Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Agreed on all respects, except value for money. Have you seen the prices of used Harleys? I personally have never lost money on a Harley and I've had four. Sam Krneta - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman (private) Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] OT: Harleys, motorcycles and Leica (WAS: Nathan's PAW 12: Drooling over Harleys) Hi Rob, I fully agree with your sentiments about Harley. It is a testimony to brilliant marketing that they are able to sell every bike they make even though their products by every measure one might use to test a motorcycle (power, reliability, handling, value for money etc.) are vastly inferior to the Japanese and European competition. Of course, what Harley really sells are not motorcycles but a lifestyle to Peter Fonda wannabees. On a more serious note, my own bike is quite buzzy too, as with a GS500 you have keep the RPMs up around 5000 to get a meaningful response when you twist your wrist. So I keep a small pillow in my Givi topcase, and place the Domke (with inserts) in which my Leicas live on that pillow when I ride. So far this method has worked very well in avoiding misaligned rangefinders and other effects of vibration. And from a safety point of view it certainly beats carrying the gear in a backpack. Nathan robert mcclure wrote: > Hello, > > I liked the pictures, too, but I just don't get the whole Harley thing. I > think that they are expensive, slow and crude. For the money a BMW seems > like a much better choice. Heck, my 1982 Yamaha Seca 750 is smoother and > more refined than a Harley. As a bike for Leica fanatics, I'd be afraid a > Leica would be shaken to pieces on a HOG <g>. > > Rob McClure - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html