Well, a museum is a good place for them...

Overpriced yuppie junk.

Yay, a shrine to overpriced image enhancers for big dudes who like to wear leather and vests.

wonder how they're going to contain the oil slicks?

/kidding
//owns one (in profile)

Maybe they'll include one of those t-shirts that say "if you can read this my biatch fell off".

I hope they put down appropriate flooring.

YOU know what I'm talking about, Harley boy.

/Rice FTW!

What's the difference between a Harley and a vacuum cleaner?
Position of the dirtbag.

I don't own a Harley, but I'm from Milwaukee. This museum will be cool. However, they cleared a stretch of freeway (the "Park East" corridor, for Brew City denizens) to make way for the museum in a location that was then abandoned.

So prime real estate was razed, businesses and residents had to vacate, only for Harley to change their minds and relocate in the Menomonee Valley, a far less desirous location.

But hey, the thunder of thousands of "Milwaukee Iron" riders will make it all worthwhile. Feh.

Fitting display seeing how the baby-boomers buying them these days know nothing about them anyways.
/Cue pics from that dumb movie w/Travolta and Tim Allen

The best motorcycyle EVER made!!

// Yes, I own one
// No, it doesn't leak oil

(Sub)urban middle-aged men with too much free time, START YOUR ENGINES!

/..and your credit cards!

Not the oil thing.. Jeez you'd that we'd finally get over the AMF years. One good thing that came out of the AMF years was the development of the Evo motor.

/yeah, I ride a Harley and proud of it....

Never was much a fan of the Harley bikes. they are large, and heavy, and way overpriced.

I'll stick to my little 500cc Gs500f. Gets 58 to the gallon, payments are low, as is my insurrence, and she has enough power to get me to where I wanna go.

Plan on trading up for Versys or yamaha 650 cc bike in a few years.

My favorite kind of motorcycle...

Harley Davidson IS really more of a merchandising company than a motorcycle company. I don't have the exact figures, but it was something presented to me in a marketing course I took. It was something like that Harley-Davidson makes roughly twice as much more money selling all the crap with their name on it than they do from actually selling bikes.

And, of course, HD will trademark the word "museum" and then proceed to C&D and sue every institution that uses the word.

And then claim they're just protecting their intellectual property like any company should.

/Owns one.
//76' FLH
//Chicago Art Institute is safe
//(for now....)

Antimatter: Never was much a fan of the Harley bikes. they are large, and heavy, and way overpriced.

I'll stick to my little 500cc Gs500f. Gets 58 to the gallon, payments are low, as is my insurrence, and she has enough power to get me to where I wanna go.

Plan on trading up for Versys or yamaha 650 cc bike in a few years.

True, but Harley's hold their value way more than any rice bike. Oh my Sporty gets 55 mpg, payments are 98 a month and insurance is 32 a month. That's a bargain for me!

Harley is nothing but image. Just about every other motorcycle manufacturer out there makes a better bike.
The most important thing to a Harley owner isn't actually riding the motorcycle. It's to see how much chrome and other BS you can snap on it to impress the other guys.

OkieFromTulsa: The best motorcycyle EVER made!!

You sure?

Remember when the Harley brand used to mean something?

Me neither.

Will there be a wing dedicated to the mullet?

I'd like to see how it has evolved throughout history.

Wow. You must be SO proud, Milwaukee.


//What image problem?

Ducati. FTMFW.

ChamroxJust about every other motorcycle manufacturer out there makes a better bike.

OK, If there's all of these OTHER great motorcyclyes out there, then where are they, after 10 years or so? In the junkyard, that's where. That's why you see 20 year-old Harleys still on the streets: because they are great motorcycles.

How will this place be any different that the quintillions of HD stores already out there? Oh, wait, because they'll charge admission...

bigjnsa: True, but Harley's hold their value way more than any rice bike. Oh my Sporty gets 55 mpg, payments are 98 a month and insurance is 32 a month. That's a bargain for me!

That's true right there, and although the sportster is one I'd love to have, aren't a lot of HD enthusiasts consider it the poor man's Harley?

Anyway, here's the one I want :

I see a biker and I think LOSER.

So ladies, if you want to find dentists and accountants who are easily manipulated by peer pressure and suffering from midlife crises, you know where to look...

