Yeah, the 550 doesn't quite fit that ad as well as a V65. However, as I noted in this email from all the way back in 2008, Hollywood thought it was a suitable ride for the leader of an outlaw biker gang, so maybe it's tougher than we realize?
I was just watching an episode of Miami Vice. Yeah yeah, quit laughing. > Anyhow the episode (season3ep22) was called "Viking Bikers From Hell", Hey! > I said quit laughing! Back to the story, typical Hollywood depiction of a > biker gang. Three big guys wearing all black leather and chains carrying > shotguns, and the main bad guy was riding a NH 550! Except for one scene > where he jumped over a cop car to escape. Then it magically transformed > into a dirtbike before the jump, reverting back into a Nighthawk after > landing. The other two gang members were riding imports as well, but I > didn't recognize them. > Now, I'm not putting down our Nighthawks, I love the styling, I just don't > see them as the ride of choice for your typical psychopathic, serial > killing, biker gang leader. > > Has anyone else spotted any NH's on the big or small screen? > > -Kyle (Not-So-Viking Biker From Houston) -Kyle On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 7:03 AM, EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Somebody recently used the same wording in a c/l ad for a 1983 550 > Nighthawk here in Georgia. I didn't think it worked. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
