Should I keep my Suzuki or trade it for a Harley Davidson?

[Paradoxical]

[Hotler]

1. Keep the SV. It cost less to ride, license, insure and maintain.

You couldn't ask for a better back and forth to work bike than an suzuki SV650. Harleys are stolen more than other bikes.

[zabet]

3. In NC, it is the same price to insure

my Harleys as it has been for other makes I have insured. The Harley EVO motor, with regular oil changes etc., can last to 100,000 miles or better. My only advice on purchasing a Harley, buy a used one, they are drastically cheaper than 'off the showroom floor' and usually you can find the kind you want with low mileage and below blue book value. I just found a 2001 sporty 1200 for a friend for $2800 and it is loaded with chrome and only has 7200 miles on it.....check your local craigslist.

[kentauros]

2. I really don't know.

The only criteria I would consider is which one is superior in being relatively quiet! ;)
(I have to put up with a neighbor that has some horribly noisy motor-"thing" loud enough to make me jump every time he starts it.)

[provis99]

4. keep the Suzuki. Harleys are just obnoxious.

Harley are ridden my middle-aged suburban lawyers pretending they are bad-ass rebels.

[quickesst]

5. Tell that...

...to one of my best friends, who has worked construction all his life, is a brilliant blues musician, has spent all his off time working in clubs, bars, etc to an enthusiastic crowd, and who I am honored to have known in my lifetime as one of the greatest human beings I have ever encountered. His name is Steve "Jelly" Brown". He is my friend, and he rides and loves his Harley. I am nearing sixty, and I still aspire to own, and ride one with him. Thanks.
quickesst

[DainBramaged]

12. I rode a '73 from '75 until I was married in '88 when I was 38

redone TWICE cosmetically and my friend STILL owns it and has made it into a 70's cop bike since it's an antique now, and he has been riding since the 60's.


What a completely obnoxious and ignorant ASSertion.

[DiverDave]

6. wheres the 'who cares' choice?

just thought I'd ask

[alphafemale]

7. I love the sound of a Harley.

Unmistakable. No other sound like it in the world. And also they're beautiful.

[av8rdave]

8. None of the above

Get a Roadstar. Looks better, sounds better, rides (way) better than a Harley. You'll spend less at the showroom and way less at the repair shop.

[here_is_to_hope]

9. I dunno, the Harley is kind of like a Hoover vacuum....

Except for the position of the dirtbag.
(that is one old joke)
I would do the Harley.

[eShirl]

10. only get the Harley if you also have a pickup truck

for when you need to haul it in for repairs

[pintobean]

11. Buy American

[Heidi]

13. Triumph Rocket III Roadster

[IDemo]

14. V-Rod

Looks great, goes like a bat out of hell, engine developed with help from Porsche.

[Enthusiast]

15. Your SV650

outperforms the Sportster by every single measurable. It out accelerates, out brakes, handles far better, has a faster top speed and gets better fuel economy than the Sportster. The Sportster is attractive, however.