OkieFromTulsa: OK, If there's all of these OTHER great motorcyclyes out there, then where are they, after 10 years or so? In the junkyard, that's where. That's why you see 20 year-old Harleys still on the streets: because they are great motorcycles.

Nah. It's because a 20 year old harley only has 4K miles on it.

Meh. Still won't be as good as the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, AL.

The basement section?

OkieFromTulsa: OK, If there's all of these OTHER great motorcyclyes out there, then where are they, after 10 years or so? In the junkyard, that's where. That's why you see 20 year-old Harleys still on the streets: because they are great motorcycles.

Hmmm, I don't know about you, but I can see quite a lot of old Japanese, English and (to a less degree) Italian motorcycles round me. I still see original CB 750-Four used as commuters around Paris.

LeroyJankem: Ducati. FTMFW.


This.

/Looking at the 848 on Saturday

If you want to look cool while broken down at the side of the road, then nothing beats a Harley.

I'm going to buy a Harley as soon as I can afford a new pickup to get the bike home.

Riding a (insert rice burner motorcycle name) is like farking a queer: It feels good until someone you know sees you...

Approves

True, but Harley's hold their value way more than any rice bike.

Actually, that's completely wrong -- a complete myth that's largely perpetuated by Harley dealers. Check any newspaper's classifieds and notice how many are out there for sale. The whole idea that a Harley is somehow rare, collectible, or in high demand is just laughable.

padraig: bigjnsa: True, but Harley's hold their value way more than any rice bike. Oh my Sporty gets 55 mpg, payments are 98 a month and insurance is 32 a month. That's a bargain for me!

That's true right there, and although the sportster is one I'd love to have, aren't a lot of HD enthusiasts consider it the poor man's Harley?

Anyway, here's the one I want :

I don't care what other Harley riders think. It was the bike I've always wanted. Its considered a "chick" bike, but hopefully that will to go away.

Antimatter: Never was much a fan of the Harley bikes. they are large, and heavy, and way overpriced.

I'll stick to my little 500cc Gs500f. Gets 58 to the gallon, payments are low, as is my insurrence, and she has enough power to get me to where I wanna go.

Plan on trading up for Versys or yamaha 650 cc bike in a few years.

not a good reason.

My 04 lowrider gets 50 MPG, and the insurance is like 30 bucks a month.

/Dont wave to me when we pass
//If your on a moped

Will it have a display showing the deaths of old fat, middle aged assholes with with shaved heads, grey beards and old man reflexes when they lose control of their Harley or get run over by a SMUV(Soccer Mom Utility Vehicle)?

Nothing is worse than harley davidson accessories. Maybe they should just stick to a motorcycle museum....and throw in some actual cool bikes like the old triuphs...

bigjnsa
Not the oil thing.. Jeez you'd that we'd finally get over the AMF years. One good thing that came out of the AMF years was the development of the Evo motor.

/yeah, I ride a Harley and proud of it....

AMF also is the reason we still have Harley's.

/have owned 6 over the years
//Triumph . . .my second choice.

OkieFromTulsa: The best motorcycyle EVER made!!

?

On what do you base that claim?


/ 1990 Honda Pacific Coast - Dorkiest motorcycle EVER made!!
// 75000 miles
/// 52mpg
//// paid for 15 years ago
\/ all my stuff stays nice and dry in the trunk.
\/ / so quiet you can't hear it idling from 20 feet away.
\/ // wouldn't sell it at any reasonable price.
\/ /// I will go to the museum if I'm in the area though.

Moichendising, moichendising, moichendising. That's where all the real money is made. Harley Davidson the t-shirt, Harley Davidson the coloring book, Harley Davidson the lunch box, Harley Davidson the breakfast cereal, Harley Davidson the flamethrower...and last but not least, Harley Davidson the doll.

padraig: You sure?

www.vintagebike.co.uk

I have a Bonneville it has been down all summer for a rebuild. It has been drained of all fluids and it still leaks oil.

Sad what some people here think. I have a Harley, an '04 low rider, and I enjoy the shiat out of it. I rode it from Phoenix to NYC in early October. Obviously the Ducatis and the Honda GXRs are sportier and faster and lighter and all that, but could you sit on one for 400 miles a day for eight days? Probably not.

Clearly there are cruiser dirtbag riders out there. There are also sporty dipshiat riders, too. But for the most part, I find 95% of bikers to be friendly, helpful, and a ton of fun to ride with, regardless of their personal preference of brand of boke.