Harley bashing
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Dogtown, Oakland, CA
RE: Harley bashing
its a mystery. the bashing is just between harley and everyone else.
how do ya figure?
i mean, hondas, aprillias, suzuki, bmw, husquevarna, ktm, kawasaki, yamaha, and everyone else seem to get along pretty well.
how do you suppose they all get along so well, yet suddenly turn into bashers whenever a harley is mentioned? after all everyone here knows that harley riders never bash other brands, so its not somehow really a problem with harley riders.
so its really baffling. why does everyone else get along so well?
how do ya figure?
i mean, hondas, aprillias, suzuki, bmw, husquevarna, ktm, kawasaki, yamaha, and everyone else seem to get along pretty well.
how do you suppose they all get along so well, yet suddenly turn into bashers whenever a harley is mentioned? after all everyone here knows that harley riders never bash other brands, so its not somehow really a problem with harley riders.
so its really baffling. why does everyone else get along so well?
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: florida swamp
RE: Harley bashing
ORIGINAL: dswansbiker
I have to disagree. The VTX is ALL about imitating HD. Just for the sake of argument; if Harleydidn't make a Vtwin, but instead made anextremelypopular BMW type motordo you think Honda would have developed the VTX? .
I have to disagree. The VTX is ALL about imitating HD. Just for the sake of argument; if Harleydidn't make a Vtwin, but instead made anextremelypopular BMW type motordo you think Honda would have developed the VTX? .
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2007
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RE: Harley bashing
Yeah- I hear the occasional bashing... or someone feels they have to justify to me why they bought a metric instead of a HD. I usually interrupt them halfway through their speal and just say, Yeah your right, good luck with that....what is it? Really bugs them.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Anywhere we stop
RE: Harley bashing
I've been on other forums and yes the HD bashing is heavy, but then there justpissed that there girlfriends and wifes stare at the HD's as they go by and not at the Vulcan that they own. Its like pecker envy.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Windsor, CO
RE: Harley bashing
ORIGINAL: John R.
I will say one thing though. If there was a guy out there like the owner of the VTXOA (Hal Greenlee) selling HD parts, I'd be really happy.
I will say one thing though. If there was a guy out there like the owner of the VTXOA (Hal Greenlee) selling HD parts, I'd be really happy.
As for bashing ... I haven't been on a brand or in a discussion group yet that didn't have its share of bashers. That goes for this forum as well. Some people just aren't happy until they can bash what someone else has. For the most part I ignore them, but sometimes it's fun just to see the fur fly.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,389
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From: Windham,Maine
RE: Harley bashing
The way I see it there will always be those jealous types that will bash Harleys for their own reasons.Their weak excuse for not owning one.Do yourself a favor and don't give them any credit by reading their posts.We know what they are missing!
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RE: Harley bashing
I've been hopping around loads of cruiser forums as I slowly take my time trying to find the right bike for myself... It seems to me that theres equal amounts of bashing on all sites whether they are harley or metric... The one difference that stands out to me so far is that the metric "side" slags the actual bike and the company that makes it "its too expensive for what it is", "old age technology", etc... The Harley side slags the actual rider "they are just jealous", "they wish they could afford something like my Harley", etc. Its almost like with the Harley side it ain't about the bike but more about the guy riding. So much so that I'm always seeing things like grouping whose a real biker and whos a rich urban and all that on this site. On the metric sites I can't really say I've run into much of that. I think its 6 of one and half a dozen of the other... all as bad as each other, and at the end of the day it doesn't really matter.
Just an observation and I don't claim to have seen it all.
Just an observation and I don't claim to have seen it all.
