Who Hates Harley Davidson?

We can be sure of that.

 

I don't hate Harleys or any bike for that matter. Is the owner's attitude that I despise.

 

Seeing how I was pooping myself during the whole Harley induced tariff tax debacle I wouldn't recall. Don't hate them. Although I guess there are less RC24's over here because of them...

 

They still are: http://www.flyrotax.com/home.aspx

Lawdy, I can't wait for that day! Harleydoods will then have to resort to defending their purchases as "American-assembled!!!"

 

Some of the Motoguzzi V's are/were used in RC planes. Early drones??

Saw a few Rotax powered flat-track bikes running strong and BMW uses them.

Old joke: " If Harley-Davidson made airplanes, would you fly? "


That American-assembled caveat would only last until China buys Milwaukee.

 

Life's too short to hate on a motorcycle manufacturer . . . there are many more important things to hate on! :chaingun:

 

^AMEN Brother^ :bull_head:

 

Thread Summary :tongue:

 

There was a fairly annoying HD incident over the summer. On a group ride we got stuck behind a herd of hogs probably 25 deep going 15 under. So slow mommy missiles were piling up behind them. None pulled over to let traffic by. Took a few miles until we got a good straight away and passed all of them in 1 shot.

But then again that could have just been the typical OR driver mindset and the fact they were on Harleys was a coincidence

 

Found this a few months ago in the Mpls Star Trib...

 

In an expanded version shown below we can draw other conclusions. Eating curly fries will never increase the intelligence level of harleydoods especially gay harleydoods, many of whom post here in hopes of securing the locations of the intelligence enhancing Jo-jo.



If you like thunderstorms, The Colbert Report or curly fries on Facebook, you’re a genius. If you like Sephora, Harley-Davidson or the country-western band Lady Antebellum, you’re not.

That might go without saying, but the brainiacs at the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Center and Microsoft Research Cambridge have the data to prove it – and a lot of other things about you, too. They analyzed the Likes of 58,466 volunteers and were able to determine with surprisingly high accuracy a range of personal information that some Facebook users may not have made public, including their sexuality, where they worship, how they’ll vote in the next election and what their IQ is.

Simply by delving into volunteers’ Likes, the researchers could determine in 95 percent of cases whether a person was Caucasian or African American and in 88 percent of cases whether the person was heterosexual or homosexual. They could determine whether the person is Christian or Islamic 82 percent of the time.

The researchers described Facebook Likes as “a generic class of digital record that could be used to extract sensitive information.” Volunteers used the myPersonality Facebook app to track their Likes, which were fed into algorithms to arrive at the results. The data were supported by information from volunteer profiles and personality tests.

Of course some of these Likes are a no-brainer. Liking “Being Gay” is at least a decent indicator of one’s sexuality. Liking Barack Obama means there’s a good chance you’re voting Democratic next time around. This is not exactly rocket science. But some Likes appeared to have zero connection to personal attributes. Sure, curly fries are delicious, but is Liking them the best indicator that you have a high IQ? Also, one of the Likes that helped identify heterosexual men was “Being Confused After Waking Up from Naps.” Is that really a trait only straight men are afflicted with?

While the results can be seen as hilarious for anyone that’s not a Harley-Davidson rider (I kid), the privacy implications are alarming. Facebook Likes are public by default. Information that Facebook users intend to be private can be made public either accidentally or intentionally by an advertiser, political group, or someone with enough math skills and a grudge simply by trolling a user’s Likes.

But it’s not just Facebook. Researchers said personal information also can be gleamed from search browsing histories, search queries and purchase histories.

The best thing to remember is anything that happens online is far from private. And even if you’re extra careful, your behavior is all that’s needed to determine who you are.

Even if you like curly fries.

 

At 53 I grew into my Harley, it is fun to ride and handles rather well in the curves hell I had her on the Pig Trail in Arkansas...O what I would do to be able to ride my VFR on them curves :tickled_pink:

 

I don't like the Harley Machine if you will, but I do enjoy my machine in my own lil motorcycle world. :glee:

 

007 has bondo'd with his Harley.

 

I know of a couple of HD Golf Carts that are for sale for not much money. Fixed up some they might get ya out of the closet and maybe to the first hole..

 

I'm astonished. Who doesn't need a bigger TV?




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There was the time I needed a master link on a Saturday afternoon and was stranded.....Harley dealer would not sell me a master link because I was on a Honda.....so fuck Harley and Davidson. :flip:

 

Proving by example why that was not a smart move. A really good Harley dealer would have sold you the masterlink attached to a Harley.

 

That's kind of strange because Harley dealers often sell jap bikes too! I would say a lot of dealers are run by jerks-I wouldn't won't them to even change a spark plug, it's not the bike that is the problem-it's a people problem. A Harley is a fun machine-I would guess-it's the mind set that's the problem!:bluesbros: