Diesel --- front engine -vs- rear engine

bshpilot wrote:

93mastercraft wrote:


I own a GL1800 and a DP. I guess you could say that. :)

and I own a BMW K1200LT (aka flying couch) along with a few sport bikes....so i guess thats why i don't get the analogy.

I was thinking maybe the comment was made based on truckers & harley riders affinity toward chrome...but obviously i was off base there too....and as we know wing riders can go crazy w/ the chrome too ;)

I'm going to assume the analogy did not make sense because you and I were talking about 2 very different front engine diesels. Maybe you have not seen a FRED or looked one over very close. The one I saw was an Allegro. It was really a very low end class A coach. But no matter who puts a shell on it, it is still a lighter weight, leaf spring chassis with a small diesel engine. The only people who bought it were those that somehow thought that because it burnt diesel fuel, that it was somehow magically better than a gas coach. You can read the test reports and read opinions of those who test drove them. No one was particularly impressed. It was not some terrible piece of junk or anything, but it was nothing special. You paid a little extra just to say you owned a diesel, even though there was no particular advantage.
So in this person's opinion, while the Harley is not some terrible bike, I do know that if I was trying to earn my Iron Butt, which bike I would choose.