Got asked today...
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Got asked today...
I was at work today, and one of my co-workers was surfing the net and looking at various motorcycle websites. He, and everyone else I've talked to in the past 8 months, knows I've got a Harley on the way, so he asks me "What's so special about a Harley that you'd pay double what a japanese bike costs?". My answer was sincere: "If I have to tell you, you'll never understand." He thought I was joking and really wanted me to explain it to him. I just repeated what I'd told him the first time and also said "I'm really not kidding, man!". He really just could not understand, heheheh... 
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you know man some people have no clue... I never look at myself as better then everyone.. NEVER..
But one day I was at work and we have a section where everyone parks there bikes... its mostly a sea of rice rockets, but a few cruisers.. one HD sporty and my chop.. I was talking to a dude who rides a kaw. vulcan.. sometime last year kawasaki ran that crazy *** 39.99 a month so in a 3 week perios like 12 vulcans showed up at work.. seriously.. I call them the Vulcan crew.. so anyways.. we where all letting them warm up and one of them asked why the guy in the sporty bought a HD.. he replied with some answer.. and the vulcan rider was like man but they are so expensive... So I piped up.. I said what do you got in that Vulcan.. with all your Dennis Kirk bolts on and so on.. he named his price.. I was like yeah, you bike cost more then the sporty.. what gives.. he was amazed.. Some people have no clue..
But one day I was at work and we have a section where everyone parks there bikes... its mostly a sea of rice rockets, but a few cruisers.. one HD sporty and my chop.. I was talking to a dude who rides a kaw. vulcan.. sometime last year kawasaki ran that crazy *** 39.99 a month so in a 3 week perios like 12 vulcans showed up at work.. seriously.. I call them the Vulcan crew.. so anyways.. we where all letting them warm up and one of them asked why the guy in the sporty bought a HD.. he replied with some answer.. and the vulcan rider was like man but they are so expensive... So I piped up.. I said what do you got in that Vulcan.. with all your Dennis Kirk bolts on and so on.. he named his price.. I was like yeah, you bike cost more then the sporty.. what gives.. he was amazed.. Some people have no clue..
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It's a really visceral thing... you either "get" it or you don't... there's no explaining it, no rationalizing it. The first time I SAW a Harley, I knew I was going to own one one day. I was never a "wannabe", I was only a "cantaffordtobe"... now I'm a "soontobe"! It only took 20 years! 
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ORIGINAL: Clammy
It's a really visceral thing... you either "get" it or you don't... there's no explaining it, no rationalizing it. The first time I SAW a Harley, I knew I was going to own one one day. I was never a "wannabe", I was only a "cantaffordtobe"... now I'm a "soontobe"! It only took 20 years!
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It's a really visceral thing... you either "get" it or you don't... there's no explaining it, no rationalizing it. The first time I SAW a Harley, I knew I was going to own one one day. I was never a "wannabe", I was only a "cantaffordtobe"... now I'm a "soontobe"! It only took 20 years!
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Yeah, I get a lot of people at work saying, why pay so much, you could have bought a nice car. (not that there is anything wrong with my tacoma) Some people don't understand that bike riding is my hobby, my ONLY hobby, my escape. I try to explain the sounds, the smells you experiance riding. Then I usually give up, Your right, Some people just don't get it and never will.
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Rock on bro.. What did you get..
Rock on bro.. What did you get..
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"If I have to tell you, you'll never understand."
"If I have to tell you, you'll never understand."
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RE: Got asked today...
My work place must be the exception. There are 7 guys that ride. ALL of us have Harley's. 3 Softails, 1 Road King, 1 Dyna and 2 Sporties. Sometimes, there is very little room to park in the covered area for the bikes!