[KD5ITM]

Haha nah they were all impressed with the GT.

[Guaire]

Be careful, some of these HD sales guys in the DC area may accuse you of riding a Blast....

  I will deny it, as I refuse to become a victim of mass centralization.

[Farmer_John]

Haha nah they were all impressed with the GT.

Only because it makes their crap look modern...

[Arizoni]

The few times I've ridden my black and chrome G5 into a Harley dealership, some of the wandering customers were quite interested in it.

The dealership salesmen however weren't and they were happy to see me ride out of the place.

[KD5ITM]

They all seem happy that I brought it by. One guy knew a little bit about them from the way he talked. And thank me for bringing it by so he could get a close up look at one.

If I didn't get the GT, I think I would have been very interested in looking at the new BMW R 1200 Rs or even more the new Ducati scrambler as my first motorcycle.

[gizzo]

The Ducati would be a wonderful first motorbike.
My local Harley workshop is also the local Enfield shop. They don't do either brands new but they really know their motorbikes. And they are reasonably friendly.

[KD5ITM]

I will say, that I was impressed with the Harley dealer. Of course being a factory store it was head to toe Harley. Lots and lots of new bikes on the showroom. The local in field dealer is also the Polaris, Suzuki, triumph and victory dealer so you just have two or three bites of each brand on the showroom. With just a few accessory items for each brand of bike.

[ROVERMAN]

Last summer i was stopped at a light and a guy dressed in Harley gear leaned out of the window of his van and asked, "Hey, what kind of Harley is that?". I was a bit dumbfounded since i thought he was being sarcastic. I pointed to the Royal Enfield badge on the tank and he finally gave me the the "cool bike man" response followed by the "i didn't know they made those anymore" comment.
Roverman.

[KD5ITM]

The one Harley did I did see that I liked was I believe they call it the series 73. Kind of an old school chopper look. Normal size tires, no wide tire in the back. Small two and a half gallon tank. The paint job was a heavy metal flake, & I do mean heavy on the metal flake but look really good. I believe I saw red, blue, silver and gold metal flake paint.

[Guaire]

The one Harley did I did see that I liked was I believe they call it the series 73. Kind of an old school chopper look. Normal size tires, no wide tire in the back. Small two and a half gallon tank. The paint job was a heavy metal flake, & I do mean heavy on the metal flake but look really good. I believe I saw red, blue, silver and gold metal flake paint.

That was one of the Sportster line.

[Rattlebattle]

I'd like an XLHCR, a seventies café racer all in black, with the old iron 1000cc motor. This would be to look at in the garage, you understand...
Back in 1989 I made the mistake of buying an 883 Sportster, the one with the alloy Evo motor that was supposed to be much better than the earlier iron ones made when H-D was owned by AMF (makers of bowling alleys, I believe) when the quality control was appalling. after spending lots of money trying to make it go and stop better I gave up after about 18 months. Engaging first gear for the first time of the day produced the most horrendous crashing sound, even if I freed off the clutch first by rocking the bike back and forth in first gear. There were apparently a few instances of crankcases being cracked because second and third gear were meshed at the same time. I remember reading that this applied to UK and German 1200 Sporties, or tuned 883s mainly and was because they tended to get ridden as sports bikes, which of course they are not.

I believe the later 5-speed versions with belt drive (mine had a chain final drive) are much better. I actually quite fancy a Harley now, but this would replace my Triumph Sprint GT SE which is becoming a bit heavy to manhandle, not my C5. On the other hand maybe I'll go for the new Triumph twins. Whatever, it won't be a BMW.

[Richard230]

My guess is that you would probably really like this bike, Rattlebattle.     It is powered by a 1958 Sportster engine and doesn't need no stink'n front brake.

[mevocgt]

It probably didn't have a rear break until he wanted to ride it on the street.  That's a heck of a dirt tracker...

[Farmer_John]

The one Harley did I did see that I liked was I believe they call it the series 73. Kind of an old school chopper look. Normal size tires, no wide tire in the back. Small two and a half gallon tank. The paint job was a heavy metal flake, & I do mean heavy on the metal flake but look really good. I believe I saw red, blue, silver and gold metal flake paint.

...and the ride quality of a row crop tractor...

[malky]

I'd like one of these. Should I see a doctor?