I loved my Honda Accord.😂 My wife has a Yamaha, guitar and piano, I've had a couple of their bikes too. The aftermarket for Harley is insane, you have so many choices. Good one Kode, hope it's getting warmer near you. 👍
Friend of mine had a Yamaha keyboard when he was young! Yeah, hard to beat that aftermarket support! Starting to warm up.... very little by little! Thanks man!!
Very true. It's interesting for sure. I just wish that some of those companies spent as much time promoting their motorcycles as they do their cars. Thanks Big B!
and all sports bikes are the same to most people lol. Either Harley or fast race bikes.. thats all people know. But you're right, Harley is 100% in on Motorcycles.
🤘 The best video I have seen in a while. You are 100% on point while watching this I have notified by three Harley dealerships that I follow that they’re doing some sort of customer event😂
I didn't know Husqvarna made bikes until I started looking at dirt bikes ngl 😂. Funnily enough their nickname, Husqy, is the same name as another powertool company, "Husky". I've only ever been to one of the big fours motorcycle events, and that was the Kwasaki Demo Days thing like 2 years ago and haven't seen anything for any of em since 😭. Harley definitely loves their parties, I swear there's at least 3 a month here in the summer/fall/spring and a handful over the winter months indoors. The local dealer has a stunt crew that does stunts in their side parking lot even (granted they use street bikes but one of the popular ones had a sportster given to them by said dealer). HD definitely sat their business motto on "we won't win races but we'll win on the long run" 😂. Great video!!
Yeah, when I first heard of a Husqvarna motorcycle I thought ( Is this a new thing for them? I thought they were a landscaping equipment company! ) Turns out, they've been doing it a long time! Just not promoting it properly! Thanks man!!
Great video KG 👍 H.D. does have brand recognition, that is very true, they are the masters of marketing. If the products were as good as the PR department, they would have it made.
😂😂 True! But they definitely aren't as bad as they used to be. Unfortunately for them, the bad rap they got back in the 70's and 80's is still going strong. Thanks BD!!
Had a Husky chainsaw before I knew they made bikes. I know in the States they have race days if there's a track around you....those sound fun. I'm not cool enough for harleys. I have no beard or leather vest, either....so there's that. lol.
@@hachewie Yup. Put that word with anything and ta-da !! Instant popularity. I used to own a harley...never will again. The same crowd that invited me on rides sneered at me and shouted to get a REAL bike after I sold the harley and showed up on Yammy sport bike. Because of the bike and full face helmet, they didn't even know I'd been riding with them for weeks. Fuck harley.
Nice one Kode 😎 Harley will always be special for lots of reasons. The Japanese manufacturers became strong after ww2 when Japan had aircraft production severely restricted by the allies, so all those aircraft engineers switched to making motorbikes instead, true.
I'm glad you mentioned about this being pretty much a US only phenomenon. Harley's aren't too common here, but you do see them and they do have their die hard fans here. People love the look, which Japanese makers have pretty much moved away from these days. Americans and Japanese have huge preference for the domestic makers. Do you see ads for motorcycles on TV over there? I don't see them here. The Suzuki fans will be coming for you! 🤣
Yeah, I didn't think this would apply to non Americans very much. We do see motorcycle ads over here. Not a lot, and most of them are Harley Davidson ads. Yep ..I should have asked at the end of the video for Suzuki fans NOT to hunt me down!! 😂
A very interesting discussion, Harley's are reasonably popular here in the UK, all the other makes share reasonable popularity also. BMW is probably becoming the most popular, which is likely due to most riders being older and having more disposable income. I very nearly bought a Fat Bob myself but weighing it up against the Triumph Rocket, the Rocket won.
In the UK, Harley bikes are just getting too expensive for younger riders to afford, even myself... and I get paid well and own multiple bikes, but I'd have to sell all 5 to get a HD bike that I'd be happy with. IMO, unless they do something soon, all they will be is a T-shirt manufacturer... and future generations will wear knock off HD t-shirts just like we see them wearing knock off band t-shirts of the Ramones and Rolling Stones etc... when they most likely have never even heard one of their albums!
They are too expensive for most people over here too! Especially the younger crowd. But I'm sure you guys get slammed with shipping costs!! Price must be crazy for a new one over there!
