Tired of these so called Harley owners that complain about how there HD doesn’t sound right! (For reference read some of the posts in the boycott HD thread)
Nothing and I mean NOTHING sounds like a Harley Davidson! And Why in the lords name would you want your (I can’t even say it so I will abbreviate it) HD (they shouldn’t even be in the same sentence!) to sound like a F”n Honda?

Owning a Harley is so much more than riding it to your local dealer ever Saturday to let it sit in a parking lot next to 6 dozen other painted and polished bikes! There is so much heritage and history, blood, sweat and pure American know how built in to it! Stop comparing it to all the rice rockets or wine and cheese machines!
Lame excuse #1: “oh but Mr. spacedout my HD pings and lugs”
A: learn how to ride it, put the right gas in it… the new six speeds like no yearn… to be revved higher!
Lame statement #2 Oh Mr. Spacedout it runs hot and isn’t loud enough”
A: no chit it is air cooled you need to be MOVING! And write your congress man… vote for someone who will stand up for our rights! Don’t let the bureaucrats make it worse!
#3 (and makes me want to puke!) “Oh but Mr. spacedout my stealer won’t fix it under warranty and it makes a sound that only I can hear!”
A: AHHHHHHRRRRGGGGGG its simple “if you have to ask how much… then it ain’t for you!” So go buy a Honda!

I am not trying to start anything here I just need to vent about some of the posts I have read in here the last day or two… so ride hard and be safe!

 

Apparently your bike doesn't tick, clatter, chatter, or anything else that you find annoying. Good for you.

 

AMEN!

 

Sorry dude but "riding it to your local dealer ever Saturday to let it sit in a parking lot next to 6 dozen other painted and polished bikes" is exactly what HD means to a LOT of owners. It's all about "hey lookat me! Pay attention to me! Ain't I the baddest Billy Badass around? Yep, just ridin't the hog and talkin' about ol' ladies...." Sad but true.[]

 

Good venting, I agree, but there aren't very many "old school" motorcycle riders
around riding anymore. I also think that when we bought our harleys for $700.00
we knew what to expect, now their paying Ten's of thousands and it should only
make noise out the exhaust and no where else plus that noise should be regulated
to what they want it to be. I have said to much but again I do agree.

 

Like the t-shirt says " So many bikes, so few bikers ".

 

It does ping a little every once in a while and has a little sound "that only I hear" here and there but like I said... it comes with the territory. it's not a Honda and I don't want it to run or sound like one.
I just don't agree with the "look at me.. I own a Harley... wait a minute it won't start because I haven't riddin it in 3 months" that's all.
But to each his own I guess... i do feel better now that I got the original rant off my chest...

 

Mine ticks, clatters and makes all kinds of noise. Yep, it sounds like a Harley. An even more interesting thing is that it smells justlike my Dad's old knucklehead. I can't really identify it, but it is the same.

 

yahaaa! that's... what I am talking about! ride ON!

 

That's what I like about winter ridin', It weeds most if not all of those types out. I think part of the problem is that a lot of guy's that would appreciate everthing that goes into a Harley can't afford the damn things anymore. Besides, if ya ride it hard ya can't hear that crap anyway.