Topic: African Americans...

[eldar]

Geez now you two sound like you are on a dating site!
"you send me your pic and I'll send you mine!"

[Joe Mig]

Yo Bro:  I'm Italian American (born in Brooklyn NY) it kind of makes us brothers so if you are ever in Howard Beach NY look me up and we could ride our vintage Hondas and stop in New park Pizza for a slice or two. 

[Sam Green Racing]

Where I work in the UK, we have every nationality, colour, race and religion. If I were to hear a person calling anyone on any of these counts, I wouldn't hesitate reporting them to management. In the UK, discrimination for any of these reasons is not tolerated and you can end up in jail for being openly biggoted.
When I was racing in the States last year, Rocking-M Rob, Dusterdude Mark and myself spotted a CB750 drag bike in the Pitt's.
We went over to look at it and found it to belong to an old coloured guy, we made ourselves known to him and we still chat together on a few dragrace forums. His name is Frank Loney and he is a great guy who I consider a friend.
If you two guys don't see many of your own kind, try going drag racing, coloureds outnumber us pale faces by about 20 to 1 and some of the best racers at the top are coloured just like supercross star James Stuart.
Remember, this is a community where we all look out for one another, we don't ask silly questions

Sam.

[Jay B]

Remember, this is a community where we all look out for one another, we don't ask silly questions

Sam.

I gotta agree with Sam wholeheartedly here. I'm a farmer from South Dakota, there aren't many (any) black folks here, but I met plenty of good people when my my daughter was in Chicago. Some were black, some were white, some were asian, etc etc etc.... I've also met bad from each catagory. If one does what's right, judge the person by their character, it don't make a damned bit of difference. At least that's my opinion.

[Sam Green Racing]

Well said Jay, how's Bre doing?

Sam.

[Jay B]

She's doing OK Sam, Slow but still moving forward. I'll update the other thread soon, don't want to hijack this one, it's important.

[Sam Green Racing]

Sure Jay, good to hear though.

Sam.

[tramp]

not many 750's out there
not many people appreciate this bike
i would bet most of us are older white guy's because this was the bike that made us rider's

[Elmo123]

Hey man, I live in a town that has mostly HD riders and they all look at me funny when Im on my CB750 because in there eyes it is just JAP CRAP. I grew up on these bikes. Matter of fact we all did. I don't know of anyone in the town that grew up on HD's. I love the old Hondas. They are a reliable means of transport. And nastalgic. And if you know the history behind the CB's thats even better. I don't want to be a follower, and be like everyone else.
I like sticking out in the croud. I have two radically built old Triumphs. Man do I get the looks on those bikes. I just smile and drive off. You ride what you ride because you are proud of it.
Elmo

[Sam Green Racing]

This is a PM posted to me by a member and my reply copied and pasted to save doing it all over again.

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Quote from: ****** on Today at 10:08:44 am
Sam, in the U.S. the word Colored or Coloured is not used. Some take great offense at that term. Black became popular in the 1970s in reaction to the word colored.


Thanks for that ******, in the UK it's just the opposite, on a multi national forum like we have, there are bound to be one or two problems with dialogue from time to time, I'll post my apologies on the thread.

Sam.

 

[Ecosse]

My neighbor's buddy (both cool guys) is black and owns a decent Kawasaki, I wanna say 900. He's owned it for over ten years I think.

Man he knows how to make that thing scream!

[Joe Mig]

You are not a outcast I get the same thing when I go to my local honda place and ask about parts for a 77 CB750.
We are just not trendoids into new stuff.
My newest bike is a 99 Roadstar that I got because my wife liked it.
My oldest is a 1970 mini bike

[fuzzybutt]

Where I work in the UK, we have every nationality, colour, race and religion. If I were to hear a person calling anyone on any of these counts, I wouldn't hesitate reporting them to management. In the UK, discrimination for any of these reasons is not tolerated and you can end up in jail for being openly biggoted.
When I was racing in the States last year, Rocking-M Rob, Dusterdude Mark and myself spotted a CB750 drag bike in the Pitt's.
We went over to look at it and found it to belong to an old coloured guy, we made ourselves known to him and we still chat together on a few dragrace forums. His name is Frank Loney and he is a great guy who I consider a friend.
If you two guys don't see many of your own kind, try going drag racing, coloureds outnumber us pale faces by about 20 to 1 and some of the best racers at the top are coloured just like supercross star James Stuart.
Remember, this is a community where we all look out for one another, we don't ask silly questions

Sam.


wish it was like that here in wonderfully racially tolerant south carolina. lots of discrimination coming from both sides here. it was quite the shock to a hippie just having moved here from new england.

[bikerboycb650]

Geez now you two sound like you are on a dating site!
"you send me your pic and I'll send you mine!"

Lol, but mine will be PG! Sorry just been away.

[Frankenkit]

Well... uh.... all the Buffalo Soldiers MC members are African-American.... or at least mostly, though probably some islanders, too.  They seem to generally ride HDs or similar cruisers.
I think your thread's pretty neat, BB650, just b/c I'm always interested in how certain demographics seem to be attracted to certain things (car types, etc etc) and I think it'd be neat to do a study or something to see if it's based on culture growing up, where we're from, or what-have-you.

[lynchj]

As far as feeling like an outcast, you are not alone because of your skin color, just riding an old CB makes you an outcast in many peoples eyes. For inspiration I would look at James "Bubba" Stewart, He is the only black guy on the supercross series and he absolutely kicks butt, he is incredible. I'm sure he took some (probably a lot) verbal abuse in the past but now he dishes it out by beating everyone. Great guy too.