Seems a bit slow, so how about a bit of Harley bashing?

[ribbert]

I wonder if there is a mod that the owners could do to bypass the "SLOW" jet.........................

Unlikely, that IS the main jet.

[1tinindian]

I get a lot of hand waves from the Harley wankers in my area, for whatever that is worth.


Leon

[Charlie-brm]

(And why do those bastards never wave???

Fear of losing control if they take one hand off the bars.

LOL!!!
Not far from the truth. Just last week I got a hoot out of seeing one rider in a troop of oncoming HD's waggle the handlebars while bringing their hand back in from a mutual wave with me.
I'm going to try that again. It's fun to see.

[ribbert]

I get a lot of hand waves from the Harley wankers in my area, for whatever that is worth.


Leon

Most likely just picking the bugs from their eyes and teeth.

[Arnie]

I get a lot of hand waves from the Harley wankers in my area, for whatever that is worth.


Leon

They are blinded by the shine from all the polished bits on your bike and think it must be another HD

[rktmanfj]

I get a lot of hand waves from the Harley wankers in my area, for whatever that is worth.


Leon

They are blinded by the shine from all the polished bits on your bike and think it must be another HD

  :popcorn:

[1tinindian]

I get a lot of hand waves from the Harley wankers in my area, for whatever that is worth.


Leon

They are blinded by the shine from all the polished bits on your bike and think it must be another HD

I could take that a couple of different ways, but it's still funny!
Cheers!

But in my own defense, I don't have any "chrome" on my FJ.
Far be it, that a HD rider actually take the time to polish raw aluminum to a mirror shine!

Leon

[spsmith_fj1200]

The new modern HD dealership must meet corporate guidelines for the amount of floor space dedicated to clothing and to accessories.  One of the people in the parts department is the HD trained "Chrome Consultant".  So all of the sheep, I mean customers, can spend their money on clothing from China and southeastern Asian countries and parts from Japan and China.  OCC on a much larger scale. 

I am sure that everyone is heading to Milwaukee for Labor Day Weekend and the Harley 110th anniversary celebration.  If you miss this one you can plan for 2018 and the 115th.  Seriously, every 5 years there are anniversary models (at a premium over the normal HD price) and a big celebration in Milwaukee.  So a month after the parades to Sturgis (I mean the groups of riders heading to Sturgis) Wisconsin gets their share of rolling road blocks.

[Bozo]

Why is it that whenever Harleys tag along with our group of bikes they always want to drag and race against us?. Considering they can't go around a Mc Donalds carpark without scrapping their exhausts its always a good laugh. One of the riders we ride with actually hated his Harley because of arm pump from vibration, he learnt to hold his hog in forth rather than fifth because its smoother at around 100 to 120kph (no wonder he wants to ride at 140kph)  . But the good part about these guys is that they admit they bought for the image (they work for the mining industry - good money).

A guy at our work has an 883 piglet, and whenever he buys bling it has to be Harley original i.e tyres (tires for the yanks), oil filters etc, they cost twice as much but he won't buy anything else.

Also now that the mining industry is suffering I have noticed a lot more Harleys for sale (still hold their price???)

[Klavdy]

What about the ones who buy a Japanese Harley and think no one will notice the difference?

Then they often add a cherry to the cake of meh by wearing an idiotic vest covered in pins, badges and patches in some pathetic attempt to look like an outlaw 1%er.



Mind you, we have a good mate, Paul, he really loves to ride his Harley, goes on long adventures with another of our good mates, eh Padre?
Harleys are what they are,gets tedious to be constantly told they are the bestest bikes evah by the cultists though.

[Pat Conlon]

Here are some rambling thoughts from me...

Years ago I thought Harley was *finally* coming around to current thinking with the introduction of their Vrod.
Yea, it took a coboration with Porsche to make it happen but I thought....finally, some fresh ideas from Harley.
Instead, they went back into design of the twin cam engines....disappointing.
Polaris has eclipsed Harley with their clean sheet design of the Victory Vtwins and now with Polaris owning the Indian name, the design of the new Indian Vtwin engine is impressive. A beautiful motor indeed.

There were so many avenues Harley could have expanded into...yea they screwed the pooch with Eric Buell. Eric gave them many years to come up with a proper engine (instead of the Sportster) before moving his sport bikes over to the Rotax engines. No wonder Harley freaked out...can you even imagine those Harley certified buffoons in the service dept. working on a Rotax engine? Shudder the thought.

The new high end offerings by Motus look interesting. That design could have been from Harley.
A fuel injected, water cooled baby block V4 with push rods and hydraulic lifters (never needing adjustment) would have been right up their alley. An American made $32,000 sport touring bike would have not seemed out of place in a Harley showroom.

I'll bet a jelly donut that if the Motus bikes prove successful, Harley will buy them out within 2 years.

[Klavdy]

Maybe we can go halves in a Motus in a year or two.

Back to H.D's, they are not my idea of a thrilling ride but , for example, Pauls bike went well on your ride this year, he had fun, yeah?
Pauls a good rider,but what does he prefer to ride on your trips?
His H.D or one of your FJ's?

Harleys are what they are,but it seems they are mostly used by people who cant ride very well and have no real intention of putting in the commitment to improving their skills.

[Pat Conlon]

Paul is a FJ convert. No question about it. He struggled with his Harley on our last outing.
Hands down, he would rather ride the FJ than his Harley.

That, coming from a 40 year Harley enthusiast, should tell you something about the magic of the FJ.

[1tinindian]

I'd like to second the kind thoughts about our good friend Paul, he is the acceptation to the rule, when profiling your typical HD owner.

Leon

[1tinindian]

Harleys are what they are,but it seems they are mostly used by people who cant ride very well and have no real intention of putting in the commitment to improving their skills.

This is THE best description I have ever read!
I not only agree with this, I have had  the misfortune of getting stuck behind a particular HD rider on a charity ride.
He and his wide-load ol' lady could NOT hold a line going around a curve to save their asses, and were such a menace on two wheels, I pulled out of the ridicules rolling road block and let the road clear out.

I have since given up on ANY motorcycling planned events in my area because I know it is all the same, no matter what, and have instead turned my interest in to attending our rallies! Thank God for that!

Leon