Author Topic: I lost a little bit of faith in humanity last night... (Read 6479 times)

MickeyX · « **Reply #25 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:42:14 pm »

Most of them are too fat for a sportster. It all hangs down on the exhaust. It doesn't have the power to pull them up a hill. When you make a wide glide look small, you need to hit the gym.

Shenanigans · « **Reply #26 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:46:24 pm »

I was waiting at a light once and saw a rock land right in front of me. I immediately looked over to the other side of the road and saw the two kids standing there just looking straight at me. I was having an already bad day, so I checked to see if there was a gap in any of the 6 lanes of cars. There was just barley one so I shot across 6 lanes diagonally ( I was in the right hand turn lane on the far side of the road) Then went up to curb and skidded toward the bus stop where they were waiting. There were two of them probably 17 or 18, both freaked out as soon as I got up the curb and ran the other direction. Right behind them was a small block fence. The first kid barley made it over but the other one I think tried to jump and just clipped at the knees and fell face first over the fence. Something similar to this. It was one of the best things I have ever seen.

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traveler · « **Reply #27 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:00:02 pm »

FWIW....I ride a big twin Harley.....and love all motorcycles.

Not everyone who owns and rides a harley is an a$$hole.

~Joe

Frankenkit · « **Reply #28 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:04:22 pm »

no. The a$$holes are a$$holes. They usually define themselves.

traveler · « **Reply #29 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:57:11 pm »

no?

ok then, I guess I am one then.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #30 on:** April 06, 2010, 09:00:52 pm »

I was agreeing with you. "No, [not everyone who rides a HD is an a-hole] the #$%*s are the #$%*s"

Old75_ratafe · « **Reply #31 on:** April 07, 2010, 01:51:04 am »

Quote from: bucky katt on April 06, 2010, 07:10:37 pm

Quote from: Old75_ratafe on April 06, 2010, 02:23:11 am
Quote from: MickeyX on April 06, 2010, 01:03:52 am
Yeah, those little #$%*s put me into the curb a bit and sped off laughing. So, I chased them down through the town and caught them about 7-8 blocks up. I wonder how they felt being caught by a chick with 1 1/2 legs on a bicycle? I'm sure they didn't tell that part of the story to their buddies.

I love the guy in the big pickup last year who pulled up next to me on my HD 883 and made a "chick bike" comment out the window at me, laughing to his buddy. I put up my visor, looked him right in the eye and said "Yeah it's a chick bike. I'm a chick #$%*."

I make friends wherever I go.

HD 883 chick bike huh.. have to mention that one to my cousin next time I see him riding around on his 89883... 6'11", male, 225lbs lol

i bet he looks like a monkey #$%*ing a football when he rides that thing

Actually... Now my cousin's like a brother to me mind you... Yes YES he does add to it he has this old 70's white spaceball helmet too. Its freakin hillarious to watch him ride it. He needs forward controls in a BAD way he's basically sitting on the fender but he can't find any ones that fit his bike for like under 400.

mick7504 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 07, 2010, 05:16:14 am »

We've got boofheads chucking rocks at cars as part of everyday life as well as this.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/04/03/136821_ntnews.html
Makes you wonder if the old fashioned corporal punishment should be bought back???
It use to work.
Mick

bucky katt · « **Reply #33 on:** April 07, 2010, 07:37:25 am »

Quote from: mick7504 on April 07, 2010, 05:16:14 am

We've got boofheads chucking rocks at cars as part of everyday life as well as this.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/04/03/136821_ntnews.html
Makes you wonder if the old fashioned corporal punishment should be bought back???
It use to work.
Mick

i think corporal punishment should be brought back. as a kid i would never ever have dreamed of acting or speaking to my parents the way kids today do.

Caaveman82 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 07, 2010, 07:58:08 am »

When I was about five or six years old my mom had an old Nova and some convertable with two 20 somethings pulled up next to us on my way to school, they hit her in the head with a full can of Pepsi when the light turned green, she had to get stitches and everything, as though she wasn't messed up in the head as it was lol.

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #35 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:56:59 am »

Quote from: my78k on April 06, 2010, 07:32:34 pm

Most of the meat heads can't tell the difference between the 1200 and the 883 "Chickster" so they just hate on them all....it saves them from actually having to think!!

Dennis

Hey now.... I ride an 883.... and comments like that will get you hurt buster.

my78k · « **Reply #36 on:** April 08, 2010, 10:10:31 am »

lmao....hey it wasn't me that came up with that name!!

Besides, I ride a CX500 currently and "people who live in glass houses...."

Dennis

MickeyX · « **Reply #37 on:** April 08, 2010, 11:40:44 am »

I ride a Chickster. Of course, I'm a chick. I guess that makes it ok.

