Harley Davidson, its horses for courses. Used in the context on roads they were designed for ie the USA with massive expanses of nothing (outside of urban conurbations) on straight roads with vast distances to cover with low speed limits, and the Harley is in its element. Features like the screw to grip open the throttle grip/cable (in effect a manual speed hold) to allow you to rest your right hand off the bars, which cannot be used safely in Europe, are absolutely right for the vast expansion of the USA interstate highway. The hard U shaped tyres allow you to cover vast distances on the freeway, where the more soft V shaped European tyre will square out in no time at all. The real issue with Harleys is that the Japanese with their Goldwings etc., produced a better machine for the exact same roads.
