Dirty Looks
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All the time from people on cell phones sitting next to me at stop lights. And to think, in NJ driving and talking on a hand held is illegal.
Once in a while I'll just rise up off the seat and adjust my package.
Once in a while I'll just rise up off the seat and adjust my package.
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From: Harrison, ar
RE: Dirty Looks
ORIGINAL: fatboy4ever
I was so struck by the look on the face of these pedestrians that I felt compelled to ask if other riders "got the same" looks? Maybe I'm just ugly . . . now that I could understand!
Scott
I was so struck by the look on the face of these pedestrians that I felt compelled to ask if other riders "got the same" looks? Maybe I'm just ugly . . . now that I could understand!
Scott
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From: Albuquerque, NM
RE: Dirty Looks
ORIGINAL: fatboy4ever
Last night it was a great night for ride! It finally stopped raining in Connecticut, so I fired-up the Fatboy and headed out along the Connecticut Shore (where I live). Ususally, I take the country roads, but this time I decided to ride along the coast and take some side streets. I wanted to get a "sunset ride along the coast" . . . I noticed that alot of people were out walking and/or jogging. Whenever I would pass them (most of them) looked at me with "disgust" . . . with the exception of a few little kids who waved! I could understand it, if my bike was obnoxiously loud, but it isn't. I am running V&H staggered, and was cruising at about 15-20 mph. I was so struck by the look on the face of these pedestrians that I felt compelled to ask if other riders "got the same" looks? Maybe I'm just ugly . . . now that I could understand!
Scott
Last night it was a great night for ride! It finally stopped raining in Connecticut, so I fired-up the Fatboy and headed out along the Connecticut Shore (where I live). Ususally, I take the country roads, but this time I decided to ride along the coast and take some side streets. I wanted to get a "sunset ride along the coast" . . . I noticed that alot of people were out walking and/or jogging. Whenever I would pass them (most of them) looked at me with "disgust" . . . with the exception of a few little kids who waved! I could understand it, if my bike was obnoxiously loud, but it isn't. I am running V&H staggered, and was cruising at about 15-20 mph. I was so struck by the look on the face of these pedestrians that I felt compelled to ask if other riders "got the same" looks? Maybe I'm just ugly . . . now that I could understand!
Scott
Could have been your passenger...
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The staringest starer that ever stared is a mother pushing a baby in a stroller. They look at you like they can't believe you would operate any motor vehicle near their precious child. I swear a mom with a baby would stare at a funeral procession.
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What's with this "tree hugger" ****. I consider myself a tree hugger (or at least a tree lover) and I like animals too. I have had Harleys and dogs for twenty-eight years. I like loud pipes, fast cars, all Harleys, good women, trees, dogs, trucks and bikers. People stare with envy usually and I like that too. If you own a Harley you are a profiler...admit it.
ORIGINAL: zombie
Tree huggers...they look at anyone that isn't a furry friend with disgust.
Tree huggers...they look at anyone that isn't a furry friend with disgust.
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RE: Dirty Looks
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From: North Jersey
RE: Dirty Looks
I've gotten mixed reactions over the years. I suppose it depends on where you are. Three years ago me and my wife rented a SuperGlide form a place called Highway Pegs in Hyannis Cape Cod. The bikes he rented were not the stone stock types you would rent from a HD dealer. I mean this Dyna was LOUD. Not strait pipes, but Screamin' Eagles that didn't reduce the exaust note all that much. Anyhow, we enjoyed riding all around the Cape, on up to Plymouth, and on the way back stopped in Woods Hole for ice cream. We had the bike parked on the street next to a park. Over on a nearby bench was an elderly couple just sitting quietly. We decided it was time to go, so I got on the Dyna and fired it up. Well as the 88 cube barked to life, I glanced back at the old couple. The old Gent is just scowling at me like I'm the devil's spawn or something, but his cotton haired wife is just grinning ear to ear and gives me a thumbs up! He looks over at her as if to say "Damn it woman, don't encourage the scoundrel!" She just smacks him on the shoulder and says something that I will never know, but was probably priceless.
