I read an article about a survey taken to determine why people liked
Harleys. As first-choice reasons, men liked the sound and women liked the
vibration. /jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Volkhart Baumgaertner
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:12 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OT] Lightweight bikes
>
>
> Yo,
>
> on Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:28:28 , Lex Jenkins wrote:
>
> >My bike was a Honda V-twin, which was all I could afford.
>
> So what? Hondas are just about the best quality bikes you can
> get, certainly
> way above Harleys. While Harleys are real nice to look at, I
> personally have
> my bikes (Yamahas, which are, IMHO, a very, very close second to Hondas
> quality-wise) for riding, and just about anything is
> better-suited for that
> purpose than Harleys. So the ideal combination is to use your OMs
> on all the
> overpriced Harleys you come by, but to use a _real_ bike for riding
> yourself.
>
> >Worse, at least
> >in the eyes of the Harley crowd, it was shaft drive.
> Personally, I don't
> >see that as inferior to the rubber band drive.
>
> Quite on the contrary, the shaft is vastly superior.
>
> > No offense to the owners of newer Harleys intended.
>
> I can understand people who fall in love with the style and the
> character of
> Harley motorcycles. However, I personally prefer not to ride a
> bike offering
> yesterday's technology at after-tomorrow's price.
>
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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