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Dec 12, 2011 | 03:06 PM

TxD11

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Harley Sounds

While stopped at a red light on the RKC, a lady in a cage next to me said I was riding a potato bike.
I asked what she meant and she explained when the bike is idling it sounds like potato..potato..potato..potato.

In 45 years on a Harley, I never heard this before.

Dec 12, 2011 | 03:10 PM

williamfrog

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And Harley has that patented .

Dec 12, 2011 | 03:13 PM

PistonPuller

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Common saying for the evo, but the twinkie is not a potato bike

Dec 12, 2011 | 03:40 PM

nkfd13

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Originally Posted by williamfrog

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And Harley has that patented .

not a patent a trademark, kind of the same thing

Dec 12, 2011 | 03:50 PM

rdb1976

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Fallacy. Harley withdrew its application in 2000.

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun...iness/fi-43145

Dec 12, 2011 | 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TxD11

While stopped at a red light on the RKC, a lady in a cage next to me said I was riding a potato bike.
I asked what she meant and she explained when the bike is idling it sounds like potato..potato..potato..potato.

In 45 years on a Harley, I never heard this before.

It's the classic PATENTED Harley exhaust sound! The nicknamed "potato" sound has been a sound associated ONLY with Harley Davidson and the company has gone to great lengths to make sure it stays that way! The exhaust pattern (uneven repetition,low growl, potato -potato sound) IS OWNED BY MOCO! Any attempt to replicate it by another manufacturer has in the past been legally pursued by moco as a trademark infringement!

I thought everyone knew about this!

Dec 12, 2011 | 04:05 PM

cromagnon

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45 years? You never heard that before?

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Dec 12, 2011 | 04:22 PM

kajunkruzer

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I remember when I was a little kid my uncle was trying to explain to me that something was wrong with his bike and he had to take it to the shop. He said it was supposed to go patato-potato-potato, but it didn't sound like that anymore and that was how he knew something was wrong with it, lol. That was the first time I ever heard of the potato thing, and I doubt I will ever forget that story.