Stereo systems are like Harleys

 I am more old school. I am not a fan of all the electronics in the new bikes. Just seems like more to go wrong. I don't even have fuel injection, my bike has a carburetor. Though I did upgrade it to a smooth bore Mikuni. I will say that the Twin cam was one of the most reliable engines Harley ever designed. I have not had any trouble with it in all the time I owned my bike. Just regular maintenance and a new battery. And it still starts right up every time.

 Back in the late 1980's I listened to everything I possibly could. I lived in Chicago then and there were plenty of audio stores. When I heard a Audio Research classic 60 I was hooked. It was so much better than anything else I heard. I have had Audio Research ever since. I have had other stuff in my system from time to time, but I always sell it and go back to Audio Research.

I hear ya on the electronics, but there's no going back. My Twinkie gave me no issues either mechanically, just fuel injection problems.  

I've settled on Mcintosh for now, pretty happy with it for the time being. My bucket list keeps growing though. 

Ha.   Thank God I don't have to spend as much time replacing tubes, bad solder joints, broken switches, bad wiring, stripped bolts, valves, pistons on my system as I had to on my '67 stock XLCH.

When I first started riding I met any number of Harley enthusiasts and it was always chill.  But at some point in the late 80s/early 90s I noticed a change.  Suddenly there were these faux bikers who thought they were bad boys tooling around on $25k toys.  They were McDonald's franchise owners, urologists and investment analysts.  They were the type of people who paid taxes and voted in local school board elections living out some sort of mid-life crisis.  They were just consumers who put it on their credit cards.  I hope there's not an audiophile equivalent.

Hee Hee, That’s what I mean. I’m from the Bay Area. Richmond, Oakland, Jan Jose. Those old bike were as long as a VW bug back then..

Jack Egan, Sonny Barger, Jaime Melgoza. They met up for Sturgis in the little rural communities like Brentwood, Byron hot springs, Bethel Island. Never any problems. Usually 3-500 would roll through. My Dad knew more of than me, a LOT were veterans of WWII, Korea and some of the 62-65 Vietnam advisers... I knew their kids.. They were pretty strict about their kids going to school. No lack of discipline, lets say..

My Dad worked on a LOT of their bikes pre Sturgis and a few of the Widow maker runs.. Hill climes.. LOT of fun back then.. !/2  milers too. The beautiful 750 Harleys, all rollerised.. My dream bike back then, reverse throttle guy too.. Just made good sense back then for good wheelies.. Hee Hee..

My Dad had an Ariel Square Four. Beautiful..Me a flathead 45, hated that thing.. Had a transmission out of a trike SFPD retired 45s.. lots of parts.. had a reverse... YUP.. was for a trike.. 50.00 usd..

Regards