HOG is getting pathetic
Tourer
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 302
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From: Denham Springs, LA
young women in leather & tank tops riding Sportsters, drinking and partying. Screw that.
Yep, I wrote it down. Wilco. Over.
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Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,729
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From: IA
Not because I am mad. A little disappointed maybe. I think HOG and the MOCO have abandoned riders. My Street Rod is a very good bike. My "other brand" was once similar to Harley but now no Harley comes close in any way. Technology, handling, power, durability, no comparison.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 818
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From: Battle Creek, MI
Glad I read this. I was considering a HOG membership for some of the bennies...would never go to rides or events. Reviewing the benefits, I already have most of them! Discount at dealer...check, road service (That commie org. gives me 100 miles of free tow), check
I dont need patches, pins, hats and scarves. I already look like a poser and dont really care! Full leather jacket and gloves and DOT helmet all the time. (Went down a few times in my youth and remember them well, also remember what saved me!) I dont heal well anymore!
I dont need patches, pins, hats and scarves. I already look like a poser and dont really care! Full leather jacket and gloves and DOT helmet all the time. (Went down a few times in my youth and remember them well, also remember what saved me!) I dont heal well anymore!
Elite HDF Member
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,927
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From: Midwest
When I bought my first HD (used) from a dealer, the owner suggested that my wife and I should come to a hog meeting and meet other riders. That was a good suggestion and years later, we still have good friends that we met through that hog chapter. However, none of us are members anymore. There seems to be a lifecycle to hog membership--after a few years of membership you start being elected to offices...then you see how things really work in that organization and start getting frustrated...then you say "f-it" and turn it over to the new people coming in. Fast forward six years. A few weeks ago my wife and I were riding through the town where we used to live and stopped by the dealership just to see if we knew anybody. There was a hog photo album lying out, and we thumbed through it. Not a single face or name was familiar.
When we were moving 4 years ago, I came across the old hog vest with the patches and line of pins and just threw it in the trash.
When we were moving 4 years ago, I came across the old hog vest with the patches and line of pins and just threw it in the trash.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 6,235
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From: Joliet, Illinois
I was under the impression HOG was always rather pathetic. I viewed it as a group of non-bikers, first time owners who wanted to get into the "Harley Mystique" and wear a vest with a big patch on the back - like "real bikers".
I know that sounds derogatory, and I wish I could say it some way to make it seem less so, but... it's just what I have observed in the local HOG chapters. It may be totally different elsewhere.
I know that sounds derogatory, and I wish I could say it some way to make it seem less so, but... it's just what I have observed in the local HOG chapters. It may be totally different elsewhere.
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Tourer
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 361
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From: Nashville, TN
I was under the impression HOG was always rather pathetic. I viewed it as a group of non-bikers, first time owners who wanted to get into the "Harley Mystique" and wear a vest with a big patch on the back - like "real bikers".
I know that sounds derogatory, and I wish I could say it some way to make it seem less so, but... it's just what I have observed in the local HOG chapters. It may be totally different elsewhere.
I know that sounds derogatory, and I wish I could say it some way to make it seem less so, but... it's just what I have observed in the local HOG chapters. It may be totally different elsewhere.
Club Member
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 18,776
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From: Walker WV by way of NEW YORK CITY
The MOCO is not in this to feel warm and fuzzy
Dealers are not in this to feel warm and fuzzy
If you make friends at the dealer all well and good
The little tidbits like HOG were started to make you feel warm and fuzzy
It is all about the bottom line for stockholders and the whole MOCO...... Money
Dealers are in this to make money and get a comfortable life for their family, same reason you work
Dealers are not in this to feel warm and fuzzy
If you make friends at the dealer all well and good
The little tidbits like HOG were started to make you feel warm and fuzzy
It is all about the bottom line for stockholders and the whole MOCO...... Money
Dealers are in this to make money and get a comfortable life for their family, same reason you work
