Harley's are not my cup of tea (usually in my way, make a lot of noise, and refuse to pull over to let me pass), but I know a lot of folks like them. I do see a few nice ones here and there at local car shows.

 

loving the yuengling box. my favorite beer. best beer ever

 

Warsteiner dunkel.... best selling german bier.

 

Figures I post a picture of my garage when it is a mess.
You guys notice everything. Lol.

 

I'm sticking with German iron (kinda). My scoot is a 2012 BMW R1200RT. Sweet ride. The Crossfire is more comfy in the rain, though.

 

Interesting thread LOL! My monster garage contains a black SRT-6 coupe, an 03 Mustange GT convertible "Cobraized" somewhat, an 80 Harley Shovelhead chopper bored and stroked to 93 ci and built to haul butt real quick from bar to bar (14" wide back fender and all one off sheet metal), a Ford 4X4 truck, a
and last (2) 1/10 scale monster trucks capable of up to 60 mph depending on what gear and battery I'm running in them.

 

This proves it, people who like cool stuff like crossfires.

 

Yavolt! I've only had mine for 3 months and I love my SRT-6 Crossfire.
The nice thing is, wherever you go, you're unlikely to see another (except maybe at some car shows).

 

I love Harley's, they are the one motorcycle I can pick on with my Crossfire.

 

This one would give you a run for your money. It's got a license plate on it now because I have a friend at the inspection station (LOL), but it was my drag bike and knock off 10 second runs. I once blew off a Pantera with it, and had a passenger on it at the time too!

Back tire is a foot wide, full race cam, ported and scuffed heads (works better than polishing on shovelheads), 5 angle Manley valves, solid lifters, full race .550 lift cam, 2-1 custom headers, forged 12:1 pistons, S&S stroker crank and overbored, Accel electronic ignition, S&S racing carb, Barnett race clutch and 5 stud basket, 5 speed Revtech trans, etc. etc. and the motor was built by a guy who used to run top fuel Harleys. With the sprockets in it now, it tops out at 143 mph at the 7000 red line. Very few Harleys will rev even to 6000 RPM's. It has embarassed many a Jap bike rider - much to their amazement.

 

Norton was the first bike to do the 1/4 mile in under 8 seconds. I do not drag race. I do the curves. No Harley has passed me 1973 on. Jap bikes are a different story.

 

Ooooh a Pantera, now that's impressive.

De Tomaso Pantera 0-60 Times & De Tomaso Pantera Quarter Mile Times | DeTomaso Pantera, Mangusta and GT5 0 to 60 stats!

 

You are like me, you have to watch the wheels of the walker on the tight turns.

 

Not yet. Crossfire is my walker. Too bad It doesn't work in bed on those curves.

 

Yeah, back in the 80's, I had a 1979 L-82 Corvette with the gymkhana suspension, Muncie rock crusher 4 spd, and every option including the very rare Indy pace car spoilers and AM/FM cassette CB radio. A guy who had a red Pantera offered to trade with me with a few grand thrown in. I loved the car, but I was concerned parts would become a problem to get when needed, so I passed on that deal. The Vette was fast for it's time, and I used to drag race it at the strip every so often. I was hard to get it hooked up as there were no electronics in those days and tires sucked too. Had to use glue on them and do a good burnout to get them hot. I had the catalytic converter off and quad pipe straight through Monza mufflers which gave it a really cool exhaust sound.

 

Yeah somehow I ended up with Jap.crap. Been restoring Bikes for a long time.
3 of them that are clean enough to take picture of are in my"picture Gallery".
All bikes from the 60's. Do you recognize any of these?

 

Left to right :
Honda Scrambler : too heavy and underpowered to compete.
Honda CB305 Super Hawk : They finally got it right with this baby.
Honda Dream : appropriate name ; the designer was having a nightmare when he thought of this one.

I was Triumph/BSA guy at the time ; 1962 Bonneville, 1963 TR6, 1963 Thunderbird, 1964 Bonneville, 1964 BSA Gold Star, 1966 BSA 650 - can't remember the model.
The '62 Bonneville was pre-unit construction ( separate engine and tranny ) and was magneto ignition - another nightmare.....
The nicest bike I bought during that period was the first year Honda CB750 - I'd have to say that was probably the first Japanese 'super bike'.

 

I had a few friends back in the 60's & 70's who had these. I remember the Scrambler, but don't remember the names of the others. I was never a Jap bike guy. My first bike was a Kaw. Bought it brand new, nothing but trouble. Ride to work, haul it home on a trailer. Next was a Yamaha. I little better, but not what I wanted. Then I bought a HD Sportster and rode that for more than a decade. I finally traded that in for my 80 big twin HD which I've had now for3 decades..

 

[QUOTE=ala_xfire;748947]Left to right :
Honda Scrambler : too heavy and underpowered to compete.
Honda CB305 Super Hawk : They finally got it right with this baby.
Honda Dream : appropriate name ; the designer was having a nightmare when he thought of this one.

Damn you got them all right, I thought it would be more challenging than that.
You pegged them right as far as performance. The Honda Dream seems to be my favorite to ride around on, I feel like Pee Wee Herman. Honda must have been on Crack when they designed that bike, it's just weird looking, but sure gets a lot of attention.
People that know bikes are drawn to the Superhawk. We used to put big bore kits in these and surprise bigger bikes. Never owned a Harley yet. Owned a few British bikes, worst bike I ever owned was a 1956 125 BSA Bantam, it was my only means of transport and almost stopped me from riding bikes for the rest of my life.

 

<<I feel like Pee Wee Herman. Honda must have been on Crack when they designed that bike, it's just weird looking, but sure gets a lot of attention. >>
You get attention when your pants fall off in a parking lot, but getting attention isn't always a good thing.
Put a Harley on your bucket list. They're an experience all they're own. Kind of like driving an SRT-6. They both get positive attention.