View Poll Results: What is your riding style, WFO or just cruising
WFO (Wide Frigg'n Open)
22
13.66%
Just cruising
139
86.34%
Voters: 161. You may not vote on this poll
WFO or Just Cruising
#42
10-31-2014, 03:50 AM
Extreme HDF Member
I combine both-I have a path and don't like anyone in my way or waste time with speed limits or other sensibilities.
The places I ride have standard speed limits of 80mph, so I can squeeze along at 90-95mph all day.
#45
10-31-2014, 06:39 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
#46
10-31-2014, 08:37 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Back when the FLSTN ("cow glide") was new, H-D ran an ad showing the bike parked next to a field of cows with the caption "it tends to mosey". I guess that's why I ride this bike. Most of the time I ride like the old man I am. Unless it's raining and I want to get home. Then it's just, "stay out of my way!"
#47
10-31-2014, 09:25 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
You know that feeling you get when you arrive where you are heading and wish it had been farther away?
I spent a lot of years riding truly fast bikes (and not to burst too many bubbles here, but there's really no such thing as a fast HD). Don't really need that anymore. Now I take it easy.
My FXR is not a fast bike. Its a fast enough bike. I can get out of the way of traffic if I need to, but mostly I'm just relaxing. Except in the curves. I still love hanging off in curves.
I spent a lot of years riding truly fast bikes (and not to burst too many bubbles here, but there's really no such thing as a fast HD). Don't really need that anymore. Now I take it easy.
My FXR is not a fast bike. Its a fast enough bike. I can get out of the way of traffic if I need to, but mostly I'm just relaxing. Except in the curves. I still love hanging off in curves.
#48
10-31-2014, 10:46 AM
Outstanding HDF Member
Two of the guys I know who always rode WFO are dead now from "encounters" with cages.
When I ride alone, it's always just cruising. With my group of regulars, 99% of the time we cruise. Every now & then we'll get on it for a mile or 2, just to clear out the cob webs.
Yet, you responded to it...
When I ride alone, it's always just cruising. With my group of regulars, 99% of the time we cruise. Every now & then we'll get on it for a mile or 2, just to clear out the cob webs.
Yet, you responded to it...
Ho-hum, just another pointless reply.
Didn't vote on this poll and never do to any others.
#49
10-31-2014, 10:54 AM
I used to ride with a guy in the Philippines who was always wide open. I would keep up with him, but then that is not really my style and I thought if I keep riding like this something bad is going to happen. We were riding with very little margin for error or unexpected circumstances. So I started slowing down and just letting him go. Eventually we quit riding together. About a year ago I heard he ran into a guard rail, crashed and then got ran over by a truck. I had a feeling that something like that might happen.
#50
10-31-2014, 10:56 AM
Cruising fer sure! I like a back-country dirt road with no traffic and LOTS of scenery where nobody is behind me wanted to go speed limit. It is nice to go whatever speed I feel like going and looking at the countryside. I did my years in the rat-race and retirement is for taking my time and enjoying the journey.
