Topic: Another snide Harley topic

[mlinder]

is that the last word?

Nah yours would be...

Oh snap, now mine is.

[Klark Kent]

 

[angeldeville]

Maybe we should start an anti-bmw thread? I think it would be hard to carry it on though. they do run decent and are good bikes, it is just the riders that have trouble staying up couse of their enormous egos!

ohh.....I like BMW's too. and I'm already a snob! Still can't justify the pricetag....

all bs aside,i think i have more issues with goldwing riders than anyone else.

I think you mean all ABS aside....

Yeah, in most cases, gw riders are like bmw riders. Too good for ANYONE not on their type of ride.

Don't like the GW, would rather ride my bike than drive it, no matter WHO makes it.

I like the HD Sportster 883r, but it seems HD riders don't give sportster riders any respect either... Still can't justify the pricetag....


Why am I spending so much time on here instead of riding anyway....

Even if I find someone riding the same bike as me they probably won't have the right year, or correct paint, and will probably be wearing flip-flops, shorts, and a tank top of some band I don't like.

It takes a lot of energy to pass judgement at 65mph....

there.... I said it!

[nickjtc]

Now, are we done???

[ofreen]

Now, are we done???

If you think so, yer dreamin.  If it doesn't continue on here, it will somewhere else.

[siter81]

Well
I hope to ride or own as many types of motorcycles i can.I like the fact each has its own quirks and personality?




My 5 cents thrown into the ring!


Siter81 

[Einyodeler]

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[nickjtc]

I always get props from the dudes who are riding goofy ass dirt bikes down the street. They never fail to wave at me. I like those guys

Now I come to think of it, you are right. Especially the brave souls cruising down the highway on 125's or 250's.

[Quail "Owner of the comfortable k8"]

Rode a HD v-rod. (think that is what it was called) Frame twisted around an engine that was everything but HD!  Fast and sounds great.  Maybe there is hope.


Ok now that I had something to say you can close this thread.

[Chris Liston]

Rode a HD v-rod. (think that is what it was called) Frame twisted around an engine that was everything but HD!  Fast and sounds great.  Maybe there is hope.


Ok now that I had something to say you can close this thread.

You'll be changing your mind as soon as you blast into a corner too fast.  My brother has one and its nice but damn uncomfortable for long hauls and will not corner at all.  I've even hung my ass off the thing and yanked on the bars and still not corner.  At last I had to brake, it does do that good.  Fast in the straights though. 

Just saw this thread btw, would like to add a few things.  It's more about who is riding the HD than anything else.  I have HD friends who love my 550.  I've had real riders who happen to ride HD's come up to me and say that they love my bike and what I'm doing to it (cafe)  Say they used to have 550's back in the day.  Its mostly the newer HD breed of rider who are the snobs and think HD is the end all be all of 2 wheels.  I have to give the HD marketing MACHINE credit for that.  People are buying the lifestyle rather than the ride.  Oh well, we know better    thread closed now.

[mic-57]

There is the same mix of personalities and attitudes in riders as in any group of people. Personally I ignore the rude and pretentious and embrace the friendly and gracious. Besides for me it is not what you ride but that you ride.

[Snowdigger69]

I just returned from a ride to Florida and back. On my return run I stopped at a motel in Wyethvill Va. on I-81.
A group of Harley riders had pulled in with a rental truck and the bikes on a trailer behind them. I watched them unload and ride around a while, One of them commented to me that I should get rid of my old piece of &^#@  ('78 CB750K) and get a real bike.  I told him I couldn't afford the truck and trailer, so I am enjoying the ride. The look.... Priceless!!

[burmashave]

This will probably go on forever, but it's starting to get a little old for me.    Harleys are like guns (if I may tie 2 threads together); they're both tools. What is done with them depends on the owner.

I had to resurrect that.  Were you quoting one of my favorite lines (from the movie Shane)?

"Marion, a gun is just a tool.  No better, nor worse than the man who uses it.  Try to remember that."

I don't dislike Harley riders; however, I have no use for the wannabees who are wearing every piece of HD clothing imaginable, and I do imagine they wear HD underwear because they obviously have to strip down and dress up for each ride.  It's the same with other sports that cost money.  When I was working at a chi-chi fru-fru ski resort, I'd see the women in their new skis and one piece Bogner's.  They couldn't ski to save their rich little souls.  On the other hand, I'd see the local kids in their jeans, camos and beat to crap skis.  Now, they could ski.

As for the non-wannabees, the only guy I know personally who is restoring a CB ('77 750, like mine) is an old hand and HD rider.  He's finishing his '77 and is looking for a good deal on a matching CB so he can make a pair and give them to his kids.  Cool, no?  Also, when I was riding back in the Mesozoic Era, when Dinosaurs ruled the earth and HD apparel was limited to black T-shirts, an HD rider stopped to help me when I had a breakdown.  Back then, no HD rider would give me the time of day, but when I was in trouble, one stopped to help.