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[kmh364]

Well, opinions are like a certain body part: everyone!s got one, and they all stink!

Seriously, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. As American citizens, we get the choice and right to voice our own opinions and the right ignore other's!

Aprilia Caponord is the best adventure tourer? The GS BMW and the KTM leave it in the dust off-road, and the Duc Multistrada leaves it for dead on-road. How it's the best compromise with 17" supersport wheels is beyond me. Where do you go when it breaks? No thanks...I'll keep my Duc MTS1200ST.

CORRECTION:  apparently it was a CN editing error...the Caponord was the honorable mention, while the Katoom 1190 ADV beat the venerable wasserpumpfer GS.
No off-road riding on a $20k- plus ADV tourer for me, so the "big" Duc wins again!

Best Cruiser/Tourer? Who cares! I'm on a CVO Ultra...the rest can have the BMW GT or Wing...it don't perfern me!

[kmh364]

I'll be trading the Duc in when it sells for a '14 or '15 Multistrada 1200GT and the '13 CVO will go when the '15's come out...you guessed it...to be replaced by a CVO LTD. My '99 FLHRCI is going in the box with me.

[2 ROSE]

Communist...all Communist.   
Boy that kool-aid taste great!!!   

[theslash]

Harley Davidson has never made the best looking, fastest, best riding, or cheapest motorcycle.  What they do make is a Harley Davidson. The man of motorcycles.

[kmh364]

What's that saying about two types of bikers WRT H-D's? Those that have, and those that want!

Apparently, poor QC/design/reliability hasn't hurt BMW's and especially H-D's sales. I still love em, warts and all! Lots of warts!

Glutton for punishment?

guilty!

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[HUBBARD]

Harley Davidson has never made the best looking, fastest, best riding, or cheapest motorcycle.  What they do make is a Harley Davidson. The man of motorcycles.

There endeth the lesson.  Later--HUBBARD

[doublerunner]

The article is titled as "top NEW bikes". I read this as being new models of bikes not seen before, not existing bike models. Or previously existing models with new designs to them. Still surprising a wethead HD did not make that list, especially the Ultra Classic with the re-designed batwing and saddlebags

[kmh364]

Scratch my comment about trading for a '15 CVO Ltd...no changes except for craptastic paint options equals another year with the '13


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[Doniwin]

Mini-bikes the Lot.

[screaminCVO]

Interesting - I picked up a rag while going through  the grocery line up and it said with honorable mention  "the CVO Ultra Limited" best touring bike with many extras! That was after the 10 best for '14. made me feel a little better.............
 

[skratch]

Oh I forgot... they came out with the new "Street"  made by a company in India.  No thanks.

quote:  All Street 750s and Street 500s for US and Canadian consumption will be built in the Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations plant in Kansas City, Missouri, where there is a manufacturing line dedicated to producing the liquid-cooled Revolution X engine.  On the other hand, all Street 750s and Street 500s for India, Italy, Spain, and Portugal (the only other markets at this time), will be built in Bawal, India.

[kmh364]

MCN reviewed the Street 750, and while the review was generally favorable, they panned the fit/finish, comfort (seat and ergos), brakes (warped frt pad backing plates!), shift quality and inadequate cornering clearance. This despite a decent engine and suspension. I understand it's being built to a price point, but with bikes like the generally excellent Yamaha FZ-07/09, Harley needs to do better. "It's a H-D so we can charge more" doesn't work anymore, at least not at the entry-level end. If H-D wants to entice more newbies or re-entry riders to the brand, they need to do better than this!


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