say how innovative killing the Dyna line and combining it with the soft tail and blah, blah, blah."
Yeah, they're saying that because that's what they're told to say, and they want to keep their phony baloney jobs, sitting on their asses in an office someplace to write flowery reviews of the horseshit that is being produced. If they truly wrote what they thought, they'd not be invited to next years presser, wouldn't get invited to ride the next years bikes, and therefore would be out of a job. Do the math, what do you think they're going to write?
I just hope that the prices of the old bikes don't jump to badly, as those are likey the only ones I will continue to buy, and that there remains a steady stream of replacement parts.
Most of these bikes look like knockoffs of metric bikes, (that aren't hot sellers either) and crappy knockoffs at that. This, coupled with the fact that the younger generation isn't buying bikes because their not cool looking, they're not buying them cause they're too damn expensive and society has told little Timmy and Tina since birth that motorcycles are dangerous.
Killing the Dyna line is monumentally stupid. Like one step beyond bone headed. I am honestly stunned.
Also, the fact that some here continue to point to "Well the articles in all the fanboy blogs/magazines say how innovative killing the Dyna line and combining it with the soft tail and blah, blah, blah."
Yeah, they're saying that because that's what they're told to say, and they want to keep their phony baloney jobs, sitting on their asses in an office someplace to write flowery reviews of the horseshit that is being produced. If they truly wrote what they thought, they'd not be invited to next years presser, wouldn't get invited to ride the next years bikes, and therefore would be out of a job. Do the math, what do you think they're going to write?
I just hope that the prices of the old bikes don't jump to badly, as those are likey the only ones I will continue to buy, and that there remains a steady stream of replacement parts.
Road Master
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What's up with all the hatred over the 2018 bikes? am I thrilled by all their choices they made? Nope. I love my Fat Boy. This bike has always been my favorite since they first started to make them. Do I like the new fat Boy? Not so much...I have never been a fan of the chopped fenders or the fat back tire..
With that being said the 2018 Heritage looks awesome!
And Just an FYI my first Harley was a Dyna Low Rider.....Just like Pontiac and Olds some things must come to an end
With that being said the 2018 Heritage looks awesome!
And Just an FYI my first Harley was a Dyna Low Rider.....Just like Pontiac and Olds some things must come to an end