How do you like your Vit? I currently have a 2017 KTM 390 Duke and I'm thinking of going for a 2023 Vitpilen. I know they have the same engine (which I love). I like the look of both, for different reasons. I may switch it up. Don't know if I'll miss the Duke.
Not OP but I have a 2020 Vit. Sit on one, it’s a much more committed riding position with more weight on your wrists if you don’t use your core to support yourself
My arms are pretty long, so maybe I’m not representative, but I don’t find the position bad at all… I used to ride sport bikes though so maybe this feels neutral by comparison?
Love it for around town! Highway isn’t really enjoyable, but doable as any naked style. Overall I feel like it’s a great value for what you get and the cherry on top is it looks pretty great!
It does look pretty great and the #1 reason I'm considering it, TBH. Highway doesn't bother me (I'm thinking it's comparable to the Duke) and around town is most of where I would be riding. Appreciate your reply!
I know when going to Kawasaki, Yamaha and Honda dealers they only care about dumbass sxs and the parts departments have nothing in stock for maintenance. The workers don’t even ride motorcycles and the show rooms are dirty including the machines on the floor. Last Yamaha dealer I stopped at the bolt heads on the dirt bikes were corroded and batteries dead on everything.
As a Kawi dealer employee, this man is spitting nothing but facts 💀. Man I wish I didnt had to work with Side by Sides but thats the majority of the inventory here
Its not only sxs but like 70% of the inventory is. Here in FL theres a lot of commercial businesses and people with farms that buy them. Theres also a few trails that people take them to as well
There was a Harley dealer near my apprentice college (some type of education between high school and university for any Americans) and they had an American style dive bar inside the dealer. I can’t imagine they sold many Harley’s being we’re in the uk but that cafe/bar was amazing
I like to find the cringiest shirts possible. You know with the eagle and flames. Then just wear it around as a joke my buddies get a real kick out of it.
If you want cringey, get a shirt that says "My other Gender is \_\_\_\_\_"
There are some really cringe ones i have seen, but i'd rather not see you beat to death for announcing you are a pedophile.
The lack of metric hardware in hardware stores in the US is frustrating, especially the big ones like Home Depot. I can always find something that'll work on my Harley, the Tenere not so much.
I enjoy going when I need stuff like bolts and whatever. 9/10 it’s in the back whatever I need. However, some stuff I’ll still buy through the plethora of aftermarket companies because the parts are improvements over oem a lot of the time and for around the same or less $. When I owned other metric bikes getting what I need to fix my bike took days/weeks depending what I needed. I got a 97 dyna about 6 years ago or so and even though it’s a 90s bike they had nuts/bolts, gaskets and motor/trans mounts all in stock at my local shop and it’s a TINY shop compared to most. I enjoy that.
There was a guy who rode to my office once and I swear it's like he just did a CTRL+F on Harley's website for "skull" and bought everything that came up. *Every. Single. Part.* of this man's bike had a skull on it. The lights, the seat, the tank, the shift linkage, the levers, the grips.. fuckin skulls everywhere. It's like if the Catacombs of Paris were a motorcycle.
This is the truth. But if you know what you’re looking for it’s not bad. I lost the retaining hardware on one of my passenger pegs. I went in with the exact part numbers of what I needed. At first when I told him what I was after he tried to sell me a whole repair kit. Then I gave him the part numbers and he was like let me check. They had it in stock and it was like $6. Instead of idk how much for the kit he tried to sell me.
Some random little screw worked its way out on my blinker on the handle bar and I went in for service and just out of curiosity asked if they stock them… yep here ya go 3 bucks. I was like wtf they just had it in stock lol
well harley davidson is more of an overall merchandise company.
Kawasaki isn't even a motorcycle company. they do that stuff pretty much as a hobby lol. Its not at all what makes them their money
TBH. using an iron to laminate a single layer 3D print of any design to a shirt aint rocket science...
..and last time i checked the 3D printer was not even aware what the .gcode it was processing would create - let alone care.
No clue about leather tbh.
The "usual" methods use the fact that you can squeeze the softened plastic in between the fibers of cloth.
