Author Topic: Another snide Harley topic (Read 5365 times)

dpen · « **on:** August 17, 2005, 01:15:26 PM »

A bloke who drinks at my pub recently bought a new FXZSRT (whatever) Harley & wanted to go for a ride with someone.
My K7 "rat" volunteered so we went for a ride through the mountains up here (the ones I ride every night to work).
Do I have to go any further? Hee Hee

Dennis · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:22:04 PM »

Quote from: dpen on August 17, 2005, 01:15:26 PM

.......so we went for a ride through the mountains up here (the ones I ride every night to work).
Do I have to go any further? Hee Hee

I see that you find this quite amusing ..........
I think I would ,too!!

eldar · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:24:57 PM »

Let me guess, he had some lame reason for not being able to keep up.

dusterdude · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:36:47 PM »

damn,i think you guys are trying to bait me again and i aint gonna fall for it this time.

Quail "Owner of the comfortable k8" · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:45:35 PM »

OK i'll bite, having never been around those bikes, why could it not keep up?

Dave Wyatt · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:48:29 PM »

Last week end I participated in the annual poker run to benfit our fire department. Out of 100 bikes, there were two wings, one cb400, one BMW K100, and my Hondamatic. The rest were HD's and their cousins Victory and Indian. Most of the riders were less than friendly. I didn't sit and drink in the bars where we drew cards, I just drew my card and got back on the bike. Leaving almost last at the start, I jumped ahead at the first stop. I was the first rider back by quite a margin, and I was sober.

If it wasn't for supporting the local community, I would not bother riding in this. It was my third year.

I actually looked at new Vrod last week, thinking it might make a good sport touring bike, but after this, I'm not sure I want anything from Milwakee other than beer.

dusterdude · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2005, 01:52:27 PM »

dave,dont let peoples attitudes keep you from buying something you might want.i dont care what it is.

TwoTired · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2005, 02:09:52 PM »

I think all you Honda guys are missing the point.
Harley's aren't purchased for their competative performance value.

But, I have heard they have a vibration only a woman can truely apreciate.

Perhaps they are a valuable tool in the mating ritual?

I'm happy to ride with any of them. But, if the pipes are too loud, I gotta be out front. I don't want to pay for the experience with early deafness. R&R has taken too much of it already.

eldar · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2005, 02:43:42 PM »

I think the problem is the people. See some want to ride just because so they get what they like and thats it. They do not mind other bikes.

Others want to have a certain image, these are the people who go to a bike show in their truck then unload their bike or go in their truck then put on chaps once there so they can LOOK like they rode.
These are also the people that blame some problem with the bike since obviously they are expert riders. I think the reason Harley gets this rap is cause that is the bike of choice for this group of people. Their other choice is a crotch rocket if they are under 25 or so.

74cb750 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2005, 03:26:47 PM »

A fiend of mine got so sick and tired of fixing his old Hardley every time we went for a ride..........he went out and bought a new one. Go figure?

liquidplumber · « **Reply #10 on:** August 17, 2005, 04:28:00 PM »

Quote from: eldar on August 17, 2005, 02:43:42 PM

I think the reason Harley gets this rap is cause that is the bike of choice for this group of people.

I agree. I have nothing against Harleys. They are nice looking bikes. It's the people (yuppies) who ride them, who have more invested in their riding wardrobe than I have in my bike, who wear fake ponytails, who have the barbed wire tattos around their arms, who, before they watched Discovery Channel and saw American Chopper, rode around in their SUVs and mini-vans, who tell me my Honda isn't a real bike, etc,etc,etc.
I'll stop ranting now.

Buffo · « **Reply #11 on:** August 17, 2005, 04:34:12 PM »

what is the difference between a person who rides a Harley and one who rides an Indian?

The one who rides the Indian can read.

Indians are far cooler bikes than Harleys...in my opinoin.

Don

dpen · « **Reply #12 on:** August 17, 2005, 05:24:37 PM »

I forgot to mention that this bloke is a "born again" rider. Off the road for thirty years, kids are gone so he spends $A30,000 on a toy.
He got a bit irate when a few people started comparing his brand new Harley name riding gear to what is seen in the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras.
By the way, I've got nothing against Harleys having put a lot of miles on a Fatboy years ago, I just prefer a bike I can work on, have fun on, is reliable & is not like as a...hole (everyone has one.
By the way, I know now why they're called "softails" - get behind one in a good corner & watch it wriggle.
Yoy made a good point about the mating ritual Lloyd.
I met my wife when I picked her up on the Fatboy. Enough said!
(she did look funny sitting on the numberplate "FAT00" though.

