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08-15-2010, 04:47 PM | #1 |
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A friend has not been on a bike in a number of years and s looking to ride again. He asked if he could take mine around the school parking lot since he has to pass a riding test, I agreed. He did so well I offered to let him take it down the road a ways back to his convenience store and I followed in his truck, a first time offer on my part. When we reached the store a fella, I don't know, told him he should buy a "real motorcycle", and since he saw my friend hand me the bike keys I figure it was obviously my bike. I did not figure he was sharp enough to realize he just insulted my scooter so I did not get upset. So I stated that he could buy a "real motorcycle" or a good one. The fella said he was talking about a "Harley", one octave drop in his voice. I told him I was too. He called me "one of those smart a..es" I grinned real big and strolled into the store. Some times they are such easy targets that I ALMOST feel bad poking at them. Bless their little hearts.
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08-15-2010, 05:06 PM | #2 |
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There's no shortage id d*kheads in society. Don't take it personally, his mom probably didn't show him enough attention as a child.
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08-16-2010, 07:52 AM | #3 |
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The right answer is "This is the motorcycle every Harley wants to be".
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08-16-2010, 08:27 AM | #4 |
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My take this was said from a non rider with no bike at all right? I like CC's reply very well.
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08-16-2010, 09:56 AM | #5 |
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Watch out. THose "real motorcycles" are everywhere. I have nothing against Harleys but during my road trip this weekend, I saw well over 500 bikes and only 2 Vulcans and 1 Honda. Everything else was a Harley. Why would you want to be just like everyone else? It makes no sense.
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08-16-2010, 10:17 AM | #6 |
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I've heard those comments before and have occassionally been asked if mine was a Harley.
My response is pretty much always the same; "I didn't buy a Harley because I wanted a bike with a more powerful motor". I then follow up with, " the Kawasaki has a larger 104 cubic inch engine where as Harleys have a smaller and less powerful 96 cubic inches". Shuts them up every time! ;) |
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08-16-2010, 10:51 AM | #8 |
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How many cubic inches does the 1552 have Scott? I know I have seen it but just can't recall.
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08-16-2010, 11:00 AM | #10 |
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Thanks Bob, I know there is a formula to convert but I don't recall what that is. Do you know the formula you use to convert CC's to Cubic Inches and vise versa?
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CC if you don't mind too much I am gonna use your responce from here on :-) and grin even bigger.
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08-16-2010, 12:46 PM | #13 |
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Back in April one of my clients stopped by and we got to talking about bikes. He has a Harley, but was really interested in the Nomad, so I took him out in the garage and showed it to him.
He ranted and raved how much better it seemed to be than his Harley. He asked me how much I paid for it and when I told him he said " Why didn't you buy a Harley, you could have gotten a used Harley for what you paid for the Nomad new". I just looked at him for a minute, then he thought about what he said and said "Oh". He is in love with the Harley image, even tho his seems to have a consistant string of problems and he admits the maintenance on it is costing him an arm and a leg to keep it running. |
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here's the link. http://joshmadison.com/software/convert-for-windows/
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