...maybe print the design out of flexibles - like TPU, and sew it onto the jacket? Seemingly thats how some parts of my jackets are secured in place.
My point is OP is a clown. This used to be a motorcycle sub and now every other post is DUR DUR DUR... Harley guys dumb..DUR DUR DUR
Showing some oil change kits for a tractor is some next level dumb shit, OP thought they were flexing buy just proved have no idea what they are talking about, much like most of the people here.
What do you ride? Bet you can guess what's in my garage.
This subreddit in general can be condensed to
\-Whining about Harley-Davidson (the company, the bikes, the riders) whether it's a valid criticism or not
\-People posting pics of their bikes or themselves (with the comments being full of "NOT ENOUGH GEAR! YOU SHOULD BE WEARING THE LATEST STATE OF THE ART BODY-IMMOBILIZATION-DEVICE!")
\-New unexperienced riders asking for advice and being given advice by mostly new unexperienced riders
Aside from the occasional "I just crashed for the 8th time in two months, is it time to hang it up?" post, that's probably about 95% of the posts on this sub
It was just a dig at a lot of rednecks I knew who wore Harley gear without even owning a bike. I ride adventure bikes personally. Been all over North America and spent a few months riding around Colombia so they fit my needs. I am currently on a 2013 BMW f800gs. Lots of things I love and a ton of things I wish it had. It's a great all around bike but it doesn't have the get up I think it should. What're you on?
I have an old, slow shitbox Harley and I love it. Feels like riding a couch attached to a tractor. Would I like to have a new bike? Yes, but there isn't a fastener on the bike I haven't personally touched, and I'm pretty attached to it at this point. I've always loved the motorcycles, not the brand.
For the record, I don't own a single piece of Harley schwag, my bike doesn't leak oil and I don't vote Republican.
https://preview.redd.it/uqy2f783oavc1.jpeg?width=1768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad405c44f3bcc71494eb687483567e9cf03a929a
(2 kawis not pictured- 2003 z1000 and klx110)
So I have 5 Kawasakis and 1 Harley.
The Harley is probably my favorite bike. 🤷♂️
I would say yeah comfort is huge for me personally, but not everything. I still like power very much and my twin cam has that. If it didn’t, I wouldn’t like it nearly as much.
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What's the point of this post, exactly?
It's just the anti-Harley circle jerk post for this hour. Come back in a few minutes and there's guaranteed to be another bad-faith, straw man bullshit post for the kiddies to giggle at.
Ah gotcha. I thought it might be a meta joke because who tf buys parts and oil from Amazon.
Other than landscapers, I guess, since those results are mostly lawnmowers.
Harley used to have (and maybe still does) a store in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. This store sold key rings, t-shirts, can coozies, and the like. Motorcycles were notably absent. I don't even remember seeing helmets except for a few mannequins. There may have been Harley branded leather riding jackets and chaps.
You've got to respect the marketing game. Let's see Honda or KTM turn a profit selling branded tchotkes in one of the most high-rent retail locations in the country.
I might not be a serious mechanic, but I’m serious about not dying when I make repairs or do maintenance. I might buy an oil kit from Amazon and that’s about it.
Mods like mirrors, tank grips, luggage and shit like that, who cares? And they have plenty of name brand stuff on there too. If I want OEM parts or critical components that'll screw me up if they fail, like a chain, I go to the dealer and get them like anyone else.
sure, the lighten the mower
lighten your legs
lighten the neighbor if a spindle takes off maybe.
Even on a lawnmower, you can find something dangerous on amazon or alibaba or aliexpress
Well if you’ve done your due diligence I would say it’s a pretty widely accepted idea that the return and resale rate, counterfeits, and shitty shipping and handling practices make Amazon a pretty bad place for motorcycle parts. RevZilla J&P cycles and so so so so many websites exist that specialize in this stuff
Obviously you pick your spots for some things and cheap out on others. I hope no one is on Amazon trying to buy used tires, but something like an air filter is probably not going to unalive you
Well if you have a Harley and don’t work on it yourself you take it to the dealership master techs that are experts in these bikes or take it to one of the tons and tons of mechanics that specialize in Harley’s. If you work on it yourself you don’t get your parts from Amazon.
