Should I buy my Papa a Harley-Davidson?

[freyasman]

Okay so it is my Papa's birthday very soon, he is going to be 55 years in age and I am thinking of buying him a Harley-Davidson motorbike. I didn't know there were so many models of them until I begin researching them to buy one.

The poll is a Yes or No, also if anyone wants to suggest WHICH Harley-Davidson I should buy for them then feel free to add your advice.

Yes, you should.





Good girl.

 

[Sunni Man]

The downshot of the Indian is the same as the Harley....The shaky V-twin engine.

I can't speak for the Indian, but obviously you haven't ridden a late model Harley in the last several years.
Many of the touring models have rubber mount engines that have excellent counter balancing that isolates engine vibration from the bikes frame and rider. ...

 

[Oddball]

The downshot of the Indian is the same as the Harley....The shaky V-twin engine.

I can't speak for the Indian, but obviously you haven't ridden a late model Harley in the last several years.
Many of the touring models have rubber mount engines that have excellent counter balancing that isolates engine vibration from the bikes frame and rider. ...

Really have had no reason to...The CB does everything I need it to do.

 

[John T. Ford]

If you love him you won't buy him a harley. Buy him a gold wing so it will last.

Remember Harley's don't leak oil, they mark their territory.

Harley's don't leak oil any more.

Even an airplane mechanic should know that.

 

[airplanemechanic]

The downshot of the Indian is the same as the Harley....The shaky V-twin engine.

I can't speak for the Indian, but obviously you haven't ridden a late model Harley in the last several years.
Many of the touring models have rubber mount engines that have excellent counter balancing that isolates engine vibration from the bikes frame and rider. ...

They had to. They rode so terribly that they had to do something,

If the OP really loves their loved one they would get them a gold wing. The 6 cylinder engine in that thing is so smooth it sounds like a sewing machine.

 

[John T. Ford]

I like the LOOK of that BMW and also the Indian.

The Scout is awesome.

I don't care for the pipes but, the rest of it is pretty damn cool ....

 

[Canon Shooter]

Pick him up one of these. The front wheel alone on the orange one is about $7K...

 

[Sunni Man]

Harley's don't leak oil any more.
Even an airplane mechanic should now that.

These internet Harley "experts" obviously haven't ridden an H-D in many a year. ...

 

[freyasman]

Harley's don't leak oil any more.
Even an airplane mechanic should now that.

These internet Harley "experts" obviously haven't ridden an H-D in many a year. ...

I like my Dyna

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Okay so it is my Papa's birthday very soon, he is going to be 55 years in age and I am thinking of buying him a Harley-Davidson motorbike. I didn't know there were so many models of them until I begin researching them to buy one.

The poll is a Yes or No, also if anyone wants to suggest WHICH Harley-Davidson I should buy for them then feel free to add your advice.

If you love him you won't buy him a harley. Buy him a gold wing so it will last.

Remember Harley's don't leak oil, they mark their territory.

This below the Honda Goldwing 1800 Bagger, a VERY nice bike, there are many Honda dealers within distance of me:

 

[Sunni Man]

If the OP really loves their loved one they would get them a gold wing. The 6 cylinder engine in that thing is so smooth it sounds like a sewing machine.

I've owned Goldwing's and they are super smooth riding, and the engines are bullet proof reliable. If I was riding across the county for days at a time on a regular basis, the Honda Goldwing would be hard to beat.
But for around town, and day trips around the state on weekends, I'd pick the H-D.
They look cool, sound even cooler, and of course there is the Harley mystic that's hard to explain; but you'll know it when you ride one. ...

 

[Marion Morrison]

Lucy And what about a Indian Bike ?

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Okay that's a nice bike also, thanks Dalia! The pros and cons of the Indian are what? We have pros and cons of Harley-Davidson, BMW and the Honda one already.

Hard to get parts.

 

[Muhammed]

he is getting old get him one of these.....its still a Harley

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Is 55 years in age now old? Papa is literally physically more like 35 years in age!

My father is 78 and he still rides his Harley. And he recently bought a new Corvette zr1 with 755 horsepower. It goes over 200mph. Fun to drive on those empty highways.

I think he's been working on his bucket list.

 

[John T. Ford]

]These internet Harley "experts" obviously haven't ridden an H-D in many a year. ...

They have never rode a Harley.

They are just parroting decades old rumors of what they think they know about Harley Davidson.

 

[Marion Morrison]

2020 Street Glide

That is a Harley, the Street Glide is made by Harley-Davidson. Well this also is a beautiful bike but not as beautiful as the BMW. What is wrong with the BMW do you think?

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It's a great looking bike...But the V-twin engine will rattle the fillings out of your head.....There aren't enough "O"s in smoooooooooth for how the BMW and Goldwing run.

Idk what engine BMW is using now. Parts are hard to get here and expensive, but she's right there..
Honda has put a lot of R&D into their engines.
They have it down pretty good.
It was Honda that invented the 4v/cyl engine with the CBX 1000. They were 1st to market with it out of everybody.
THe 6-cylinder CBX 1000 is the predecessor to the Goldwing. Many Honda parts can be interchangeable from bike to bike as well.

I'm still riding my 2nd gen CB 750...People perv on it all the time...Looking to scare up a CB 1000C or the last "naked" Goldwing they made...1200 made in 1984, I think.

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That's a fast bike. Comfortable too. That looks like a regular CB 750 there. Up to '81.
You speak of the CBX 1000 SC. Inline 6 with 4v/cyl.

 

[Oddball]

2020 Street Glide

That is a Harley, the Street Glide is made by Harley-Davidson. Well this also is a beautiful bike but not as beautiful as the BMW. What is wrong with the BMW do you think?

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It's a great looking bike...But the V-twin engine will rattle the fillings out of your head.....There aren't enough "O"s in smoooooooooth for how the BMW and Goldwing run.

Idk what engine BMW is using now. Parts are hard to get here and expensive, but she's right there..
Honda has put a lot of R&D into their engines.
They have it down pretty good.
It was Honda that invented the 4v/cyl engine with the CBX 1000. They were 1st to market with it out of everybody.
THe 6-cylinder CBX 1000 is the predecessor to the Goldwing. Many Honda parts can be interchangeable from bike to bike as well.

I'm still riding my 2nd gen CB 750...People perv on it all the time...Looking to scare up a CB 1000C or the last "naked" Goldwing they made...1200 made in 1984, I think.

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You speak of the CBX 1000 SC. Inline 6 with 4v/cyl.
That's a fast bike. Comfortable too. That looks like a regular CB 750 there. Up to '81.

No....1983 CB 1000C....Had one once and the engine got scorched one 100+ degree day driving across South Dakota....Loved that bike, want to get another.

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[JoeMoma]

Maybe a gift certificate so he can pick out what he likes.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Idk, I knew a 89 year old man that had ..an old GPZ 900..he used to take it somewhere and go over 100 almost every day.

 

[WillowTree]

he is getting old get him one of these.....its still a Harley

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Is 55 years in age now old? Papa is literally physically more like 35 years in age!

we had a Road King. Nice bike but can your dad easily lift 500 pounds?