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I know the guy you're talking about. My wife's friends' husband who when he rode Yamaha was a jeans and tshirt kind of guy. Interesting thing is he had that Yama and his wife had a Harley when they met. So he buys a Fatboy like hers and it had a skull on it somewhere so now he is skulls from head to toe. I really don't care about skulls but if thats your thing do it. Since then he got a permit to carry a gun and he's just the biggest, rudest ******* I know whoalways insists on being "Road Captain".
Thank God my wife understands why I won't ride with him anymore.
Thats what I'm takling about Captain...
I had a neighbor that went out & got a Fat Boy as his first bike. He went from wearing khaki shorts & a polo all the time - to the black jeans, black shirts and a leather 'doo-rag' everytime I saw him... Even cutting the grass.
He kept the bike for about a year...and since he got rid of it he's back to his old look.
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Like I said, I'm not trying to put anyone down for getting into bikes & the biker culture...but there are sometimes that it is such a fast transition - it's kinda funny. It's almost like some people think htat you can't ride if you don't have the costume to go with the bike.
Oh come on people, WTF???? I thought Jumpman had a good thing going and some people jumped all over him. Damn, it's not like he said he uses hondaline oil or anything like that.
Good, got that wild hair out of my a**.
I know what he's talking about. I don't think it's so much the metric rider who "saw the light" and figured it was a good time to buy a Harley. I think it's funny as hell when someone buys a 750 lb $15,000 new harley for his first bike and start looking like a gay pirate.
It's not the gay pirate thing that's funny (OK, maybe it is), but watching someone you know go throught the transformation all at once.
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Oh come on people, WTF???? I thought Jumpman had a good thing going and some people jumped all over him. Damn, it's not like he said he uses hondaline oil or anything like that.
Good, got that wild hair out of my a**.
I know what he's talking about. I don't think it's so much the metric rider who "saw the light" and figured it was a good time to buy a Harley. I think it's funny as hell when someone buys a 750 lb $15,000 new harley for his first bike and start looking like a gay pirate.
It's not the gay pirate thing that's funny (OK, maybe it is), but watching someone you know go throught the transformation all at once.
I play golf a lot & get my outfits mixed up sometimes. It was really hard teeing off with my boots last week but my fingerless gloves were great for gripping. I got to admit, I looked pretty silly.
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