RE: Harley comment

[i6941TB@gnn.com]

>Say what?!?  Harley couldn't compete simply because they built an inferior
>product.  Buyers wanted machines that didn't leak, wouldn't break down on
>the road, and wouldn't need repairing every other weekend.  So, they bought
>Japanese.  Harley got the tariffs imposed while they developed a new engine
>and got there quality control together.  Afterwards, things began to turn
>around. 
>And once again, Harley is attempting to get the gov't on its side by trying
>to patent the *sound* of its engine.

>Don't mean to sound like a flame...I just don't like the way HD does
> business.

Thank you, Gary! I have a firefighter next door. He works crazy hours AND drives a 
Harley to work. Boy, do I hate the farting sound and the exhaust stink!!!!

I just don't get the idea of admiring a crude lump of iron stuffed with the 
1940-sh technology and notorious for braking down, only because it is loud?!
Or may be because any nerd in its saddle thinks of himself as a "Tuff Dude" in a 
Hollywood-esqe way...
A comparison with a BMW or a Ducaty comes to mind.

Like they say, if I have to ask, I probably wouldn't understand.

Just reread what I've just written. It sounds like an assasination on THE icon.
Oh well, crucify me, I am not going to change it.
Igor Kessel
the sweetheart: 200TQ, chipped and MOMO'd through out,
in Tornado "arrest-me-officer" Red;
the ex: 5000s, the EE's nightmare
Phila PA, USA
i6941TB@gnn.com