If I had to boil the design cues between the two, I’d say Harley is chrome, and Indian is leather.

I think you nailed it. I need my bike to be more utilitarian that a cruiser, or even a Sportster. I split lanes for 40 miles a day, so I want a reasonably light bike that gets over 200 on a tank. And I need to be able to strap bags to it, and take a 2 week camping trip on it. And I’m tall, so I need leg room, and I…

Congrats on the COTD! I feel like I’ve got a target on my back now that my comment was included in the original article! I did not expect that to happen, and I think that comment may look a bit bad now...

Bingo. When i’m playing the roll of industrial designer i’m normally wishing my customers had this mindset, but I think most people don’t know their own tune until they hear it.... luckily we bill hourly.

It should be noted that after I started dedicating large sums of my time to paying attention to styling, for work…

There were 400+ comments and the comment organization suuuux. I think your comment is great, just that one part is all i disagree with. There was another comment in the thread that was 100% spot on as well, I would link it but i cant find it anymore.

DAMN YOU BECAUSE REASONS! Having never owned a Harley and lacking any interest in them I have no valid critiques of your statement! My only experience with them is deciding to wear ear plugs and dodging a Sportster’s exhaust clamp! I have contributed nothing to this debate!

Well said lollercoaster. Your points are *precisely* why I love Apple products. The attention to detail and quality of build is second to none. (And when you compare a similar performance/quality of PC, the price is basically identical).

Is that target by-chance endorsed by Harley Davidson? ;)

You’ve summed up more or less the reason I sold my SuperSport (YZF-R6) and bought a HD Softail Blackline. I loved the speed, braking and handling of the R6 but it didn’t give me the same kind of feeling when I started looking at the details. Well built bike but I don’t think it compares to the attention to detail that…

I ride a Ducati Monster 1100 Evo but my past bikes have both been Harleys; a sportster then a softail. Why I ride them is because they both have a certain passion, they have soul. I also like a comfortable ride which is why I had the softail and believe it or not the monster is comfortable too. I moved from a city to…

No worries. Your reasoning and argument for loving what you ride is a choice I whole heartedly respect. We all love to ride what we ride and choose such rides based on our preferences.

Harley is an aesthetic lifestyle brand first, and a “Motor Company” second. Same with Apple and their devices.

There is this:

I am a sport bike rider and I soooo wanted to get into this thread. The last Harley I rode was a 15 year old 883 Sporty. And I hated it.

Agree 100% with lollercoaster. Aesthetics matter - and often justify a premium over similarly (or better) spec’d vehicles - which many Jalops have a hard time understanding.

Congratulations, Mr. lollercoaster, on today’s COTD! I would like to reward you with a Harley Davidson which this lovely lady will bring to you as soon as she finds the bottom of her shirt.

You’ve made me understand Harleys in a way I never did. I rode a Yamaha Bolt the other day - overall I didn’t like it, but when I was cruising about 40 mph on a nice road around a lake, I understood what the hub-bub is about. Cruisers are a fantastic way to see the world. Much like sportbikes being a fantastic way to…

Pats fan here. I see that stupid missed INT by Samuel and the last minute TD in the SB against the Giants (Eli was in the grasp, goddammit) after the 2007 season every time someone brings up that season. 18 in a row ain’t bad tho.

(:18) T.Brady kneels to NE 18 for -2 yards.

I can see how that will haunt your dreams. Everyone knows you can’t lose yards inside the red zone.

I love how Scalia put this in a 2002 essay (unrelated to marriage rights) about the obligations of a public servant when their job duties conflict with their beliefs: “He has, after all, taken an oath to apply the laws and has been given no power to supplant them with rules of his own. Of course if he feels strongly…