Yeah I’m mostly sure that the phenomenon we’re all referring to is uniquely American. At least mostly. One of the non-fan boy Harley riders I know lives in Dublin. The entire weekend warrior/midlife crisis element is alien to him.
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Harley is Worldwide.
Ish. They don’t have dealers in every country. Though more than they used to. What isn’t necessarily world wide is special edition pickup trucks and bass boats covered in HD logos. And entire mall stores selling nothing by HD merchandise.
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I was just fluffing.
P.S. Please remember: I am a tragicomic poet in training.
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Properly fluffed. My brain is breaking as I consider how weird it all is. I’ve seen Harley branded coffins for sale.
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The Oligarchs have won. Brand matters unto death for some…
Not for me!
I will go out indubitably.
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Not personally, no. (Thank, heavens! The buffalo chip days were before my time, too.)
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We have the weekenders here where I am in the highlands south of Sydney. I am not sure the asshole factor is quite as high, they seem tame enough. And I can’t fully hold their feet to the fire, I’ve got a twitchy car and I press the gas on the roads around here, they are very inviting!
Yeah. No, that part sounds unique to the USA.
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Unfortunately not.
The vast majority of Australian HD riders appear to be Hell’s Accountants, with all of the features described upthread. If anything, I suspect that we’ve got it worse than you lot, due to the even higher pricing over here. Not a lot of “I fixed up the old Harley that was in my Dad’s shed”; much more “I bought this bike after the divorce”.
A HD cruiser in Australia costs about three times as much as a more-reliable higher-performance better-handling Japanese equivalent. Or, if you must have an expensive non-Japanese cruiser, a Moto Guzzi California or similar gets you a much better bike for about the same money.
The outlaw bike gangs here used to ride Kawasakis, Triumphs and Hondas; these days they drive WRX’s (they’re more drug gangs that are superficially bike-themed than actual bike clubs nowadays).
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That’s not all that surprising:
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All I hear is “blah blah blah, I want an excuse to act like a fucking Nazi.”
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HD is a company constantly on the verge of collapse. They sell an inferior product for inflated prices, buoyed up with marketing, The US motorcycle consumer is just about catching on that they’re garbage, but HD lobbies like a motherfucker.
So, perfect company for Commander Cheeto, amirite?
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nah, dentists.
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I associate Harley Davidson with dentists
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see? I was right!
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Hello neighbor
This is an example of the only way you can make rich people care about anything except their golden parachutes. You have to hit them in the wallet. That’s the only place they have any pain nerves.
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Things change. Get over it.
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They do have some OK entry level bikes that aren’t ridiculously overpriced. Smaller, so easier for someone my size to ride. If I ever decide to start riding, there are definitely better bikes out there for similar or less money.
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Your oral hygiene may need some attention. (40 years?)
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As in Subaru?
