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Offline DaddyFlip

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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2016, 01:56:19 PM »
I don't get it. Because I called it a Hardly? I did so because that's what the OP, who bought one, called it. Does that mean stevewfl is a hypocrite also? Truth be told, I'm shopping for an HD myself right now. If that is also a joke then I'm happy to entertain you. But there's no hypocrisy here. Truth be told, I would prefer apes, but I'll probably end up without them, at least at the start.
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Offline KevinRLi

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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2016, 04:07:50 PM »
I will never understand how paying twice as much for half a bike is a good thing?
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Offline DaddyFlip

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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2016, 04:21:49 PM »
Quote from: KevinRLi on August 14, 2016, 04:07:50 PM
I will never understand how paying twice as much for half a bike is a good thing?

Because you avoid normal people?

Ah, different people allocate value in different ways.
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Offline Walker18

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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #23 on: August 14, 2016, 04:33:44 PM »
Jeez, this IS in the funny section, right?
Ok, some folks consider a motorcycle as just a form of transportation, and some believe these iron
horses have a soul. And a crapload of folks in-between. I find the lines on motorcycles strokes a
favorable chord in my body, and I like it. And then there's the guy on craigslist trying to buy stinky
socks and shoes, go figure! But, who am I to criticize? Commonly, to each their own..
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #24 on: August 14, 2016, 06:19:14 PM »
sweet..
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #25 on: August 15, 2016, 06:46:02 AM »
Quote from: DaddyFlip on August 14, 2016, 04:21:49 PM
Because you avoid normal people?

Ah, different people allocate value in different ways.

We ride motorcycles... Normal people don't! SMH....
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #26 on: August 15, 2016, 09:35:16 AM »
Quote from: KevinRLi on August 15, 2016, 06:46:02 AM
We. Ride. Motorcycles.

Need there be any other qualifier or question raised on the topic?
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Offline Deziner

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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #27 on: August 15, 2016, 05:11:11 PM »
What's normal for the spider is chaos to the fly..   
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2016, 01:37:43 AM »
Quote from: Deziner on August 15, 2016, 05:11:11 PM
What's normal for the spider is chaos to the fly..

True that!!  :)
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2016, 07:31:43 AM »
Quote from: KevinRLi on August 14, 2016, 04:07:50 PM
I will never understand how paying twice as much for half a bike is a good thing?

That's generous right there.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2016, 08:14:34 AM »
It is interesting funny (sorry; this IS the Funny Pages) how folks forget that the C14 retails for $16k and is worth AT BEST half of this the moment it leaves the floor and about 1/3rd of this a year later, regardless of mileage. It is the known laughing stock of resale value. You want a joke right? Right? You want to talk about half a bike? The C14 is it... and I own one. Now that's funny.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2016, 08:29:45 AM »
I glad I'm the second owner of mine.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #32 on: August 17, 2016, 08:38:15 AM »
I think your numbers are a bit off but that's OK. Point made.

As far as I can tell, most people who ride motorcycles want their bikes to be individualized. Cars move your body, motorcycles move your soul. My motorcycles have always cost more and are far nicer than the other vehicles in my transportation stable. It's a terminal disease for some of us. I'm good with that.

To me, $50k for a 1/2 ton pickup is a joke. All vehicles are money pits. All of them. There is no end to the $ that you throw at vehicles. And "worth" is relative to the individual. If it makes your heart beat fast, go for it.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #33 on: August 17, 2016, 09:17:05 AM »
...and if it doesn't, drive it til the wheels fall off and get another pos transportation vehicle.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #34 on: August 17, 2016, 05:59:32 PM »
Quote from: DaddyFlip on August 17, 2016, 08:14:34 AM
It is interesting funny (sorry; this IS the Funny Pages) how folks forget that the C14 retails for $16k and is worth AT BEST half of this the moment it leaves the floor and about 1/3rd of this a year later, regardless of mileage. It is the known laughing stock of resale value. You want a joke right? Right? You want to talk about half a bike? The C14 is it... and I own one. Now that's funny.

Which would make a used C14 the bargain of the freaken century! Again.... IMO a Harley is at least twice the cost for half the bike... They must price them by the pound or something....
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #35 on: August 17, 2016, 09:08:33 PM »
Guess from a monetary point of view, the comparison on used would be a sportster to a c-14.
It's all about purpose, what you want the bike to do for you. I wouldn't mind having both,
might be accused of being Bi-polar. Screw it, I'd make room.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #36 on: August 18, 2016, 05:04:45 AM »
Quote from: Walker18 on August 17, 2016, 09:08:33 PM
Guess from a monetary point of view, the comparison on used would be a sportster to a c-14.
It's all about purpose, what you want the bike to do for you. I wouldn't mind having both,
might be accused of being Bi-polar. Screw it, I'd make room.

Is that what's meant when someone is referred to as being 'Bi'?    ;)
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #37 on: August 18, 2016, 07:37:20 PM »
I liked the color.

And now for something completely different....play nice boys.
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #38 on: August 18, 2016, 07:45:31 PM »
The guys at asphaltandrubber.com capture the enigma of H-D pretty well in the introduction of their Ducati XDiavel review.

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/reviews/ducati-xdiavel-review/#more-104803
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Re: That's a joke right? Right?
« Reply #39 on: August 18, 2016, 07:46:45 PM »
I don't think that HD has anything to worry about from Ducati considering that HD sells in a quarter what Ducati sells in a year.  Not that I would ever buy one (HD).  I'd rather have a Ducati personally but Ducati even remotely thinking that they have something similar to HD and even say that, I think they're fn  :nuts: .
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