hardly bashing by Triumph riders and Triumph bashing by hardley riders has been going on since....well forever. its part of the game. i have been rideing Triumph for yrs and my hardley friends and i have bantered back and forth all that time, my Dad rode h.d. and Indian in the 40s-50s and he told me it was going on then but that Triumph always could out run and out handle a h.d.and all his buddys new it. it is a tradition. now when someone seriously trashes Triumph i take afence but i find it is usually done in humor, unless you are dealing with a young r.u.b. or someone un-informed, thats when i try to set them straight. "ingnorence is not to be ignored" meaning they dont know untill they know and how they gonna know if not taught?? hard core, true bikers know the truth and respect what we ride. there was a time when you would have never seen a h.d with anything from the far east but you would see them together with English all the time. nowdays you see h.d.s rideing with jap bikes around every corner. so i think its just been a tradition for so long (the bashing each other) that its just the way it is. hopefully all in good humor. i have had both and will (and i never say never) never have another p.o.s. h.d. i ask a girl in my office the other day why she liked h.d. her only response was "cuz its a harley and i like the sound" i took her for a ride and told her the history hahahahahahahaha she now likes Triumph's too hahahahahaha see, she was just un-informed