Killer Canary · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2005, 05:57:38 PM »

Quote from: liquidplumber on August 17, 2005, 04:28:00 PM

Quote from: eldar on August 17, 2005, 02:43:42 PM
I think the reason Harley gets this rap is cause that is the bike of choice for this group of people.

I agree. I have nothing against Harleys. They are nice looking bikes. It's the people (yuppies) who ride them, who have more invested in their riding wardrobe than I have in my bike, who wear fake ponytails, who have the barbed wire tattos around their arms, who, before they watched Discovery Channel and saw American Chopper, rode around in their SUVs and mini-vans, who tell me my Honda isn't a real bike, etc,etc,etc.
I'll stop ranting now.

I have fairly strong opinions on this subject, but does Dude seem like a yuppie to you?

TwoTired · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2005, 06:03:44 PM »

Quote from: dpen on August 17, 2005, 05:24:37 PM

Yoy made a good point about the mating ritual Lloyd.
I met my wife when I picked her up on the Fatboy. Enough said!
(she did look funny sitting on the numberplate "FAT00" though.

I take it she doesn't read this site!

SohcCBs · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2005, 06:34:17 PM »

I have to think that the main reason people these days buy Harleys is so they can be impressed with themseves.

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2005, 06:36:44 PM »

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.

dpen, that guy probably went home and told his wife, "Some Jap riding a55hole acted friendly to get me to go on a ride and then just took off. A Harley rider would never be such a jerk."

SohcCBs · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2005, 06:42:50 PM »

True, I don't have a problem with any motorcycle.....but those guys that ride 'em. Especially these days all the yuppies. Back in the late 60s and early 70s I rode with a some Harley guys here and there, but they're different these days....stuck up bad!!!

Quail "Owner of the comfortable k8" · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2005, 08:43:19 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on August 17, 2005, 06:03:44 PM

Quote from: dpen on August 17, 2005, 05:24:37 PM
Yoy made a good point about the mating ritual Lloyd.
I met my wife when I picked her up on the Fatboy. Enough said!
(she did look funny sitting on the numberplate "FAT00" though.

My brother bought a plate for his wife Tammy's 69 beetle it said "69 TAM" She ask him why people kept sticking there tongues out at her? LOL that still makes me laugh 30 years later.

egar · « **Reply #19 on:** August 18, 2005, 06:51:23 PM »

What's the difference between a Harley and a vacuum cleaner?

The dirtbag is on the inside of a vacuum cleaner.

Sorry. I just heard this one today.

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2005, 07:40:20 PM »

"...different these days....stuck up bad!!!"

Sorry, but so are Jap folks. In fact, I end up talking more to Harley guys than to Jap riders at gas stations. When I pull up on ANY of my bikes, the HD guys will stop to come over and talk because I'm riding something different. When I pull up to a pump when Jap riders are standing around in their candyass colour-matched leathers (and very loud after market pipes stuffed under the seat), I could freeze to death. Even while knowing that I know that they have no clue as to how pretentious and lacking in real skill most of them are.

Ernie, who is getting depressed because he wonders what sort of insecurities people have that causes them to pitch-a-#$%* about some group of people or other who they obviously don't even know or want to because it makes them feel better to put someone else down.

PS; A drunk once stopped me in my tracks by telling me that there's a fine line between love and hate. If you hate someone without really knowing/understanding them, it's projection. You see something in them that reminds you of something you hate about yourself.

MikeDeB · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2005, 08:52:34 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on August 17, 2005, 02:09:52 PM

But, I have heard they have a vibration only a woman can truely apreciate.

Then she hasn't ridden a Ducati with open cans.

chrometank · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2005, 10:57:36 PM »

When ever i ask a girl if she wants a ride i always ask her if she's ever had anything - Hard ,hot n throbbing between her legs - then i tell her to jump on !

chrometank · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2005, 11:15:35 PM »

I always leave out telling them its hard to get started, average performance ,and after a ride it leaks for the next 20 minutes !

Paul · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2005, 12:55:00 AM »

Thanks for letting me know about the Harley guys, I didn't realise that all Harley riders were wankers.
although ................I'd rather be a wanker than a #$%*.
Two pages devoted to #$%*in' about how cynical other people are

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