I have owned one Triumph, two Hondas and two Harleys. By far, the Harleys make me feel so much more cool then the others. Just what is it? It is like a spell. I can not fully describe the feeling.
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April 17th, 2010 at 8:28 PM
An American Icon. It’s the mystique that goes with it, leather fringe and all.
April 17th, 2010 at 9:18 PM
You ever see the Harley tee shirt that says, ” If I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand” ?
That’s soooooo true.
April 17th, 2010 at 9:34 PM
to be honest with you how would any one on here know why anything makes you feel cool………you are the only one that would know
April 17th, 2010 at 9:41 PM
latent homosexuality, you want to be as much like george michael as possible
April 17th, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Ok so now we all know you WISH you were riding a Harley and are clueless to really riding a motorcycle.
April 17th, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Put a jacket on
April 17th, 2010 at 11:15 PM
If riding a specific brand or style of scooter / motorcycle is more important than the ride itself, then I suspect you don’t really understand the mystique of riding, the call of the road, the freedom of spirit, the bugs in the teeth because you can’t stop grinning from ear to ear.
My smallest motorcycle was a 65 50cc Honda, the biggest a 1100 Goldwing and currently I ride a 1952 Cushman Step-thru scooter and trhey’re all more fun than working.
Budd ( who uses a Dremel tool to clean his dentures after a ride)
April 17th, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Your either cool or your not, the bike makes no difference. I am going to have to go against my better judgment and stick with Magley this time.
April 17th, 2010 at 11:51 PM
lets pretend you like woman,and you had a wife,would you rather have her catch you with an ugly broad,or a model ?
thats the difference between riding a harley,or riding a rice-burner.
April 18th, 2010 at 12:37 AM
I bet you feel great wearing Victoria’s Secret too huh?!
April 18th, 2010 at 1:06 AM
“Its like a spell” Are you a witch ?
Nice comment Indian……made me laugh !
April 18th, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Hitting third gear through an intersection hardly qualifys for feeling cool .
April 18th, 2010 at 2:47 AM
Its the same feeling you have when riding on a tractor
April 18th, 2010 at 3:23 AM
maybe it’s not running properly, i get a little warm on mine
April 18th, 2010 at 4:14 AM
When I bought my HD, my wife said she was relieved that I didn’t buy japcrap. She said Harley’s are sexy.
You feel cool because women look at you more.
April 18th, 2010 at 4:17 AM
Its the American hot rod of all motorcycles
April 18th, 2010 at 4:50 AM
The Execs at Harley are high five-ing each other because their marketing campaign continues to be a success.
April 18th, 2010 at 5:29 AM
the sound of the v-twin engine of course!
April 18th, 2010 at 6:20 AM
Some kind of preconditioning combined with elements of your own personality.
I was shopping bikes about 15 years ago. Tried a Honda straight 4, it felt solid and tight but soul-less. Tried a Superglide and it vibrated like a ride on washboards and I felt like I had a bulls-eye on me for cops, after I got off I felt greasy. Then I tried a BMW and it felt like pure sweet quality.
April 18th, 2010 at 6:55 AM
As many have pointed out we can’t really tell what you are thinking when riding the bike so since your own thoughts are ineffable to you we can’t really deal with that part. So what’s left. Bikes are cool , HD’s are bikes ( nah really stop laughing they are ) ergo guilt by association.
April 18th, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Becouse it simply feels good. Enjoy…………………
April 18th, 2010 at 8:14 AM
poser.
April 18th, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Huh?
I guess that’s a question only you can answer.
After the Hondas, the Suzuki, and the Yamaha, I moved to a Harley. While a few Harley riders now find it a little easier to accept me, everything else is still the same.
Other than wind chill, what you ride does not make you cool.
General statement, not personal.
April 18th, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Because you dont know any better and you dont think for yourself, you think cool is what everybody else thinks cool is! Hardleys are a JOKE and will unfortunately probably always be a joke. You must be a desk jokey looking for a good way to make yourself deaf beside sitting in a dance club drinking wine coolers! If your really gonna be a hardley rider than for gods sake be a “motorcyclist” and not a “Biker”….
April 18th, 2010 at 9:47 AM
its only you who thinks riding a harley is cool.others think their machines are cool.Its just in the head actually…like cowboys when they are on horses, they think they r cool.Fact there’s nothing cool about anything.What’s so cool about riding a slow,lack o’ peformance vibrator?Just bcos Arnold Schw rode one?He makes millions every minute – that why he loks cool on one.
April 18th, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Stop riding naked.Nobody wants to see that!
April 18th, 2010 at 10:52 AM
thats truly a strange phenomenom, especially since the vast majority of folks that see you on the Harley just think you’re another ahole on a crappy bike.