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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:07 PM
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Why is there so much passion/hate towards HD? A lot of my people that I know ride metric bikes (euro and asian), it's like they obsess over it it. They save up their talking points and spew them out when they see me. And I'm like what are you talking about, why do you even care? I think they Harley Derangement Syndrome.
 
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and then you have the harley die hards who do the exact same thing on anything 'rice'. me? i don't care what you ride, if you ride, i'll ride with you. if you're an *******, i won't ride with you again. regardless of what you ride.
 
Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:24 PM
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Jealousy......
 
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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:25 PM
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Wouldn't ya like to be a fly on the wall and hear what they bitch about when you're not there ??
 
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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dave the welder
Why is there so much passion/hate towards HD? A lot of my people that I know ride metric bikes (euro and asian), it's like they obsess over it it. They save up their talking points and spew them out when they see me. And I'm like what are you talking about, why do you even care? I think they Harley Derangement Syndrome.
Because no kid grows up saying "someday I will own a jap bike".
 
Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:28 PM
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Ignorance. Most of the hate come from the rocket guys obviously too dumb to realize they are completely different machines built for different purposes. I used to own and ride both. Apples and oranges.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:32 PM
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Harleys are like performance art, so they're jealous.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:46 PM
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Immaturity.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Cazador
Because no kid grows up saying "someday I will own a jap bike".
Exactly.

I'll tell ya this for a fact though and you can quote it. "I've pushed a HECK of lot more Hondas than I have Harleys."
 

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Originally Posted by dave the welder
Why is there so much passion/hate towards HD? A lot of my people that I know ride metric bikes (euro and asian), it's like they obsess over it it. They save up their talking points and spew them out when they see me. And I'm like what are you talking about, why do you even care? I think they Harley Derangement Syndrome.
Sounds like you just surround yourself with ********.
 
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