Stache Posted July 8, 2011 #1 Posted July 8, 2011 A friend told me last night that 86% of the HD's manufactured since 1991 are still on the road. I thought that was amazing.
Stache Posted July 8, 2011 Author #2 Posted July 8, 2011 Apparently the other 14% made it back to their owner's driveway...... Yeah, I know - sorry....
SilvrT Posted July 8, 2011 #3 Posted July 8, 2011 what would be even more interesting is what the term "on the road" really means. For example, buddy's Road glide has been sitting in his living room in pieces for the last 5 years, waiting for buddy to come up with enuf cash to finish his rebuild .... is that considered as being "on the road"?? I'd be interested to know how they can come up with such a statistic.
Trader Posted July 8, 2011 #4 Posted July 8, 2011 Its a proven fact that 83.5% of all statistics are just made up!
Yammer Dan Posted July 8, 2011 #5 Posted July 8, 2011 Its a proven fact that 83.5% of all statistics are just made up! :sign yeah that::sign yeah that: :rotfl:
Sailor Posted July 8, 2011 #6 Posted July 8, 2011 About 1990 my sister bought her husband a Screaming Eagle Harley. I think it has about 100 miles on it now. Most of that between their house and the shop. A friend just bought a new Harley last year. He was totally impressed when the drive belt broke at 500 miles and they gave him a $500.00 shop credit.
Flyinfool Posted July 8, 2011 #7 Posted July 8, 2011 what would be even more interesting is what the term "on the road" really means. For example, buddy's Road glide has been sitting in his living room in pieces for the last 5 years, waiting for buddy to come up with enuf cash to finish his rebuild .... is that considered as being "on the road"?? I'd be interested to know how they can come up with such a statistic. Usually it only means that someone is still buying license plates for it.
Snaggletooth Posted July 8, 2011 #8 Posted July 8, 2011 Not hard to belive from some of the HD owners I'm familiar with. Some of the guys only put on as many miles in a year as I do in a normal week of riding. One refuses to ride his bike to work because it is "too far" to ride. That would be 27 miles one way. One guy was all excited for his big 3 day run he was making with his buddies. Over and done with he actually showed 142 miles for a 3 day ride. And he did ride it. No trailer! Where in the heck do ya go for 3 days on a bike and only turn 142 miles? Geesh. I take a lot of flack from a couple of them as I can take off from Omaha early on a Sunday morning, have breakfast in Rock Port, MO, meet up with a friend in Sioux City for lunch and then swing by the Branched Oak Lake in Lincoln, NE for a quick boat ride with friends before I head back home for the night. They say thats just crazy to go for a ride like that. Me, I can't see making the payments they make on their bikes for 500-600 miles a year. But that's just me. Mike
Merlin Posted July 8, 2011 #9 Posted July 8, 2011 One of my employees has a Harley Road Glide he bought new in 2003. It's one of those silver and black anniversary models. He just turned 110K on it. Yes, you heard right, 110,000 miles. Most of it put on when he lived in Florida for 5 years. He recently had it repainted and has done various work on it. The engine has only had to be rebuilt twice now. No, really. It has.
SilvrT Posted July 8, 2011 #10 Posted July 8, 2011 One of my employees has a Harley Road Glide he bought new in 2003. It's one of those silver and black anniversary models. He just turned 110K on it. Yes, you heard right, 110,000 miles. Most of it put on when he lived in Florida for 5 years. He recently had it repainted and has done various work on it. The engine has only had to be rebuilt twice now. No, really. It has. My son and his best buddy bought new anniv HD in 2003. His buddy bought the Road King and son bought the sportster. Son has maybe 15k Klms (kilometers) and his buddy has less than 5k and most of those were put on between '03 and '06. His buddy's RK sits in his living room and hasn't moved for the past 3 years. After being with me on a couple rides, my son has come to the realization that a fairing and tunes are nice to have. He's now looking at a new Street Glide .... gonna be hard for him to get it tho when he's living on pogie (Unemployment Enjoyment) LOL Wish I could get him out of this "Harley or nothing" frame of mind.
Eck Posted July 8, 2011 #11 Posted July 8, 2011 I have seen this joke many times, and I have even said it myself several times in a joking manor. The same joke can be applied to Goldwings, Yamaha's, or any other make or model. Hope no one gets offended by it or wants to leave the site over it. I had a KAW that 5% of the time was in my garage...the rest of the time I was trying to find someone to help me get if off the road.
Sailor Posted July 9, 2011 #12 Posted July 9, 2011 " There are three kinds of lies. Lies, damn lies and statistics."
CaptainJoe Posted July 9, 2011 #13 Posted July 9, 2011 I'd be very careful what I said... especially if one had a Long trip planned ... say to Cody,WY:buttkick:.
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