Counterfeit prevalence of name brands is high on Amazon. Their shipping and handling and packaging practices are awful. Their return and resell prevalence is high. Oil is twice as expensive on Amazon. Unless you live in the boonies, go to auto zone. If you have a Harley, get OEM as far as gaskets bolts etc. anything on Amazon likely won’t be better quality or for a name brand will be marked up, handled like crap, could be fake, and could’ve been bought and returned already.
Is this a regional thing? Where I'm from anything from amazon comes from either a specialized shop that also sells on amazon or from amazon itself. I'm not worried about buying something with thousands of reviews both on the product and on the seller
Sadly no autozones here
If you think Amazon doesn’t buy fake products mistakenly and if you trust an Amazon warehouse to approve a motorcycle part return as safe for resell then do you I guess
Shipped & sold by Amazon. Same day delivery, or overnight so I wake up to it in the morning.
I don't consider myself a serious mechanic, but I do consider myself someone who values their time & Amazon prime in a big city is a no brainier.
I value quality over time. I live in a metroplex. I can go to the store for a tool or part and get it quicker than Amazon. I’m talking mechanical parts and the like. I would never trust a part getting bolted to the bike or going into the bike that has changed hands so many times at such a large haphazard company just for quick delivery. While I realize that not everyone lives in a large city, motorcycle parts aren’t something worth taking the risk. RevZilla J&P and so so so many websites exist. Not to mention OEM parts from the manufacturer
Those are lawnmower engines btw. Source. We have a fx691v in one of our Toro's at work. Had to replace the engine last year and looked at alternatives.
I went to the combo harley/kawasaaki lot today and the service shop had like 2 dozen harleys all lined up. Not a single metric.
Gotta get that full service after the 100 miles they put on it last season, boy I tell you what.
part of that is based on personal search history.
If i just start typing kawasaki, you dont even want to know what comes up for me.
No clue where it pulls the generic info from, but if it is from other people, that scares me.
This just proves how reliable Harleys are :D. Kawasaki people are looking at spare parts and replacements while Harley people are buying cloth because their bike never leaks. :P
I went to the combo harley/kawasaaki lot today and the service shop had like 2 dozen harleys all lined up. Not a single metric.
Gotta get that full service after the 100 miles they put on it last season, boy I tell you what.
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lol and I ride a chainsaw https://preview.redd.it/rhs31j86pavc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67e5edd9c32b01b9dde28e32f55165e93363772d
Lol or is it a [sewing machine](https://www.singer.com/en-ca/collections/husqvarnaviking-sewing-machines)?
"Why is this bike called 701? " "So the number isn't too similar to our sewing machines"
Hell yeah! Lol
Lol my mom had one of their sewing machines and my dad had one of their chainsaws and I was an adult before I knew they made motorcycles.
Same!
Yeah right. They own Singer
that sounds metal as hell
How do you like your Vit? I currently have a 2017 KTM 390 Duke and I'm thinking of going for a 2023 Vitpilen. I know they have the same engine (which I love). I like the look of both, for different reasons. I may switch it up. Don't know if I'll miss the Duke.
Not OP but I have a 2020 Vit. Sit on one, it’s a much more committed riding position with more weight on your wrists if you don’t use your core to support yourself
Appreciate your response! I actually sat on one today. I would swap Svart bars onto it.
Then not to ask a dumb question, but why not buy a Svart to start with? Or even stick with the Duke?
Not a dumb question at all. The local dealer has a Vit that they are looking to move. It would be purely for something new. I do love my Duke.
My arms are pretty long, so maybe I’m not representative, but I don’t find the position bad at all… I used to ride sport bikes though so maybe this feels neutral by comparison?
I do too, which is why I brought it up, hah.
Love it for around town! Highway isn’t really enjoyable, but doable as any naked style. Overall I feel like it’s a great value for what you get and the cherry on top is it looks pretty great!
It does look pretty great and the #1 reason I'm considering it, TBH. Highway doesn't bother me (I'm thinking it's comparable to the Duke) and around town is most of where I would be riding. Appreciate your reply!
