#2 is quite humorous ... By all means fall into a formation of riders you don't know ... its the HD way !


LMAO


Haole

 

It's all totally true. Of course it was written in jest, but we gotta laugh at ourselves once in a while.

 

This is so wrong, I now have to figure that Polaris has taken control of Curated Content.

Waving, one of the ten worse topics on any motorcycle forum, but in (2017-1963 = 54) 54 years I have yet to use two fingers down. Color me fail. I don't mind your two fingers down, just I have never been cool and I am too old to start now. I lift my hand or nod. You don't like it, become a curated content editor and tell me so.

I pass just like a car, when clear, get into the other lane and pass. Now I have had sport bikes pass me at 30-40 mph faster in the commute lane, so now, what happens on the commute lane stays in the commute lane. Besides, if I see a yahoo screaming up on me in my rearview, I wave him past. Am I to expect that the guy in front of me is daydreaming or his mirrors vibrating so much he could not see me approaching these last 2 miles.

I get on from the right side, drop my leg over. I turn 70 this weekend. I don't know if I ever got on from the left as I have killed all those memory cells with very good stuff. I am sure I may have, or just hopped on from a tall building. It ain't a horse and I am not going to treat it like one. My girlfriend, she gets on from the left, so one out of two ain't bad?

I am supposed to blip pulling up to another biker, hey, blipping is as contentious as waving. What if there are 10 of us, 50? I blip to make music, not to challenge some other rider, "Let's hear your pipes, punk!" Now, at the Buffalo Chip, you clap, I'll blip.

So who is a Harley Snob. I only know two. One is a woman, and that says it all. The other is a man who does not need to think about complex subjects like other brands. Everyone else I know rode, or still rides airheads, Kawasaki 1000s, sport touring, M/G V7 racers, Thruxtons, enduros, orwhat ever strikes their fancy. There is too much hate in this world to waste it on another motorcycle riders. (except Honda)

We all stop, when did brand matter.

My own uncurated list of six.
1.Arrive for a ride gassed up and ready to ride.
2. Check out your buddies bikes, whats new, brand model does not matter unless it is a Honda while we are waiting for last minute arrivals.
3. No Bermuda shorts or flip-flops, otherwise dress is your call. But when riding with us, helmet, sunglassess, and boots are expected. We are a helmet state and our ride may be 400 miles today.
4. Listen to everyone's pipes in the parking lot before we leave. No mandatory blipping at stops, even next to another bike. Blip or not as you see fit. You are not judged by your blips by us, but others may judge you, especially women with babies, or police in small towns.
5. It is okay to hate one other brand. I choose Honda. Some choose wisely, some not so wise. I used to hate scooters, then a saw the most beautiful woman on one, so I moved to Hondas. I could have picked three wheels, but at my age I have friends who would not be riding if limited to two, so I became more forgiving.
6. This is not a Harley etiquette thing, this is just common 2 wheel good will. That said, if the rider on the side of the road is talking on his cel, or his fly is open, I nod or wave and ride on. If the ground is covered in oil behind the bike, or I just recently passed a broken chain in the road, I stop.

 

Your list is awesome.


You know you Hondas

 

Well, there's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back!

 

Exactly...
I thinks that's the last one of those articles I read.

 

Yeah I'm not a fan of this list, it seems to go more with the idea of a Harley rider, not the reality. Maybe I wasn't raised right by my Dad, who's been riding since he was like 12. Or maybe the writer's a tool.

I was taught respect. Respect the bike, respect other riders(regardless of make), respect the danger of other vehicles, respect the road(don't drive faster than conditions/headlight).

 

Reading that article was a total waste of five minutes.

 

Ahhhh. So your the guy who started this waving stuff???

 

I thought this was satire until I read the last one. Does the writer even ride?