"Masters of merchandising" 👈 I think this is what has kept the brand alive recently. I have an 18 year old sportster, the smallest, cheapest proper Harley and I live it, and other people love it. I love that harleys aren't so popular over here because it's a real buzz to see another one and what the rider has done to make it unique. Great video my friend, now go out and buy a harley 🤣🤣
They definitely are Masters of Merchandising!! You see Harley stuff all over the place here!! Even Pet clothing has Harley logos on them!! I bet the cost of shipping them over there makes them REALLY expensive for you guys! Thanks Phil!
It's a nice bike the CBR1000RR - I used to love my VFR750F 94 model - so much so I bought it twice 20 years apart - once when it was new and once when it was old because I wanted one all over again! Sounded like a V8! Loved it. Really the Americans are just like the Japanese - The Japanese have their shoguns! and the Americans have their "show guns!" lol - just a bad Dad pun! I have a Harley these days but I also have a Triumph Street Triple RS naked sport bike. The Harley is very relaxing but not really sporty! It's a cruiser... that's about the sum of it. Horses for courses I guess. There are an awful lot of them here but then again there's a lot of other bikes too so not entirely most people would automatically think of Harley if you said "motorcycle". I don't think but maybe some people would if you said "bikie" rather than just motorcycle rider. "Really enjoyed your discussion - I like your vids and style - always entertaining, uplifting and fun! Good on you mate!
I appreciate the compliment man!! And the ( Show Guns ) was a good dad joke!! Never had the pleasure of riding a VFR! But everyone really seems to like them!! Thanks man!!
My Honda CX500 was my last brand new Honda. It lasted 10 years and at 250,000 Mi the cam chain broke and destroyed the engine. My Airhead BMWs have anywhere from 75,000 to 500,000 miles on them. My twenty-five-year-old 883 Harley Sportster as 4 hundred thousand miles on her on the original engine. I could not imagine how many miles I have put on my 19 65 Triumph TR6 with a Magneto and a hardtail in riding it continuously over 40 years. My favorite Honda is my 1977 cm185t TwinStar. That was the little bike that introduced me to the pleasures of two wheels.
The topic might not apply to me, but I bet UncleRed isn't happy about it 👀 Asking someone what their favourite husky is would go exactly how you said😆 It's interesting to find out how the public in the states see all the manufactures that over here in the UK almost most people would know are motorcycle manufactures. Harley just bombard the merchandise, even over here in the UK they go way overboard with the merchandise and parties, its crazy. Great topic, great video, really well said mate. Hope you're doing well fella, stay safe.
The Harley merchandise over here is out of control!! It's literally everywhere! It's a big thing over here between Harley and Indian. I think the only thing holding Indian back is they are technically owned by Polaris. And that throws some people off. But they are making big strides to promote their brand. They really aren't that far behind Harley! Thanks Rhythmic!!
Husqvarna made motorcycles in Sweden for decades. In the 1960s they transitioned into two-stroke dirt bikes which were Superior to everything out there. There was a picture of Steve McQueen and his wife riding one on the cover of some Sports Illustrated I think. They were very popular in the late 60s and 70s .
That's the bad thing. I didn't know any of these things cause the only thing I've ever seen from Husqvarna is ads for lawn mowers! Thanks for coming by the channel man!! Appreciate it!
Harley-Davidson dealerships on the weekends would have free hot dogs hamburgers and sodas. Various volunteer organizations would do the cooking and collect the money. There would be a band playing and some vendors and people would go to the Harley dealership just to chat with other people who go to the Harley shop on the weekend when they are not working. Now most of the Harley dealership have a ridiculously overpriced restaurant connected with them so they do not do the free burgers and hotdogs and soda and beer is only free during the week. These restaurants have prices that are as ridiculously high as a new Harley example $20 for a cheeseburger with no cheese, $5 for a cheap can of beer, and $2 for a little cup of ice. Now if you go to a Harley dealership on the weekend instead of it being packed with people it is a ghost town. I can ride out to a biker bar and get three nice big cheeseburgers for $20. I cannot afford to waste money on any overpriced bulshit whatsoever.
