Just about said something to "Got Harley" guy.

[Redman]

45 degrees this morning (about 20-25 degrees above normal).
Rode bike to restraunt to have breakfast with some friends (not riders).

While there, a group of folks come in that I thought I recognized, one big guy has a sweatshirt with big letters "Got Harley?".

I was trying to think of a good responce to that question, and I was trying to remember where I recognized these folk from, that guy in particular.

Some responce I thought of was
- "No, don't have a Harley, but do have more than a sweatshirt here this morning."

- "Will I see more than a Harley sweatshirt here today?"

Then I remembered where I have seen these folks before. About 3 or 4 times in recent years wife and I rode to the <unspecified> club here in town for a "open to public" breakfast or fish dinner. If you dont know, This is a private service club, with clubs all over in most every city in the country. The one here in town also has a <unspecified> Rider club associated with it.
And each time we parked bike (I think one time we each rode, so could say parked bikes) and walked in past other folks in thier <unspecified> Rider patch vests and such. Sometime I would say Hi and get no responce or maybe just barley a nod. ANyway, we would go there, wait in line, sit, order, wait and eat, and leave, and all that time, not one of the Riders that were there (identifyable by vest or tshirt or such) would even say hello. Other folks, general club members, that we happened to know would stop bye to chat. Other folks that were there were friendly. But any of the Riders would look right thru us, not respond to a greeting, even when it was obvious that we came on the bike(s).
On 4th occassion (I really liked the perch dinner) I took a better look, yep, all H-Ds, not even a one V-Star, not a one Shadow, all H-D.

Ew, after remembering that, I wanted to say something even more.
But didn't.

Did go out and take the long way home, actaully didnt go home, went elsewhere for a ride.

GOt home in about 2 hours.

more pics posted here
http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1798258&postcount=1279

Was 50 by time got home, and bike grimey cause roads were a bit wet in early part of the morning.


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[JEEPRUSTY]

Before we start HD bashing in all fairness I would like to start by saying ****ty bikes belong with ****ty people. HD purely simply sucks the bone.

Saying something to a fool will not change the fact that they are beyond reason and merely lemmings. But where a cliff when you need one?

 

[tkent02]

Saying something to a fool will not change the fact that they are beyond reason and merely lemmings. But where a cliff when you need one?

Excellent line.

 

[Redman]

Before we start HD bashing .........../QUOTE]

Not intending to Harley bash.
Was not commenting on the bike, but I was telling of my expereince with this group of people.

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[JEEPRUSTY]

Sorry Redman I should have used a smiley.
I was making a joke.
Contrasting the opening line with what followed is some sort of comedic technique bu I forget the correct term for it.

 

[Eli69]

don't worry, i'll be glad to harley bash for ya.

much better t'shirt - "got gsx-r?"

or- " get a real bike PVSSY "

 

[tkent02]

I saw a "I'd rather push a Harley that ride a Honda" sticker on a Toyota.
Lemming is giving them too much credit.

 

[Redman]

Sorry Redman ......

No problem, no argument at all.

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[bbjumper]

There is a general attitude with most HD riders I come across, I don't understand why they, for the most part, do not want to be sociable with riders of other than HD machines, just my observation if I'm ridin my Zook or Beemer.

One more thing, I will not ride a bike that is designed to shake itself in to a bunch of spare parts going down the road in close formation.

Just Sayin

 

[Guest]

Harleys suck!

 

[Crankthat]

I hang at a bar where 99% are Harley riders.
Now this reference not including most color wearing bikers.
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.
The ones who bought the bikes to try and be what the others are just don't understand why we really ride and just bought what they ride to try and be what the image is to them.
Though we all ride for our own reasons I would imagine most on this forum ride for the feeling we get from it and not for a image we imagine.
Let them be jerks, I will still try and help when one is sitting on the side of the road.

Probably heard before but...
Here is a couple of jokes for all.
# 1 Why do bikers smile while going down the road?
Protein

# 2 Why do bikers dig fat chicks?
Traction

 

[earlfor]

Harleys suck!

