It’s almost like buying the gift for the person who has everything. When it comes to buying a Harley Davidson gift you have so many options.

First you have parts for the motorcycle. Think about it, Chrome and more chrome. It’s an excellent option.

Then there is clothes. You can look at Harley Davidson boots, Jackets, T-shirts, bandannas, glasses.

Boots:
How many pairs of boots can a rider own? Not sure. But it’s a great gift!

Leathers:

Jackets: Depending on the weather and style you could have a lot to choose from.
Leather pants or chaps: These are great for adding to your collection

Clothing:
T Shirts: I know people who don’t own a Harley Davidson, but collect a T-shirt from every dealer in every city that they visit.
Bandannas and a glasses: I always find myself buying a bandanna that I think is cool looking and I always lose my glasses.

And don’t forget about kitch.
This is all the junk that you put on your shelf. These make great Harley Davidson Gifts.
Dart boards, spoons, wallets, clips, stickers, stationary.

Then Finally chrome:
Pegs, grips, handle bars, tail lights, leather bags, windshields.

No actually finally if you want to make their day. You can buy them another Harley.

The list of gifts goes on and on.

So if you don’t know what to get someone for a Harley Davidson gift you can always get a Harley Davidson gift certificate.

Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda make great bikes.  I would own any of them, but as far as automatic motorcycles.  They are all the same.  This post has nothing to do with any manufacturer.

But my opinion on the automatic bike?  Not much. The benefits of an automatic motorcycle are that you do not have to shift.
I am living in Vietnam and everybody drives automatics or what I call semi automatic motorcycles. I thought they were pretty neat until my wife crashed one.

The benefits of the automatic motorcycle are:

• no shifting
• no clutch
• your feet have nothing to do, but hold you up when you are at a stop light.
• Your left hand will not get sore and tired from using the clutch in traffic.

That is it.

What do you lose with an automatic?
You lose a lot of control of the bike.
First, instead of a clutch on the left hand you have a rear brake.
You lose the clutch.
There is also no kill switch.
You also lose power when you are driving from a stand still.

The rear brake on a vehicle only give you about ten percent of your stopping ability compared you your front brake.

Let me describe to you my wife’s crash scenario.

She was sitting still waiting to park next to me. The curb was steep. Since the curb provided a lot of resistance she had to give quite a bit of throttle to get the bike moving up the curb. When the automatic transmission did finally engage, she took off like a rocket. Her first instinct was to hold on tight and she grabbed onto the rear brake as hard as she could. The engine was way more powerful than the rear brake so the bike kept going. Had that been the clutch she would have disengaged engine and the bike would have not gone anywhere. If she had had a clutch the bike would not have crashed.

There is no kill switch on the bike. I don’t think that this feature would have kept here from crashing, but it is a good feature that is not on an automatic motorcycle.

The clutch, the throttle and the rear brake provide a lot of fine adjustment to your speed and balance when turning. The ability to control your bike is greatly minimized in my opinion to almost nothing when turning. The only control I have is using my rear brake and using my throttle when making tight slow turns.

So… don’t buy and automatic motorcycle?  Maybe it’s a little harsh.. I don’t mind the automatic bikes,  I just think that they are more dangerous to drive that a regular bike.

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at the Harley motorcycle Dealership and just browsed around for a little while.  Everything is just about there that you might want for your motorcycle.


Some of you may have heard of the acronym. which means Hundred Dollars.  There is no such things as a part on a motorcycle that is under a hundred dollars.

I am trying to recall what is on the shelf there, motorcycle mirrors, saddlebags, fairings , windshields, handle bars, motorcycle kits to modify your lights.  The list goes on and on for Harley Davidson Motorcycle Parts.

Then don’t forget the motorcycle clothing section.  The vests, chaps, goggles, helmets, bells, whistles and stickers. The list goes on again.

Then look around at the grown men, who are like kids in a candy store.  Yep  that is one money machine.

You have to love the marketing of  Harley Davidson Motorcycle parts.

This jacket was right up front at the auction. And it sold for $28,000 US Dollars.

A $28,000 Jacket… wow!!! There a lot of jealous people out there.

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This is really cool. Piped that you can have quiet and loud. My motorcycle has Vance and Hines longshots. Great loud pipes for around town, but absolutely horrible for long trips. I can’t listen to head phones.

This is a cool idea. I don’t think that I’ll change my pipes but if my pipes were stock. I’d definitely check into it.

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Ok I was messing around with a Picture and was wondering, What was she really thinking when they took the picture Fat or Fast????

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I really like the videos that motorcycle USA puts out. They are very informative.

Also I do like the Kawasaki’s personally. These are the the Ninja bikes

And all Ninja should be green

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It looks like Triumph has a financing deal for it Rocket III touring models. I think that this is such a great bike. I’ve test driven it a couple of years ago. It’s fast like a sport bike, but comfortable for trips. The one thing nice about a slow economy and Recreational motoring is that you can start to look for special deals. Companies are looking for ways to separate you from your money. If you can afford it then, wow for you!!!

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