Toyotas aren’t flawless either. My radio sometimes turns itself off.

Nope. I’m a Los Angeles native. I’ve been all over the eastern sierra on dual sports. I rode to Mammoth when I was 19 on a Suzuki DR up 395. Done lots of long distance riding including Big Sur on various bikes over the years. Regularly ride Kern, Piutes, desert, San Diego area, Johnson Valley.

Harleys have been solidly reliable for decades and cooling type has no bearing on reliability anyway

They are built in the US but also go comparison shop a Japanese cruiser vs HD. If you want a Japanese cruiser you can get it in black or silver and the dealer probably only carries one and it’s in the back wedged between the side-by-sides.

It’s a cruiser and it does 0-60 in 3 seconds.

Literally one of the most beautiful places in California with tons of interesting sightseeing along the way. Probably one of the most photographed places in existence.

Add the Star Eluder to your list - $23,000 MSRP.

Thieves will steal anything but at least you don’t lose the most expensive part I guess

Stick a Lance camper and a dirt bike hitch hauler on it for once a month camping trips.

It’s so the “kiddos” can have legroom.

Blame government making small vehicles impossible to profit from. An entire segment of vehicles is dictated by some chicken tariffs for a country that doesn’t even technically exist anymore. I’m sure the car companies aren’t clamoring for changes but our government should represent the people.

Sounds like a story some angry rural guy made up in his head

ebikers have found new and novel ways of pissing people off.

Relax, this car is probably safer than all the vehicles ever created prior to the year 2000. Things getting safer is good but at a certain point we’re talking about marginal gains and it gets proportionally more expensive for consumers.

Yup, HD engines are low rev’ing, hydraulic valves, with pushrods and loads of displacement. On top of that they have separate engine, transmission and primary oil sumps so everything stays separate and clean. Plus they have very sophisticated cooling systems that are really only designed to look old fashioned.

Dude lives in Ohio. Plenty of cheap, reasonable real estate.

Big adventure bikes are fun. All the capability of a sport touring bike plus you get extra offroad-ability.

Adventure bikes are like luxury SUVs. Lots of roadgoing performance with some offroad capability.

Adventure bikes are all about fairings and wind protection.

Harleys are pretty reliable. The AMF years ended 40 years ago. Tons of 100,000+ mile big twins running around with just maintenance.