The Harley dealership near me still has events during the summer. What's funny is...my Honda dealership and that Harley dealership share the same building!! Just opposite sides. The Honda side is dead quiet during those events!! 😂
Definitely an American phenomena. I see a few HDs in the UK but it's a tiny percentage of the bikes on the road - maybe a larger percentage are being repaired? ;-) . We don't have a huge following of British bikes either. Lots of German, Japanese and Italian machines.I have been invited to events at the local Kawasaki dealership, though I've never decided to attend one. Husqvarna to me, even as someone who loves motorcycles, are a lawnmower and chainsaw manufacturer. HD to me are cruiser motorcycles but I'd be more likely to buy a Japanese or German equivalent. Do you think HD wil *always* win though? Are they attracting younger buyers, or will the average age of owners continue to increase until there are none left?
Actually I will say ( always ) might just be another 10 to 15 years. If Harley decides to go all electric like they say they are going to, and keep the prices just as high, then people will lose interest and won't be able to afford it anyway. Thanks man!!
When I talk to people about my super sport I typically hear about how they used to ride a “ninja”.. Like hello which ninja lol. Or how they went 200 miles and hour on some random super sport haha. But yea I do agree that the general assumption from non riders asking about what you ride is an HD or some bagger/cruiser moto. When I say I ride an S1KRR it mine as well be another language to them 😂
Let's not forget Harley-Davidson comes out of the factory with so many defects. People buy a $20,000 plus motorcycle and then have to put in another $5,000 worth of engine work to correct all of the crap caused by the cheap Chinese Parts in the engine. So much of the bike sucks which is why there is such a huge aftermarket. Yesterday's Harley was a real motorcycle, today's Harley like all of today's motorcycles are a collection of government regulations on two wheels
HAHA, you know what HONDA stands for? Harley Owner Needed Dependable Alternative :D Yeah, you're right - Harley is known for only one thing - motorcycles! I think for every 100 Harley tattoos or rear window stickers you see, MAYBE you'll see a GSX-R tat, or a CBR tat, but it's rare, at least in my part of the country. Great points made... also, Kawasaki makes a lot of heavy industrial equipment too, just like Subaru [which is owned by the conglomerate formerly-known-as Fuji Heavy Industries]
😂😂 Haven't heard that one before!! I completely forgot about Kawasaki making industrial equipment!! Nope! Not in my part of the country either! Harley logos everywhere!
@@KODEGREY I heard the HONDA thing a few days ago, and have been repeating it everywhere, in the hopes that my brain remembers it for many years, just like all the other brands I have acronyms for. :D Yeah man, HD selling the biker lifestyle, the others just can't compete with it... kinda wild.
Kawasaki heavy Industries started with a shipyard in Japan. They make ships as well as subway cars and Freight cars they went into motorcycling because the regular public is not going to buy a steamship or a train but that will buy a motorcycle and that motorcycle will give them public recognition in the public eye. At first they imported Tohatsu and pointer motorcycles into America until those companies went belly-up and Kawasaki started to make their own motorcycles they also bought out magoro. That is why some of the early Kawasaki have magoro symbols on them. A Kawasaki two-stroke motorcycle was viciously fast but a nightmare on two wheels. In the 1970s there was the saying that they are two kinds of Kawasaki Riders the quick and the dead.
Honda makes more motorcycles in 1 month than Harley-Davidson makes in a whole year. They used to be a real motorcycle in the old days and now they are just a toy for an old fart who has more money than God. I commuted on my 883 Harley Sportster 4/20 years going back to forth to work. Contrary to some belief it does get freezing cold in Florida in the winter in the morning and it does not rain in Florida it monsoon.
Like everything, image is so important. Stef says music is 90% looks and 10% looks.
😂😂 That is a true statement!! Especially nowadays!!
Harley always has my heart #1
I just love Harley's
I wish Honda had the aftermarket support that HD does!!! That would be amazing! Good video Kode.
So do I man!! With Hondas reputation for reliability, then add an awesome aftermarket, that would make them huge!!
@@KODEGREY absolutely!
@@KODEGREY This is why there are less Honda dealerships than HD. Honda motorcycles can travel farther without needing a service.
they dont need that much support because its reliable lol
Great topic Kode!!!! And well covered!!!
Thanks man!! I do appreciate that!!
I loved my Honda Accord.😂 My wife has a Yamaha, guitar and piano, I've had a couple of their bikes too.