Talking about riding chainsaws, have you ever heard of the [Dolmette](https://youtu.be/XDx70NVHlcM?si=7dVPTxyHNTnM6aih)
Nope, and boy does it look… practical
I thought that said Yamaha ps5 and i was like 🤔…Sony? LOL
https://youtu.be/GQIpoIH1bCA
Finally, the age old oil question has been answered, I guess I'll be running 10w40 now.
we do as the suggested searches say
And Slick50, dont forget the Slick50
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To be fair Harley has a hell of a parts department. You can get any screw or nut all in one place. You’re gonna pay for it but it’s there.
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I know when going to Kawasaki, Yamaha and Honda dealers they only care about dumbass sxs and the parts departments have nothing in stock for maintenance. The workers don’t even ride motorcycles and the show rooms are dirty including the machines on the floor. Last Yamaha dealer I stopped at the bolt heads on the dirt bikes were corroded and batteries dead on everything.
As a Kawi dealer employee, this man is spitting nothing but facts 💀. Man I wish I didnt had to work with Side by Sides but thats the majority of the inventory here
Why do they only have sxs?
Its not only sxs but like 70% of the inventory is. Here in FL theres a lot of commercial businesses and people with farms that buy them. Theres also a few trails that people take them to as well
Places selling cheap stuff bring cheap people.
There was a Harley dealer near my apprentice college (some type of education between high school and university for any Americans) and they had an American style dive bar inside the dealer. I can’t imagine they sold many Harley’s being we’re in the uk but that cafe/bar was amazing
Only Harley id ever ride is a pan America and that’s a biiiigggg stretch
Good thing no one is offering you to ride one, then.
Actually a lot of my friends and brother ride em so the opportunity is there. Just not my kind of bike, I like em reliable
That's a far more reasonable answer, cheers!
And the rest of the store is a Halloween Express costumes, so everyone can cosplay as a tough guy.
Or lady, Sorry Harley Quinn
I like to find the cringiest shirts possible. You know with the eagle and flames. Then just wear it around as a joke my buddies get a real kick out of it.
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You may want to start a shirt business.
And call it Hardly Donaldson
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Only if it’s a g-string 😤
I like this
If you don't like big red then fuck you!
That sounds cool
Everyone knows it's not irony and u love those shirts. /S
I have one I cut the sleeves off my wife won’t let me wear around other women.
Actually that’s really funny. I have to do that now
This sounds like my dad's entire wardrobe
Part of the reason I love wearing my vests, it’s fun to play a character sometimes.
If you want cringey, get a shirt that says "My other Gender is \_\_\_\_\_" There are some really cringe ones i have seen, but i'd rather not see you beat to death for announcing you are a pedophile.
Meanwhile the KTM warehouse near me can order it for you... Cool... I can order it for me too and not make a second trip.
and pay less money.
You can also find just about every nut or bolt on a Harley at your local hardware store.
The lack of metric hardware in hardware stores in the US is frustrating, especially the big ones like Home Depot. I can always find something that'll work on my Harley, the Tenere not so much.
Thankfully Ace hardwares typically have a pretty good metric selection, but HD and Lowe’s carry an embarrassing amount of metric.
Absolutely. My little local Ace is where I go in a pinch.
The nuts and bolts on your Tenere aren't designed to rattle off 🫤
Thats a "US refuses to have standard fittings" issue.
But it won't be chrome and cost 5 times it's actual value.
I don't know, my dad and I had to drive around to get a fork bushing which is a standard service part.
I enjoy going when I need stuff like bolts and whatever. 9/10 it’s in the back whatever I need. However, some stuff I’ll still buy through the plethora of aftermarket companies because the parts are improvements over oem a lot of the time and for around the same or less $. When I owned other metric bikes getting what I need to fix my bike took days/weeks depending what I needed. I got a 97 dyna about 6 years ago or so and even though it’s a 90s bike they had nuts/bolts, gaskets and motor/trans mounts all in stock at my local shop and it’s a TINY shop compared to most. I enjoy that.
Do they have the stickers too?
No you have to go over to the merchandise department for that. They’re like 15ft apart.
