Comments on: Vintage Harley Davidson Adventure Motorcycles

By: coolmo

coolmo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:02:51 +0000

The “sportster” hasn’t been sporty in 50 years. HDs are perfect for the people who buy them, but when you apply any standard of performance beyond what they use at the La-Z-Boy factory, they’re weak sauce. It’s sad really, that an American icon has been reduced to a nostalgia gimmick (FWIW, if they put the v-rod motor in a Sportster, I would buy one tomorrow).

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:55:57 +0000

“free as skylarks – and as gay” was still a very funny quote, too bad for all the ones who have no sense of humor and take it as an offense.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:12:43 +0000

Oops I realized I posted in the wrong thread…I meant to write this in the post about the old harleys being ridden everywhere!

Cut me some slack, I have the flu =)

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:11:21 +0000

And people laugh at me for riding my Buell Blast everywhere and distances most people would choose a touring bike for. I think a lot of people have forgotten the essence of motorcycling, but that’s just me. *shrugs*

By: fireworks

fireworks — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:47:56 +0000

I don’t think HD is going to do anything about the adventure market. The old bikes were servicing a non-recreational market. Today, noone buys a bike for anything other than recreational purposes. HD supplies what people want to buy. For all Buells innovation they couldn’t sell enough bikes to justify their existance. This included models like the Ulysses. If people wanted an HD adventure bike the Ulysses and kind should have flown out of the show room.

That goes the same for a standard. The XL1200R was a good all rounder, and poof it’s gone too. Face it folks, HD building something that isn’t ‘lifestyle’ oriented are very low. You best bet is to use the parts and accessories to build your own. It would be nice if HD offered parts catalog ‘packages’ though. Something like the Iron with dual front brakes and a normal suspension would be a nice find.