Harley finally creates a bike as nice as the Warrior

 

For only twice the price!

Yamaha Warrior:
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/8c577227b4d14abd8878d3202052ae82/px-assets/7595ef86c30344b18f962baf07f90ea5

Harley Warrior:
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/8c577227b4d14abd8878d3202052ae82/px-assets/9b22d6fbfcfa43b4a967fb6d4baa7c20

 


The Warrior definitely does look half the price.  Incredibly bland and
total lack of style in comparison.

 


Yeah right, if I hired a professional photographer and had a special
#1 paint job applied[1] and chromed the wheels, you wouldn't be able
to tell the two apart.

1) Same dual front brakes (only the Warrior's come off an R1
sportbike), but hooray for Harley for finally making a Dyna that has
them.

2) Same "steel" fenders

3) Same big air cooled V-twin lump of a motor (only the Yamaha's is
substantially more powerful)

4) Same blacked out engine treatment

5) Same nice 5 spoke alloy wheels sans the chrome.

6) Same modern low profile tires sporty tires (again, hooray for
Harley for finally making a Dyna that has them.)

7) Harley still uses the heavier, more flexible, mild steel frames vs
the more modern, stiff, aluminum skeleton used by Yamaha.

Anyway, it was a compliment to Harley that they finally got it right
(albeit for a lot of coin). Hell, six outta seven ain't bad!  And now
that I think about it, the Harley has an overdrive gear, so in the
tranny category they are one up on the mighty Warrior.

[1] I'll give you that the gray is a boring color, but not much worse
than black. If I had my druthers I'd have taken the Yamaha maroon, but
it wasn't available at the $9k sale price.

 


<sigh> This has been going on with you for years, Saddle and everyone
probably knows the score by now.

You can't afford a Harley so you keep on trying to find fault with
them ("Oh, I was just about to buy one and then I noticed...") to
convince yourself - even though you have no real choice in the matter
- it's for the best anyway.

You do provide a service when you put the two pictures of those bikes
side-by-side because you make one point abundantly clear:  How
pathetic the Japanese when it comes to styling.  It's almost sad.

 


Saddle #1 others zero.


Yup that's it, say it all the time...


No choice at all. Why anyone who would dare discuss the virtues and
liabilities of motorcycles on site devoted to racist rants is a
heretic!


Okay, so you made me go outside and take a pic with the bike posing
all sexy like the Harley.  Now Don, imagine the passenger backrest and
windscreen removed, original footpegs re-installed, and a little oval
air cleaner installed and tell me that isn't the bike Harley was
mocking.

Yami:
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/8c577227b4d14abd8878d3202052ae82/px-asset=
s/31875124d40146df8a7b49d2c21951ed

Harley:
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/8c577227b4d14abd8878d3202052ae82/px-asset=
s/9b22d6fbfcfa43b4a967fb6d4baa7c20