{"id":43124,"date":"2015-12-16T11:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T11:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=43124"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:54:55","slug":"cherrys-why-harley-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/cherrys-why-harley-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Harley-Davidson?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few brands on the planet, in the entire history of commerce, have such a strong identity as Harley-Davidson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But for all that strength of identity, the brand has an amazingly diverse and multi-layered aspect. For some, all that noise and vibration is emblematic of mechanical inefficiency. For others, it is the definitive motorcycle, the machine that all other two-wheeled forms of transport should be reckoned by. We’ve said it before. We have never truly understood the enduring appeal of the Hawg. Having been brought up ourselves on a mixture of the fizzing slickness of modern Japanese bikes and the dash and panache of European machines like Moto Guzzi, Ducati and Triumph, that the loveable Hawgness of the H-D brand has largely escaped us. But in the course of putting this thread together, we’ve glimpsed more than a handful of reasons that account for the way that Harleys are lodged in many a bikers’ hearts. <\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a fistful of answers to the question “Why Harley-Davidson?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Answer No 1: Evel Knievel<\/strong>
\nThe nutcase from Montana was probably responsible for more kids getting turned on to motorcycling than any individual known to man. And not only that – he plied his ridiculous trade on a Harley. And because of this, the American icon begat in the minds of a generation of kids across the world another American Icon in the machine form. The XR750-based machines EK jumped may not be synonymous these days with the heavy metal of Milwaukee, but motorcycles are all about dreams. And there can’t be any greater purveyor of the motorcycle dream (and nightmare) than our Evel.<\/p>\n\n\t\t