MickeyX · « **Reply #38 on:** April 08, 2010, 11:51:09 am »

Quote from: Old75_ratafe on April 07, 2010, 01:51:04 am

Actually... Now my cousin's like a brother to me mind you... Yes YES he does add to it he has this old 70's white spaceball helmet too. Its freakin hillarious to watch him ride it. He needs forward controls in a BAD way he's basically sitting on the fender but he can't find any ones that fit his bike for like under 400.

Tell him to check these guys out... many kinds and lengths, good pricing. http://www.debrix.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=sportster+forward+controls He can find a whole setup for under $275 easily. Or maybe Havoc can set him up with something.

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #39 on:** April 08, 2010, 12:12:14 pm »

At the rate things are going I bet he could find a stock set online for real cheap...

Otherwise I could use my bike as a template and make a set for him.

Wouldn't be quick... but it would work.

MickeyX · « **Reply #40 on:** April 08, 2010, 12:21:12 pm »

It would be a little off, I think. Close but not quite.

Feebay has 'em all the time. CL will have them too occassionally. Or the sportster forum in the for sale part.

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #41 on:** April 08, 2010, 12:29:05 pm »

Oh you mean because his is a earlier model?

Well in that case I could find one to borrow.

The_Crippler · « **Reply #42 on:** April 08, 2010, 12:43:00 pm »

Quote from: HavocTurbo on April 08, 2010, 09:56:59 am

Hey now.... I ride an 883.... and comments like that will get you hurt buster.

Well, by your example, getting hurt will get you an 883.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #43 on:** April 08, 2010, 01:41:27 pm »

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #44 on:** April 08, 2010, 04:14:07 pm »

Let it be said that I in no way condone ANYONE stepping out in front of a city bus.

I may be a hard ass but it hurts like all #$%* and the ramifications and possibility of death does not justify the ends.

But it is a blast to ride that free bike!!!!

bucky katt · « **Reply #45 on:** April 08, 2010, 10:21:09 pm »

i LIKE the sportster, i just cant really ride one with the stock chassis (being hugely fat) but they do make a super nimble and quick short chopper if built right.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #46 on:** April 08, 2010, 11:18:05 pm »

If I had a sporty I'd mod it until it was touring friendly and then go forever with it.

Old75_ratafe · « **Reply #47 on:** April 09, 2010, 12:21:35 am »

Quote from: HavocTurbo on April 08, 2010, 12:12:14 pm

At the rate things are going I bet he could find a stock set online for real cheap...

Otherwise I could use my bike as a template and make a set for him.

Wouldn't be quick... but it would work.

What do you consider real cheap he's already blown to much money on his bike in the last year and I'm not sure his idea of cheap and yours would be the same lol. I know $275 would be out of what he could spend right now. We're pretty good mechanically speaking but don't have much in the way of being able to fabricate parts aside from regular tools and air tools.

Old75_ratafe · « **Reply #48 on:** April 09, 2010, 01:02:05 am »

Quote from: MickeyX on April 09, 2010, 12:48:34 am

Some people buy a Sportster just to say "I got me a Harley." I bought a Harley to have a Sportster. It fits me well and feels good for the kind of riding I do. I don't feel the need to do the ton so it's a good bike for me. It is a good investment as well since it seems to hold it's value decently over time, unlike many other HDs.
A 6'11" man buying a way too small bike (mid controls and the smallest displacement) and then complaining how much it cost to make it fit his huge frame? What exactly did he expect anyway? Nothing mean meant by it. Just curious.

Easy his dad bought a 100th aniv soft tail (new) and GAVE him his old 89 883 sportster. He's had to replace the carb twice have the shop tune it a few times, cables battery basic maintence stuff. At this point he's sick of putting money into it and just wants to ride it.... But he really does need the forwards he looks like a total gump lol. At least he finally got rid if the space ball helmet and got a decent brain bucket lol.

quietlikeachurch · « **Reply #49 on:** April 09, 2010, 02:37:20 am »

I've been egged and had rocks thrown at me while riding around the city, always by little kids, so it never bothered me too much. Hopefully they'll grow up to be good people. Though on the other hand, they might just grow up to be like the folks in my story...

As I was riding home from work (at night in January) it started to snow. Since I only about 10 miles to go I figured what the heck, I'll probably make it before the snow really sticks to the road, but of course within a few miles it HAD started to stick. I just reduced speed and carried on. Soon it was so bad that I was riding below 10 mph with my feet out as skis. About 5 blocks away from home I took a turn too fast, dumping the bike and gently sliding into a car. Nothing was damaged, but I couldn't get enough traction to pick the bike up. Thankfully, two guys were leaving the corner bar and noticed me struggling and slipping in the intersection. I yelled out, asking if one of them could please help me. They looked at me, then at each other, burst out laughing and said "no." Then they walked away, still laughing and berating me for riding a motorcycle in the snow.

Eventually I got the bike upright and carried on. That was years ago, but whenever I think of those two jackasses I still want to wring their necks.

-Ian

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