Funny that the couple of bikes featured on the MO homepage to lure people into the feature probably aren't even true Harleys. Looks like klones--anybody care to hazard a guess which brand? Even if they are modded, according to Harley's legal department, if they are sporting aftermarket frame or engine, they aren't Harleys anymore. Good thing they're painted different or we probably couldn't tell them apart.
Celebrating a 100th anniversary after closing mom and pop shops that kept them alive during the years they weren't doing so well, replacing these well meaning stalwarts with fashion stores which refuse to service or carry parts for pre-evo bikes takes a lot of nerve. The factory is also guilty of cashing in on a culture and lifestyle they officially disdain and litigation that have made them the laughing-stock of the industry (although successful industry leader laughingstocks anyone will admit...).
FTF.
Sorry to be such a critic. Any gathering of bikers, no matter what they ride, is a good thing, and showing up in that kind of force for sheer revelry no matter what the excuse, can only be a good thing. Party-on Harley dudes and dudettes.
Aside: In "The Bikeriders," the photographer caught on film and described men in bike gangs kissing each other to freak out the normals. This is why there are so many pictures of women kissing each other in the pix section, yes?
Celebrating a 100th anniversary after closing mom and pop shops that kept them alive during the years they weren't doing so well, replacing these well meaning stalwarts with fashion stores which refuse to service or carry parts for pre-evo bikes takes a lot of nerve. The factory is also guilty of cashing in on a culture and lifestyle they officially disdain and litigation that have made them the laughing-stock of the industry (although successful industry leader laughingstocks anyone will admit...).
FTF.
Sorry to be such a critic. Any gathering of bikers, no matter what they ride, is a good thing, and showing up in that kind of force for sheer revelry no matter what the excuse, can only be a good thing. Party-on Harley dudes and dudettes.
Aside: In "The Bikeriders," the photographer caught on film and described men in bike gangs kissing each other to freak out the normals. This is why there are so many pictures of women kissing each other in the pix section, yes?