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Why Harley???

22K views 91 replies 29 participants last post by  3D-Dave  
I can remember the "Honda versus Harley" thing from way back in the 1970's...My dad, grandfather, and dad's buddies all had Honda's...Then my dad brother had a mid 60's Electraglide, and some other uncle's had old Sportster's and then my cousin'
s hubby had an old Shovelhead that he kick started all the time...Always kinda thought that bike was a hunk of crap, as it always seemed to take him forever to get that thing to fire off, and by that time he was out of breath from kicking it over...But it ran and he was on two wheels...

No idea why all the Honda people immediately compare to Harley, and I've often wondered the same thing myself Frank...Hell back in the 1970's Honda didn't even have a bike that would be considered a "cruiser"..Just standard inline twins and 4's and starting in 1975, the Goldwing with the opposed 4 cylinder....Not exactly a threat to Harley's then monopoly on the cruiser segment...But nowdays there's the Shadow 750 that to the casual shopper that doesn't know squat about motorcycles, closely resembles a Sportster...Then there's also offerings from Victory (Cross Country), Kawasaki (Vaquero), and Honda lame attempt with the FB6 to capture some of Harley's Streetglide customers...