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Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Harleys, motorcycles and Leica (WAS: Nathan's PAW 12: Drooling over Harleys)
From: "Sam Krneta" <skrneta@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:25:37 -0600

Nathan,

Agreed on all respects, except value for money. Have you seen the prices of
used Harleys? I personally have never lost money on a Harley and I've had
four.

Sam Krneta

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] OT: Harleys, motorcycles and Leica (WAS: Nathan's PAW 12:
Drooling over Harleys)

Hi Rob,

I fully agree with your sentiments about Harley. It is a testimony to 
brilliant marketing that they are able to sell every bike they make even 
though their products by every measure one might use to test a 
motorcycle (power, reliability, handling, value for money etc.) are 
vastly inferior to the Japanese and European competition. Of course, 
what Harley really sells are not motorcycles but a lifestyle to Peter 
Fonda wannabees.

On a more serious note, my own bike is quite buzzy too, as with a GS500 
you have keep the RPMs up around 5000 to get a meaningful response when 
you twist your wrist. So I keep a small pillow in my Givi topcase, and 
place the Domke (with inserts) in which my Leicas live on that pillow 
when I ride. So far this method has worked very well in avoiding 
misaligned rangefinders and other effects of vibration. And from a 
safety point of view it certainly beats carrying the gear in a backpack.

Nathan



robert mcclure wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I liked the pictures, too, but  I just don't get the whole Harley thing.
I
> think that they are expensive, slow and crude.  For the money a BMW seems
> like a much better choice.  Heck, my 1982 Yamaha Seca 750 is smoother and
> more refined than a Harley.  As a bike for Leica fanatics, I'd be afraid a
> Leica would be shaken to pieces on a HOG <g>.
> 
> Rob McClure

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