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
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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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Please, not the motorcycle thread again.
Winsor
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Long Beach, California, USA
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