r/BoomersBeingFools • u/CyanShadow42 • 1d ago

What is it with boomers and Harleys?

Some background: I am a lifelong motorcyclist, who likes to do lots of different kinds of riding, so I have a few different bikes. I'm also a bad influence and people who spend much time around me usually end up riding too, so my wife now rides and has a bike of her own. Between us we've got 5 bikes in the garage, all different types, and none of them Harleys because all of them together don't add up to the price of a new Harley and if I wanted that kind of bike I'd rather buy a Royal Enfield for all the 1940's tech without the $25,000 sticker on the gas tank.

The other day my MIL, the boomiest baby boomer to ever boom, upon seeing our garage, comments that she's "never seen so many motorcycles" with disgust almost dripping from the words. I point out that in her own neighborhood, I've seen a few garages with several Harleys that look almost identical except for color and a few accessories and suddenly having multiple bikes seems okay in her mind. I wish that was the only case of boomers being like "motorcycles bad but Harleys good" I've experienced, but it's just one of the more obvious and recent instances. Make it make sense please.

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u/Rare-Peak2697 1d ago

Millennials have done so much damage to Harley they’ve had to offshore their factories bc no one wants to work anymore.

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u/Horror-Layer-8178 1d ago

Someone we can't afford to buy expensive shitty bikes. offshoring is done because it makes the company more money, no other reason. Also COVID killed and injured so many Boomers there is a surplus of Harleys

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u/Rare-Peak2697 1d ago

It was a joke. Obviously they’re super expensive and demand is down.

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u/Horror-Layer-8178 1d ago

You need to put a /s because there are Boomers who blame Millennials for killing things like Harley, golf, and boating

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u/Rare-Peak2697 1d ago

I figured this sub would get it