There actually is nothing wrong with a Harley. The problem is the concentrations of socially maladjusted humanoid aberrations that can be observed riding them.

 

[Guest]

There actually is nothing wrong with a Harley. The problem is the concentrations of socially maladjusted humanoid aberrations that can be observed riding them.

I wouldnt know, I dont ride with Harley owners. Heh, kidding. There are all types of bikes within our little riding click.

And yes Earl, I know exaclty the type you're referring to. I dont give em a second thought.

 

[Rover]

They're 1% ers. 1% are sociable to other bikes.

 

[yank]

Let me start by saying I like them all,and most folks I know ride them all.Maybe a few exceptions.maybe this sould be in a different thred but here we go. Do you know the difference between a Hover Vac and a Harly? Come on now !!! We all know that it is the posision of the DIRT BAG. I heard that joke a lot of years back and I'm still laughing.

 

[tatu]

Saying something to a fool will not change the fact that they are beyond reason and merely lemmings. But where a cliff when you need one?

Excellent line.

+1 here,

 

[dorkburger]

Id like to think that reasonable riders with a half a brain will realize that riding is a beautiful thing regardless of brand. Forget the unreasonable. Now for a little irony.. A few years ago i was invited to ride from nj to washington dc for the Rolling Thunder Rally on Memorial Day. Our group was comprised of 4 "sucky" harleys and one vintage gs 1150. which bike died leaving DC ,250 miles from home? thats right, the suzuki. (stator/ regulator burnup). It actually was a funny memorable trip, and no brand loyalty bs ever came up... As i said, forget the unreasonable. Besides, who would expect a 25 year old machine to act perfectly always?

 

[rapidray]

When I owned my shop in Hawaii, I used to see a LOT of "I'd rather PUSH my Harley than ride a Jap bike!" stickers on trucks. That gave me an idea. I went & had stickers of my own made. They said "I'd rather RIDE my Jap bike than push a Harley!" Ray.

 

[Steve]

Id like to think that reasonable riders with a half a brain will realize that riding is a beautiful thing regardless of brand. Forget the unreasonable. Now for a little irony. ...

Two bits of irony in my riding history:

1. Back in 1979, we were riding back from oHIo to California on our KZ1300. We met up with another couple on a KZ650 near Oklahoma City and agreed to ride west together for a while. Around Amarillo, Texas, I realized that my headlight was not on. Stopped on the side of the road at the last exit on the west side of town to troubleshoot. Found that a relay (that I had installed) had come out of its socket. I put it back in and was putting side covers back on when we heard "thunder". Saw a BUNCH of headlights bobbing toward us, then they pulled over. The leader asked if we needed any help, I said "found the problem, fixed it, just putting it back together". He said "hate to see a bike on the side", gave the high sign to the rest of his group and the headed off. As they left, we looked at the back of their vests. Could not see their home location, but the "Hell's Angels" wording was very clear.

2. A couple of years ago, I was desparately trying to leave Flori-duh after my work assignment there. My van overheated and cooked the engine, I ended up with a replacement van. Many thanks to dpep for putting me up for several days while the transaction went through.

I was north of Jacksonville, but not yet to the Georgia line, I saw two bikes on the side of the freeway. I just had to stop. As I was pulling up behind them, I could see they were Harleys, the one closest to me had one of the saddlebags off, which is never a good sign. I asked what I could do to help, they said that a wire on some lights they had just added had shorted out and blown the turn signal fuse. He added that he had just put in his last spare fuse, so I went back to my Wing, which was on the trailer, and got some more fuses for him. Then I pointed out the irony of the situation. Here they were, two Harley riders from New York, with their bikes on the ground, and me with a GoldWing on the trailer. It's usually the other way around. They appreciated the humor of it and we all got back on the road, headed up the coast.

True bikers or motorcyclists are generally a friendly bunch that really don't care what you ride. It's more important that you do ride.
It's the posers and wannabes that give the rest of them the bad name.

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[fishfarm]

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True bikers or motorcyclists are generally a friendly bunch that really don't care what you ride. It's more important that you do ride.
It's the posers and wannabes that give the rest of them the bad name.

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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.