I will cover this but once.
There would be no need to defend our American made motorcycles if they were worth a #$%*. This was the same for cars many years ago. Toyota released the Tercel which would get 1,000,000 before officially dying and continued to do this with all of thier vehicles. Our big bad American cars about 130,000 and was officially junk for the most part.
I said it then, and I say it now, build one that will keep up with my import and I will GLADLY go buy it.
Lets do the common sense line, it appears that this moron does not know what that means.
My Uncles BRAND NEW HARLEY ROAD GLIDE:
This bike has 3,000 miles on it, all adult driven
1. In shop for the last 2 months
2. burned radio twice
3. burned cb twice
4. dies at random when hot
5. dealer refuses to fix dying problem, they say it is just fine. (so Harley's are supposed to lean die when hot normally?)
6. Bike has left him near walking many times.
His 78' Honda Gold Wing:
This bike has 35,000 miles on it roughly. Motor has never been torn down.
1. Runs perfect even when stone cold.
2. Always starts and runs just like it is supposed to.
3. Bike has never left him walking.
4. Never fails to perform reguardless of temperature.
5. Only problem to date has been an issue with the floats and oxygenated fuel.
6. Great gas mileage
My Honda:
75' Honda K5 - Neglected and abused by the previous owner...
This bike has only made me walk once when I blew the motor that the previous owner seriously abused.
1. Starts in the dead of winter even when the cars fail to start.
2. Reliable performance
3. Great gas mileage
4. No problems since I installed the new motor to replace the previously abused one.
And I know I don't even have to go down this road with Home Wrecker. On the first run with Home Wrecker I passed (without exaggeration) 12 Harley owners stuck on the side of the rode doing some #$%* to try to fix thier pathetic rides. I even saw a few giving thier buddy a push. I have no worries about having to look like an idiot pushing anyones bike at a Honda ride.
In the last month I have talked to lots of Harley owners. I don't nail them I just listen to them tell me about thier bike that they have gotten about 2 weeks of reliable ride time in for the season and the season it almost over here! Most of the time while they are talking thier bike is in the shop.
With that I say it again, if the booger eatin Harley builders build me a bike that performs and is reliable like a fricken Honda I will be the first in line to go buy it. Until then American made vehicles are #$%*! And no amount of patriotic flag wavin hillbilly bs will change my mind. I spent (wasted) 15 years of my life fixing cars and trucks at GM, Ford, and Dodge stealerships. All of them equally crap, just in different ways. Mechanics like American vehicles because they get to do it again and again. Just about every Blazer I have ever seen the front suspension is total and complete #$%* in less than 45,000 miles. On full size trucks no matter what make are crap and need a complete rebuild about every 35-40,000 miles.
I keep saying the same thing again and again, "Build a vehicle that outperforms the import competition and then you have some thing to say". Until then no amount of misguided blind American pride will get me to drive anything else. My Toyota Corolla has just clicked over 260,000 miles today. I abuse this poor car and treat it like a pick up truck. I do NO MAINTAINANCE to it. Change oil? What the hell is that. I think the last time I changed the oil officially was about 80,000 miles ago. Nor will I pay anyone to do so. It has needed axle half shafts for 80,000 miles. I figure I will fix it when it blows. NO other vehicle could put up with this abuse, not even a big fat headed 12 cylinder macho gas suckin heap of a 1 ton american made flag wavin "you sure have purdy mouth" truck. It would have given up along time ago.
Toyota's and Honda's kick everyones asses
