Originally Posted By: blueglide88
Who friggin cares how a some of your foreign bikes perform? How "technologically advanced" they are? What's with all you a-holes with little ***** and internet muscles that just gotta [censored] on someone else's parade?
I can tell you how "water cooled" bikes dump a lot of heat on the rider in summer. My buddy has an st1300 and he HATES the heat from that bike on a hot day. Prolly why I don't see many gold things in mid-summer. And his bike might be "technologically" advanced, but he sure cusses when he has to adjust his valves or do anything that requires him to remove all that plastic fairing [censored] just to get at what he needs too.
When other manufacturers sell the amount of heavyweight motorcycles in the USA that Harley does, then tell me about how great they are. Right now, and for many many years people have voted with their wallets.
Every bike has it's good and bad points. Ride what you want and let others do the same. If you just gotta jump on the internet to [censored] all over some else's choice of rides, you're an a-hole. Nuff said.
^^^^ You got that right. You see that VSTAR 1300 below that I owned before the Road King?
It was BRUTAL in stop and go summer traffic as far as heat goes and a much smaller engine no less.
People for some stupid reason think a water cooled bike runs cooler.
Uhhh ... duh... no, water cooled bikes can be designed to actually run hotter, because they are water cooled and water cooled bikes transfer heat to the, guess, WATER! which then transfers it to the, guess again, RADIATOR!, which then transfers it to the RIDER when the darn radiator fan turns on and blows that god awful heat back to the rider and passenger.
Good god people, all engines make heat some of the worst offenders are actually water cooled engines when the darn fans turn on. My air cooled Road King, like all other bikes gets [censored] hot stuck in traffic but the heat goes whichever way the winds blows, my water cooled Yamaha blew the [censored] heat back on me and my passenger.
To Harleys credit on its water cooled bikes, another great design, with the radiators being away from the center of the bike, the hot air is blow away from the rider.
Lets face it, Harley bashers, either care not to own one, enjoy the features of their own bike more but most bashers cant afford one and just jealous for some reason. Its rare you see Harley owners ever bashing other bikes but ALWAYS see other bike owners bashing Harley, some with a passion. Think about that, I wonder if they bash their neighbors automobile with the same passion, I am sure they do.