“Why would anyone buy a Harley-Davidson?”
It’s a constant refrain, often querulous, from my many sport bike riding buddies, their simple skepticism hiding all manner of derogatory implications. Sometimes, it merely infers a general antipathy towards anything cruiser. At other times, it’s to convey a more brand-specific enmity. But the intimation is the same: Harleys are anachronisms compared with their latest double overhead frammich-valved road rockets. The insinuation is always that the Milwaukee iron is lesser, its customer based deluded and somehow the motorcycling world is not right for the brand’s incredible popularity.
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