How many here use their Harleys for basic transportation?
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 287
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From: DENVER COLORADO
i ride 80 miles round trip to work us my bikes almost always have a car some times i get in it relize i havnt drivn one for a month i love getting groceries always get to much 75 out i got all my clothes on so got room in the saddle bags.
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 130
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From: Salt Lake City, Utah
50 miles round trip to work each day, what shopping will fit on board, visiting and getting 'round with the GF. Then there's just the rides I want to take, with no particular place to go. I'm not on my bike if the weather is crazy, if I've got to look ridiculously corporate or if I know I'm going to be drinking. That's gotten me aboard better than 2 out of 3 days, since March 20th.... which in Canada has meant some cold weather riding.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 333
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From: Texas
Every damn day if I can. I ride to work no matter how cold, if it isn't raining hard when I leave the house. If it's already raining then I basically do a coin flip in my head, whatever my mood is influences the outcome. Rain doesn't bother me in the least any other time, just on my way to work. Kinda weird. 18 miles each way if I take the interstates. Here in OK I can pretty much do year round. Only Jan-Feb timeframe sucks. If there isn't ice and it's at least around 32+ I'll ride. Can't get enough of it.
Other than that, any time I'm not having to lug around large items or animals it's on the bike. Me and the wife will pick up to go orders of food and if they don't fit in the saddlebags (like Earls Rib Palace bbq) she just holds em.
Other than that, any time I'm not having to lug around large items or animals it's on the bike. Me and the wife will pick up to go orders of food and if they don't fit in the saddlebags (like Earls Rib Palace bbq) she just holds em.
Last edited by Kski; May 17, 2010 at 08:02 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,635
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From: Adel Iowa
My main transportation 120 miles daily round trip. Garage in the winter. If the temps over 40 I ride. I have done some 28 degree mornings. ( Hard on the hands ). Not always fun but still better than the cage. 
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 859
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From: Columbia, SC
It's all I got. I ride back and forth to work and around town and on base all week. On the weekends I head home for 350+ miles. I ride in whatever the weather is that day. For all the money I safe in gas, I wouldn't trade it.
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Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 233
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From: Boise, Idaho
Every Day...almost
I ride every chance I get. To work 30 miles RT...Beats the hell outta my Chevy truck on gas.
Tomorrow it's supposed to rain, which I don't mind, but I don't like to get to the office soaking wet.
I dropped my truck off tonight at the shop, so I'm riding rain or shine tomorrow...
Tomorrow it's supposed to rain, which I don't mind, but I don't like to get to the office soaking wet.
I dropped my truck off tonight at the shop, so I'm riding rain or shine tomorrow...