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As an aside, those classic HD's were pretty mediocre too. They look better than the current models, more soul, if you will. They weren't great bikes though. In the 30's and 40's, people that raced, ran Indians. Harder to tune, but ran like the wind when they did. The 50's and early 60's were running on hot Brit-bikes like Triumphs and BSA's. 70's were the age of very hot Jap-bikes like my 750, and later the 750's and 900's put out by other Jap-makers. Harley just sorta ran second or third.
My Dad, as an HD owner, was fond of a coupla good comments.
"It doesn't leak oil, it marks its' territory."
"You want to go fast? Sell that thing and buy a Triumph."
When he was a young guy tearing through the Appalachian mountains, it was always Brit bikes, with him on the BSA and my uncle on a Triumph. What I wouldn't give for that BSA or the Triumph. Awesome bikes.
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