I wonder if the different terminology is regional or generational perhaps? I grew up in California in the 70’s and it was always always always called the parking brake, never “emergency” brake.

I’m curious why the author doesn’t say anything about researching who/what the Tulare Raiders were. I’d have thought that would be where you go ... if your first piece of evidence is a patch indicating a guy is a member of a motorcycle club, why not research the club and see if there are any surviving members with…

My personal definition for ‘squid’ is any immature rider who expresses their immaturity via insults and derision about other people’s choices in motorcycles and also often through reckless riding behaviors. But it is true the appellation “squid” is usually applied to immature assholes on sportbikes. Not sure if there…

So, now is your chance Harley/Bagger/Cruiser lovers.

Fair enuff ... but I think Sean’s article seems to be missing a big point: namely, not all cruisers are Harleys and not all Harleys are cruisers (e.g., Sportster and the Street babies). For example, he asks “why can’t cruisers be lighter” ... there are fucking shitloads of cruiser models that are way fucking lighter…

perfectly comfortable putting 600+ miles on my bike in a single day

new players in the market (Ducati)

Out of ~100 comments thusfar, I saw two that made a quasi-rational case for the Harley. And even those weren’t very compelling. I think that gives you the answer you’re looking for: there is no justifiable reason for buying this bike.

So what does your ideal Sean Macdonald test ride article look like then?

I have always liked BMW bikes ... I’ve owned two (both R1150R roadsters). That being said, I consider their *current* design philosophy to be a bit too fashion-forward, too industrial ... just like German heavy metal music, they take a concept, take it apart down to basic components, put it back together after finely…

Nobody with a brain complains about the corner-carving capabilities of a heavy duty pickup truck, or the zero-to-sixty times of a breadvan. Why compare a cruiser / touring bike to a sportsbike? Everybody, including the SQUIDS at motorcycle.com who complains about HD’s cornering clearance, suspension travel, and other…

Are you kidding me? Which sites are you reading? As far as I’ve read, his summation of the reviews for Harley’s bikes in general is dead on.

admitting this to anyone with a brain under the age of 40 is going to cause them to disregard anything else you have to say.

Not ‘setting’ the nomenclature standards, just enforcing them. That’s my burden in life, being called pedantic and grammar nazi among less flattering things ;-) ...

Not that how often I ride has anything to do with commenting on an internet bloggything, but yeah, I ride my bike a couple times a week, usually to the office & back on a day that I don’t need or want to drive my car. Also an irrelevant subject, but you mention it so ... I don’t think I’ve ever used wikipedia for…

The Japanese were the first to recognize and perfect the car-as-appliance mentality.

I should’ve known you were one of those Mom Teresa fanbois ;-) ... you must have missed the particular issue of Squidly Monthly where they interviewed the ghosts of dead racers from the future who greatly regretted leading so many young ‘Muricans to make wrong-headed decisions about what kind of moto accessory brands…

Joseph, you write fairly well, but I question how you come up with these things you are making certain assertions about.

Are people really that stupid that they think that a fucking internet petition has any effect whatsoever on anyone or anything anywhere??????? Holy fucking shit some people are so fucking brutally stupid!!!!!! I fucking despise every last moron on earth that thinks that ANYTHING WHATSOEVER CAN OR HAS EVER happened due…

What the ... ?!?!?!? ... are people really that stupid that they think that a fucking internet petition has any effect whatsoever on anyone or anything anywhere??????? Holy fucking shit some people are so fucking brutally stupid!!!!!! I fucking despise every last moron on earth that thinks that ANYTHING WHATSOEVER CAN…