Harley Davidson...laugh? I nearly shat.

[Hetzer]

I went into the local Harley dealer today to try on the classic style (Brando) leather jacket. They want £450 for one. On the label: Made in China.

If somebody had told me it was made of plastic imitation leather I'd not have doubted it. If the one I got recently from Amazon scored a one on the scale of 1~10, the Harley one scored a three. Cheap nasty skanky SHITE! Which would be ok if they were charging £75 for it. But £450?! Da Fuk?!

The belt-loops on it, bar-tacked like something out of Primark. I do not exagerate. My mind was blown!

And this is Harley, who are all about reputation and quality? As I said to the bird (wow, she was hot!), "I'm glad they're not making the bikes in the same place".

You know the difference between old-skool heavy hide and this modern thin pebble-coated shite. Harley are making their jackets from the latter and destroying their rep for what, a few quid on the tiny number of mugs who would pay that much money for shite?

I'm baffled. Somebody at Harley HQ seriously needs to be sacked. And if it's the top guys doing it Harley Corp deserves to die.

I definitely won't be buying my Harley brand new anymore either. Was seriously contemplating it but not now I know their ethos.
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any old shit stitched together for a name at a hugely inflated price

sounds like a harley to me
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[Eddie Hitler]

Are you sure the bikes aren't made in the same factory these days? Riding that leather jacket sounds safer than the Iron 808 (or something) I test rode.

[TheSmiler]

Why not just go to an event where they have numerous stalls, ok you may have to wait a bit to get the jacket but from my experience of going to the local one some of the unbranded gear is extremely good quality.

You might get lady luck shine on you for once.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Sometimes I think the name has been little more than a branding exercise in the last decade or so. More concerned with finding new products to stamp a logo on than ensure decent quality control on what might be called core goods.
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[TheSmiler]

[MarJay]

[Hetzer]

[MarJay]

[Hetzer]

[Rogerborg]

I shudder to think what Victory branded clothing would be like.
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[david240968]

Was that at Shaw Harley opposite the Lewes turning on A22. I keep meaning to get a look in there but now I know they have a hottie there I must have look around.

[truslack]

I bought a genuine schott perfecto jacket a couple of years ago, down from £250 to a not tooo bad £150, thought it would still be the "original" brando jacket - they're now cheap shitty thin leather, designed purely for fashion.
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[Hetzer]

[Hetzer]

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[Skudd]

We are missing the big picture here...................... Hetzybabe went into a Harley shop to get a Fag style leather jacket.
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[garth]

Last time I went into a Harley shop I lol'd at the jackets. They had a normal leather jacket, for say £300, and then directly next to it, the same jacket in 'pre-worn, distressed look' for a hundred quid more!

Sad wankers the lot of 'em.

I always want to kick out a sidestand of one of the bikes out front on a summers day* and watch them all fall like Dominos.


* I did encounter a new breed of Harley Rider a while ago. The Hazy Day rider. Won't ride in hot sunshine because it will fade the paint...

Wanker.

[Walloper]

This thread is redundant without pictures.

Tassles et al.


Hetz.. I'll make you a fucking bike jaikit if you send me your measurements.

So long as you don't mind 'Made in Hoool' on the label.
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