Billy Lane Gets Fired Up Over World’s Ugliest Shovelhead
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Man some of you guys are harsh and unkind. So say your out with some friends, have an extra beer, feel fine. You ride home, get into an accident and are found over the legal… ok, you just did something horrible. Took a life, someone’s father, husband, son or friend. You own it. Do all that is possible to make amends knowing it’s never enough. You still have a family to care for. You have one skill and that’s really all you know.
let’s say you make the mistake.. horrible as it is, what are your options to try and make it right? You can’t. So do you shoot yourself leaving wife and kids? Do you crawl into a bottle being even more of what people now think of you? What would you do after it’s happened? I’m not saying anyone needs to put him on a pedestal or anything. But just sitting around judging him like your perfect is arrogant.
let’s say you make the mistake.. horrible as it is, what are your options to try and make it right? You can’t. So do you shoot yourself leaving wife and kids? Do you crawl into a bottle being even more of what people now think of you? What would you do after it’s happened? I’m not saying anyone needs to put him on a pedestal or anything. But just sitting around judging him like your perfect is arrogant.
I know too many old iders that come by that effect honestly.
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I don’t like survivors. Unless they’re historic, from the 30s or 40s or something. But there is a huge huge movement especially in California to make everything look like it’s been around since the 70s. Kudos to him for knowing that’s a thing right now. Me personally all those bikes look like junk and like somebody needs to sand them down and do a decent paint job. But I respect everyone’s opinions and if you’re going for that, I think his methods are probably as good as anyone else’s. And again he offered for free.. also said with humility that he thinks his method is good, but there’s lots of ways to do it. Also said he learned a lot from others.
Last edited by Rains2much; Nov 7, 2022 at 05:09 PM.
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He can do whatever he wants but as far as I am concerned, I won’t watch his videos or support a public life for him. Yes, he did his time and he has a right to work. I also have a right to choose not to support him in a public life. He can go work quietly as a plumber, factory worker, mechanic or whatever. Fine…but not a celebrity or social influencer. It’s kind of like the preacher that gets caught with the hooker…don’t tell me you repented and expect me to support you. Sorry, go make tents for a living out of the spotlight. Your disqualified from teaching me on life at that point.
sorry if this is harsh and judgmental.
sorry if this is harsh and judgmental.
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Horse pucky, the one Alcherry has a new thread on over in the shovel section is much uglier 
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/shove...e-restore.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/shove...e-restore.html
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Man some of you guys are harsh and unkind. So say your out with some friends, have an extra beer, feel fine. You ride home, get into an accident and are found over the legal… ok, you just did something horrible. Took a life, someone’s father, husband, son or friend. You own it. Do all that is possible to make amends knowing it’s never enough. You still have a family to care for. You have one skill and that’s really all you know.
let’s say you make the mistake.. horrible as it is, what are your options to try and make it right? You can’t. So do you shoot yourself leaving wife and kids? Do you crawl into a bottle being even more of what people now think of you? What would you do after it’s happened? I’m not saying anyone needs to put him on a pedestal or anything. But just sitting around judging him like your perfect is arrogant.
let’s say you make the mistake.. horrible as it is, what are your options to try and make it right? You can’t. So do you shoot yourself leaving wife and kids? Do you crawl into a bottle being even more of what people now think of you? What would you do after it’s happened? I’m not saying anyone needs to put him on a pedestal or anything. But just sitting around judging him like your perfect is arrogant.
And how many threads are there on this very forum about some cager getting drunk and killing a biker? Then everyone on the board is calling for life in prison or the death penalty.
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I get what you guys are saying, but as I originally said, I didnt like him much before he killed that guy.
And how many threads are there on this very forum about some cager getting drunk and killing a biker? Then everyone on the board is calling for life in prison or the death penalty.
And how many threads are there on this very forum about some cager getting drunk and killing a biker? Then everyone on the board is calling for life in prison or the death penalty.
Nobody has to like him. He did something terrible. None of us have to like his builds or methods either. Lives were ruined, sad all around. In this instance he was the cager. I personally do like some of his content. It’s not the person or their past mistakes I’m evaluating or respecting, it’s the knowledge or talent. I don’t like how many famous musicians live, treat others but that has little to do with the music they create. I can marvel at Chuck Berries talent without having to like how he treated women. Two different things. I can enjoy what Mr Lane has shared about bikes without condoning his mistakes.
Last edited by Rains2much; Nov 13, 2022 at 09:41 PM.
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