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drthompson65 · 01-21-2003, 05:04 AM

Wow! First post. People will purchase anything. I've seen cans of bull pooh on ebay and people still bid on them. Anyways all I have to say is this, Harley might have class but Rice is fast!

TatdNPrcd · 01-21-2003, 05:59 AM

That is, He rides a Harley when He just wants to relax and ride through His wondrous creation and enjoy it.

When He wants to go fast and revel in His riding skill He rides a Honda! Of course He gets to ride the RC211V because, well, He is GOD. He can get one.

"Those of us who ride every day usually have a smile on our face." - Me

obandoj · 01-21-2003, 06:56 AM

All this revenue and they still can't build a decent sport bike.

That would be the only way I could become one of the "stout" manly and proud. And don't even tell me about those under powered and over priced Buells, my lowly SV650 will run circles around them.

VMan_1 · 01-21-2003, 07:58 AM

I fully undersatnd why they don't build a sport bike. Not their market. Not their technology. Cruisers dominate the sales charts. And, they don't want the rapid depreciation of sport bikes to devalue their current offerings (sport bikes must become obsolete immediately to showcase newer technology and I wouldn't consider Buell in this race). To violate this business model when the market is eager to play would be foolish. The only reward would be their ego, and at what cost???

Haird · 01-21-2003, 08:46 AM

Yes, itÂ’s amazing how much money you can make in the Good OlÂ’ U.S. of A. when you know what real American riders want. ThatÂ’s why more than half of all bike sold in the Land of the Free are are cruisers. ItÂ’s what makes us Â… different, individual, manly and womanly.

But the cognisenti know that itÂ’s more than just the bikes. ItÂ’s an entire lifestyle, right down to the black leather vests and fingerless gloves. Leather fringe, engineer boots and a complete lack of effective cranial protection complete the ensemble. Call it a brotherhood, if you will. We, the cruisers, the true rugged individualists, the true Americans, stand tall among cyclists, resisting the urge for performance, protection, even common courtesy that suborn the minority of the biker body politic. WeÂ’d rather don a full baklava with Santa hat and beard for the Toys for Tots, but never shall So distinctive are our chosen vehicle and accoutrement we fairly shout our individualistic status to all in eye- and ear-shot. Even the reek of our unwashed locks binds us together as fellow lone wolves, so add nose-shot to the list.

Yet dare not appellate us conformista, a sobriquet redolent of decadent Euroculture, replete with Bauhaus, socialism, existentialism and other unnatural political and design philosophies, for too often these ideas result in machines pandering to a faux-sophisticated desire for function, comfort and style. Nor shall we be pilloried as commonkaze, recalling a Zen-like insistence on oneness with the cycle, oneness with the track, ride right past the service bay and donÂ’tcha look back. Rather, our handle reflects the American experience, at once as comforting as butterfat and as sweeping as the great malls Â– Paramus Park, Woodfield, The Block in Orange, and of course, the Mall of America. Yes, we are none other than the cookiecutteurs. American as wretched excess, familiar as chocolate chips.

The cookiecutteur apprehends that true value in a two-wheeled machine is rooted in precisely the same substrate as that of a solid national currency Â– precious metal. Yet the cookiecutteur goes a step beyond the mercantilist. Rather than settle for a mere paper representation of bullion in a vault, the cookiecutteur hews a machine out of as much of the ferrous stuff as an oversized rear and a bicycle front can support, slathering the entire creation in the one metal outshining gold, silver and even platinum Â– chromium, sweet chromium, the opiate of the gods.

Yes, the powerful sun glinting off a half-million pounds of chrome spread lavishly over as many cookiecutteur machines is enough to drive every lesser cyclist off the High Plains and Black Hills come the second week of August. No mere automobile dare tread these happy hunting grounds of old, choosing instead I-94. After Crazy Horse weÂ’ll see Willie G. carved on a mountainside, a giant wide glide rising from the valley below, as if it spontaneously emerged from the soil of this great country

Should the blinding flash of chrome prove insufficient warning to lesser vehicles to make way, the cookiecutteur announces his presence with the full-throated fanfare of straight pipes. Such music to the cookiecutteur ear sends even wild beasts scurrying to their boroughs, leaving the open road to those most deserving American souls Â– the cookiecutteurs, butts down, feet splayed forward, arms high above shoulders, inhaling the open road, alone save a multitude of brothers, soaking up the sunburn, the windburn, the Taco Bell trots, the road rash, the brain damage, and, yes the sore butt that is the badge of honor worn by those who dare to recline as they ride.

