If Harley Davidson is the Titanic, the pandemic might just be that one big iceberg. Worse still, it had a hole in the hull and sputtering engines before all this even began. Damn. Is HD done for?
When I was attending the press launch of the Harley-Davidson Street Glide and Road Glide recently, I was in an after-hours conversation with a long-time Harley-Davidson employee who was noting — “complaining” is too strong a word for the good-natured comments — that whenever the Motor Company introduces new models, the immediate response from a certain segment of riders is always, “But what about the Bronx?”
It’s understandable that some people inside Harley-Davidson are tired of hearing it. We hear it here, too, just about every time Common Tread posts a story on anything related to Harley-Davidson. It even came up in Zack’s recent Daily Rider review of the Harley-Davidson Nightster.
I get it. Lots of people want Harley-Davidson to build the Bronx. Here’s the deal, though. It’s not going to happen. You might as well get over it.
C'était beau, c'était chaud,
C'était weekend moto.
Et y'avait même @nitot
Qu'est venu en japopo
Avec son gros manteau
Faut être un peu marteau.
On s'est pas couché tôt.
On a brûlé les photos.
I saw a guy eating a plate of spaghetti and smoking a cigarette as he drove in the left lane on I-95.
This is not the first time I've seen such a thing. #PhillyDriving
@dancinyogi So #exciting ! I was once passed by a woman with her left #pinkie hooked on the steering wheel. She was holding a bowl of cereal, spoon in her right hand. I was doing 75mph on the #Harley.
I was walking home yesterday along one of the major arterials (A) yesterday when I heard an ambulance siren also headed along arterial A toward where it has an intersection with arterial B. It waited at the intersection for a moment, then I heard a loud #Harley blasting down arterial B and saw it zip across the intersection at high speed. :blobfoxdisgust:
This is another reason why I don't want to be associated with Harley culture. #motorcycle
So of COURSE i got my #Harley (not Quinn) squared away and it’s gonna rain the rest of the week.
Looks like after it stops raining tonight, tomorrow will be clear and sunny for long enough for me to go in town for work, so I guess I’m going in town for work. 😂
So, the #Harley got her 5000 mile service and a replacement rear tire that had a nail in it after only 2000-ish miles. That’s a little galling.
On the other hand, now shes ready to roll again.
I need to get replacement saddlebags, since the ones I bought back in 2016 have finally worn out.
Hah! So I showed up extra early to get my #Harley worked on (see my previous post about my #bikeshop doing “first come first serve” on Saturday)
And, of course, there’s no one else here at all this time. 😂
Luckily, I have #Mastodon to keep me company and my #SteamDeck.
Well it looks like my #motorcycle did not survive the winter. I knew she was on her last leg so it wasn’t unexpected. But now that the sun is out, I’m itching to ride. And I just found a used #Harley Sportster for a great price. Am I about to get my first Harley??? #gaybiker
Milwaukee prepares for Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival (www.tmj4.com)
I saw them setting up for this at Suburban Motors, earlier today.