tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058147.post265646302576337399..comments2024-03-15T02:50:17.397-04:00Comments on Pleasure for the Empire: BrigawooAndrew Bellwarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718623679244389126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058147.post-83705897457799834502011-07-19T20:26:17.544-04:002011-07-19T20:26:17.544-04:00Can we have some car-free roads so that riding mot...Can we have some car-free roads so that riding motorcycles isn't so dangerous? ;-)Andrew Bellwarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718623679244389126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058147.post-44882422664797332322011-07-19T20:20:03.212-04:002011-07-19T20:20:03.212-04:00harley, while still cool, has lost a lot of cache ...harley, while still cool, has lost a lot of cache in the last while. hard to be the rebel outlaw and take huge bailout money. and now with them opening plants overseas for parts, the patriotards are a tad less lovestruck. harley is also a bike reputed to need constant maintenance whereas honda and the other japanese makers are building reliable, cost effective and very cool rides. <br /><br />if biker cred is important, norton, triumph, bsa and indian are also perfectly acceptable scoots. of course there is also the attendant rarety and expense to contend with. a good thing though is that young folk are all wrapped up in the go-fast, penis compensators. so older, cool rides are sometimes to be found hiding in the want ads. the only thing keeping me from exercising my middle aged desire for a bike is the lunatic car drivers littering the streets.Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.com