| What is it about a Harley Davidson bike that | | | | feel just that little bit of a rebel? |
| stops people in their tracks? There's a small town | | | | The film Wild Hogs managed to include two |
| called Matlock Bath in England where thousands of | | | | different images of the Harley, the middle aged, |
| bikers meet every Sunday through the summer | | | | born again biker in his new leathers, wanting to |
| and park their bikes in a huge line all along the | | | | escape the boring daily routine and feel young and |
| main street. I've been on holiday there and | | | | adventurous again, and the dangerous biker gang |
| witnessed the thousands of people admiring the | | | | out to cause trouble. Do men dream about the |
| hundreds of different types of bikes, Japanese, | | | | danger, the excitement, the drinking and the |
| British, new, old and classic, but only ever seen | | | | women or is it simply cruising along the highway |
| crowds around, you guessed it, the Harleys. Which | | | | with the V-Twin throbbing away, far from the |
| women do you think created the most interest, | | | | daily stress of their normal lives. |
| the girls in their Italian race leathers or the girls in | | | | If this is the male perspective, what about a |
| their Women's Harley Davidson gear? | | | | Women's Harley Davidson dreams? Do women |
| Is it the chrome, highly polished until it reflects like | | | | dream about the bike, riding on the back or being |
| a mirror? Is it the unique sound the V-Twin engine | | | | with a Harley man? Is that man a stable husband |
| makes as the pistons fire at uneven intervals? Is | | | | where the Harley makes him that little bit more |
| it the sheer size and substance of the bike | | | | exciting or is he a rough and ready biker, in the |
| compared to the plastic Japanese rockets? Is it | | | | gang, with the tats, looking for trouble. Do we |
| simply the name, the brand, the image that a | | | | want the bad boy or Mr sensible with the image |
| Harley Davidson creates in our minds? Is it an | | | | of a bad boy? |
| excuse to wear the clothing that inspires us to | | | | |