Harley or sport bike?

Question

thats it which one do you think is cooler?

Answer 1

Get a Harley and then you can dress like me! Very cool and people dig my buttless chaps. And even though my 800 pound Road King cost me over $23,000 (before upgrades), I don't have to worry about going to fast because it only puts out about 65 horsepower. Who needs all that power anyway?

Answer 2

Harleys are no longer cool. They've been taken over by corporate wannabes that only ride four times a year.

Cruisers, on the other hand, are very cool. So many custom builders put such unique ideas into the bikes that you can always buy something that nobody else has.

But it also depends on your definition of "cool." If rolling down main street at less than 40 mph is what you like, then cruisers are the thing. They're beautiful, and they have style out the wazoo, but they can't go fast like sportbikes.

Whine all you want about your 130 cubic inch V-twin, cruisers don't come close to sportbikes in the corners, which is what motorcyles are REALLY made for. To me, cool is coming into a changing radius series of turns at over 100mph, braking & downshifting smoothly, and becoming one with the machine as a knee puck lightly touches the asphalt. A speed-of-thought direction change followed by hitting the throttle hard exiting the turn, and you're off like a rocket with the bike screaming over 13,000 RPMs- nothing quite like it!

So here's my verdict: cruisers are cool to see, but sportbikes are far better to ride!

Answer 3

If I were riding it, I'd rather have a standard. Harley's got a few - the versions of the Sportster with rearsets, the Street Rod, and the Buell Lightning.

These have neither the feet-far-forward posture of Harley's cruiser line, nor the uncomfortable forward crouch of a supersport. Instead, they have your feet under you and your upper torso either upright or just a little bit leaned forward. I find this riding position much more comfortable.

So I guess I would have to say I prefer some Harleys to full-on sport bikes.

Answer 4

Get an in between like the new Ducati SportClassic Gt, Paul Smart, and Sport 1000. Now that's a bike with some pedigree.
Harely's are for RUBs and poseurs. You can take it to the Harley branded Hotel and Harley branded restaurant at your latest suburban strip mall... ad nauseum.

Answer 5

I don't know depends how old you are. I think 30's and older are Harley's and 20's are for like sport bikes. I've never seen an old guy on a sport bikelol. I would get a sport bike.

Answer 6

Harley

Answer 7

Not all Harleys are cruisers.
While my Superglide is the heaviest of all the bikes I've had, it takes corners very well.
You can call me old, I don't care.
I still have my Hondas, and I smile as I realize that they are older than most of the people who answer "sport bike".

Cooler? The Honda was, commuting at midnight in November and December.

Answer 8

What do you want to do with it?

If you don't care about how well the bike turns, stops, or accelerates, if you tie your personal worth to how "cool" everyone else thinks you are, and if you don't plan to ride more than 1000 miles per year, get a Harley. Oh, and you'll need to get a big wallet, too.

Answer 9

Sport bikes, harleys are at the bottom of the list for me, unless its like some orange county choppers type stuff

Answer 10

If you're a guy DEFINITELY NOT a Sportster. My hubby wanted to buy one and I refused to let him. It would be embarrassing.

Besides, a low-rider as your first bike is waaay easier to handle than a sportster. Take it from a 118 pound lady who's first bike was a low-rider (and second). A low-rider weighs 625 pounds, and is so much closer to the ground and gives you a better sense of balance than the Sportster which weighs in at around 525.