The cookiecutteur. If I have to explain it youÂ’ll never understand.

And thatÂ’s why they call me Â….

_________________________________________

The Way High Man

_________________________________________

bigjames · 01-21-2003, 08:55 AM

They may not be able to build a decent sport bike, but I really don't care as I don't ride those anyway! But then again Rolls Royce doesn't make a sport car either, and no one things anything strange about that!. They do make one helluva Touring Bike though!

James Allmond

Macon, Ga

03 HD Electra Glide Classic - Fuel Injected

00 BMW K1200LT (73,000 miles and counting)

88 HD Electra Glide Sport/Watsonian Cambridge (big side car) (175,000 miles and counting on that one)

51 HD Servicar

Chango · 01-21-2003, 08:58 AM

That was freaking fantastic. It's been a while since I've read anything that good. Thanks for sharing.

Remember kids, it's always easier to do things the hard way. Chango

Holy_Kaw · 01-21-2003, 09:16 AM

WOW! I need a cigarette! That was beautiful, was it good for you?

wwalkersd · 01-21-2003, 09:28 AM

Provocateur!

I am soooo glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read this!

Holy_Kaw · 01-21-2003, 09:54 AM

I'd love to buy a decent, reasonably priced American naked/sportbike. I'd bet plenty of others would as well. Buell could do it if they had a good engine/transmission available (V-rod engine, good idea bad execution for this application). V-twin, 4, I don't care. Harley has the technology available to make a suitible engine, why don't they? To say their business model precludes increasing market share I would say is inaccurate.

01-21-2003, 05:04 AM	#1
drthompson65 Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN Posts: 238	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D Wow! First post. People will purchase anything. I've seen cans of bull pooh on ebay and people still bid on them. Anyways all I have to say is this, Harley might have class but Rice is fast! __________________ 2000 Honda CBR 929RR (Sold) 2002 Suzuki GSX-R1000 (Sold) 2003 Honda RC-51 (Sold) 2004 Ducati 999 Mono Yellow (Wrecked May 06) 2006 Ducati 999S Mono Black (Replaced Wife June 06) 1972-2000 A collection of mini, dirt, and road bikes to vast too list..

01-21-2003, 05:59 AM	#2
TatdNPrcd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 416	God rides a Harley... That is, He rides a Harley when He just wants to relax and ride through His wondrous creation and enjoy it. When He wants to go fast and revel in His riding skill He rides a Honda! Of course He gets to ride the RC211V because, well, He is GOD. He can get one. "Those of us who ride every day usually have a smile on our face." - Me __________________ Cages are for Hamsters! http://www.ridetowork.org http://www.ironbutt.com

01-21-2003, 06:56 AM	#3
obandoj Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Arizona Posts: 912	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D All this revenue and they still can't build a decent sport bike. That would be the only way I could become one of the "stout" manly and proud. And don't even tell me about those under powered and over priced Buells, my lowly SV650 will run circles around them.

01-21-2003, 07:58 AM	#4
VMan_1 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 35	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D I fully undersatnd why they don't build a sport bike. Not their market. Not their technology. Cruisers dominate the sales charts. And, they don't want the rapid depreciation of sport bikes to devalue their current offerings (sport bikes must become obsolete immediately to showcase newer technology and I wouldn't consider Buell in this race). To violate this business model when the market is eager to play would be foolish. The only reward would be their ego, and at what cost???

