Sent along by blog-bud Lin, a long-time rider who owns a vintage Norton and was once an officer in the US Norton owners organization. Like all humor, there's a grain of truth in this (if not a whole frickin' dump truck full). I tend to agree, never having been one of those guys who ride in the "sit up and beg" position. YMMV, of course.
Bwahahahahahahaha! E-mailing links, and headed to Facebook to post it on my Harley-riding son's "wall."
ReplyDeleteRight. Now.
Heh. SN1 has a BIG-ass Hardley-Ableson... and I'll prolly be Numbah One on his shit-list for a while because of this. Or mebbe not - I've never hidden my derision and/or contempt for two-wheeled products coming out of Milwaukee; I've only toned it down. Somewhat. I used to say the only Hardley I'd own would have "Buell" on its tank... but I can't even say THAT any longer.
ReplyDeleteTheir made in America and people, tons of people, love ‘em and buy ‘em. They may indeed be over priced and lack quality production but again…see my first point.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, and since I’ve never rode, more power to ‘em.
Now, just take a freaking’ shower, this week, all you Harley riders. And stop unnecessarily hitting the gas with those loud, obnoxious mufflers at my corner, I’m trying to watch the Yankees.
Harley has been an EPIC American success story and I'm not taking a single thing away from them for that. But Harley sells image, not motorcycles. It's ALL about the flag, eagles, and the "romantic" biker lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteI haven't researched it, but I'd venture a guess they make as much... if not MORE... money on their clothing and accessory lines than they do on their bikes. The fact the bikes cost a small fortune doesn't hurt, either. That increases their standing in the status-symbol wars.
I hear ya', Buck. That whole thing does get a little tiresome.
ReplyDeleteI'll just stick to my Ford Ranger. No bugs in my teeth, able to haul whatever I want to, crank my music, rain doesn't matter...
But I'd love to have a bike for one reason, Id love to be able to wear one of those "If you can read this, the bitch fell off" tee shirts though. My mom would be sooooo proud.
Buck, when I was looking at different versions of McCroury's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" I came across one taped at some Bluegrass festival somewhere. Just as Mcroury got ready to sing, a big cycle cranked up off camera with that distinctive sound. He laughed and kinda made a joke about it being a Harley and then worked the word "Harley" into the song. I read some of the comments and several people were outraged. I'm not sure if it was because McCroury messed with Thompson's great song or if it was because the commenters hated Harleys. C'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteMy ass rides on the back of a Harley and it thinks the suspension is just fine. Maybe it's the really big dude driving that makes it ride so smooth (and btw, he does bathe at least once a day whether he needs it or not). Now you just knew this would make me comment, didn't ya?
ReplyDeleteYup. I most certainly DID. I'm surprised you were so civil, actually. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell, most of the huffing about Harley's is just jealousy, you get used to it ;)
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