It's time to change the dirty biker image
#21
06-14-2011, 12:04 PM
Road Warrior
I get this thread is a semi-joke but it still pisses me off. I ride in flannel shirts, jeans, and most of the time skate shoes. I ride a sh*tload of miles every year on my old evo and do all my own work on it. Some of us younger guys can wrench and build some bad *** sh*t........and we dont need an HD Tshirt from every dealer we have "Visited" to prove it. Come to think of it I havent even set foor in a dealer in almost 2 yrs.
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06-14-2011, 12:04 PM
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If we all dressed like some metrosexual ceo homos I think HD would just raise the price some more and only the people driving around in lambos and wide body benzes would have a nice new bike in their garage. I think they need to go the opposite way and make the newer bikes more affordable for us younger blue collar guys to afford and maybe since they will sell a larger quantity they will see profits go up. Can never figure out why some cheaper car models have twice as much metal and 10 times more components can be half the price of a bike. When I was younger I would have loved for my first bike to have been a harley but due to my budget it was a crotch rocket (along with alot of my friends). Now that I'm older and had more cash I am happy to have my harley.
#23
06-14-2011, 12:07 PM
Road Warrior
I love it. There's this whole semi-underground scene of these younger guys doing this stuff, and its great.
#24
06-14-2011, 12:12 PM
I've been riding nearly 40 years. So now what...I'm supposed to go and lemon Pledge my leather? In the old days we had a saying: "If I have to explain you wouldn't understand". Seems today to still hold true. Sorry I didn't see the humor in this post. Most of my old riding buddies are dead or to old to ride anymore, and this new breed of riders aren't worth the trouble of getting to know them. I've got maybe ten more years of riding ahead of me then all you young guns can have it. I truly hope you don't mess it up.. but It ain't looking to good from where I'm sitting.
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06-14-2011, 12:13 PM
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#26
06-14-2011, 12:18 PM
Road Master
I’m a modern day biker, got a scooter to prove it,
Got ink on my arm, took 5 minutes to choose it.
My putt she’s a beauty 40 grand worth of chrome,
I didn’t know now how to ride her, so I trailered her home.
I bought her on credit, accessories up the wazoo,
Bought some worn chaps and a leather jacket on HD credit too.
I got me some apes, about 3 feet tall
They’re way over my head, can’t reach them at all.
Big carb and big cam, big tire to boot,
But I pray she don’t break cuz I can’t fix my own scoot.
Couple falls, couple crashes another 5 grand in fix’n
Now I got my permit just can’t take my little vixen.
My ol lady she’s a hottie, she’ll be 18 in June,
She loves all the chrome and now gives me the poon.
I wear a bandana, all folded and pressed,
No helmet for me, I ride to impress.
I got me an attitude, I’m the baddest in town,
But I check it at the door when real patchers are around.
I bought a big knife but I leave it at home,
I wore it out once but got in the way of my phone.
I call my friends “bro” now, they got new scooters too
We think we need an oil changed, just no sure how to.
I watch Pauly and Cody and Vinny and Senior
But I love Mikey the most, he’s the freaking ring leader.
And don’t forget Jessie and his West Coast Choppers,
Building every bikers dream, 50 thousand dollar bar hoppers.
I won’t ride to Sturgis, man that’s way too far
I’ll just load up the trailer and tow with the car.
I’ll stay in a motel, five stars there’s no doubt
One with great food and were credit has clout.
I will trailer near town then jump in with some scooters
1200 miles to drool at some girl with fake hooters.
I might get my ear pierced or another tattoo
Of skulls or of dagger or maybe F**k U
If the ol lady don’t like it and thinks I’m a dope
No problems here, it’ll wash off with soap
Sleep on the ground! You’re kidding me right?
Next thing you’ll want me to do is stay up n party all night.
I’ll buy me a patch that says “I RODE MINE THERE”
Who the hells gonna know, it’s a lie but who cares.
Ride to live, live to ride, I got riden in my veins,
Except when it’s too hot or too cold or windy or it rains.
Yea, I’m a modern day biker, you got something to say?
Send me an email, I'll answer it someday.
Got ink on my arm, took 5 minutes to choose it.
My putt she’s a beauty 40 grand worth of chrome,
I didn’t know now how to ride her, so I trailered her home.
I bought her on credit, accessories up the wazoo,
Bought some worn chaps and a leather jacket on HD credit too.
I got me some apes, about 3 feet tall
They’re way over my head, can’t reach them at all.
Big carb and big cam, big tire to boot,
But I pray she don’t break cuz I can’t fix my own scoot.
Couple falls, couple crashes another 5 grand in fix’n
Now I got my permit just can’t take my little vixen.
