"CRider" (crider)
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"CRider" (crider)
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Some affected models, earlier
Harley Davidson, makers of premium gasoline powered vibrators, has issued an apology after a production issue resulted in the production of motorcycles at their factory in Kansas City, Misery. According to the Motor Company, the issue was caused by suppliers that mistakenly produced functioning brakes, suspension and engines that allow the Harley vibrators to function as motorcycles. Harley Davidson has issued a recall of the affected units, all of which have a special ‘S’ designation, and says they have taken steps to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.
Sam
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:07 |
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When you buy a Harley, insure buying a badge + “heritage”, which happens to be attached to a motorcycle.
whoarder is tellurium
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:10 |
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I hear Harley Davidsons are great a converting gasoline into noise.
Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:12 |
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It’s not a motorcycle baby, it’s a chopper
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> whoarder is tellurium
03/16/2016 at 07:17 |
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And vibration, which is a source of noise.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:40 |
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I still wouldn’t call them motorcycles. They can be used like one, but the engine’s far more appropriate in a lawn mower.
Nisman
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:45 |
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Ever ride one?
DavidHH
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 07:46 |
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None of you get it, Hogs are the Chevy Pickup of Bikes. They are not fast, or light, but they just keep going. And standardized parts is cool too, vs trying to find replacement parts for a model which is redesigned every couple of years.
The Ghost of Oppo
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 08:01 |
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My problem with the Motor Company is they are the epitome of lazy business “that is the way we have always done it” mentality. They haven’t evolved because they haven’t had to, they sell bikes in spite of themselves. If I can paraphrase Erik Buell throwing shade at the assholes who screwed him, “We are focused on the future, not 1948"
LongbowMkII
> DavidHH
03/16/2016 at 08:03 |
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That's not true. Chevy pick ups are useful.
McMike
> Nisman
03/16/2016 at 08:15 |
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The joke was funny, let them have their laugh.
Party-vi
> whoarder is tellurium
03/16/2016 at 09:13 |
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Sounds like my Jeep.
Tripper
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 09:19 |
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 10:01 |
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Omg, you’re alive!
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Nisman
> McMike
03/16/2016 at 10:05 |
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You’re right. It was clever.
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McMike
> Nisman
03/16/2016 at 10:21 |
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The dirtbag Harley joke is just as common as the squid sportbike joke, the mullet Camaro joke, the little dick brodozer joke, and the paint-sniffing stance dude jokes.
I used to make the dirtbag jokes before I got a Harley. I still make them, but only it they’re funny. :)
TheOnelectronic
> Nisman
03/16/2016 at 12:40 |
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Yes. It was awful.
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TheOnelectronic
> DavidHH
03/16/2016 at 12:44 |
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They’re ludicrously expensive, slow, top-heavy, just heavy, and on top of all that not built well or reliable. The analogy does not fit. They don't "keep going" they've had a record number of recalls lately.
BobintheMtns
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 13:21 |
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Whoo-hooo Harley bashing thread!! Here’s something I noticed the other day in the review of that S model Harley—-
Look at these two brake calipers— can you guess which one is found on a brand new $17,ooo “performance” bike and which one is on a 20+ year old $3500 dirt bike:
(and yes, the gold ones in the slightly blurry pic are brembo’s)
StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> CRider
03/16/2016 at 14:24 |
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This is good OPPO
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StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> Party-vi
03/16/2016 at 14:24 |
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At least our Jeeps can go offroad.......
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Party-vi
> StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
03/16/2016 at 14:26 |
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Yours can. Mine is a garage queen.
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StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> Party-vi
03/16/2016 at 14:36 |
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My friends is as well, just because its been in pieces for years being “built”.......
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Party-vi
> StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
03/16/2016 at 14:44 |
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Jeeps are consistently in various stages of being “built”.
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StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> Party-vi
03/16/2016 at 15:15 |
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Truth. Mines just less so as its my winter beater as well.
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Nisman
> TheOnelectronic
03/16/2016 at 15:23 |
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Why? What kind was it?
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Nisman
> McMike
03/16/2016 at 15:23 |
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Me too! Haha Harley dirtbag jokes are fun. What do you ride? I have an ‘07 StreetBob.
