Consumer Reports on Motorcycle Reliability
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Wrong Wrong Wrong. Walter.marketing did not sell us the lifestyle. The lifestyle was already there. All the marketing did was show you a care free worry free hassle free enjoyable lifestyle that you wished that you could live. Being a true hardcore biker is a sub culture just like full body tattooing piercing and scarification. Its true that many people in mainstream society dabble.in these interests; myself included; but will never fully give up main stream society enough to full experience it.
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Reliability is only one factor for me.
With some products, it's a big deal (alarm clock, furnace, lawn mower, truck, guns, tools, sports equipment). If it's not reliable, I don't want it because it will just **** me off, or worse.
With others, it's more about the overall fun factor than reliability worries (drums, guitar, sport bike, race bike). If it's a blast, or runs like a scalded cat, I'll deal with some unreliability.
That said, it's not always either/or for me. For instance, I would leave tomorrow for the west coast and back on my Harley knowing full well that it might have some problems along the way. But that's part of the whole riding experience for me... It started when I was riding unreliable used stuff as a kid...and a Norton later in life...fixing it on the side of the trail or road was always just part of riding. I've met some great people on the side of the road... I can't explain it...
With some products, it's a big deal (alarm clock, furnace, lawn mower, truck, guns, tools, sports equipment). If it's not reliable, I don't want it because it will just **** me off, or worse.
With others, it's more about the overall fun factor than reliability worries (drums, guitar, sport bike, race bike). If it's a blast, or runs like a scalded cat, I'll deal with some unreliability.
That said, it's not always either/or for me. For instance, I would leave tomorrow for the west coast and back on my Harley knowing full well that it might have some problems along the way. But that's part of the whole riding experience for me... It started when I was riding unreliable used stuff as a kid...and a Norton later in life...fixing it on the side of the trail or road was always just part of riding. I've met some great people on the side of the road... I can't explain it...
Last edited by Wheels24; Mar 13, 2014 at 08:52 PM.
Road Captain
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That's interesting. A mag called Motorrad did a teardown on several bikes after 30000km and found the Road King came out on top. Hmmm.
I find if you leave a Harley more or less stock they go forever. Jus' sayin'
I find if you leave a Harley more or less stock they go forever. Jus' sayin'
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