Just about said something to "Got Harley" guy.

[bluewool]

I just don't understand what people have against lemmings.
Anyway, those are not real lemmings. They're disney lemmings. A ficticous fanciful ideal creation. Like pirates of the Caribbean or Michigan..

[retcol]

I hate getting caught in the rain on any of my bikes, just messes them up really bad and takes forever to get them back clean again. Of course, not to mention the danger from the fools in the cars who don't slow down on the wet streets. I like to ride with anybody on 2 wheels, the make and model doesn't matter. Bikes are bikes and bikers are bikers, regardless of what they are riding, in my humble opinion.

[mrbill5491]

Harley tried to trademark the exhaust note of their bikes back in the 80's. Was more or less an effort to put the skids on Jap V-Twins coming out that time. Didn't work.

I agree with Steve and his comments, it's not what you ride but who rides it. I've had more Harley riders stop to ask me if I needed help then any other rider out there. Most are everyday riders like us, then you have the "others". I've had the older Harley riders come up to my 750 and say wow I had one like that!. Other Jap riders or who ever most times just turn up their nose to an older bike cuz it doesn't have all the bells, whistles and or go fast goodies. Who cares. I ride what I ride and don't carry an attitude when I do ride, unless yer a cager LMAO. Anyways. what matters is is that you ride.

[Octain]

Didn't work.

Yeah it did, sorta. It's why Honda changed from a single pin crank on their Shadow Aero from 1999 to 2000. Same bike, but didnt sound the same.

That was then and this is now. I really dont think Harley cares one way or the other anymore. That, or they dont feel like it's worth the trouble anymore cause the new(er) Yamaha Roadstar sure sounds just like a HD twin.

[1_v8_merc]

If you wanna **** off a Harley rider, just kickstart your bike, by hand, once....then ride off.

[tkent02]

If you wanna **** off a Harley rider, just kickstart your bike, by hand, once....then ride off.

With one or two fingers.

If you don't have a kick start, start you bike with a flick of the fingernail on the button. Same effect.

Usually it makes them say something about Jap Crap and getting a real bike as you ride away.

[Redman]

.....
Usually it makes them say something about Jap Crap and getting a real bike as you ride away.

QUote that I recall recieving:

"Sounds like my grandma's sewing machine."

.

[tkent02]

Some guy last year was telling me I should have bought a Harley because my BMW only had about 80,000 miles on it. WTF?? I told him, "Sorry I don't like riding slow all that much."

[gsgeezer]

The guys who have been riding all their lives are pretty sociable and have some great stories and willing to help any riding brother out.

That's what I've noticed, too.

Some go off cliffs, though, 'cause they don't make the turn (the adventurous ones!). The large groups of "lemmings" usually stay on the straight roads....

Incident Number: 12900641 Incident Date/Time: 7/6/2012 9:36:00 AM
MSP District: 2900 Incident Contact: MN STATE PATROL DISTRICT 2900 - (218) 846-8260
Number of Individuals: 1
Number of Vehicles: 1

Location: I 94 Road Type: BLACK TOP
Milepost: 97 Road Condition: DRY
County: DOUGLAS Number of Lanes: 4
Crash Type: RAN OFF ROAD Divided/Undivided: DIVIDED ROADWAY
Incident Classification: PERSONAL INJURY Hazardous Material: NOT PRESENT

Assisting Agencies:


Person 1: DALLMAN, KENNETH L , 66 , OF EXCELSIOR MN , DRIVER OF VEH 1 , Phys. Cond. : INJURY - NON LIFE THREATENING


Vehicle 1:
2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROADSTER


IncidentDescription: V#1 ENTERED THE LATOKA REST AREA AND DROVE THROUGH THE SEMI PARKING AREA ATTEMPTING TO EXIT BACK ONTO THE INTERSTATE. MISSED A CURVE, LAYING THE BIKE ON ITS SIDE. DRIVER TRANSPORTED BY NORTH MEMORIAL AMBULANCE.

[Chrkut]

Not a Harley, but while parking in an area on my college where there were a load of cycles, a kid on a Ducati was talking to me about the 450L. I thought the kid was going to be stuck up, because of his new bike, but was actually really cool.

[Crankthat]

That's what I've noticed, too.

Some go off cliffs, though, 'cause they don't make the turn (the adventurous ones!). The large groups of "lemmings" usually stay on the straight roads....

The adventurous ones learn to ride, the rest stay off my back roads where I encounter very little traffic as they need to be seen.
That's fine with me as not many places to pass a gaggle of harleys on the roads I like to ride.

[themess]

When one person snubs another, it does no good for the person being snubbed to be offended. None at all. Visibly showing offense only gratifies the snubber, which is his goal. Ignore him.

[snicrep5]

There's real bikers(1%), motorcyclists who actually work on and build their own bikes, and there's harley posers. What gets me the most is new harley riders and some lookalike harley riders who wear the costume. Cut-off vest patches d-rags... They are pretty much playing dress-up to look like the real 1%er. The 1%ers are pretty solid people, but you would want to stay out of their way.

[tylerhurley94]

Stopped to fuel up yesterday. A Harley guy walks over wearing an Outlaws t-shirt and claimed to be a member. He was both curious and complementary about the 1100.

We walked over to his bike briefly, then he said let's go back to yours, I've seen mine enough times. A pleasant 15 minute chat.

I've had several HD's pull up to me at stop lights and start conversations with me.

On the other hand I've been snubbed by at least twice as many.

[old_chopper]

Funny, sounds like a large number of you all would "snub" or label me when riding my Super Glide, even though it's a 1985 and I've turned virtually every nut and bolt on it, simply because it's an HD, but you would communicate with me on my wifes GS. Hmmm.
If I saw you on the side of the road I'd stop regardless of what you are riding. It's what I do. I would like to think everyone would but I've seen that's not the case.