In the 70's they had long rakes, metalflake and long fishtails!
#11
11-29-2010, 09:54 PM
Electric or otherwise I won't be around anyway. Besides that I'm still waiting for the flying car they said we would have by now.
I think the big question would be, "Were they really serious with a those electronics attached to the handlebars?!"
I think the big question would be, "Were they really serious with a those electronics attached to the handlebars?!"
#12
11-29-2010, 09:57 PM
#13
11-29-2010, 09:58 PM
Tourer
I think baggers will be what they remember this decade by. 21 and 23 inch wheels, loud stereo's, stretched bags and the swing towards trailer queens. more guys now are more show than go. all worried about how good they look on it than how to ride it.
#14
11-29-2010, 10:26 PM
Ultimate HDF Member
They be talkin' about how cheap they can still pick up these mint condition 40 year old low mileage bikes, and wondering why so many came with their own enclosed trailers.
#16
11-29-2010, 11:38 PM
Tourer
but that typical of a (insert whatever team you like here) fan. always talking **** before you think about whats coming out of your mouth.
#17
11-29-2010, 11:56 PM
I think the bagger trends will figure into the stereotypes: tall skinny front wheels on baggers, elongated hard bags, that sort of thing. Rocknrick nailed it too; the "blacked-out" trend has been taken up by the metrics so it's pretty solidly fixed in history for posterity. But damn, I sure hope Fossil is wrong. I can see us on electric motorcycles (and I have no problem with that), but if the NHTSA wins just because they're trying to be political--"Look, we made the roads safer by getting people not to use them! We're not useless! Increase our funding!"--then we haven't done our jobs very well. Suppose I'll re-up on my AMA membership this year...
#18
11-30-2010, 05:56 AM
I won't be around either but I have no doubt that motorcycling will not exist any more with internal combution engines. The NHTSA is doing all they can to get rid of motorcycles and as a burecracy they have years to try over and over to do it. For that matter I doubt that cars as we know them won't exist either. Probably be all electric. I have seen over the years the attacks on Harley and bikers. They will win eventually.
Either that, or - Bikers in 40 years:
Last edited by brenn; 11-30-2010 at 05:58 AM.
