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Monday, January 16, 2006

Funny Harley Stories

Patching a server today that was taking forever, and working tickets, a recipe for boredom. While I'm waiting I decide to look at some Harley forums on the net and see the chit-chat behind the mystique. I wonder how typical a story like this one is:

I just brought home my new 2006 Road King, its been years since ive ridden a motorcycle, had the guy from the dealership ride it over while to park it until I take the riders class. in any event, parked it, and had to get my mower out so i rolled it (ignition off) out of the way towards the front of my garage...Friends came over last night to ogle, we started it, listened to the sweet sounds, turned it off. I go in, everyone follows.I go back out 3-4 hours later to start it up again, and one of the putzes had put it into gear, and me being an idiot didnt have the clutch in...after all i knew I left it in neutral...Well, my door and wall are gone, my brand new Harley is dented, scratched, and bent. further more, in my desperation, i squeezed the front brakes and now all 4 are locked up...Is there some new safety mechanism or are the brakes frozen? I cant get either of the wheels to turn.Any help/advice would be appreciated.
A couple mind boggling things here... A brand new HD doesn't have a starter and/or kickstand cutoff so you can't start it in gear with the kickstand down?!? My 97 Suzuki cruiser has that! Isn't that pretty basic stuff?

The other posts in the thread include other examples as well:

http://harleyzone.tenmagazines.com/forums/topic.ten-id-65094-s-wrecked_new_harley

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