08-20-2009, 07:39 PM | #11 | |
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08-20-2009, 09:41 PM | #12 |
mmmm, Beeeer
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South of the D Michigan
Moto: 08 HD Ultra
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No Fighting in the club house
Lets all just calm down and go get another drink.
I know that when buying an HD you are paying a considerable sum for the name, however, you can't deny that the bikes look damn nice. Not to mention the support and the service you can get with a small percentage of add to the price in financing. I refer, of course, to the no ride interuption clause stating if while on the road for a trip and you break down they will put you up in a hotel, near a HD service center, trailer the bike to a shop, repair and get you back on the road ASAP. Thats a pretty good assurance. I haven't seen one metric shop even offer such a thing not to mention when I bought my brand new Shadow Sabre I only got a 1 year 12k mile warranty. Minimum the HD comes with is a 3 yr powertrain and electric warranty and service package. Then the after market support is absolutely incredible. I mean you can get a lot of parts and such for the metrics but they aren't garranteed to work or fit and the companies that sell usually give you a headache trying to return. I have gone through 2 Vance & Hines baffles and finally had to just run 2 in long bolts with the Nylok nuts and some serious blue thread lock to keep the F-in thing in the pipe and keep from hearing my neighbors complaining. So I guess that I will pay the price and become one of the millions of HD followers. I am not doing it because others give me shit or just fit in. Gas Man can attest that I march do the beat of my OWN drum and tend to do things a little extreme. So paying the cash for the Ultra just seems to be what is completely inline with my current standards. I like the bike. I want the bike. I WILL get the bike. Now I just hope that I don't lay it down, and scuff the shit out of it. I will just cry if that happens. Caveman |
08-20-2009, 09:44 PM | #13 | |
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There is a guy down the street from me who every saturday gets on his bike and rides it less than a mile to the bar at the other end of the street, then after a few hours in the bar rides it back home. I don't think I've ever seen him actually turn the bike except into his driveway.
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08-20-2009, 10:34 PM | #15 |
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I have bought my share of vehicles but I never got treated better and with speedier service than at the H-D shop. Even better than any car dealership I have shopped. They really went out of the way to make me feel special
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08-20-2009, 10:44 PM | #16 | |
Hold mah beer!
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It may just be the sign of the times. When I was searching for the beemer at dealerships, people were practically begging me to buy their bikes.
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I can tell ya. I work on allot of bikes and Caveman can attest to this. I don't think any of the jap cruisers can hold a candle to the HD bikes. There is just so much more R&D into the HD. Did you know that HD even puts R&D into the sound coming from the motors? Maybe that doesn't matter to some but it does to many. When listening to exhaust notes on cruisers... they are all compared to the sound of an HD v-twin. That is just how it is. How about that HD is the only company that has put in the R&D to still run a non-water cooled bike that meets EPA restrictions? What about a better warrenty? What about dealerships that are HUGE HUGE HUGE steps above ANY metric dealership? HD sets the bar in the cruiser world. EVERYBODY else tries to get a piece of their table scraps. That goes from Big Dog, Victory, Metric, etc. After all they are the #1 motorcycle in sales WORLD WIDE. They also sell more than just bikes. They have figured out how to even market themselves to people that aren't bikers. It all adds up to the HD cultrure. Quote:
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I walk into ANY metric bike dealership and they have shit for brains working there. The HD guys are just not that way. They make service appts. Have while you wait oil change appts. Drop your bike off sunday evening/mon morning for a service interval and they gaurentee it back by Friday morning. Does the metric shop wash your bike after they service it? My HD does. Will your metric shop come pick up your bike from where ever for no charge and drop it off if need be? My HD does. How many parts whether its service parts or aftermarket does your metric shop carry in stock? My HD carries a freakin lot. What about an apperal and gear selection that looks like a section out of a Target in aspect of size?? Organized rally's, rides, charity things, etc... Women only functions with free food, drinks, and non-money gambling? Riders Edge training school. The list goes on and on but if you aren't part of it you don't really understand. And i don't mean that wrong. |
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08-21-2009, 01:13 AM | #18 | |
mmmm, Beeeer
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South of the D Michigan
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08-21-2009, 09:35 AM | #19 | |
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08-21-2009, 09:45 AM | #20 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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There's very little doubt in my mind that my next bike will be a Harley-Davidson. I just dont know which one. I really really really want a XR1200. Thats more likely to be the next purchase. Probably sometime next year. Thinking ahead, the bike after that will probably be a HD Street Glide. I love the look of those things. And at this point in my life, I dont get to hit the twistie bits like I want to and I can't take more than a short time on a sportbike before I'm in pain.
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