| There are so many fans of Harley Davidson | | | | 2) Most heroes have a somewhat ordinary or even |
| motorcycles, among both people that ride and those | | | | checkered past. Batman certainly has a troubled past. |
| who never have and maybe never will. I've even met | | | | Real life heroes often have ordinary pasts with both |
| people who have never ridden who have the emblem | | | | ups and downs. Similarly, Harley Davidson had a |
| proudly tattooed! They are beautiful well built | | | | period of pretty bad quality control where the bikes |
| machines that seem to automatically draw people's | | | | they were making had serious problems. They, like |
| attention. They are several reasons why Harleys | | | | Batman and others, overcame their past. |
| resemble a real or even a comic book super hero, | | | | 3) Heroes don't run around like Muhammad Ali |
| and here are three: | | | | proclaiming "I am the greatest." Ever even hear a real |
| 1) Superheros all have a strength, but they do not | | | | hero, one who may have saved lives, claim to be a |
| excel at everything. Aquaman doesn't fly, Superman | | | | hero when interviewed on TV or in the printed |
| doesn't eat fire, Batman doesn't have X-ray vision | | | | press? They never do, just like H-D does need to |
| and Harley-Davidson doesn't small small bikes. Their | | | | make any grandiose claims. Their actions speak for |
| strength, their super power, is in producing big bikes, | | | | themselves. |
| ones with engines over 750cc. That what they do, | | | | And of course, heroes have fans, and those are |
| and they do it exceedingly well. | | | | certainly not in short supply here. |