Stopped by the local H-D shop

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Had a bit of time to kill, so I stopped by the local H-D store a few days back. Was just minding my own business looking at bikes. The owner came up and started telling me about the different models. I know little about bikes in general and even less about H-D.
He asked me what I had, I told him .He started on about how jap/euro bikes get no torque unless at high rpm. I told him what my R3 was putting out and he told me I didn't know what I was talking about, and if I had some time he would put me on a tike with some "real" torque and hp.

 

[BigAl1952]

Right

 

[Boog]

Real TQ?, now that is a funny thing. V-Twins do have a lot of TQ, but that HD bias kills a lot of sales simply due to the prideful ignorance.

 

[1BigDog]

Real TQ?, now that is a funny thing. V-Twins do have a lot of TQ, but that HD bias kills a lot of sales simply due to the prideful ignorance.

I walked out of 3 Harley dealers over the years because of that ignorance. Once here in town and twice at Daytona HD. I guess they are trained not to spot a real experienced rider but to treat them like they should be in awe of the HD right in front of them. Yea, Harleys are nice but I am too old to be treated like a wannabe as soon as I walk into the dealership.

 

[cardinal93]

Should've asked him to get the one he was most impressed with and meet you on the street. Stoplight to stoplight for titles since his had so much more low end torque

 

[JoseyR3Wales]

Amen, Triumph because we think.

And, I Ain't throwing off on my friends Victories.

 

[Triple Trouble]

Amen, Triumph because we think.

And, I Ain't throwing off on my friends Victories.

I know some cool people that ride Victorys. Hope to meet a couple of them real soon

 

[JoseyR3Wales]

Them 's the ones

 

[Mike]

That HD mentality is why I have the Rocket. Salesman told me how bad the Sportster was for 10 minutes, wanted me on a $20K something instead. I believed him, applied that to all HD and would now not have one.

 

[R3Tex]

HD makes some good bikes for what they are. I have one with 30k miles on it with nothing other than service done and it makes long slab rides very comfortable. They are not however anywhere close to comparable to a rocket by any stretch of the imagination and anyone that tries to say they are is an obvious idiot which should be avoided so it doesn't rub off