Wolf among the sheep

[R3T-Too]

I went to a HD demo days today.
Rode the V-rod, it was a pretty sporty little bike. For a tiny bike it was piss poor at turning in at slow speeds. Don't know if it was the large rear tire or if the rake was that bad.
Rode the Road King too. I don't really get the point in having it shake like a wet dog at stops. Other than that it was a fair motorcycle.

My biggest grin was walking back to the R3T and seeing how much of a BEAST she is among the "real" motorcycles.

The pics don't do it justice. There was a 48? right next to me. It really looked like a mini bike.

 

[Old Gringo]

Thanks for the story and the photos!

 

[Ted_r3r]

I lIke how you are the only one parked different, made me grin.

 

[xhdskip]

I noticed the parking right off too.
Makes a man feel pretty good to be different from the herd don't it?
Harley guys only park that way in case they need to make a "quick" (relatively speaking) getaway...

 

[tdragger]

I lIke how you are the only one parked different, made me grin.

It does, however, point out a glaring superiority that Harley's have over most other bikes including ours, the locking side stand. I wish that we had one.

 

[R3T-Too]

I lIke how you are the only one parked different, made me grin.

It made me think about a post from one of our Aussies about Rocket Captains parking wherever the hell they felt like.

But that actually confused me too. The parking spaces are inclined, the way motorcycle parking should be.
Why fight gravity if you can make it work for you?

 

[R3T-Too]

It does, however, point out a glaring superiority that Harley's have over most other bikes including ours, the locking side stand. I wish that we had one.

I don't know about locking side stands.
A street bob? ridden and parked by one of the staff fell over and put a nasty dent in the tank.
The Road king I tested felt really loose on the stand too. Maybe I was a little paranoid after seeing the other one fall over.

But, how does the locking stand work? I'm not sure I've ever heard about them before.

Scott

 

[cardinal93]

I noticed the parking right off too.
Makes a man feel pretty good to be different from the herd don't it?
Harley guys only park that way in case they need to make a "quick" (relatively speaking) getaway...

It's not for a quick getaway it's for ease of loading on the trailer when it can't ride away

 

[Jag]

Yes, if I want a small, slow, loud, lousy handling over priced bike that everyone else has, I would get a harley!!

 

[xhdskip]

Yes, if I want a small, slow, loud, lousy handling over priced bike that everyone else has, I would get a harley!!

Preach it