Harley Used To Be About Bikes Not Lifestyle
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From: Huntington Beach, CA
Hey, don't forget lawyers!
Tourer
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From: Montreal
I think they forgot to send it it to, i never recoeved this so called lifestyle. Or maybe you are talking about those that only rides fully dressed in harley clothes. But I'm pretty sure most riders appreciate their bike and the nice growling of the engine, more than the brand itself.
So please explain to me what is this lifestyle you are talking about. Because being passionate about riding bikes have nothing to do with branding.
So please explain to me what is this lifestyle you are talking about. Because being passionate about riding bikes have nothing to do with branding.
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From: Albuquerque, NM
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HD can push all they want - but clothes / bike.., will never make a biker
Long as they know their place and don't transgress - no skin off my ***
Ghost
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From: WACO
It has always been about the "lifestyle". It just depends on what the "lifestyle" is at the time. Harley Davidson Motorcycles are the constant. Lifestyle is the variable. Take note of the last word in the first paragraph."LIFESTYLE".
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Last edited by OLD 96; Nov 25, 2016 at 10:58 PM.
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From: Vancouver B.C.
What's this life style thing you talk about. I ride a motorcycle. It's a Harley. No life style there. You want a life style? Move to California and rub goat **** in your hair and call it dread locks. Buy your coffee from Starbucks and cloths from Versace. I'll just ride my ��
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From: Puget Sound, WA.
I had a friend that bought a Sporty for $400 bucks in the early 70's and in my opinion, it took more of a biker to kick it over than any of the FL garbage trucks of the popular crowd.
I get the same guff about my Dyna- like when am I going to upgrade to a real touring bike?
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
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From: East TN
A little side bar on the topic-
Another piece of American machinery..the John Browning 1911 .45acp.
People now say its obsolete, doesn't carry enough bullets, and has poor accuracy.
It's the same type of person that loves that particular weapon- from using it, from it's history in the trenches and jungles all over the world, and it's big slow moving bullet.
The Harley has the same type of criticism and very focused type of believers in it.
The Harley and 1911 is the favorite of a rough type of user.
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 650
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From: connecticut
Marketing, marketing, marketing! If Harley were an auto company they would have folded long ago. Old technology for top dollar. why do we love em. They shake, rattle,and sometimes leak oil, yet we wouldn't think of owning anything else. Riding cross country alone on a Harley,for me, is the ultimate way to see small town America. I've probably met a few hundred people over the years who would want to chat about the bike and where I was from, and were I was going. I don't think that would happen as often riding brand X.