The aftermarket for Harley is insane, you have so many choices. Good one Kode, hope it's getting warmer near you. 👍
Friend of mine had a Yamaha keyboard when he was young!
Yeah, hard to beat that aftermarket support!
Starting to warm up.... very little by little!
Thanks man!!
Dude I remember Suzuki side kicks were hot shit in the 80s. Along with the Fiero😂
The Sidekicks were huge in the 80's!! Until everyone realized they flipped over so easily!! 😂.
Nice work Kode interesting topic the diversity of some of the worlds largest motorcycle companies is amazing 😎👍🏼
Very true. It's interesting for sure. I just wish that some of those companies spent as much time promoting their motorcycles as they do their cars.
Thanks Big B!
Wait! You guys got Bike Night at Cycle gear 😂😂😂 great vlog man!
😂😂. Yep! That's the only consolation!! 😭.
Thanks man!!
Good video
Thanks man!! Appreciate it!!
Honda makes some of the world's finest bikes. A good video, KG.
Oh I completely agree!! I wish they were a little more interactive with their customers though.
Thanks Eric!
Great stuff dude. It’s actually pretty funny but true. Ride safe.
Yes sir!! Everyone knows Harley means motorcycles!!
and all sports bikes are the same to most people lol. Either Harley or fast race bikes.. thats all people know. But you're right, Harley is 100% in on Motorcycles.
That's true! One crotch rocket is the same as any other right? 😂.
I forget there are only two categories!😁
Thanks man!
🤘 The best video I have seen in a while. You are 100% on point while watching this I have notified by three Harley dealerships that I follow that they’re doing some sort of customer event😂
Thanks man! I appreciate that!!
😂😂 That's funny! Getting notified by Harley while watching a video about Harley!
Went to a Harley dealership and then an Indian dealership
Right after. Night and day difference.
Did they ignore you at the Indian dealership?
@@KODEGREY nah they are good people, just two different experiences. Like going to an amusement park, and then going to a local small town fair.
In the 1960s and until the 1990s if you told people you were getting a motorcycle people would say what kind of Honda are you getting.
I wish it was still like that today.
Kawasaki make brilliant bikes. Very reliable.
Reliability is pretty much on par between the big 4 japanese companies nowadays! All are doing really well!!
Thanks Chewie!!
I didn't know Husqvarna made bikes until I started looking at dirt bikes ngl 😂. Funnily enough their nickname, Husqy, is the same name as another powertool company, "Husky". I've only ever been to one of the big fours motorcycle events, and that was the Kwasaki Demo Days thing like 2 years ago and haven't seen anything for any of em since 😭. Harley definitely loves their parties, I swear there's at least 3 a month here in the summer/fall/spring and a handful over the winter months indoors. The local dealer has a stunt crew that does stunts in their side parking lot even (granted they use street bikes but one of the popular ones had a sportster given to them by said dealer). HD definitely sat their business motto on "we won't win races but we'll win on the long run" 😂. Great video!!
Yeah, when I first heard of a Husqvarna motorcycle I thought ( Is this a new thing for them? I thought they were a landscaping equipment company! ) Turns out, they've been doing it a long time! Just not promoting it properly!
Thanks man!!
Great video KG 👍 H.D. does have brand recognition, that is very true, they are the masters of marketing. If the products were as good as the PR department, they would have it made.
😂😂 True! But they definitely aren't as bad as they used to be. Unfortunately for them, the bad rap they got back in the 70's and 80's is still going strong.
Thanks BD!!
Had a Husky chainsaw before I knew they made bikes. I know in the States they have race days if there's a track around you....those sound fun. I'm not cool enough for harleys. I have no beard or leather vest, either....so there's that. lol.
Me too. I’m far from cool. If you want more success with RUclips, ride a Harley and add that word to your channel name and every video.
@@hachewie Yup. Put that word with anything and ta-da !! Instant popularity. I used to own a harley...never will again. The same crowd that invited me on rides sneered at me and shouted to get a REAL bike after I sold the harley and showed up on Yammy sport bike. Because of the bike and full face helmet, they didn't even know I'd been riding with them for weeks. Fuck harley.
