Harley Davidson's 100th Anniversary

[Serial Mom]

Anybody know people who are here in Milwaukee area for this?

People from all over the world are here: New Zealand (had their bikes shipped to Vancouver, then rode here), Denmark, Japan (300 people who can't even speak english chartered a DC-10 or 747 and flew direct from Tokyo).

Amazing!


For more info:
http://www.onwisconsin.com/harley100/

[htuttle]

1. Are you in 'Cream City' right now?

If so, go stand on the 16th St bridge (ie., the Father James Groppi Memorial Bridge) when a big group of Harley's are driving underneath.

You'll swear that the bridge is about to shake apart! (but don't worry...it won't).

My big question for the Harley riders there is:
When you park your bike next to 100,000+ other Harley's down at the Summerfest grounds, how the heck do you find it again?
(a co-worker who's gone to the yearly festivals told me: "You just do.").

[eyesroll]

2. I'm here in Milwaukee all the time...

and it is amazing to see all of this international tourism here.

I'm actually back-and-forth on the whole thing -- overall, good for the economy and most riders are courteous, but too much H-D worship on the local news.

Ask me again after the weekend is over, and I might have a different take -- my neighbor is hosting a gathering. If they start playing "my engine is louder than your engine" in the middle of the night, I will be grouchy. (I suspect they won't, though -- neighbor is a good guy.)

[newyawker99]

10. Congrats eyesroll!! 300 posts

:toast:

[Serial Mom]

3. I am just outside Milwaukee, at work about 1/2 mile away

from the Harley HQ in Tosa - I work near 124 & Captiol

and yes, I agee too much HD worship on the local news BUT it is a lot better than hearing about dubya!!!


on edit: wow, James Groppi - a name from the past!

[eyesroll]

4. Ooh -- how's traffic?

I live in Waukesha, work in Glendale, and the traffic report said it would take me an extra hour to get home if I took the freeways, so I took Hampton, and it was an absolute mess through Butler.

[Serial Mom]

5. Acutally, not bad

I stay off main streets and it is OK

I live in Meno Falls and lots of riders there too to visit the HD plant on Pilgrim, but I am in a subdivision that they don't go thru. Restaurants are really busy though.

[HereSince1628]

7. I'd have sworn 124th and Capital was a just remodelled coffee house...

on the SE corner anyway I can't remember anything on the other 3.
Where R you in relation to Briggs?

[Serial Mom]

8. Not exactly on 124 & Captial, general area

Briggs is on 124 & Burleigh

Target and Home Depot are on 124 & Capital

I am on 128 & Lisbon - just west and 1 block north of Capital

[Semi_subversive]

6. Way Too big of a crowd

Friends here in Sacramento tried to talk me into going. They're trailering their bikes and then riding after they get there. Panty-waist Repubs. Ride the whole way! Besides, I probably would have been jailed for assault somewhere along the way after listening to their Nazi blather for an extended period. I'll settle for riding in to work today and then hitting Street Vibrations in Reno next month.

[rppper]

9. BAAAAAAAHHHHH....harleys....i got two of the largest....

...biker events in the country here in daytona beach, bike week in early march and biketoberfest in october. let me be the first...certainly not the last....to tell you that i get more pleasure blowing by those big, loud, 88 cubic inch, overpriced, underpowered, monstrosities on my little 750cc, 16 valve, dual overhead cam, liquid cooled V45 HONDA Sabre....which btw is 22 years old and has yet to leak one single drop of oil, has always started without being choked, and gets 120 miles out of 3 gallons of gas despite having 4 carbs and a raceing set up. jesh...harley had to get porsche to build the engine for the new v-rod because they just can't get beyond the old v-twin set up they have used for nearly 100 years...and don't even bring up the evo either...still doesnt give you the horses an 1100cc honda v puts out.

i think harley makes a beautiful bike, dont get me wrong. but for the price you'd pay for a bottom of the line 883 sportster, you could buy a 1300cc fire breathing shadow vtx, one of the biggest, most powerfull v-twins on the road, and for a few thousand more, pick up the 1800 version. for that matter, you could pick up TWO 750 shadows, which still make more horses and are pretty sharp bikes to boot, for the price of the 1200 sportster.

i sold hondas for a few years...there is a running joke in the M/C industry about the HD symbol...it means "hundred dollars", which is the cost for any part you get for your new harley....

i'm not even going to include how much better yamaha twins and fours run...harleys are sleds, and you need to sink thousands into the motors to make them run at the level comparable to what jap bikes run at...and as for buells....they are so slow in the raceing bike world they had to make a special class for them...and only them...to race in. sharp bikes but way behind the power curve and waaaaay overpriced for the ride you get.

you buy a harley for the name, you buy japanese when you want to get more BANG for your dollar.....