OK, sell me on the F6B

[willtill]

I think my biggest problem with HD is the people that buy them.
Ignorant most of them.
They have no clue about Hp ratio to cubic inches.
nothing on the tech side.
Oh, ya can talk about wax.....
Just put on more chrome, that ought to do it.

They paid 20 TO 35k FOR marginal HP!
That is a lot of hard work(money) to NOT be able to do 85MPH all day.
I have an OLD HD and have worked very hard to make it better.
I passed a bunch guys on newer Harleys about 500 miles out from Sturgis .
I was doing 85- 90 MPH with my SO on the back, loaded HVY.
We stop every 2 hours to fill up and stretch...and after while 10 or 15 min, in they came, the ones I passed.
They were somewhere near amazed and somewheres near pissed that they could not keep up with my little EVO!
They were scrutinizing it and examining.
Asking questions, and wanting to know what stroke and bore it all is.
Being passive aggressive, defensive.
I explained it was stock stroke and bore with improved pistons and valve and head work.
They did not like it!
Of course, they had no clue about engine work, except they knew phrases like "what stage" is it? LOL
If I spent that amount of money for those things they did I would be pissed too, if I could not catch an old 1994 Road king.
The funny part was/is-i did not know they were trying to keep up...LOL
I am an old guy, and we bought our first Harley in the old days we had better know how to take care of it or at least learn fast.
The new generation...clueless.
Most the time I don't think they deserve a Harley as they have cheapened it.
Truly the blame lands squarly in HD for creating riders with no clue.
Here , buy a 50 dollar T shirt, you should feel better and be our walking talking bill board. For free.

Concur. They're being used as "tools" and they don't realize it.

..and that is why I like to debadge. Hell, I don't like wearing ANYTHING a product name or logo on it. Old Navy, Under Armor.... all of that crap... no thanks.

[thumper 549]

Except our CAV Hats
LOL

[Draxsr]

I confess that I know little about all those 'mechanic sounding terms'. I buy Honda's (1998 1100 Shadow, 2005 VTX 1800c, and now a 2016 F6B Deluxe) because I'm an operator and not a maintainer. I have bikes that run forever with next to no maintenance required, and have only been stranded three times. My Shadow had the gasket that the shift rod runs through fail, my X had a battery go flat (but that was my fault), and a flat tire on my X. Hopefully I don't have to turn in my license because I don't know a bore from a boar.

Just enjoying the rides....

[willtill]

Except our CAV Hats
LOL

That is quite different.

[thumper 549]

Anyway----giddyup back on topic.
Every bike is not for everyone.
No one can pick it for ya.
If you want trouble free, or close to it get a Goldwing or at least a metric something or other.
If you elect a V twin Harley route, bone up on good and the bad.
Used,- 2002 was the last year for the timkins and HD has had LOTS of problems going the cheap route.
Next, The TC engines have a HUGE problem with flywheels coming out of phase.
Then there is the cam chest problems with the TC.
It's best to install gears and get rid of the chains.

I like HD, its a simple machine but one has to know the variations within the species.
I have 1994 Evo.
A simple .
Carb, Twin tech ign, and i carry a spare.
Not scared to go anywhere.
If I was a mechanical idiot i would hands dwn get a Flat 6 (F6B )