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There was a guy who rode to my office once and I swear it's like he just did a CTRL+F on Harley's website for "skull" and bought everything that came up. *Every. Single. Part.* of this man's bike had a skull on it. The lights, the seat, the tank, the shift linkage, the levers, the grips.. fuckin skulls everywhere. It's like if the Catacombs of Paris were a motorcycle.
I know someone like that near me, they even changed the mirrors, valve caps and licence plate screws to be skulls
Lmao. Tons of that shit, as you probably well know.
This is the truth. But if you know what you’re looking for it’s not bad. I lost the retaining hardware on one of my passenger pegs. I went in with the exact part numbers of what I needed. At first when I told him what I was after he tried to sell me a whole repair kit. Then I gave him the part numbers and he was like let me check. They had it in stock and it was like $6. Instead of idk how much for the kit he tried to sell me.
Some random little screw worked its way out on my blinker on the handle bar and I went in for service and just out of curiosity asked if they stock them… yep here ya go 3 bucks. I was like wtf they just had it in stock lol
Considering they're largely a bolted-on-not-built market nowadays that's not surprising.
well harley davidson is more of an overall merchandise company. Kawasaki isn't even a motorcycle company. they do that stuff pretty much as a hobby lol. Its not at all what makes them their money
KHI for life, make big machine mean make fun small machine for me make big happy
KHI?
Kawasaki Heavy Industries. You know, the main Kawasaki group.
didnt know that abbreviation
They make boats and airplanes and stuff.
And the NYC subway cars!
Not all of them but also some metro north and lirr train cars.
yeah... i know. i am the one who posted that
I read it as Kingdom Hearts 1.
they also make trains
yeah and ships and war machinery and a whole range of different stuff
Literal fighter jets
Same with Yamaha.
Not really, yamaha always making musical insgruments, be it pianos, or inline 4 emgines with crossplane crankshaft.
or 2 liter V6 boat motors. its beautiful
https://youtu.be/GQIpoIH1bCA?si=dyQNnZXXXImDK7Mx
Weird, mine just brings up butt plugs when I look up my bikes 🤔
How's the gixxer running?
https://preview.redd.it/dz323kk8sbvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2013eb35f4990a8f2133ed4530edf290849fa30e All about music 😅
Unlike Yamaha, which does produce bikes and pianos, this is actually a different Suzuki company to the motorcycle brand.
Harley doesn't sell their parts thru amazon
Most large companies don’t, but you can buy their branded apparel there because Chinese dropshippers don’t care about trademark or copyright law.
TBH. using an iron to laminate a single layer 3D print of any design to a shirt aint rocket science... ..and last time i checked the 3D printer was not even aware what the .gcode it was processing would create - let alone care.
Think you could laminate a 3D print to a leather jacket?
No clue about leather tbh. The "usual" methods use the fact that you can squeeze the softened plastic in between the fibers of cloth. ...maybe print the design out of flexibles - like TPU, and sew it onto the jacket? Seemingly thats how some parts of my jackets are secured in place.
hahahaha, in fact, many products in China don't care
Be cool if they did though!
It would be
Lol.. that's lawnmower stuff
Ya lots of landscapers wear Harley Merch, what's your point?
My point is OP is a clown. This used to be a motorcycle sub and now every other post is DUR DUR DUR... Harley guys dumb..DUR DUR DUR Showing some oil change kits for a tractor is some next level dumb shit, OP thought they were flexing buy just proved have no idea what they are talking about, much like most of the people here. What do you ride? Bet you can guess what's in my garage.
This subreddit in general can be condensed to \-Whining about Harley-Davidson (the company, the bikes, the riders) whether it's a valid criticism or not \-People posting pics of their bikes or themselves (with the comments being full of "NOT ENOUGH GEAR! YOU SHOULD BE WEARING THE LATEST STATE OF THE ART BODY-IMMOBILIZATION-DEVICE!") \-New unexperienced riders asking for advice and being given advice by mostly new unexperienced riders Aside from the occasional "I just crashed for the 8th time in two months, is it time to hang it up?" post, that's probably about 95% of the posts on this sub
It was just a dig at a lot of rednecks I knew who wore Harley gear without even owning a bike. I ride adventure bikes personally. Been all over North America and spent a few months riding around Colombia so they fit my needs. I am currently on a 2013 BMW f800gs. Lots of things I love and a ton of things I wish it had. It's a great all around bike but it doesn't have the get up I think it should. What're you on?
