I own a Harley and have owned several since 1971. The present day Twin Cam
Harley is about the best one I have ever owned. Since it has the retro look,
it's the best of both worlds, the old days and today's technology. That said,
I enjoy the Harley for the same reason I enjoy my LBCs, it just fun to play
with this old technology. When I start up the Harley from cold, it's like I
just fired up an old biplane. The engine has the recognizable staccato from
the 45 degree V-Twin that oozes old school. I get the same feeling from my
free flow Maniflow exhaust of my Bugeye /1275 engine. I get thumbs up when
I'm riding either of them. As far as I'm concerned a Harley is a motorcycle
and the rest are just 2 wheeled vehicles.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
02 Heritage Springer
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
From: derf <derf247 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Harleys
To: "Heard Saxon" <heard at datatrontech.net>
Cc: "spridgets_autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 8:08 PM
My dad had Harleys when I was growing up. He also had a Norton and a
few others.
I always wanted one. When I got to a point where I could get one or
two, I realized I no longer wanted one.
Someone took the Harley icon and commercialized the heck out of it.
Of course, much of it was me. There is nothing wrong with HD. It
just isn't what it used to be.
After having ridden many different bikes, I would go with a BMW. The
BMWs regularly last 100,000 plus miles with good maintenance.
But, OTOH, my street bike is a 2001 Honda XR250 Dual Sport so what do I know?
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Heard Saxon <heard at datatrontech.net> wrote:
> I want to talk about Harleys since I just bought one.
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