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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29284 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine Reply #15 - 11/15/19 at 07:53:23 Dave wrote on 11/15/19 at 04:17:45: The young fellas who ride scooters around the city seldom wave back.......not sure why? If they let go of the bars,.. they go down...
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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #16 - 11/15/19 at 08:07:04

I live in a college town and see lots of scooters in the spring time. I wave, but also seldom get any waves back.

One of my very good friends is HD guy as are a lot of his friends that I ride with at a big ride each spring. They all welcome me and are super nice, but my friend admits that the HD thing is a culture that you get sucked into and it is a clique of sorts. I don't intend to group each and every HD rider into that snubbing category, but it happens more times than not.

I always tell them (in a teasing sort of way) that I have less than $3K invested in my bike with initial purchase and all mods over the last 7 years, and I have more fun than they do on a $30-50k HD...and I can stop and fix darn near anything on my bike if needed whereas they have to wait for a tow and a nice shop bill Wink

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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #17 - 11/15/19 at 11:07:50

So I stopped into the new shop for our local Harley dealer about 7 weeks ago to see about getting a couple of those license plate bolts with the reflectors on them. Despite every single bike in their showroom having them on them, at the parts counter the kid doesn't understand what I am asking for and proceeds to tell me they don't have any. But while there I spy a really nice, clean 2011 883 in amongst the used bikes. It had 23k miles on it and was priced about a grand over what it should have been. Not knowing a lot about Harley's, but thinking there is no harm in making a low offer, I reached out to my Harley bud and asked him about what to expect on a bike with 23K miles and maybe making an offer. His response, you don't want an 883, that a women's bike. So even when contemplating a move into their universe, amongst themselves they can some times be a little curmudgeonly.

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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #18 - 11/15/19 at 13:24:34

After thinking about it for a while ...

That last Sportster I had got to handling good after I had put 40,000 + miles on it. And I know a Harley guy in the Golgotha bike club who rides the way we do , really most of that local group rides in a "High Sprited Manor " Grin

Point is : Yea Harleys can be fun to ride ... but ya got to twist the throttle and turn them loose ! Wink

Do they put the 103 engine on the Softail ? That might be fun !

Everybody knows the used Harley market is ALWAYS flooded ... Roll Eyes

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18316 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine Reply #19 - 11/15/19 at 14:27:00 MMRanch wrote on 11/15/19 at 13:24:34: Do they put the 103 engine on the Softail ? That might be fun ! Yeah......you could drag 800 pounds of parts while cornering at high speeds! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxU_lYBHpY&list=PL467A2492C0B9CBFF
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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #21 - 11/15/19 at 15:59:44

MMRanch wrote on 11/15/19 at 13:24:34:

Do they put the 103 engine on the Softail ? That might be fun !

They did up till a couple of years ago. The Twin Cam engine, of which the 103 is a variant, is now history. Replaced by this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_Milwaukee-Eight_engine

I think the last Softails with the Twin Cam engine were 2017 models.
Like This one.

https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2017/02/21/2017-harley-davidson-softail-slim-bu
yers-guide-specs-price/

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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #22 - 11/15/19 at 19:11:10

Why on earth did that idiot NOT pick his foot up ? Roll Eyes

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OK , Do we have any grass-track racers ? Now how many have went from dragging foot pegs then on down to sitting sidesaddle and waiting for your bike to quit sliding ? I've only done it once on pavement but it works just the same as on dirt. My RD250 got skint up , but better it than me ! Wink

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18316 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine Reply #24 - 11/16/19 at 02:52:36 hotrod wrote on 11/15/19 at 22:20:39: The way I explain the Savage to my Harley friends is to tell them, " Half the bike, twice the man ". One member of this forum claims. "When your good.......you only need one!"
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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #25 - 11/16/19 at 15:13:42

oldNslow wrote on 11/15/19 at 15:59:44:

I think the last Softails with the Twin Cam engine were 2017 models.
Like This one.

https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2017/02/21/2017-harley-davidson-softail-slim-bu
yers-guide-specs-price/

I road that same one once, only way to describe it is NEVER-ENDING-TORQUE.....

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine Reply #26 - 11/16/19 at 22:42:08 Anybody know where that road is ??? I don't want to ride it ... just park beside the curves and laugh !!!
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Re: Got smoked by a Harley with a 103 engine
Reply #27 - 11/16/19 at 22:54:26

MMRanch wrote on 11/16/19 at 22:42:08:

Anybody know where that road is ???

I don't want to ride it ... just park beside the curves and laugh !!! Grin

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