I had a 1965-1966 honda 450 twin in the mid 70s it was cherry low mile ran good [I thought at the time], before it I had a 67 305 scrambler, then I got a 67 FLH dead stock dresser with 2800 original miles on it untouched original as it could be, original air in the original double whitewall goodyears, the original owner broke his back in 69 in a car wreck and never rode it again until I bought it. As far as the pre 69 bikes go [before the 750-4 honda] my flh out performed the 450 twin honda hands down, that 450 was hondas biggest bike then and it was a piece of chit compared to the biggest HD of the period, a lot of older riders will remember this very well, 1903 till 1968 the jap bikes had their asses handed to them by the Harleys and the Limey bikes as well, some of us traditional riders were influenced by this time in history enough that we still have our prefrences.
Late 70s through the 80s I road raced the ricers all over So Cal where I grew up I loved my jap bikes in those years, then I went down kinda hard on my zx11 kawi and it slowed me down just a tinge.................... back on the HD thing again.
I think the wing came out in 75 thereabouts? how many still on the road? How many old Harleys still on the road?
For me the Ricers are nasty the harley is knarley I'm goin with knarley Why aint I ridin a wing............ cause I'm Too BigNutted thats why and obviously Aussi man you are Too Big Nutted as well tell em bro.
For me pounding down some ice cold Budweiser gettin on my hog with no mufflers on it without a helmet and twisten the grip with my bros as we rode from bar to bar in the old days has got some of the best memories I know. Too Big Nutted