View Poll Results: Is your Harley a toy or primary transportation?
It's a toy
162
66.39%
Primary transportation
48
19.67%
I don't know or it's too close to call.
34
13.93%
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Which is it?
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Which is it?
Is your Harley a toy or your primary mode of transportation?
To qualify as primary you simply need to put more miles on your bike annually than your alternate form of transportation.
For science. Anonymously.
To qualify as primary you simply need to put more miles on your bike annually than your alternate form of transportation.
For science. Anonymously.
Last edited by Redoilokie; Sep 14, 2017 at 04:49 PM.
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25K a year in my bikes, 600 a year on my truck - mostly by people that borrow it. I only take the truck to work when it is raining heavily when I leave, which doesn't happen often.
The bikes are my RV's on days off and for the occasional week long trips.
The bikes are my RV's on days off and for the occasional week long trips.
Last edited by joe.1955; Sep 14, 2017 at 04:55 PM.
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
I'm retired, but never commuted here anyway, did in other states, but Minnesota drivers were too scary for me in packed freeway rush hour. Last year I put less than 1000 miles on my van, had to use a battery tender on it in the summer 'cause it would sit so long, used my Ural sidecar rig for anything I'd have to carry, like groceries. Put more miles on Harleys, though, never did 100 miles at a stretch on that Russian beast, butt can't take it. Winters in the frozen North mandate 3 or 4 wheels for primary transportation, and the salt would kill the 3 wheeler real quick. If an SUV didn't get it first...
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From: Wisconsin, USA
In the summer it's my primary transportation. When it gets dark before I get out of work and temps are in the 30s it goes into storage. Having a dog has cut down on my riding too.
So I don't consider it a toy, but I put a lot more miles on my car, than my truck, than my bike.
My boats are toys.
So I don't consider it a toy, but I put a lot more miles on my car, than my truck, than my bike.
My boats are toys.
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