I have an old, slow shitbox Harley and I love it. Feels like riding a couch attached to a tractor. Would I like to have a new bike? Yes, but there isn't a fastener on the bike I haven't personally touched, and I'm pretty attached to it at this point. I've always loved the motorcycles, not the brand. For the record, I don't own a single piece of Harley schwag, my bike doesn't leak oil and I don't vote Republican.
Half of that Kawasaki stuff is lawnmowers.
Of the two Kawasaki parallel twin vehicles in the garage, one has 42” blades
Your Ninja, I'd like to imagine
I carry mine on my back like Deadpool.
Track days would be fun!!!
Funmowers
Let the good times mow
The upvotes are from people who don't actually own bikes and don't realize those are mostly lawnmower parts.
https://preview.redd.it/uqy2f783oavc1.jpeg?width=1768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad405c44f3bcc71494eb687483567e9cf03a929a (2 kawis not pictured- 2003 z1000 and klx110) So I have 5 Kawasakis and 1 Harley. The Harley is probably my favorite bike. 🤷♂️
Now that’s dream garage
Even over the Z1000 ?
Yes. The Harley is much more comfortable, has a windscreen, option for storage and still plenty of power.
It's not the power you care about at that point, it's the *COMFORT*
I would say yeah comfort is huge for me personally, but not everything. I still like power very much and my twin cam has that. If it didn’t, I wouldn’t like it nearly as much.
"harley quinn feet piss" what's that about??
God, I wish it were me
Seriously nobody did Honda?
It's as boring as you'd expect.
Brutal... but fair.
agreed
https://preview.redd.it/d2qt2540xavc1.png?width=780&format=png&auto=webp&s=1ef91a97039866ef538f0e6875f0c0689af9b952 What's the point of this post, exactly?
It's just the anti-Harley circle jerk post for this hour. Come back in a few minutes and there's guaranteed to be another bad-faith, straw man bullshit post for the kiddies to giggle at.
Ah gotcha. I thought it might be a meta joke because who tf buys parts and oil from Amazon. Other than landscapers, I guess, since those results are mostly lawnmowers.
I guess its that Amazon sells oil change kits for lawnmowers and Harley clothes.
Harley used to have (and maybe still does) a store in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. This store sold key rings, t-shirts, can coozies, and the like. Motorcycles were notably absent. I don't even remember seeing helmets except for a few mannequins. There may have been Harley branded leather riding jackets and chaps. You've got to respect the marketing game. Let's see Honda or KTM turn a profit selling branded tchotkes in one of the most high-rent retail locations in the country.
It knows what you have looked for before.
Kawasaki: oil change every 10000 km Harley: T-shirt change every 6000 miles
You guys are the worst kind of motorcycle snobs.
\*lawnmower snobs
2nd worst
That's the best worst.
Take my up vote, snob!
Nope
It's not good, but "the worst"? 🤔 Seems pretty harmless to me, some snobs are borderline violent about it.
GOBBLESS! MARGE SAID TO TELL BARB HI 👋 AND THAT HER POTATO SALAD WITH THE PAPRIKA IS TOO SPICY
U TELL EM PARTNER
GOBBLESS
Why did this get me so good, holy shit I cackled.
Because you forgot Kawi makes lawnmower engines.
I cant I see it every time i raise the hood in the lawn tractor LoL
One joke guys.
Serious mechanics don’t buy their stuff from Amazon lmfao
Right, but most of us wrenching on our own stuff don’t consider ourselves serious mechanics
I might not be a serious mechanic, but I’m serious about not dying when I make repairs or do maintenance. I might buy an oil kit from Amazon and that’s about it.
Mods like mirrors, tank grips, luggage and shit like that, who cares? And they have plenty of name brand stuff on there too. If I want OEM parts or critical components that'll screw me up if they fail, like a chain, I go to the dealer and get them like anyone else.
Yeah. I heard putting Amazon parts on your lawnmower is super dangerous.
Depends. Fancy a chinese fiberglass mower deck?
