i love it... i just love to screw with people, espacaly when its true.... anyway, i think metric makes more sence...
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote: > I went on a Harley ride a few weeks ago with my 2000 XL1200C. Some guy was > all proud of his custom-painted Sportster beauty so I decided to have some > fun. I asked him..if you know that bike so well then tell me where all of > the metric bolts are on it. He says "the battery terminals...and I've > replaced those." I told him that he missed his front frame bolts which are > 14mm on one end and 5/8" nut on the other. He blustered "I'm going home and > I'm getting rid of those!" There's a fool born every minute. The reason that > Harley did that is so some drunken fool wouldn't take off the frame bolts > when trying to fix something else on the bike. The metric head would give > them enough pause to think "Maybe I shouldn't take this one > off....duhhhhhh." Will the human race ever survive? At least I didn't carry > on about the other 10 mm bolts on his bike. HotrodMamma. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joey Kelley <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sat, August 7, 2010 5:59:13 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] A brutally honest Harley commercial > > Ok so I'm behind on my e-mail (AGAIN) and just watched this one. > I agree AWESOME! > Heres the thing - I just don't understand how HD survives - most > of those claims are true, plus a few more that I'd add - HD Sparkplugs are > rebadged NGK plugs. Look at the manufacturing location on the electrical > components - Japan, China. > Lets get real here - like any manufacturer they have to outsource > some parts to make the bike affordable. Therefore, you get foreign made > stuff. Kinda ironic for the 'American Motorcycle' to have Japanese parts. > To be fair - in the past 10 years in particular - there has been > more improvement to HD engines than ever before. I see a lot of them and my > Dad rides one so I hear things. Bigger engines, fuel injection, reliability > improvements across the board. > But - the strongest thing that HD has going for them - MARKETING. > There are so many people out there that don't even know that other > manufacturers make cruiser style motorcycles. I see it every day. I've even > made the mistake a couple times myself of identifying a custom painted > Kawasaki Vulcan as a HD. In the mind of the public - Harley Davidson means > motorcycle. Anything else just doesn't mean anything. > Thoughts? > -Joey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
