How the Harley Davidsons came to be

When Alan told me he was buying a Harley I gave it to him, you know the usual stuff - mid life crisis, only old fat bald guy’s buy Harley’s etc. Despite the relentless sledging Alan bought his Heritage Softail back in 2002. When I eventually got over to Melbourne for holidays one year Alan explained why he chose a Harley Davidson.

So his reasons were that he no longer needed to do 200Klm’s per hour. Alan then went on to explain that leaning over a fuel tank for hours on end with the pressure on your wrists from holding yourself up whilst craning your head upwards so you can actually look at where you are going is not really much fun. Finally let’s not forget the lower back pains from holding yourself up whilst contorting your body into unnatural positions to actually fit on the bike.

His story of whoa and misery brought all the memories flooding back for me. As much as l loved my ZX-10 Sports Bike I knew also knew I couldn’t go back to riding sports bikes, so Cruiser became my ride of choice.

On my next visit to Melbourne I took the Heritage for a spin and lets just say I was a Harley Davidson convert after one ride. I then decided to find a Harley that suited my style, and after a fair amount of time had passed I found the one.... the Rocker C in Crimson Red with the black flames.

One of the great things about Harley Davidson is that you can customise your bike to give it the exact look and feel you want so like most HD riders that’s exactly what I did.

In brief this is what I have done to the Rocker C, (so far)

Lowered, yep it makes it a hard ride, but it’s all about how you look whilst you’re cruising the streets. And damn it looks good.

Vance & Hines Big Radius 2 into 2

Forward Controls

Rocker Roller bars (custom made)

Braided Cables

Dead Sexy Mirrors, Indicators and footpegs

But when I hit the road for the big road trips like this one, I simply bolt on the saddlebags, windscreen and pillion seat (the back rest / gear sack sits on it) and I’m ready to roll. All up it takes me about 15 minutes to change the setup.It takes Alan about 1.5 hours to set his bike up for cruising so it looks like I’ll be making the Margaritas...


Cheers
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