I can't grow a full beard either!! That's why I bought a Honda!! 😂😂
@@KODEGREY hahahahaha
Nice one Kode 😎 Harley will always be special for lots of reasons. The Japanese manufacturers became strong after ww2 when Japan had aircraft production severely restricted by the allies, so all those aircraft engineers switched to making motorbikes instead, true.
That's a cool tidbit! Guess that's why aerodynamics are so important to them!
Thanks GJ!!
I'm glad you mentioned about this being pretty much a US only phenomenon. Harley's aren't too common here, but you do see them and they do have their die hard fans here. People love the look, which Japanese makers have pretty much moved away from these days. Americans and Japanese have huge preference for the domestic makers.
Do you see ads for motorcycles on TV over there? I don't see them here.
The Suzuki fans will be coming for you! 🤣
Yeah, I didn't think this would apply to non Americans very much.
We do see motorcycle ads over here. Not a lot, and most of them are Harley Davidson ads.
Yep ..I should have asked at the end of the video for Suzuki fans NOT to hunt me down!! 😂
Nice video brother 👍👍👍 I love my Harley , But i really like Kawasaki too
Both are good brands! I just wish the Japanese companies paid as much attention to their customers as HD does.
Thanks man!!
A very interesting discussion, Harley's are reasonably popular here in the UK, all the other makes share reasonable popularity also. BMW is probably becoming the most popular, which is likely due to most riders being older and having more disposable income. I very nearly bought a Fat Bob myself but weighing it up against the Triumph Rocket, the Rocket won.
I think you made the right choice buying that Rocket!! You have the looks and the performance!!
In the UK, Harley bikes are just getting too expensive for younger riders to afford, even myself... and I get paid well and own multiple bikes, but I'd have to sell all 5 to get a HD bike that I'd be happy with. IMO, unless they do something soon, all they will be is a T-shirt manufacturer... and future generations will wear knock off HD t-shirts just like we see them wearing knock off band t-shirts of the Ramones and Rolling Stones etc... when they most likely have never even heard one of their albums!
They are too expensive for most people over here too! Especially the younger crowd.
But I'm sure you guys get slammed with shipping costs!! Price must be crazy for a new one over there!
"Masters of merchandising" 👈
I think this is what has kept the brand alive recently.
I have an 18 year old sportster, the smallest, cheapest proper Harley and I live it, and other people love it.
I love that harleys aren't so popular over here because it's a real buzz to see another one and what the rider has done to make it unique.
Great video my friend, now go out and buy a harley 🤣🤣
They definitely are Masters of Merchandising!! You see Harley stuff all over the place here!! Even Pet clothing has Harley logos on them!!
I bet the cost of shipping them over there makes them REALLY expensive for you guys!
Thanks Phil!
Yamaha drums are the shit
I had a set of Ludwig drums when I was young. But my mom yelled at me every time I tried to play....so I switched to guitar! 😂
@@KODEGREY 😄
Question is do you celebrate Honda Days?
Yep!! Even during Christmas I say Happy Honda Days just to see if anyone will notice!! 😁
It's a nice bike the CBR1000RR - I used to love my VFR750F 94 model - so much so I bought it twice 20 years apart - once when it was new and once when it was old because I wanted one all over again! Sounded like a V8! Loved it. Really the Americans are just like the Japanese - The Japanese have their shoguns! and the Americans have their "show guns!" lol - just a bad Dad pun! I have a Harley these days but I also have a Triumph Street Triple RS naked sport bike. The Harley is very relaxing but not really sporty! It's a cruiser... that's about the sum of it. Horses for courses I guess. There are an awful lot of them here but then again there's a lot of other bikes too so not entirely most people would automatically think of Harley if you said "motorcycle". I don't think but maybe some people would if you said "bikie" rather than just motorcycle rider. "Really enjoyed your discussion - I like your vids and style - always entertaining, uplifting and fun! Good on you mate!
I appreciate the compliment man!!
And the ( Show Guns ) was a good dad joke!!
Never had the pleasure of riding a VFR! But everyone really seems to like them!!
Thanks man!!
Ask the public about Harley Davidson and they will say T shirts.
😂😂 That's probably the number 2 answer!!
