I rode a V-Star 1100 Classic for seven years. I rode it all over the Eastern USA. It was a good bike - no mechanical problems whatsoever. I made it my own, it looked good, I got many compliments over the years on it, but I will say without reservation that it does not even begin to compare with the qaulity of my Heritage. That's why I was willing to pay the bigger bucks for it. I could have bought another metric, but I didn't want to pay that much for a lot of plastic. I'm not saying that metrics are junk in any way shape nor form, but I am saying that If I'm going to spend a bunch of my hard earned cash on a bike, it's going to be a bike with some metal and some soul. Just sayin...

 

..metric vrs. HD..say what ya will, but it's all about the sound that's the clincher for most..

 

Goes deeper than that sound ..

Harleys have a history and heritage that runs deep in the bikes and in the folk who ride them .. If Harleys could have a soul , they would have one .. They are alive and breathing pieces of machinery .. They have something that other brands dont have ..

A Harley is timeless , you can look at the current models and see lines from the 30's ,40's , fifties sixties and seventies all intertwined together in a masterpiece of beauty ..

The imitators can try to make em look like a Harley , but an experienced eye can tell the fakir from a long way off ..

 

I am, a Sportster for a KTM Supermoto, I'm trading up.

 

good for you man...now get off Harley Davidson forums and join a KTM forum...

 

I had a 'toomer years ago and learned real fast that KTM stood for Keeps Taking Money. With the Sporty there was at least hope for you...

 

never had a problem, my mate was a tech at honda until he killed himself on a blade last year,so i would go n see him 4 a hand if i couldnt get a bit on the hd. the guy that owns the trumpet garage is a friend, he used to have my bike on show at dealers till i floged it on, i no a lot of street fighter pilots as i used to drag race jap so no problems, they take the pizz alot about my tractor but as i tell em if they could afford 1 they would have 1

 

Actually, it was the V45 Magna. I was one of "those guys".

 

+1 for the keeps their value.. not the only reason why I ride Harleys but.. I sold my 86 for more than I purchased it for. (not what I had in it but more than I paid for it)... you show me a metric streetbike you can do that with.

Well you might be able to but I don't know of any.

 

your right but there are some like the 1980 suzuki katana or the older 2 stroke street bikes. Than you have some of the grey market bikes like the yamaha rz500 or the suzuki rg500.