Caddy taste Riding a Harley
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Caddy taste Riding a Harley
I posted this thought elsewhere, but now felt maybe it should have been a seperate post. Many of the problems with Harley are the buyers. A Goldwing is a Goldwing, and a Harley is a Harley. In the 1960s a Caddy had a huge motor, was a huge luxery car, and had many fancy upgrades. However, it was the small block Chevy that was loved, and is still loved and admired by all ages then and today. We now have 'Caddy' buyers who should have bought and would have been happier with a Goldwing, rather than a Harley. A Harley has many models to make almost everyone with every taste find something they like, but as it was in the 1960s, there are some who never should have tried to be something they were not....
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RE: Caddy taste Riding a Harley
Like a Cab or Merlot or even a good beer, you either love it or you hate it. Some people want the cool thing and they buy a HD when they really don't want the responsibility of owning the HD. So they bitch and complain. Thendealthe Harley and go to what they should have bought something that they don't have to nurture. It's a different kind of affair, I keep mine.
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RE: Caddy taste Riding a Harley
No matter what the subject some people are never happy with anything. If Jesus Christ handed them eternal salvation on a silver platter, they'd bitch that it wasn't on a gold one.
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RE: Caddy taste Riding a Harley
I don't know I consider my 06 ElectraGlide my Caddy.
Sure I could have purchased any other manufacturers bike but I wanted
an ElectraGlide....
Actually I don't even like hearing the word Goldwing here....
But thats another story for another forum.....
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Sure I could have purchased any other manufacturers bike but I wanted
an ElectraGlide....
Actually I don't even like hearing the word Goldwing here....
But thats another story for another forum.....
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Actually, I think your last line is what made Harley's become popular and become a better product.
Riding a Harley is as much a mental experience as it is a physical one. The bike lets you be something you are not. I don't care who you are or think you are, the bike lets you take on a different or extension of your personality. No matter what you think a "real biker" actually is, you become a real biker when you fire-up that V-Twin and hit the road - it does not matter if hitting the road takes you bar to bar, to the ice-cream shop or 2,000 miles from home - for that time you are a "real biker".
Everyone is different - but we have all bought in to the mental experience or we would be riding other bikes.
However, I will have to say that fall makes me laugh because of all the "bikers" I see riding around town with $2000 worth of brand-new, squeaky-clean leathers, sporting their most menacing face and tossing their best "I'm a bad a$$" wave to other bikers.
Riding a Harley is as much a mental experience as it is a physical one. The bike lets you be something you are not. I don't care who you are or think you are, the bike lets you take on a different or extension of your personality. No matter what you think a "real biker" actually is, you become a real biker when you fire-up that V-Twin and hit the road - it does not matter if hitting the road takes you bar to bar, to the ice-cream shop or 2,000 miles from home - for that time you are a "real biker".
Everyone is different - but we have all bought in to the mental experience or we would be riding other bikes.
However, I will have to say that fall makes me laugh because of all the "bikers" I see riding around town with $2000 worth of brand-new, squeaky-clean leathers, sporting their most menacing face and tossing their best "I'm a bad a$$" wave to other bikers.
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RE: Caddy taste Riding a Harley
Interesting to see your comment on leathers and waves.
Most riders seem p'ed if other riders don't wave whether riding on a sport bike or touring.
As far as leathers, if you are new to riding all your leathers are new. Leather is still the safer riding material.
Most riders seem p'ed if other riders don't wave whether riding on a sport bike or touring.
As far as leathers, if you are new to riding all your leathers are new. Leather is still the safer riding material.
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I am not saying there is anything wrong with either item, they just make me laugh because I was that guy once that just started riding and was really into the wave and the outfit. It was like putting on a superhero outfit that reinforced my state of mind and you had to acknowledge other "superheroes" in their outfits.
I think the wave had a lot more meaning 10+ years ago before there were 100 zillion bikes on the road. On the wave, I have "wave burnout". I drive a Jeep and Jeepers have picked up on this also - these guys get really pissed if you don't wave.
If someone rode a bike, drove a Jeep and kept a Vette for the weekends - you would get a total arm workout just from waving.
I prefer to nod at this point – it says, “I acknowledge you, but not in a happy parade kind of way”. HAHAHAHAHAHARide On.
I think the wave had a lot more meaning 10+ years ago before there were 100 zillion bikes on the road. On the wave, I have "wave burnout". I drive a Jeep and Jeepers have picked up on this also - these guys get really pissed if you don't wave.
If someone rode a bike, drove a Jeep and kept a Vette for the weekends - you would get a total arm workout just from waving.
I prefer to nod at this point – it says, “I acknowledge you, but not in a happy parade kind of way”. HAHAHAHAHAHARide On.
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RE: Caddy taste Riding a Harley
I make all my purchases with "what would the person buying this from me like" in mind.I try to stay mainstream and buy not so much what is popular, but what is the normand has the broadest market. I dont follow trends or fashion I hate everything those two wordsstand for.
When Idecide to sell something I dont want to be stuck taking less for it and waiting a long time to find a buyer. You've all seen those cars along the years that are just fugly and think to yourself why would anyone buy that? well someone did and I bet they still have them or had to give them away. Its kinda like ordering a mustang or camaro with every option and then getting a V6 in place of a V8. Or a crew cab chevy with a long bed and 2wd. You could sell 10 v8 cars before those V6'rs would sell and the same with a CC/SB/4WD.
If I customize a vehicle, which I always have done, I make sure the mods are something that appeals to a vast crowd, not a select one. Ghost flames on a mustang would sell WAY faster than a giant snarling horse head that takes up the whole side of the car. That way when I tire of it I can unload it quick and get something new. which I do very often. ON EDIT:I know you just laughed; we've all seen that bright red or yellow V6 mustang with the giant snarling horse head all down the side of it. good luck selling that thing!
If "Caddy's" ever become mainstream then you better buy one if you ever want to sell and not take a bath. Until then, stay true to yourheart and keep the mainstream right where it is. NORMAL, tasteful goodlooking bikes and dont fall victim to trends and fashion.
When Idecide to sell something I dont want to be stuck taking less for it and waiting a long time to find a buyer. You've all seen those cars along the years that are just fugly and think to yourself why would anyone buy that? well someone did and I bet they still have them or had to give them away. Its kinda like ordering a mustang or camaro with every option and then getting a V6 in place of a V8. Or a crew cab chevy with a long bed and 2wd. You could sell 10 v8 cars before those V6'rs would sell and the same with a CC/SB/4WD.
If I customize a vehicle, which I always have done, I make sure the mods are something that appeals to a vast crowd, not a select one. Ghost flames on a mustang would sell WAY faster than a giant snarling horse head that takes up the whole side of the car. That way when I tire of it I can unload it quick and get something new. which I do very often. ON EDIT:I know you just laughed; we've all seen that bright red or yellow V6 mustang with the giant snarling horse head all down the side of it. good luck selling that thing!
If "Caddy's" ever become mainstream then you better buy one if you ever want to sell and not take a bath. Until then, stay true to yourheart and keep the mainstream right where it is. NORMAL, tasteful goodlooking bikes and dont fall victim to trends and fashion.