Signs: Harley-Davidson
Pretty fancy.
It is not a well known fact that Harley-Davidson used to manufacture V-twin steam locomotives... Just kidding! :) I stumbled upon this train outside the swedish importer of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Pretty fancy sign holder they have, don't you think?
/O.K.
(Listening to while posting: Steve Reich - Six marimbas)
7 comments:
Look, it has two lights instead of one! Is that a major difference between American and European locomotives?
Yes.
Comes from the fact that many euro nations had much better road crossing protection than those in the US, where before automatic crossing gates some had none a all. So American engines were provided with better lights to see ahead.
by the way who ever put a Harley logo on this fine little engine should be shot.
Why do you always see a pick up truck following a Harley? To pick up all the parts that fall off.
T-shirt I have seen: It has the Harley logo but instead of "Motorcycles" it says "Airplanes", then below it it says:
If they built an airplane would you fly in it?"
Ha, that reminds me of an ad or presentation I once saw about that if computers were cars they would be totally unsafe - crash repeatedly, suddenly stop working, and be totally independable.
I never liked Harley-Davidson's, especially since so many of them are so loud!
Up above, PP, you said American engines had better lights - but isn't two lights better than one? I guess also they wanted people to see the train from a distance as well, not just see from the train.
"I never liked Harley-Davidson's, especially since so many of them are so loud!"
I think that is on purpose, the sound is part of the image you buy into when buying the motorcycle. The sound of a Harley is actually registered as a trademark by the company. Insane, but apparently true. I've been told they have a very advanced acoustics lab too.
I found some sound samples.
Funny snippet from wikipedia:
"Interestingly, when Honda first began making a motorcycle with a 45° V-2 design, the Honda Shadow, it used a more advanced engineering approach with an offset crank design which allows for even firing pulses and higher horsepower because of the reduced vibrational stresses on the engine. However, because potential buyers complained that the Shadow did not 'sound like a Harley,' Honda in 1996 introduced the Shadow American Classic Edition (or ACE) which had a single crank-pin design, reduced horsepower and a much more Harley-like sound."
It also says that H-D withdraw their trademark application after six years.
T-shirt I have seen: It has the Harley logo but instead of "Motorcycles" it says "Airplanes", then below it it says:
If they built an airplane would you fly in it?"
That explains why Harley-riders like to drive very slow in convoys... ;)
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