It's all in perspective, for some reason break downs and failing seem to be the definition a motorized soul by a lot of people. I don't care for breakdowns which is why I ride Hondas, but my Hondas most definitely have "souls". They're rock sold and reliable, can't ask for more
My girls:
Isleen - 2014 F6BD
Saorla - 1995 FLSTN Heritage Special
"Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy."
Ambrose Bierce
21 years Army (retired)
...been everywhere, seen everything, done almost everything.
IBA 80537
"It's not about what you ride"......"It's that you ride"
Breakdowns aren't part of the soul, it's part of the adventure, especially on old iron. The evo & TC bikes don't break on the side of the road that often, but do need routine MX & do have failures now and then. My gripe is when they have a recurring failure item, they just seem to throw a redesign at it & hope it works, instead of spending some time at it for a real one time fix.
The bikes unique personality and how it makes you feel is the soul. My old iron literally makes me giggle when I ride her!
Least that's this knuckdraggers opinion.
Mike
My 2 bikes appeal to two different parts of my personality. Black Moriah feedst he sensible grownup side, but my 90 proto StreetGlide feeds the inner teenager.
At 68 it's harder to keep that kid alive and smiling, but the Naked Lady Xpress
sure helps😎
I have 2 bikes, also.
My 14 Valkyrie (you really need to ride it before you say that it has no soul) sits next to my chromed out, ground shaking 01 Softail Springer. About the only thing they have in common if the fact that they both have 2 wheels. One is a race horse and the other is a show horse. One feels like you are riding on an electric powered magic carpet---- the other feels like you are being powered by a mini active volcano. Rode the Springer to work the last 2 days and put 240 miles on the Valkyrie during Labor Day.
Best of both worlds.
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