01-21-2003, 08:46 AM	#5
Haird Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 270	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D Yes, itÂ’s amazing how much money you can make in the Good OlÂ’ U.S. of A. when you know what real American riders want. ThatÂ’s why more than half of all bike sold in the Land of the Free are are cruisers. ItÂ’s what makes us Â… different, individual, manly and womanly. But the cognisenti know that itÂ’s more than just the bikes. ItÂ’s an entire lifestyle, right down to the black leather vests and fingerless gloves. Leather fringe, engineer boots and a complete lack of effective cranial protection complete the ensemble. Call it a brotherhood, if you will. We, the cruisers, the true rugged individualists, the true Americans, stand tall among cyclists, resisting the urge for performance, protection, even common courtesy that suborn the minority of the biker body politic. WeÂ’d rather don a full baklava with Santa hat and beard for the Toys for Tots, but never shall So distinctive are our chosen vehicle and accoutrement we fairly shout our individualistic status to all in eye- and ear-shot. Even the reek of our unwashed locks binds us together as fellow lone wolves, so add nose-shot to the list. Yet dare not appellate us conformista, a sobriquet redolent of decadent Euroculture, replete with Bauhaus, socialism, existentialism and other unnatural political and design philosophies, for too often these ideas result in machines pandering to a faux-sophisticated desire for function, comfort and style. Nor shall we be pilloried as commonkaze, recalling a Zen-like insistence on oneness with the cycle, oneness with the track, ride right past the service bay and donÂ’tcha look back. Rather, our handle reflects the American experience, at once as comforting as butterfat and as sweeping as the great malls Â– Paramus Park, Woodfield, The Block in Orange, and of course, the Mall of America. Yes, we are none other than the cookiecutteurs. American as wretched excess, familiar as chocolate chips. The cookiecutteur apprehends that true value in a two-wheeled machine is rooted in precisely the same substrate as that of a solid national currency Â– precious metal. Yet the cookiecutteur goes a step beyond the mercantilist. Rather than settle for a mere paper representation of bullion in a vault, the cookiecutteur hews a machine out of as much of the ferrous stuff as an oversized rear and a bicycle front can support, slathering the entire creation in the one metal outshining gold, silver and even platinum Â– chromium, sweet chromium, the opiate of the gods. Yes, the powerful sun glinting off a half-million pounds of chrome spread lavishly over as many cookiecutteur machines is enough to drive every lesser cyclist off the High Plains and Black Hills come the second week of August. No mere automobile dare tread these happy hunting grounds of old, choosing instead I-94. After Crazy Horse weÂ’ll see Willie G. carved on a mountainside, a giant wide glide rising from the valley below, as if it spontaneously emerged from the soil of this great country Should the blinding flash of chrome prove insufficient warning to lesser vehicles to make way, the cookiecutteur announces his presence with the full-throated fanfare of straight pipes. Such music to the cookiecutteur ear sends even wild beasts scurrying to their boroughs, leaving the open road to those most deserving American souls Â– the cookiecutteurs, butts down, feet splayed forward, arms high above shoulders, inhaling the open road, alone save a multitude of brothers, soaking up the sunburn, the windburn, the Taco Bell trots, the road rash, the brain damage, and, yes the sore butt that is the badge of honor worn by those who dare to recline as they ride. The cookiecutteur. If I have to explain it youÂ’ll never understand. And thatÂ’s why they call me Â…. _________________________________________ The Way High Man _________________________________________

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01-21-2003, 08:55 AM	#6
bigjames Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 408	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D They may not be able to build a decent sport bike, but I really don't care as I don't ride those anyway! But then again Rolls Royce doesn't make a sport car either, and no one things anything strange about that!. They do make one helluva Touring Bike though! James Allmond Macon, Ga 03 HD Electra Glide Classic - Fuel Injected 00 BMW K1200LT (73,000 miles and counting) 88 HD Electra Glide Sport/Watsonian Cambridge (big side car) (175,000 miles and counting on that one) 51 HD Servicar

01-21-2003, 08:58 AM	#7
Chango Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 152	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D That was freaking fantastic. It's been a while since I've read anything that good. Thanks for sharing. Remember kids, it's always easier to do things the hard way. Chango __________________ "Wise men speak because they have something to say. Foolish men speak because they have to say something" -- Plato

01-21-2003, 09:16 AM	#8
Holy_Kaw Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,230	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D WOW! I need a cigarette! That was beautiful, was it good for you?

01-21-2003, 09:28 AM	#9
wwalkersd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 246	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D Provocateur! I am soooo glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read this!

01-21-2003, 09:54 AM	#10
Holy_Kaw Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,230	Re: 17 Years and Counting for H-D I'd love to buy a decent, reasonably priced American naked/sportbike. I'd bet plenty of others would as well. Buell could do it if they had a good engine/transmission available (V-rod engine, good idea bad execution for this application). V-twin, 4, I don't care. Harley has the technology available to make a suitible engine, why don't they? To say their business model precludes increasing market share I would say is inaccurate.