Ok. Kinda' hard to see but I'm about 4th from the back. [sm=roll.gif]

 

Because I love talking about the motorcycle, giving and getting tech tips, and sharing stories about great roads.

 

If it is the lifestyle for you that's great. I just posted my opinion because of the comment that the commercial "pretty much summed it up for all of us" . I am not dissing the lifestyle. I just preferr marketing about the machine, not the lifestyle. If I was new in the game, and did not know about bikes at all, and just had that commercial to go by - I would not have gotten a Harley.

 

EXACTLY!

 

Not at all. I would love to ride with you guys on occasion. BUT- I would not go to a rally. I live in Jersey, I already have to sit in traffic. Whay would I go out of my way to do so.

To me the best rides are 4-5 bikes on a twisty road in the country. Again, I was not dissing harley riders (I am one) I just thought the angle of the marketing is a bit insulting to the person who is about to drop 12-17k on a motorcycle.

 

No flame, but it sounds to me like you are part of the club. You believe in going your own way. I think the video is well done and will be fun to look back at when we are sitting in our rocking chairs. It's just a comercial.

 

Anubiss,

I noticed the L.A. stuff right off the bat. Looks like they then took them up the 14. Anyways, I thought it was kind of corny - along the lines of that Seger video posted a while back. I agree they should be pushing the machine instead of the skin and bones (or guts, in some cases) sitting on it. And even then, they didn't do a very good job. What they didn't show was 1/2 of those folks sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on the 405, on their way back from the shoot, hoping to find a Jamba Juice close by before their AA meeting in Malibu that evening, after which they'll mosey on over the Johnny Rockets on Melrose where they'll sit for 4 hours drinking Vanilla Coke after Vanilla Coke.

Whiff

 

I hang with Boxjoint and Towjam..Love the bike but not the "lifestyle" that the MOCO promotes.

 

<"Boxjoint">

<"If it is the lifestyle for you that's great. I just posted my opinion because of the comment that the commercial "pretty much summed it up for all of us" . I am not dissing the lifestyle. I just preferr marketing about the machine, not the lifestyle. ">


Lifestyle ? just what did anyone think they were getting into, when they first brought that HD ?

That it was just a bike with a low seating point ?

That you were going to "Meet the nicest people on a Honda" ?

The lifestyle comes w/a harley, and if you personally don't like it well live your style. And feel free to thank all who made the history your using.

I personally "don't live the life style" (anymore) as some don't, but I dress the part as most do, I do it for one purpose, the on the road the message, "get the fu*K away from me" I try to look as mean as I can w/o strapping my gun on the outside ! and it works big time if I get a tailgater (very rare) it's a women guaranteed ! one turn of the head around is all it takes. Try a mean look with a full face bucket and a yellow rain jacket on ?

<"If I was new in the game, and did not know about bikes at all, and just had that commercial to go by - I would not have gotten a Harley">

Then some "new in the game" people really must have been living under a rock ! a harley is the lifestyle pure and simple, end of story. It's always been that way with harelys and always will be.

I do understand your point Boxpoint, it's just your in the minority.

cj

 

I don't understand the whole fronting thing of "dressing the part", but, to each his own. However, I think Boxpoint would be a better representation of the genuine "lifestyle" over those who feel it comes with some sort of clothing/aesthetic requirement. He's been placed outside the "outsiders". Classic.

Whiff