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Arthur Davidson, the inventor of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, died and went to heaven.



At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur, "Since you've been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is; you can hang out with anyone you want in Heaven."



Arthur thought about it for a minute, and then said, "I want to hang out with God."

St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room and introduced him to God.



God recognized Arthur and commented, "Okay, so you were the one who invented the Harley Davidson motorcycle?"



Arthur said, "Yep, that's me."



God said, "Well, what's the big deal in inventing something that's pretty unstable, makes noise and pollution, and can't run without a road?"



Arthur was apparently embarrassed, but finally he said, "Excuse me, but aren't you the inventor of woman?"



God said, "Yes."



"Well," said Arthur, "professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention:



1. There is too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusions;

2. It chatters constantly at high speeds;

3. Most of the rear ends are too soft and wobble too much;

4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust;

5. And the maintenance costs are enormous!"



"Hmmmmm, you have some good points there, "replied God, "hold on."God went to his Celestial super computer, typed in a few words and waited for the results.



The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it.



"Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed, "God said to Arthur, "but according to these numbers, more men are riding my invention than yours."
 
Just got rid of a Vrod had it two years lots of good memories a couple of bad ones, one being in the Royal Alexandria Hospital. Going back to a Triumph, can't do that jap cr@p...
jon
 
Theres only one Hardly Movingson I would have and thats the XR750 flat tracker, seen here...
1972HarleyDavidson-XR750.jpg


Now thats a pretty cool bike, the rest of the overweight, underpowered, under braked and evil handling nails* can stay in the US.
Bleugh.

Even that rather nice XR750 was quite comprehensivley stuffed by Kenny Roberts Snr riding this evil beast.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Yamaha TZ750 two stroke flat tracker. The bike that had a button to cut the ignition to one cylinder to reduce the power and give it better traction coming out of corners...

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*With the possible exception of the V rod actually, but they couldn't manage to design the engine, they paid Porsche to do that;)
Its got the same mill as the VR1000 if I remember right (the one that looks like its been ducking for apples in a chip pan, shown below) which I would like a go on but not if anyone saw me.
VR1000.
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Theres only one Hardly Movingson I would have and thats the XR750 flat tracker, seen here...
1972HarleyDavidson-XR750.jpg


Now thats a pretty cool bike
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Couldn't agree more, and its not even pretending to have a front break so you know where you are.

And as for KRs TZ 130hp sideways on dirt with no front break the guy was a legend and how thick is that swing arm? imagine the flex it must have felt like rubber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj97mObeEyw&NR=1
 
Only two types of bike made ....

Harley Davidson and....Hardly Davidsons....

Sorry,apart from AJS , BSA and Triumph :D
 
One of the guys we used to ride with bought a HD on a whim....

The joke was if it looked like a bike, but sounded like a tractor and handled like a pig it was probably him....

"Doesn't do bendy bits" was one of his famous sayings (when he caught up).

Simon
 
I must admit that is a good joke but harley are still the best bike one the road
better than any plastic jap bike
opps i think i might have stated something here

SORRY
"plastic jap parts" make up 20% of your Harley, wiring, switches, carb, breaks, tyres, forks, shocks, cables, starter, and if not Japan then china, the saddle is made in Singapore, handle bars in Hong Kong. The Seals and gaskets are made in Germany.Harley-Davidson may be assembled in the USA (moslty by the people who buy them) :D :rolleyes:
 
We shouldnt be whinging about motorbikes.

We should be whinging about those young tykes who seem to think it cool to ride a scooter.

What is the youth of today comming to?
 
love my harley
because its designed and built in England, a single cylinder (590cc thumper) and for off road :D

http://members.aol.com/FGYT/ARMSTRONG/armstrong.htm
old aol site i havent been able to edit for years :aargh4:

ATB

Duncan
When I lived on the I-O-W there was a bar (Hooters) whose owner used a 600cc chopped thumper to tow a landrover up the main road/hill in Ryde, all in the name of charity :rolleyes: :D


We shouldnt be whinging about motorbikes.

We should be whinging about those young tykes who seem to think it cool to ride a scooter.

What is the youth of today comming to?
Scooters are the perfect application of Darwin's Theory of evolution, if after 12 months scooter riders are still living, they evolve in to Nova drivers. Gives Darwin a second bite at the Evolutionary apple
 
One of parents finest moments was when I rang home from uni to say that since I had a work placement I needed a scooter to get there and back as it was cheaper then catching the train. Their reply was "No son of mine is having a scooter, they're dangerous. You can buy a motorbike though, if you like" Result.
 
Couldn't agree more, and its not even pretending to have a front break so you know where you are.

And as for KRs TZ 130hp sideways on dirt with no front break the guy was a legend and how thick is that swing arm? imagine the flex it must have felt like rubber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj97mObeEyw&NR=1

Good clip that, thanks.

After that race Roberts said "They don't F*****g pay me enough to ride that thing":lmao:

love my harley

At least its got a Rotax engine though.


So in short, is it fair to say that the best Harleys have engines that someone else designed;)
 

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