Attitudes against Harleys... Ain't we past this yet?
Road Master
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From: Suburban Hell, MN
"Oh, you think my bike isn't quality? Well, let me run out and buy a new one because YOU think I should! Now I know why I've been losing sleep, because YOU disapprove of my bike..."
But it did **** me off, and me a Minister and whatnot.
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From: Conroe Texas
I think he was telling you that its time to get a 2010 Ultra.
So I talked recently to a couple of MSF coaches about becoming one myself. I'd love to teach newbies to not kill themselves on two wheels etc, right?
So I go to the MD Bike Show in Baltimore, the MSF folks have a booth and I introduce myself to the guy and ask for info on becoming an instructor.
First question he asks me is how long I've been riding. I tell him 18 years or so. Next question is, "What do you ride?"
I'm thinking to myself, "what the hell does that matter?" but I know that folks have a need to know, hell sometimes I even care what other people ride...
But I tell him, "A 2006 Harley-Davidson Superglide."
He says, "Well, first you need a new bike, a real motorcycle."
I mean, really? Folks, can we just get past all the idiot notions about "my bike is cooler than your bike? I'm a Real Rider and you're just a poser on a Harley/Yamaha/Honda...?
Look, once you go over the high side and you're lying on the ground bleeding, it hardly matter what bike some cager knocked you off of, does it? I bleed red just like you, right?
One of the coolest bikes I've ever ridden was my 1978/'79 Honda CB 750Supersport/K Frankenstein Bike... And ranking right up there with it is my beloved Superglide!
I don't need a new bike. What I need is for everyone to stop the asinine, elemntary school level bullshite thinking that starts and condones idiot arguments about rice burners vs HD.
This is a call for Unity, friends. It's perfectly ok to love your Harley and to be cool with guys who love their GSX-R's and BMW 1200Rs'.
Man, I'm tired of this stuff.
so, that's my Sunday Morning Preachin' done. I guess that's why they call me The Reverend.
I love you, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
So I go to the MD Bike Show in Baltimore, the MSF folks have a booth and I introduce myself to the guy and ask for info on becoming an instructor.
First question he asks me is how long I've been riding. I tell him 18 years or so. Next question is, "What do you ride?"
I'm thinking to myself, "what the hell does that matter?" but I know that folks have a need to know, hell sometimes I even care what other people ride...
But I tell him, "A 2006 Harley-Davidson Superglide."
He says, "Well, first you need a new bike, a real motorcycle."
I mean, really? Folks, can we just get past all the idiot notions about "my bike is cooler than your bike? I'm a Real Rider and you're just a poser on a Harley/Yamaha/Honda...?
Look, once you go over the high side and you're lying on the ground bleeding, it hardly matter what bike some cager knocked you off of, does it? I bleed red just like you, right?
One of the coolest bikes I've ever ridden was my 1978/'79 Honda CB 750Supersport/K Frankenstein Bike... And ranking right up there with it is my beloved Superglide!
I don't need a new bike. What I need is for everyone to stop the asinine, elemntary school level bullshite thinking that starts and condones idiot arguments about rice burners vs HD.
This is a call for Unity, friends. It's perfectly ok to love your Harley and to be cool with guys who love their GSX-R's and BMW 1200Rs'.
Man, I'm tired of this stuff.
so, that's my Sunday Morning Preachin' done. I guess that's why they call me The Reverend.
I love you, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Portland, Oregon
It seems like a lot of non-Harley Davidson riders tend to get resentful at the fact that HD is the 1 motocycle company. And they tend to take it out on the guys that enjoy HD bikes. i had a guy that I work with tell me that "you guys (HD riders) make bikers look bad." Mean while he rides around in a big yellow jump suit that make him look like big bird. I let him know that he makes himself look bad and needs no help looking bad from HD riders.
Last edited by brutalbrad; Sep 13, 2009 at 03:52 PM.