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harley vs honda
Jacob2008
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Doug
ouch....I have a Honda VTX 1800...of course it doesn't sound like that....I can't afford the Harley yet because of my obsessive collection of guns....does that count for not having a harley?
You must post pics so we can judge them.
This is all I have for now...does it count?
rider
Whenever I was in Iraq I got my hands on both "Ride Metrick Roadbike" and "American Iron" magazines. I love 'em all. It really is hard to find a P.O.S. late-model bike on the market these days. Most are pretty decent.
Cubslover--How's that Aero treating you?
Honda rider here as well.
[:D][:D]
I've owned both but with drastically different engine displacements. My first motorcycle was an '03 Honda VT750C Aero. I liked it. It was nice but I prefer my '07 HD FXSTB Night Train. Having twice the engine displacement helps. It's not fancy. It's the flat black "denim" color with the blacked out engine and the black-wrinkle finish on just about everything else. It doesn't get many looks but I didn't buy it for looks. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't for a tax-free bonus that paid for about half of it and I probably wouldn't have bought it if they didn't give me a real good offer on my Honda for trade-in. I bought it in November for about $2K less than what the same motorcycle has been selling for this summer.
Whenever I was in Iraq I got my hands on both "Ride Metrick Roadbike" and "American Iron" magazines. I love 'em all. It really is hard to find a P.O.S. late-model bike on the market these days. Most are pretty decent.
Cubslover--How's that Aero treating you?
I'm loving it dude. Time for her first service. I don't think I could have picked out a better first bike. Tori and I took her for a long ride the other day. It was absolutely perfet outside. She's getting into it. Now if I can just stomach these maintainence costs. We'll either have a Harley (I want a Road King) or Goldwing sooner or later.
http://www.baucomm.com/valhalla/mc_sounds.swf
How bout this one[:D][:o)]
http://www.baucomm.com/valhalla/mc_sounds.swf
I like that one better. It's more realistic than the first one.
Nice NEO you got there. Do you know about the VTX forums? send me an email if you want more info. hivoltg97@aol.com
Here is my 04 1800C
NICE 1800...didn't know about the forums...will shoot you an em later after I get to work.
Real men only use boot power to start their motorcycles. [:D]
I love my Night Train as well. Ive ridden both and my near 1600 cc Harley blows my mind every time I ride it. Nothing wrong with a Honda in my book but Harley will ALWAY's be on top in my book. I was tinkering around with mine tonight. Had to give the battery a charge because I left the lights on. I noticed that all of the parts I came across had "made in the USA" on them. That counts for something........
67% of Harley's are American made, 74% of my Honda Goldwing is American made. Stunner, isn't it![}:)]
Tom N.Calif.
"Ride it like you stole it"
There were a lot of Harley's being stolen in my area so I put a Honda cover on mine, So I don't even lock it anymore, "JUST JOKING" I don't care what a person rides as long as they ride. I just like Harley's at 66 I can still keep up with the best of them.
Tom N.Calif.
"Ride it like you stole it"
Now that's a true biker.
No one should care what someone else rides. As long as they are riding something and enjoying it.
I guess those 2500 American boys,dead at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, don't mean a thing to you![:(!]
We live in a global economy. We can either participate or fail to compete and die. Buy what makes you happy. Make them compete for your dollars. You'll end up with a better product that way. That's the American way. Competition is an integral part of a capitalist society.
http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l180/travioso77/VMAX/?action=view?t=VMAXDEMO.flv
I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard! [:D][:D][:D]
Here's my baby. She sounds and runs like a drag bike (perhaps that's because it's a drag engine in a street frame). [;)]
Think your "DRAG BIKE" can beat a real "DRAG-BIKE"?(mine)?
The reason Hardleys sound like that is, their built like a John Deere engine. One "master" rod, and a "reciprocating" rod.Kinda like an old radial airplane engine..Ancient tech...
Jeff
quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard! [:D][:D][:D]
Here's my baby. She sounds and runs like a drag bike (perhaps that's because it's a drag engine in a street frame). [;)]
Think your "DRAG BIKE" can beat a real "DRAG-BIKE"?(mine)?
The reason Hardleys sound like that is, their built like a John Deere engine. One "master" rod, and a "reciprocating" rod.Kinda like an old radial airplane engine..Ancient tech...
Jeff
DANG,,, those came out small...But the bike runs consistant 9.70's[^]
hondas are Harley wanna bees ......... that is why honda attempts to copy the Harley styling and even the sound. A nice compliment honda has paid Harley Davidson - to acknowledge they are the top of the motorcycle world. [:D][:D][8D][^]
Well not exactly. Honda does build cruisers, but they also build bikes Harley never dreamed of. No doubt Harley has the nostalgia/wannabe bad boy market, not to mention the real bad boys, and nothing, but nothing looks or sounds like a Harley if that is what blows your skirt up. The real go fasters and the guys without a machanic van to go along ride other bikes.
Think your "DRAG BIKE" can beat a real "DRAG-BIKE"?(mine)?
The reason Hardleys sound like that is, their built like a John Deere engine. One "master" rod, and a "reciprocating" rod.Kinda like an old radial airplane engine..Ancient tech...
Jeff
MASTER Rod??? Like a Radial Engine? Where did you get that idea?
H-Ds have "Knife and Fork" rods on the same pin