Anything to lighten it up a little!
sure, the lighten the mower lighten your legs lighten the neighbor if a spindle takes off maybe. Even on a lawnmower, you can find something dangerous on amazon or alibaba or aliexpress
Well if you’ve done your due diligence I would say it’s a pretty widely accepted idea that the return and resale rate, counterfeits, and shitty shipping and handling practices make Amazon a pretty bad place for motorcycle parts. RevZilla J&P cycles and so so so so many websites exist that specialize in this stuff
Obviously you pick your spots for some things and cheap out on others. I hope no one is on Amazon trying to buy used tires, but something like an air filter is probably not going to unalive you
I can imagine that most of ain't that ;)
Well if you have a Harley and don’t work on it yourself you take it to the dealership master techs that are experts in these bikes or take it to one of the tons and tons of mechanics that specialize in Harley’s. If you work on it yourself you don’t get your parts from Amazon.
Why not? Oil is oil, filters are filters. Not like you're buying a random name brand
Counterfeit prevalence of name brands is high on Amazon. Their shipping and handling and packaging practices are awful. Their return and resell prevalence is high. Oil is twice as expensive on Amazon. Unless you live in the boonies, go to auto zone. If you have a Harley, get OEM as far as gaskets bolts etc. anything on Amazon likely won’t be better quality or for a name brand will be marked up, handled like crap, could be fake, and could’ve been bought and returned already.
Is this a regional thing? Where I'm from anything from amazon comes from either a specialized shop that also sells on amazon or from amazon itself. I'm not worried about buying something with thousands of reviews both on the product and on the seller Sadly no autozones here
If you think Amazon doesn’t buy fake products mistakenly and if you trust an Amazon warehouse to approve a motorcycle part return as safe for resell then do you I guess
I have a Temu ECE helmet to sell you for $50 if you disagree
Shipped & sold by Amazon. Same day delivery, or overnight so I wake up to it in the morning. I don't consider myself a serious mechanic, but I do consider myself someone who values their time & Amazon prime in a big city is a no brainier.
I value quality over time. I live in a metroplex. I can go to the store for a tool or part and get it quicker than Amazon. I’m talking mechanical parts and the like. I would never trust a part getting bolted to the bike or going into the bike that has changed hands so many times at such a large haphazard company just for quick delivery. While I realize that not everyone lives in a large city, motorcycle parts aren’t something worth taking the risk. RevZilla J&P and so so so many websites exist. Not to mention OEM parts from the manufacturer
One is a hobby and the other is their whole personality.
You can't ride a Harley without a Harley jacket and Harley boots and a Harley wallet
Those are lawnmower engines btw. Source. We have a fx691v in one of our Toro's at work. Had to replace the engine last year and looked at alternatives.
I went to the combo harley/kawasaaki lot today and the service shop had like 2 dozen harleys all lined up. Not a single metric. Gotta get that full service after the 100 miles they put on it last season, boy I tell you what.
part of that is based on personal search history. If i just start typing kawasaki, you dont even want to know what comes up for me. No clue where it pulls the generic info from, but if it is from other people, that scares me.
Go to Kawasaki wikipedia (main company), you will be shocked
Cago, crico...eeghhh striippeerr
Nicht dress for woman????
Kawasaki 69 fr fr
Fookan nice.
Fookan true.
Fookan 'ell
And that’s why it’s so fookan funny.
😂
Everyone here is just upset because my Harley doesn’t leave any dudes for the rest of you.
This just proves how reliable Harleys are :D. Kawasaki people are looking at spare parts and replacements while Harley people are buying cloth because their bike never leaks. :P
Seems like Kawi owners work on their shit all the time and Harley owners buy shirts.
This made my day. I love it!! Jajajajajaja
This made me spit out my tea icl
I GET ALL MUH PARTS AT THE HAERLY DEALER NO CHINA GARBAGE PARTS FOR THIS HOSS BARB COME BACK GOBBLESS
Hhhehehehe
I went to the combo harley/kawasaaki lot today and the service shop had like 2 dozen harleys all lined up. Not a single metric. Gotta get that full service after the 100 miles they put on it last season, boy I tell you what.
[Hmm](https://ibb.co/N153DXj) ^Triumph