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LETTERS
He’s not heavy, he’s my Harley
The “Editors’ Notes” comment by David Edwards on Harley’s new Fat Boy in the January issue (“It still has a silly name.”) was the most impudent and ludicrous I’ve heard. I’m tired of you making a mockery of the greatest motorcycle company in the world. Whatever happened to people who love their country?
Chris White Indianapolis, Indiana
Let's see, was it the part where we said the Fat Boy was “sure to be a tremendous hit, " or the place where we said it was worthy of inclusion in a “garage of dreams, " or the passage where we called it a “veritable goodtime cruising platform, a charismatic, paradoxical hunk of modern mo-
nostalgia, " that ticked you
tor cycling Off?
Regarding Camron Bussard’s “Editors’ Notes” about the Fat Boy: Adolescent, contemptuous, dysfunctional, effeminate, exhibitionist, insecure, puerile, scornful, sterile and weak-kneed are words that describe the person who would ride a HarleyDavidson motorcycle in order to be noticed by the dips who drive Porsches and “Bimmers.”
Kindly find a different area in which to sling your pseudojournalistic effluvium. And take those creeps at Motorcyclist with you. Tom Johnson Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Listen, Johnson, you 've gone too far: It 's not our turn to look after those creeps at Motorcyclist.
I purchased a Fat Boy, and, overall, I was pleased with your enthusiastic response to it’s style and its solid feel. I did, however, disagree with your feeling that the machine was best suited to “chuffing” around town. The comment about looking for a place to stop after 25 miles was hard to believe. C’mon guys, I could sit on a 2 x 6 board for 25 miles and still be comfortable.
Dave Coles Rockport, Maine
No fair, you've been practicing.
As indicated by your data panels in the January issue, the 1990 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy can outbrake a 1990 Suzuki GSX-R750, which weighs approximately 200 pounds less and has twin, four-piston calipers. Could you please explain this?
Scott Young
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
It's all done with mirrors and 2x6 boards.
A real pun-dit
I didn’t notice “right off the bat,” but I’m sure the article about Reggie Jackson in the January issue didn’t start on page 44 by coincidence.
Dan Hall
Oceanside, California
Don 7 try to put a fast one over on us, Dan, you dug that out of left field. We suspect foul play, but appreciate the sacrifice. Now, if we're not out of line or off base, it 's time to get loaded. We're out a here.
Jumping Jacks
In your December, 1989, issue, a “Clipboard” item in Race Watch stated that Kawasaki’s Doug Chandler got fourth place in the final AMA Superbike point standings. That’s incorrect. The rider who earned the fourth spot was actually Donald Jacks, a privateer who rides out of a small Suzuki shop in Orlando, Florida, called Cycle Riders, Inc. I wrote because I am a mechanic at Cycle Riders, and know how hard we worked all year to get the results we did.
Thaddeus Q. Levandoski Orlando, Florida
You're right. Our apologies to Donald Jacks, who capped off a very good year by finishing second in the AM ACCS endurance series, riding for the Dutchman II race team. ®
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