Who Hates Harley Davidson?

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My buddy and I went to ride the Three Twisted Sisters ride in south Texas. The Three Sisters or the Twisted Sisters refer to a triangle of three roads, all of which are really curvy. It starts in Leakey TX and you take 337 to 335, across on 41 and back down to Leakey via 336. The roads are both twisted and have these great hilly sections. There are lots of dry gulches and dry low water crossings since the mountains are all rock every drop of rain that falls there is run off. There were flood gauges standing in what looked like desert.

Anyway this is also a Harley Meca. There were Harley's everywhere and they were all slow. I was sitting in a Harley themed bar/burger joint in Leakey and thinking how sad this is. It is all a huge marketing scam with massive amounts of signs and slogans to keep the faithful happy. Everyone had on the same stuff. The women were past their prime wearing sparkly Harley T-shirts. The dudes were all the same in their chaps, vests and bandanas. I don't hate Harleys but I can feel the industrial manipulation to keep prices high for machines and branded gear. It makes it especially galling because this is the crowd that talks so much about freedom.

Oh. . .on our way down, around Cleburn, we followed a guy on an old Shovel Head Harley. The back of his T-shit said "Born to Haul" and he was doing that. We let him pass and then shadowed him. Every change of speed brought a huge cloud of blue oil smoke. We could tell, just by the smell if he was braking or backing off the throttle. Fun stuff.

 

If you were on a battlehip that is some serious big stuff..

Did some training on an island off the coast of California that is leased by the Navy. There was a restriction to boats and divers of at the time of 1000 yards. There is a perimeter road that was patrolled by two Navy guys in a Jeep. The Jeep had a loud hailer and two, as I recall, two 40mm Oerlikon cannons. The drill was they gave one warning to clear out and then they would put one across the bow. (Pom-Poms ??)

Other than that, best damned chow I ever ate in a mess.

USAF BioAstronautics

 

For just a minute I thought maybe they moved Cleburn to South Texas. So how long did you suck up that 50 weight genuine HD motor oil smoke. All the way to Leaky?

 

I was a GMM aka a missile man. Standing on deck to the side and slightly behind the muzzle of a 5" guns as it throws out rounds is quite the thrill. We used that firing range. Goats were the only inhabitants as I recall. Yeah the chow was pretty good. 4 meals a day and air conditioning! Back to out regularly scheduled rant.


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He was "Born to Haul" all of 10 miles. But those were epic miles!! It's hard to do high mileage days with apes.

 

At least it was just one dood. In a pack you could have developed black lung disease in a couple of miles.

 

You have to hand it to the guy. I saw lots of Harleys on my trip and this was the only pre-evo motor on the road.

 

Ah, harley davidson. The most efficient way to turn gasoline into noise without that nasty byproduct we call horsepower.

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Quote from Gundecker: I just can’t take Harley as a serious motorcycle brand. It’s too ridiculous. It’s too BRAND and not enough BIKE. It’s not about Riding, it’s about being in a Cult.
Harley is the Scientology of Motorcycles.

Amen Brother, I could not agree more!

 

Billy on his bike

 

Those big guns fired broadside are enough to make a battleship roll. "My" Island was San Clemente..The goats there are protected.. AC? LOL.. Even heat would have been a luxury.. Not that many times in the mess. The bill of fare however for the more hardy was abalone and lobster.

The hazards we faced were not to get eaten by the Seals..

 

That is actually me. We were doing a shoot for an organic underarm deodorant commercial. Good catch.

 

I personally like the "Medium-Apes" as opposed to those aboove. :wacko:

The band Gluecifer has an album called "basement apes." Them Swedes are the shizzelle.

 

Jeez, a pre-evo comes with its own oil supply. Those people are real post lobotom, they should use their "shovels" to knock themselves oot! An Evo is at least modern, all the posers have the twin cams here. What I know aboot HD can fit in my non-used shot glasses or a thimble :drinkers: thats the only time an HD leans, is when its in front of a bar ound:

 

Hi-Tech Hardley bits!!!! oh... but it isn't from HD : \

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Buy a Harley, buy the best! Ride a mile, walk the rest.....

 

Abba's "Dancing Queen" was almost purchased by HD as their official song..

For some Abba covers check this site out. The Slovenians are no slouches.

This one from Toto catapulted Perpetuum Jazzile into the world of great music.


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Hi tech for HD not from HD yet he only builds for the FLH platform. $1200 for pb operated sliding floorboards! I have bOught and sold quite a few roadworthy motorcyles over the years for that and way less. I know the answer but the question is more my point. Who the fuck would buy stupid shit like this?!?
If that sled didn't have crash bars those flexi foot rests better fold up because at any descent lean angle they will be folding up scraping.
I'm really starting to dislike cruiser style bikes.


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Hi everyone
I live in Turkey, and well, we don't see too many HD'S buzzing, sorry I mean rumbling about, so when they do appear they usually draw a few stares,yes, I know, you do too, coz of the NOİSE!
If you think you pay a lot for them stateside, then think about nearly 50% more here,only the very rich /stupid ride them and as the price of fuel here is the worlds most expensive, they are usually parked up most of the time, but then isn't that ALWAYS the case?
ı only looked at the first page and the last page of this thread ,got the idea that anyone who rides a bike to enjoy will not be interested in a HD, the problem with those of you who would like to be loyal and patriotic to your country, ride a bike built in the states, you are not exactly spoilt for choice are you? So is it conceviable that all HD riders are true patriots then or just ugly dudes and ladies who think they look good?