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Don't they all...She does suck in parking lots, tho
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Don't they all...She does suck in parking lots, tho
Perfect analogy!To continue your metaphor, the FJR is like a hot-looking woman who goes to the gym regularly and was a college track star. Methinks you'll be happy with that Liquid Graphite lightning bolt.jim oneil said: Like a guy bowled over by a hot looking woman ...
Butt draw'in attention to yourself iz the main reason peeps buy 'em. Oh yeah, 'n loud pipes save lives.In many ways you're right AJ but it's pretty easy to pry money out of the owners. A lot of my work is on Harley's and the wanna be's. The only thing I won't do for them is install loud pipes. I don't like them and won't put them on. Pisses off some of them.Harleys suck!
I've got a raffle ticket for a Street Glide special and if I win it I'll sell it and fund more travel.
Yeah - I got my fill already, one time a year is more then I'm capable of tolerating the older I get.....Me thinks a movie of that show would be humorous...
The throttle blipping at stops is, I think, partially a hold-over from the pre FI days, and in particular during the period when HD was gutted during the AMF era. The engines would commonly idle poorly, and often stall out when coming off idle. The FI Harleys today idle just fine, so that throttle twisting now is simply an attention-seeking affectation, like LOUD pipes & etc.I've always assumed the constant throttle twisting at lights and stop signs was because the big hogs won't idle. I've also noticed, when I very rarely get behind one on the open road, they are ON the throttle or OFF the throttle.: bra-a-a-p-p-p ... bla-a-a-t-t-t. Don't they run at a steady throttle opening? I thought that's what "cruising" is. Many seem childish, dressing up like pirates (I'm sure we look equally ridiculous to them, dressed as spacemen), and insecure about their manhood. Some, I think, see themselves as "the last true cowboys." Or are bored professionals "out for a weekend of designer rebellion."
ON THE OTHER HAND... Some of my good friends ride H-D and they are decent, real, people and what you see is what you get, though I'm still dubious about actual riding skill. I have met some great folks out on their hogs, some riding L-D. I, too, had an H-D guy go fetch gasoline for me when I'd gone dry (don't ask). I went to Sturgis last year (another long story) and I wasn't ridiculed or given any **** - just ignored, which was fine with me. I felt like Catholic showing up for the Mecca Hajj, trying to fly below the radar.
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