My Honda CX500 was my last brand new Honda. It lasted 10 years and at 250,000 Mi the cam chain broke and destroyed the engine. My Airhead BMWs have anywhere from 75,000 to 500,000 miles on them. My twenty-five-year-old 883 Harley Sportster as 4 hundred thousand miles on her on the original engine. I could not imagine how many miles I have put on my 19 65 Triumph TR6 with a Magneto and a hardtail in riding it continuously over 40 years. My favorite Honda is my 1977 cm185t TwinStar. That was the little bike that introduced me to the pleasures of two wheels.
Holy Crap!! Those are some MEGA miles!! On all of those bikes!!
The topic might not apply to me, but I bet UncleRed isn't happy about it 👀
Asking someone what their favourite husky is would go exactly how you said😆
It's interesting to find out how the public in the states see all the manufactures that over here in the UK almost most people would know are motorcycle manufactures.
Harley just bombard the merchandise, even over here in the UK they go way overboard with the merchandise and parties, its crazy.
Great topic, great video, really well said mate. Hope you're doing well fella, stay safe.
The Harley merchandise over here is out of control!! It's literally everywhere!
It's a big thing over here between Harley and Indian. I think the only thing holding Indian back is they are technically owned by Polaris. And that throws some people off.
But they are making big strides to promote their brand. They really aren't that far behind Harley!
Thanks Rhythmic!!
Well, Harley sells more than a motorcycle, they sell a lifestyle. 😂😂
Couldn't have said it better myself!! And.....lots and lots of merchandise!! 😂
Husqvarna made motorcycles in Sweden for decades. In the 1960s they transitioned into two-stroke dirt bikes which were Superior to everything out there. There was a picture of Steve McQueen and his wife riding one on the cover of some Sports Illustrated I think. They were very popular in the late 60s and 70s .
That's the bad thing. I didn't know any of these things cause the only thing I've ever seen from Husqvarna is ads for lawn mowers!
Thanks for coming by the channel man!!
Appreciate it!
Harley-Davidson dealerships on the weekends would have free hot dogs hamburgers and sodas. Various volunteer organizations would do the cooking and collect the money. There would be a band playing and some vendors and people would go to the Harley dealership just to chat with other people who go to the Harley shop on the weekend when they are not working. Now most of the Harley dealership have a ridiculously overpriced restaurant connected with them so they do not do the free burgers and hotdogs and soda and beer is only free during the week. These restaurants have prices that are as ridiculously high as a new Harley example $20 for a cheeseburger with no cheese, $5 for a cheap can of beer, and $2 for a little cup of ice. Now if you go to a Harley dealership on the weekend instead of it being packed with people it is a ghost town. I can ride out to a biker bar and get three nice big cheeseburgers for $20. I cannot afford to waste money on any overpriced bulshit whatsoever.
The Harley dealership near me still has events during the summer.
What's funny is...my Honda dealership and that Harley dealership share the same building!! Just opposite sides.
The Honda side is dead quiet during those events!! 😂
Definitely an American phenomena. I see a few HDs in the UK but it's a tiny percentage of the bikes on the road - maybe a larger percentage are being repaired? ;-) . We don't have a huge following of British bikes either. Lots of German, Japanese and Italian machines.I have been invited to events at the local Kawasaki dealership, though I've never decided to attend one.
Husqvarna to me, even as someone who loves motorcycles, are a lawnmower and chainsaw manufacturer.
HD to me are cruiser motorcycles but I'd be more likely to buy a Japanese or German equivalent.
Do you think HD wil *always* win though? Are they attracting younger buyers, or will the average age of owners continue to increase until there are none left?
Actually I will say ( always ) might just be another 10 to 15 years. If Harley decides to go all electric like they say they are going to, and keep the prices just as high, then people will lose interest and won't be able to afford it anyway.
Thanks man!!
When I talk to people about my super sport I typically hear about how they used to ride a “ninja”.. Like hello which ninja lol. Or how they went 200 miles and hour on some random super sport haha. But yea I do agree that the general assumption from non riders asking about what you ride is an HD or some bagger/cruiser moto. When I say I ride an S1KRR it mine as well be another language to them 😂
Hahaha!! I get the ( Ninja ) thing too!!
