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Originally posted by Moonduck
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.
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No doubt. My point about buying an older one was just that I like to rebuild bikes. It makes them more "mine" after I've torn down the engine, stripped and painted the frame, rebuilt the carb, etc. I just don't get the same feeling from a brand new bike.