My ol lady she’s a hottie, she’ll be 18 in June,
She loves all the chrome and now gives me the poon.
I wear a bandana, all folded and pressed,
No helmet for me, I ride to impress.
I got me an attitude, I’m the baddest in town,
But I check it at the door when real patchers are around.
I bought a big knife but I leave it at home,
I wore it out once but got in the way of my phone.
I call my friends “bro” now, they got new scooters too
We think we need an oil changed, just no sure how to.
I watch Pauly and Cody and Vinny and Senior
But I love Mikey the most, he’s the freaking ring leader.
And don’t forget Jessie and his West Coast Choppers,
Building every bikers dream, 50 thousand dollar bar hoppers.
I won’t ride to Sturgis, man that’s way too far
I’ll just load up the trailer and tow with the car.
I’ll stay in a motel, five stars there’s no doubt
One with great food and were credit has clout.
I will trailer near town then jump in with some scooters
1200 miles to drool at some girl with fake hooters.
I might get my ear pierced or another tattoo
Of skulls or of dagger or maybe F**k U
If the ol lady don’t like it and thinks I’m a dope
No problems here, it’ll wash off with soap
Sleep on the ground! You’re kidding me right?
Next thing you’ll want me to do is stay up n party all night.
I’ll buy me a patch that says “I RODE MINE THERE”
Who the hells gonna know, it’s a lie but who cares.
Ride to live, live to ride, I got riden in my veins,
Except when it’s too hot or too cold or windy or it rains.
Yea, I’m a modern day biker, you got something to say?
Send me an email, I'll answer it someday.
#28
06-14-2011, 12:22 PM
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Guess I'm ahead of the pack, already doing my part... Go to gym about 5 times per week, shave every couple of days, buzz cut hair, bathe every day (except maybe when camping on the road), never cared for tassels nor tats on me, wrecked my last black bike a few years ago (and resolved to ride only something with more noticeable color).
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#29
06-14-2011, 12:26 PM
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Pre 60something rods and bikes show, rockabilly bands and great times. They did it a Don Garlits museum in Ocala, but then moved to a bigger place at Gainesville Fairgrounds.
#30
06-14-2011, 12:28 PM
I believe it's time to change the general image of today's Harley rider...the bearded dirty overweight badass pirate look is now out of style and needs to be replaced with a more modern metropolitan look to help attract the younger generation into the Harley Davidson family in order to help keep the legend alive. After all...kids today want a sleek streamlined look and lets face it...none of them know what a wrench is let alone actually own one.
So in order to keep the brotherhood alive I am asking for suggestions as to what we need to do. I'll start with a few:
1. All of you big fat sloppy guys with beards need to join a gym, bathe, shave, and start eating vegetarian and working out 2 hours a day until you can look down and see your shoes again.
2. You guys with the blacked out denim painted bikes need to get some shiny paint and chrome right away. These young kids like BMW cars...ever see a black primer BMW driving around?? I didn't think so.
3. All tassles have to go....those are for stripper nipples only
4. Tats...are out...start getting them lasered off
Ok...who else has some suggestions?
So in order to keep the brotherhood alive I am asking for suggestions as to what we need to do. I'll start with a few:
1. All of you big fat sloppy guys with beards need to join a gym, bathe, shave, and start eating vegetarian and working out 2 hours a day until you can look down and see your shoes again.
2. You guys with the blacked out denim painted bikes need to get some shiny paint and chrome right away. These young kids like BMW cars...ever see a black primer BMW driving around?? I didn't think so.
3. All tassles have to go....those are for stripper nipples only
4. Tats...are out...start getting them lasered off
Ok...who else has some suggestions?
I agree! Let's all look like Mr. Average yuppy, have $100 haircuts, shiny expensive boots, designer jackets, be clean shaved and all nice. Let's get a little house in an expensive suburb, with white picket fences and geranium on the reling of our oversized patio, where we can grill, and entertain the dentist and the lawyer from across the street. We should also make an anual donation to the local cop union, which shouldn't be a problem, as we have a nice cubicle job where we make enough money to even take our RV, and trailer our bike, the wife and kids to bike week. Once we're there, we take our overpriced ultra superduperlimited off the trailer, and ride the white mountains/black hills, and wave like retards to every guy who looks just like us. Then, we gather in the evening, and tell each other how free and individual we all are. Maybe (If the ol lady wont kick our ***, that is) we will even skip shaving 2 days in a row!!!!!!!!! Hey, it's vacation after all!
Oh, wait, that sounds like 90% of the forum members here. *****. if you ask me, that's just friggin nightmare...
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