Why Harley?
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This thread started in 2004??? Wow. As to the question... I've owned four Harleys, first one bought in 1972, an XLCH. Most recent one, a 2009 Road King. First bike was a Honda 90, in 1969. Then a Honda 450, in 1971, right out of high school. Then the XLCH. A Kawasaki Z1R-T, a Shell Yamaha 750 flattracker, then got married. 19 years without a bike. Then I got a 2003 Road King. Sold it due to marital discord over purchase of the bike. Got divorced four years later. (wish I'd kept the bike). Bug bit again in 2009 and I bought a used 2006 Deluxe in April. Traded it in on the '09 FLHR in June. The tradition angle is big with me. I lost my dad in 1958, when I was 5. I have very few pictures of him, but one is of him in his Air Force khaki uniform sitting on a two toned Harley Knucklehead. Another I have is of me, at age three, sitting on another Harley he had. I think it's an old military surplus WWII bike, with a shifter lever on the left side of the gas tank. I guess I'm just takin' after my dad. That's good enough reason for me.
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Don't get me wrong, I love my harley, but I do love many other motorcycles. I especially like brit bikes of all sorts. My friend has a beautiful vintage Matchless I would love to have. Another friend rides a vintage Vincent 500, which I also love. I love motorcyles, including harley's. To each their own!
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