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THE HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE COMPANY STARTED PRODUCTION IN 1902. THE AMERICAN MADE BIKE WAS A CHEEP WAY OF FAST TRANSPORTATION. SOON THE BIKE BECAME KNOWN AS A COOL WAY TO TRAVLE THE US. SOMETIME IN THE 1920's MOTORCYCLE CLUBS STARTED TO FORM, DOING UNORGANIZED RACES, AND GOING ON LONG TRIPS ACROS THE US. SOON THE HARLEY DAVIDSON BECAME KNOWN AS THE BIKERS CHOICE OF MOTORCYCLE. IN THE 1960's THE HARLEY WAS MOSTLY LINKED TO THE 1%er OUTLAW BIKERS THAT WERE KNOWN FOR TROUBLE, WITH BIG PATCHES ON THEIR BACK. WHEN YOU THOUGHT HARLEY, YOU THOUGHT PAIN. SOMETIME AFTER HARLEY ALMOST WENT OUT OF BUSINES, UNTIL AMF BOUGHT THEM OUT, RIGHT AROUND 1985 HARLEY DAVIDSON STARTED TO BECOME A FASHION STATEMENT. YUPIES, AND BUISNES MEN STARTED TO BUY THEM, SO THEY COULD FEEL YOUNG AGAIN, AND PRETEND TO LIVE ON THE WILD SIDE. THEY ACTED LIKE BIKERS, BUT ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS. BY THE 1990's THE HARLEY DAVIDSON SHOPS CLEANED UP THEIR ACT, NOW THEY HAVE PRITY SHINY FLOORS, WITH NO DIRT, OR PARTS LAYING AROUND, AND AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED NO CHARECTER.NOW DAYS HARLEY DAVIDSON HAS BECOME A FAD, A STYLISH THING, ALL THESE TIE WEARING BUISNES MEN ARE PAYING 35,000 PLUS FOR THESE NEW CHEEPLY MADE BIKES. NOW DAYS A HARLEY IS ANOTHER TOY IN THE GARAGE WITH THE BMW. ITS GOTTEN TO WHERE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS THE HARLEY NAME ON IT MEANS THAT THE PRICE IS OUTRAGEOUS. I HATE TO BUY AFTER MARKET PARTS, BUT THEIR MADE BETTER AND THEIR CHEEPER. I STILL LOVE HARLEYS BUT MY HEART IS IN THE SHOVLEHEAD ENGINS AND EARLIER. THESE NEW EVO AND TWINN 88, ARE PAINS AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED WITH ALL THE ELECTRONICS I CANT WORK ON THEM, GIVE ME AN OLD PAN OR SHOVLE AND I CAN RIP IT APART AND REBUILD IT. I WISH HARLEY WOULD GO BACK TO THERE OLD WAYS, BUT I THINK THE WHOLE COMPANY HAS GOTTEN GREEDY, AND I HOPE THESE NEW AMERICAN MADE BIKE COMPANYS WILL GIVE THEM SOME COMPETITION.
