View Poll Results: Would You Ride Through a National Cemetery??
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Should I Feel Bad?
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Should I Feel Bad?
I was up at Punchbowl National Cemetery - think Hawaiian version of Arlington - over the weekend on my bike and got asked to leave by security because my pipes. In my defense, I had seen it from the road and didn't know it was a cemetery until I got up there, but...the guard was none-too-pleased.
Out of respect, I wasn't going to argue with some 70 year old vet, but I do KIIIIINDA feel like there's nothing more 'murican than a loud, powerful V-Twin motor and if we're not fighting for the freedom/experience/symbolism of HD then what's the point?!
So would you ride to a cemetery with loud pipes? Attached is a pic of the Punchbowl.
Out of respect, I wasn't going to argue with some 70 year old vet, but I do KIIIIINDA feel like there's nothing more 'murican than a loud, powerful V-Twin motor and if we're not fighting for the freedom/experience/symbolism of HD then what's the point?!
So would you ride to a cemetery with loud pipes? Attached is a pic of the Punchbowl.
Last edited by marinepilot81; Mar 14, 2011 at 10:37 PM.
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i have, but it's got nothing to do with being american.
a good friend of mine died last summer, and i went to visit his grave several times on my bike - that was my mode of transportation for the day, and visitng him was on my list of errands...very simple logic.
how loud can you possibly be rolling thru at 10 mph?
if asked to leave, i would ride out and park my bike on the street without so much as a word of contention however.
a good friend of mine died last summer, and i went to visit his grave several times on my bike - that was my mode of transportation for the day, and visitng him was on my list of errands...very simple logic.
how loud can you possibly be rolling thru at 10 mph?
if asked to leave, i would ride out and park my bike on the street without so much as a word of contention however.
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I was up at Punchbowl National Cemetery - think Hawaiian version of Arlington - over the weekend on my bike and got asked to leave by security because my pipes. In my defense, I had seen it from the road and didn't know it was a cemetery until I got up there, but...the guard was none-too-pleased.
Out of respect, I wasn't going to argue with some 70 year old vet, but I do KIIIIINDA feel like there's nothing more 'murican than a loud, powerful V-Twin motor and if we're not fighting for the freedom/experience/symbolism of HD then what's the point?!
So would you ride to a cemetery with loud pipes? Attached is a pic of the Punchbowl.
Out of respect, I wasn't going to argue with some 70 year old vet, but I do KIIIIINDA feel like there's nothing more 'murican than a loud, powerful V-Twin motor and if we're not fighting for the freedom/experience/symbolism of HD then what's the point?!
So would you ride to a cemetery with loud pipes? Attached is a pic of the Punchbowl.
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i have went to visit my grandparents several times on my shovel with open dragpipes..a few times on a honda 750 with a open 4-1 header..if some one tryed to kick me out..well at least they are already in the rite place..my grandpa meant more to me then anyone,and no on is going to stop me from going to his grave..
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Not to start a loud pipes thing but you have no idea who was in the cemetary visiting their loved one and the noise invaded their privacy. IMHO a military cemetary especially should be a place of honor and respect. Arlington has alot of tour guides bringing groups through and they carry umbrellas so that the group mayeaasily find their guide and not end up with a group from Dubuque iowa ( nothing wrong with Dubuque, just an example) . to be creative, one of the guides had a mickey mouse umbrella complete with ears. Nothing more American than Mickey, right? Arlington sent a memo to all guides asking them to respect the decorum of the cemetary and told them such umbrellas would be cause for barring them from the cemetary.
A small petty thing? maybe but for that family lovingly putting a loved one away, those loud pipes may be disruptive. Good for you for following the guards request.
And thanks to all our military who have served and sacrificed, even up to the giving of their life.
PS My dad is buried in a military cemetary
A small petty thing? maybe but for that family lovingly putting a loved one away, those loud pipes may be disruptive. Good for you for following the guards request.
And thanks to all our military who have served and sacrificed, even up to the giving of their life.
PS My dad is buried in a military cemetary
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truly a conundrum.
if a ceremony was going on - then no, or simply go another way. maybe even stay away from those paying their respects, if possible. like's been said, stay slow and off the "throttle blips". however, once asked to leave, then do it without contention.
to add another wrinkle - what about PGR missions? how many of us have ridden through a National Cemetery with anywhere from 5 bikes to 100? and at the families request?
if a ceremony was going on - then no, or simply go another way. maybe even stay away from those paying their respects, if possible. like's been said, stay slow and off the "throttle blips". however, once asked to leave, then do it without contention.
to add another wrinkle - what about PGR missions? how many of us have ridden through a National Cemetery with anywhere from 5 bikes to 100? and at the families request?