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Harley goes electric

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I'm waiting for the streetfighter and the adventure bike to come out
 
Till I see a plug in at every place they sell gas and they charge in 5 minutes, it's all BS. It's the cart before the horse as far as I'm concerned. Let the Horses run ... gas horses, that is....
 
Need someone to put a plastic honey container lid with a clip for the spokes so it can make a noise like we did on our bicycles.

Or as posted on another thread a trombone player sitting on the back.
 
I am a proud HD owner and rider having 3 of them. I love the sound of a HD (sound of freedom :thumbsup:) but I also believe that this is smart for HD as they are trying to diversify and modernize. I probably would never own one but the younger generations coming up will. They must change or die, its the way of the world. People complained when HD came out with the evolution engine stating that they had "sold out", then the Vrod elicited screams from the die hard HD people that the company had sold it's soul. Yet HD preservers and continues to remain profitable. Sure there are plenty of other bikes on the market and there remains lots of talk about what is "the best" or smack talking about one brand or another, but truth be told, all of the new bikes are good but no brand has the aftermarket support HD does.
 
The look, sound and made in America were what made a Harley. It's kinda like removing the boobs, butt and snapper from a lady. Why would they get rid of the best bells and whistles that make it what it is? Now Harley's are like Ikea furniture. They are made somewhere else, merely assembled in America and always falling apart.
 
Till I see a plug in at every place they sell gas and they charge in 5 minutes, it's all BS. It's the cart before the horse as far as I'm concerned. Let the Horses run ... gas horses, that is....

yup
people are so impatient they can barely wait at a stop sign
let alone a half hour to charge something.
and by the time it catches up to being that good I will be long gone.
 
Till I see a plug in at every place they sell gas and they charge in 5 minutes, it's all BS. It's the cart before the horse as far as I'm concerned. Let the Horses run ... gas horses, that is....
For long distance rides, perhaps. But I'd have lots of patience in letting it charge overnight while I slept so I could rocket around the city. I'm sure that as a commuter, many people would be just fine with that scenario.
 
My old BMW R/90 kicked to first reserve at 141 miles. Without fail. 100 mile range is just not enough.
 
Wonder if it will be a sales flop like the V-Rod ?
The vrod sold 10,000 units a year, so not a flop as far as moto sales go
The first motorcycle I bought, and still have, is a 2011 V-Rod Muscle. My wife got a 2006 Screamin' Eagle V-Rod a year later. We love our V-Rod motorcycles!
The V-Rod is the only Harley-Davidson I would own. Double overhead cams, liquid cooled, engine based on H-D last superbike race engine, codeveloped with Porche...
Oh, and a 9,000 RPM redline.
 
Harley Davidson stopped production of the electric Harley......…. Go figure

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...on-live-wire-electric-motorcycles/3979634002/
A minor set back
The first motorcycle I bought, and still have, is a 2011 V-Rod Muscle. My wife got a 2006 Screamin' Eagle V-Rod a year later. We love our V-Rod motorcycles!
The V-Rod is the only Harley-Davidson I would own. Double overhead cams, liquid cooled, engine based on H-D last superbike race engine, codeveloped with Porche...
Oh, and a 9,000 RPM redline.
I loved my vrod but it wasn't good enough for where I lived when I moved so I traded it for a xr1200x
 
Just like our old cars, they’re nothing like they used to be but the manufacturer is trying to stay with the times, we’ll see how it works out for them.

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Maybe saying the V-Rod was a flop was harsh. But when it comes to seeing any on the streets, it may be 1 for every hundred of the standard bikes ('round here anyway) Even their new little starter bikes they have out now I rarely see.
But you are right in saying they have to keep up with the times and see what the future buyers will be looking for.
I live in a small town. I see local public parking lots are having charging stations installed. Same with the casinos. Someone asked the other day if the casinos charge to plug in ? Can't say, but the public lots don't because they are solar power covered lots.
 
it wasn't good enough for where I lived when I moved so I traded it for a xr1200x
Wasn't "good enough"?
In what way?
When I was looking to buy one, I had experience with renting a Fat Boy, looked hard at the XR1200X, but it was a used bike section that caught my attention. I saw a bike that stood out in its appearance, a Night Rod V-Rod. I sat on it and checked out the gauges and other aspects of the bike. At about 10 seconds, I spontaneously said "Wow! This is more like it!" We seriously wanted to buy one, but up until that point, nothing was tugging at my wallet.
The salesman brought us to the mechanic area and still in the plastic wrap and shipping crate....BAM! there it was! Yellow and black and sexy as hell, my 2011 VRSC-F...We were in Las Vegas renewing our vows, remarried by Elvis in a 50s era diner, and I wanted a motorcycle to ride, being beckoned by the smooth, curvy desert mountain road that wound its way back and forth between Las Vegas and Lake Mead, where we were staying in our travel trailer. We had triple towed the trailer and my bass boat behind the H2 Hummer from New Orleans to Lake Mead. I didn't have a motorcycle endorsement at the time and wanted to rent one, but I knew if I bought a bike they couldn't keep me from riding it. We had been talking about buying one anyway.
When I saw the bike I bought, my hair stood on end...yeah, it was like that.
Mine is the one towards the bottom of the pic. The 2006 VRSC-SE I got for my wife had 2,400 miles on it in 2011, and I rode it back to Louisiana from Jacksonville FL

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Wasn't "good enough"?
In what way?
When I was looking to buy one, I had experience with renting a Fat Boy, looked hard at the XR1200X, but it was a used bike section that caught my attention. I saw a bike that stood out in its appearance, a Night Rod V-Rod. I sat on it and checked out the gauges and other aspects of the bike. At about 10 seconds, I spontaneously said "Wow! This is more like it!" We seriously wanted to buy one, but up until that point, nothing was tugging at my wallet.
The salesman brought us to the mechanic area and still in the plastic wrap and shipping crate....BAM! there it was! Yellow and black and sexy as hell, my 2011 VRSC-F...We were in Las Vegas renewing our vows, remarried by Elvis in a 50s era diner, and I wanted a motorcycle to ride, being beckoned by the smooth, curvy desert mountain road that wound its way back and forth between Las Vegas and Lake Mead, where we were staying in our travel trailer. We had triple towed the trailer and my bass boat behind the H2 Hummer from New Orleans to Lake Mead. I didn't have a motorcycle endorsement at the time and wanted to rent one, but I knew if I bought a bike they couldn't keep me from riding it. We had been talking about buying one anyway.
When I saw the bike I bought, my hair stood on end...yeah, it was like that.
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When I lived in Colorado the vrod was awesome and I loved it, I still miss it and the motor was fantastic. The roads out there are really wide and usually have a full size paved shoulder and were very forgiving, when I moved back to Mississippi and had to ride down curvy old wagon trails that were half the width of CO roads with no shoulder. The vrod lost it's fun factor because it's biggest short coming was it was too low and wide and it's lean angle was crap. The xr1200x is less horsepower but loves the curves and is 200lbs lighter, totally destroys my nightrod on a narrow curvy road. So my needs changed when I switched to more closed up terrain and that's the only reason I traded it. I wish I could have kept them both
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Another plus for the sportster is that it's an old design and fun to work on, it's kind of like a muscle car in the motorcycle relm
 
If I could make one change, I would swap the black finish on her engine for mine. I think it would make both bikes look better.
 
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