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New Bohemia, Va | I'm listening to the radio on the way to work and hear a Harley commercial. No, I didn't turn it off, but it was pressing for folks to fulfill their dreams and get a Harley. The new softtail something something now comes with fully intergrated ABS with no front brake lever, it just uses the foot brake, just like a car. Hmmmmm, what will they think of next, automatic transmissions???? |
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Lehigh Valley, Pa | So, when you come to a stop on a hill you can only put one foot down. This is going to be interesting when a gust of wind or your wife shifts on the back and you automatically drop that foot. This is going to be interesting.... |
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Boydsville, AR United States | May be they will bring back the sucide clutch too. Talk about your nostalga! |
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | GEE, maybe they can go back and copy the old (and I mean OLD) Studebaker 'hill holder' checkball that SUBARU went to a few years ago, where a check ball covers the fluid port in the master cylinder and keeps fluid pressure on the brake line until the vehicle moves forward. "LOOK! the Sun, see anything new?" |
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milwaukee wisconsin | just anether reason that make me not want a hardly a davidson pos again !! |
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Fryeburg ME | Theres a piece of 2 X 4 on a chain you throw behind the wheel you dummy!!! |
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| I heard it was a bowling pin that went behind the wheel, not a 2 x 4. |
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Peachtree City, GA | Visioness - 2011-03-25 7:56 PM
Theres a piece of 2 X 4 on a chain you throw behind the wheel you dummy!!!
The bad part is I can see you doing that.
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Fryeburg ME | Webhair - 2011-03-26 9:55 AM
Visioness - 2011-03-25 7:56 PM
Theres a piece of 2 X 4 on a chain you throw behind the wheel you dummy!!!
The bad part is I can see you doing that.
Dave The good part is I'm not the only one!!! am I DAVE!!!
besides you say it like it's a bad thing.
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New Bohemia, Va | VRat - 2011-03-25 2:47 PM
So, when you come to a stop on a hill you can only put one foot down. This is going to be interesting when a gust of wind or your wife shifts on the back and you automatically drop that foot. This is going to be interesting....
good point, geared toward a beginner only to make it more challenging. Perhaps there is a lock of some sort so you could put both feet down on a hill. |
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Lansing, MI | I think it sounds stupid...
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New Bohemia, Va | I'm still going, huh? I heard it in a commercial for the local HD dealer. It was a conversational, like hey go check out this... you mean... yeah, that sounds really cool, I'm going rush on down. When they talked about the brakes, they said "just like a car", the pedal activates the ABS for both front and rear breaks with NO brake lever for the front. Hmmmm. my bike is not "just like a car" nor will it ever be... |
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dinwiddie, va | Harley Davidson...... always a step ahead!!!! I mean behind. Sorry |
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Spfld, IL but temp Bay area, CA | So what happens when you are leaned over in a corner and the abs malfunctions causing the front brake to grab way more than the back? |
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