Just a love story with a Harley in it
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04-18-2014, 08:06 PM
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After reading the post with the poll about one bike or many bikes,
it got me to thinking about what I have went and done and didn't
even realize it. Apparently I have chosen my bike like i did my wife,
"for life" I'll keep my wife till death, and I feel the exact same way
about my bike.I don't cheat on eather one I don't test ride other
women, and I don't test ride other bikes eather, "why would I want
to". Maybe now in my mind I can justify spending all the interest that
I spent in the financing of my Iron Mistress.
it got me to thinking about what I have went and done and didn't
even realize it. Apparently I have chosen my bike like i did my wife,
"for life" I'll keep my wife till death, and I feel the exact same way
about my bike.I don't cheat on eather one I don't test ride other
women, and I don't test ride other bikes eather, "why would I want
to". Maybe now in my mind I can justify spending all the interest that
I spent in the financing of my Iron Mistress.
#12
04-18-2014, 08:09 PM
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His granddaddy said the same thing about his horse...
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04-19-2014, 05:16 AM
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#14
04-19-2014, 06:03 AM
Before I ever laid eyes on the girl I was to marry she was riding around with one of her girlfriends they spotted my Harley chopper parked a new car dealership then spotted me looking at Ramblers new 390ci powered hot rod in 1969. She also loved beards and said she wanted to meet me,we met she is my soul mate and we both cannot get enough of our Harleys.
#15
04-19-2014, 06:19 AM
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Before I ever laid eyes on the girl I was to marry she was riding around with one of her girlfriends they spotted my Harley chopper parked a new car dealership then spotted me looking at Ramblers new 390ci powered hot rod in 1969. She also loved beards and said she wanted to meet me,we met she is my soul mate and we both cannot get enough of our Harleys.
#16
04-19-2014, 06:32 AM
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"Soak Up The Sun" by Sheryl Crow
My friend the communist
Holds meetings in his RV
I can't afford his gas
So I'm stuck here watching TV
I don't have digital
I don't have diddly squat
It's not having what you want
It's wanting what you've got
My friend the communist
Holds meetings in his RV
I can't afford his gas
So I'm stuck here watching TV
I don't have digital
I don't have diddly squat
It's not having what you want
It's wanting what you've got
#17
04-19-2014, 11:08 AM
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I'd have to say I've had better luck with motorcycles than women. Wife is long gone, but I've had only one bike for the last 20 years. I figure it's too late to get rid of the bike now. Who'd want a 20 year old Harley with 187,000 mile on it?
I guess I'm keeping it unless Harley decides to put the Evo back into production.
I guess I'm keeping it unless Harley decides to put the Evo back into production.
#18
04-19-2014, 05:05 PM
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I usually keep my bikes longer than my women--My bikes always stay the same weight, & they never get tired of having me ride them.
#20
04-19-2014, 09:49 PM
I've had many bikes over that last 50+ years, and I think the one I kept the longest was an 1984 Honda Aspencade (ten years). A most uninteresting but very serviceable bike for my needs, commuting to work, the occasional road trip, etc.
But my Harleys were an evolution for me. I started out with a '56 Hydra Glide (kick start, vibration...) and over the years I would embrace the improvements such as electric start (65) the Classic (77), the five speed (79) and so on. When an accident creamed the Honda, I quit for seven years, lost in a job that took 60-70 hours per week. Then in 2002, I bought my first Ultra Classic.
If it's possible to love a bike, the Ultra does it for me. But, again, an improvement motivated me to trade in the faithful steed for the 2007 with the 96" engine, which I still have. This is the last one for me as I get older and more feeble.
Wives for me were much the same. Married four times, but each one answered a need the previous one didn't provide. Now, I'm married to a wonderful woman since 1990 and like the Ultra, my last one.
But my Harleys were an evolution for me. I started out with a '56 Hydra Glide (kick start, vibration...) and over the years I would embrace the improvements such as electric start (65) the Classic (77), the five speed (79) and so on. When an accident creamed the Honda, I quit for seven years, lost in a job that took 60-70 hours per week. Then in 2002, I bought my first Ultra Classic.
If it's possible to love a bike, the Ultra does it for me. But, again, an improvement motivated me to trade in the faithful steed for the 2007 with the 96" engine, which I still have. This is the last one for me as I get older and more feeble.
Wives for me were much the same. Married four times, but each one answered a need the previous one didn't provide. Now, I'm married to a wonderful woman since 1990 and like the Ultra, my last one.