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Originally Posted by speeder
You have to at least admit that you are in the extreme minority being a serious motorcyclist who gears up all the way on a Harley, wouldn't you? It would make you the true "1%"...lol.
I don't hate all HDs and actually like the dressers and a few others but most of the bikes are a joke and the riders are clowns. I just took a 1000 mile ride this weekend and the Harleys and their riders are absolute speed bumps on Highway 1. They are too slow and/or unskilled to pass anyone and they ride in slow clumps of nitwits that are harder to pass than cars and trucks because they stake their ground across the entire lane like spandex bicyclists. I've never seen that behavior from any other brand riders. They are a serious safety hazard when they bring those slow fart sound generators onto actual motorcycle roads like the canyons of California.
My favorite was the guy I saw at a gas station putting on his version of a HD full face helmet, (it was cold along the coast), a black head sock like you wear under a racing helmet and then his $12.00 beanie helmet over that.
They are definitely good for a laugh and I can't believe you don't see that, Higgins. But then you're a pretty serious guy.  |
Wow, Denis - I find myself in full agreement with you. First time for everything, I guess.
One of my all-time pet peeves are the lumbering groups of Harleys on the backroads. Some of the most inconsiderate bastards on the road today, holding everyone up like they do. I made the grave mistake back in 2000 (when I bought my now deceased Road King) of joining the local HOG chapter; about the only good to come of it was to finally gain some insight as to why they do that. Myself, though, I think it's not only dangerously stupid and inconsiderate, I think it should be an instant ticket for all involved. Obstructing the flow of traffic or something, if not a specific law prohibiting it. Make them hold a prescribed gap at every second bike or something, so other, faster moving traffic can filter through. Hell, I've been know to do that anyway, passing parts of the group and just forcing my way in where I have to, where I run out of passing room. Tends to piss 'em off, but they can kiss that big fat hairy ass of mine as well.
Sport bike riders don't ride like that. Or, if they do, at least they are going faster than most traffic and not holding everyone up. Typically, though, when I ride with that kind of group, we just pick a place to stop somewhere on up the road, and it's up to everyone how fast they want to get there. There might be two or three of us that hang together, but certainly no big pack like the Harley guys think they need.
Yes, I do shake my head at the putzes that have invaded one of my cherished sports. I do kind of long for the "good ol'" days when they all had to be kick started, and we had to ride with tools (and know how to use them). Those requirements sure thinned the herd quite a bit... Nowadays, however, the newfound reliability and ease of access has let all manner of fool into the fold. The problem is, they all try to emulate what they see as their version of "us", and make a mockery of the whole thing. And then the rest of you can't tell the difference, and start assigning stereotypes to the whole sport.