S1KRRCBR1000RR sounds like a password for an Only Fans account!! 😂
😂
Let's not forget Harley-Davidson comes out of the factory with so many defects. People buy a $20,000 plus motorcycle and then have to put in another $5,000 worth of engine work to correct all of the crap caused by the cheap Chinese Parts in the engine. So much of the bike sucks which is why there is such a huge aftermarket. Yesterday's Harley was a real motorcycle, today's Harley like all of today's motorcycles are a collection of government regulations on two wheels
Those regulations also make every bike off the line sound like a sewing machine!
Kawasaki make sewing machines. Mrs Noob wants one.
Harley make t-shirts
That's a new one for me!!
@@NooBiker and every other article of clothing you can think of!
@@KODEGREY I love my H-D mankini. Surprisingly comfortable 😬
People will also name a kid or a pet, Harley. I never met a Honda or Suzuki
You haven't been to Japan. lmao
Remember Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke? The reporters name was Suzuki Kawasaki!! 😂
@@KODEGREY 😄
The Yamaha logo is a propeller.
I thought it was three tuning forks 🙂
Looks like a propeller, but is tuning forks!
@@KODEGREY Ahhh yes. I should know that.
Oooo…a Harley video!😂😂😂
Weird coming from me huh?? 😂
Honda robots…yep, they make robots. Now, if Harley made a robot! Woah!
If that Harley robot doesn't have a beard it's not a true Harley robot!! 😂
HAHA, you know what HONDA stands for?
Harley
Owner
Needed
Dependable
Alternative
:D
Yeah, you're right - Harley is known for only one thing - motorcycles! I think for every 100 Harley tattoos or rear window stickers you see, MAYBE you'll see a GSX-R tat, or a CBR tat, but it's rare, at least in my part of the country.
Great points made... also, Kawasaki makes a lot of heavy industrial equipment too, just like Subaru [which is owned by the conglomerate formerly-known-as Fuji Heavy Industries]
😂😂 Haven't heard that one before!!
I completely forgot about Kawasaki making industrial equipment!!
Nope! Not in my part of the country either! Harley logos everywhere!
@@KODEGREY I heard the HONDA thing a few days ago, and have been repeating it everywhere, in the hopes that my brain remembers it for many years, just like all the other brands I have acronyms for. :D
Yeah man, HD selling the biker lifestyle, the others just can't compete with it... kinda wild.
Kawasaki heavy Industries started with a shipyard in Japan. They make ships as well as subway cars and Freight cars they went into motorcycling because the regular public is not going to buy a steamship or a train but that will buy a motorcycle and that motorcycle will give them public recognition in the public eye. At first they imported Tohatsu and pointer motorcycles into America until those companies went belly-up and Kawasaki started to make their own motorcycles they also bought out magoro. That is why some of the early Kawasaki have magoro symbols on them. A Kawasaki two-stroke motorcycle was viciously fast but a nightmare on two wheels. In the 1970s there was the saying that they are two kinds of Kawasaki Riders the quick and the dead.
You Sir know your history!!
Sooo... You're making fun of my Harley PJs and matching boxer shorts and slippers......
Boxers??... Probably an HD banana hammock! 😂
@@KODEGREY shhhh... Did Bolt tell you? 😂😂
Honda makes more motorcycles in 1 month than Harley-Davidson makes in a whole year. They used to be a real motorcycle in the old days and now they are just a toy for an old fart who has more money than God. I commuted on my 883 Harley Sportster 4/20 years going back to forth to work. Contrary to some belief it does get freezing cold in Florida in the winter in the morning and it does not rain in Florida it monsoon.
Definitely!! Honda supplies the world! Where Harley is focused on the U.S.
I’m just a dumb Aussie. Learn me
Hahaha! Hopefully you gained a bit of knowledge! Doubtful with the way I explain things! 😂
@@KODEGREY I am a triumph man myself. But my first road bike was a Honda. That thing ripped!
BMW makes cars and motorcycles. Laverda made farm equipment motorcycles. MV Agusta made helicopters and motorcycles.
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👍👍🤘🤘 Thanks Flip!!
Harley were such nice bikes, really standing out. But new designs and engines are joke.
Definitely lacking a bit of innovation.
Still nice, but a lot of the same old.
Thanks man!!
Old usa? 😂You're not even 300 years old
😂😂 True!! It's an old saying over here!
Thanks for stopping by the channel man!! Appreciate it!