Everyone tells me the jap copies of the Harleys are a better bike etc, but Harley has the name for resale and the wank factor of owning a Harley.

One thing I am finding is that the 2012 range of Harleys have really bland paint colours n combinations compared to last year. Maybe a cost cutting exercise unless you want std boring plain black plus chrome. The 2010 and 2011 paint schemes were much better with a really nice electric blue on offer then, but not for the 2012 range. I would probably have to buy a superceeded showroom model of 2011 or 2010 to get the colour i really want, or custom paint a 2012 model, but that could become expensive.

The neighbour next door has a 2007/2008 Fatboy with injection and yes it isnt a lumpy idle but a quieter smooth idle. But once he warms it up and opens the throttle hard heading down the street, its rocket loud n quick. I think its a 1600 cc or 1690 cc or whatever a fatboy comes with the biggest engine.Nice bike. He never rides his much, and it only has 4,000 klms on it for a 5 year period. If i bought a bike we would go for a cruise together etc.

Everyone says Harleys leak oil n all this stuff, but when i went to the HD dealership, none of the 60 plus 2nd hand bikes had any sign of any oil leak and bikes ranged from new to 1990 models etc. Maybe the std harley oil leak is a urban myth or it was fixed etc, not quite sure there.

Anyway, hope some other members have a Harley bike, and even anyone in the USA who is a member can jump in as well and share if they want etc !