RE: Harley comment

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> I think Harley's engines always sounds like they are back-firing. Don't 
> these guys get a headache riding these things? ;) I hate these things pull 
> along side or behind me they sound so obnoxious. I kind of prefer the 
> sound of the BMW's inline 3 and 4 cylinders motorcycle engines, the 
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> silent no fuss type.
> 
> Anthony Chan, First Hill, Seattle, WA, USA.

... oh Anthony ... Steve Powers has got you in his back pocket ;-)

Most of those people who have the loud Harleys claim that the loud noise
is a form of active safety ... other motorcyclists fear that it will lead
to heavier restrictions on all marques.  

With respect to the mileage that HD riders put on their bikes, it is true 
that there are a lot of poseurs that show up at the big events with trailered
tricked out HDs (I've gotta get one of the "I trailered my Harley to Bike Week"
T-shirts from Daytona!) but there are also quite a few people I know that go 
out on the HOG rides and put a lot of miles on them.  I will never own a HD 
for the reasons that were stated by others about the way HD does business, 
but I did ride a friend's HD and was quite surprised how well it handled 
due to the low CG.  I don't look down at someone because they choose to *ride* 
a Harley ... my sister's ex asks me why I choose to buy Audis (he's really 
big on Hondas).  One of these days I'm gonna sit down with him and compare 
notes on how much time he spends under his older Accord compared to the time
I spend under the qs ... and the 5k has certainly held up a lot better cos-
metically than his car too!  I haven't considered him to be worth the effort 
so far!

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)
'92 BMW k1 (K1DRBAR) <=== with silent no fuss inline 4