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McMike
> Nisman
03/16/2016 at 15:49 |
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07 Road King Classic. Aside from the cost of parts and service, the last 25K miles have been pretty good.
Even made it to Wyoming and back last summer.
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Nisman
> McMike
03/16/2016 at 16:00 |
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Very nice! Thanks for the link. I’ll read it when I get off later. I’m planning a Cleveland to Seattle to LA and back run later this year. It’s going to be suicide and glorious at the same time.
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TheOnelectronic
> Nisman
03/17/2016 at 00:01 |
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I honestly am not familiar enough with the nomenclature to say for sure. It was a something-glide. Dyna or Electra. It was my dad’s bike and he needed me to put it in storage.
Mostly, it was absurdly top-heavy. Every time I turned a corner I felt like it was going to fall over. The suspension was absolute shit for a budget motorcycle, and completely unforgivable for something that costs thousands of dollars more than my exotic Italian motorcycle with high-grade components. Even minor bumps in the road hit so hard that I came out of the seat.
I get that people like to sit low. I have insanely short legs, so I REALLY get it.
But the seat was so low, and the bike itself so wide, that I couldn’t get a good angle on my leg. This ironically made it harder to stand it at a stop than my old Tiger, which required me to come half out of the seat to get one foot down.
And while I acknowledge that it’s very much a personal preference thing, I cannot stand the shuddering and vibration. I’ve had buzzy bikes. Never again.
The rest is mostly just cruisers in general. I do not feel comfortable with my feet forward, I do not like floor boards, I don’t like really slow bikes, etc...
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Nisman
> TheOnelectronic
03/17/2016 at 07:33 |
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Hmm. That sounds awful. I'd give another bike a try. Sounds like a DYNA WideGlide. At the end of the day, you're right, it is personal preference, but if I rode an old shit Ducati and assumed all of their bikes were terrible, that wouldn't be fair.
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TheOnelectronic
> Nisman
03/17/2016 at 12:25 |
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Well I mean, this was a brand new bike. It even had an awful infotainment system.
Like I said, I'm not a cruiser guy, so Harley is very unlikely to ever make a bike in interested in. I get that its not an entirely pragmatic choice. It has a lot to do with culture and associations.
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Nisman
> TheOnelectronic
03/17/2016 at 13:20 |
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Oh if it had infotainment it must have been an ElectraGlide. You honestly thought it was uncomfortable and you ride an Italian sport bike? Haha.
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TheOnelectronic
> Nisman
03/17/2016 at 15:57 |
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Haha, no. Can’t stand the ergos on sport bikes. I have the Monster, which I love in part because it’s amazingly comfortable.
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Nisman
> TheOnelectronic
03/18/2016 at 10:39 |
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Huh I’ve never ridden a Monster but I would like to at some point. They’re gorgeous.
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DavidHH
> TheOnelectronic
03/28/2016 at 17:02 |
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If you want a tough bike for cross country, the best choices are a Hog or a BMW Boxer Twin.
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DavidHH
> LongbowMkII
03/28/2016 at 17:21 |
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And so are Hogs.
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TheOnelectronic
> DavidHH
03/28/2016 at 17:35 |
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I had a BMW motorcycle. It stranded me 3 times in as many months. Once I got it towed to the dealership, they proceeded to not be able to find the problem.
Oh, and on hot days it had a tendency to die if it got below a half tank. Turns out without the fuel around it to keep it cool, the fuel pump overheats and stops working.
While it wasn’t a boxer or even a BMW engine, the engine also wasn’t the problem.
I traded it on a Triumph which I then took on a 9000 mile trip over the course of a month and it never gave even the slightest of hiccups.
I’m not going to speak to the Harley claim. I’ve tried several times and it keeps coming out as a hate-filled rant.
Regardless, when it comes to long-distance travel, there’s a pretty clear frontrunner:
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DavidHH
> TheOnelectronic
03/28/2016 at 17:58 |
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I didn’t post any BMW, only the boxer twin. The Hog is also tough, assuming you buy one of their lighter models. And the Goldwing is overrated, and very dangerous, as in I knew a motorcycle mechanic who lost a leg to a customers, as it locked up the rear wheel and he couldn’t get the thing off him in time. If the bike is too heavy to get off you, then it should have been a car.