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Old 10-18-2011, 09:32 PM
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Damn! Nothing in my area. Guess I'll remain ignorant.
 
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It'll never work.
 
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A good marketing ploy to get some younger people interested in riding & hopefully will buy Harleys. We shall see..
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Freakin Deacon
Damn! Nothing in my area. Guess I'll remain ignorant.

Same here. Shucks!

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not near as bad as what i thought it was gonna be.
I thought it was gonna be more of a ...how to act around 1%ers....how not to be a poser....explaining poker runs etc. All the unwritten stuff that you might explain to a newbie friend.I bet if you embellished a little here and there, added a little drama i seriously bet an enterprising person could create a "school" that some (i said SOME) people would pay for.
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 11:23 PM
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I think it's a great marketing strategy, especially with the price of gas. Probably be some women that may be interested in learning to ride and what better way, kind of like the garage party they have once in a while. Chances are there will be some folks out there that will attend and in the process if they purchase a bike or parts its better all the way around. But if the instructors are of the same calibre like some the parts people I have dealt with it may backfire. But who knows we may even get additional forum members here that will ask us about the joys of hand waving and what color doo rag to wear with fingerless gloves and chaps.
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 11:56 PM
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Getting started for me was 20 minutes of riding around the neighborhood then straight to i-95 for a 30 or so mile ride. Jeans, Chuck Taylors and a t-shirt. No helmet. My older friend who taught me said this about not having a helmet for me. "Don't crash and you'll be fine." Made sense to me. That was about 30 years ago....times were different. lol

As far as style. i don't remember much style back then. At least not done intentionally. Sunglasses for the eyes, maybe a bandana for the hair, and a jacket/gloves in colder weather. I don't remember ever thinking what I was going to wear before I rode. I've met guys who make a chore out of picking out clothing before a ride. One dude we waiting in a parking lot for 30 minutes. When he got there he admitted he was late because he was waiting for his Harley t shirt to dry. LOL Oh, we had a good laugh at his expense that day.
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 12:42 AM
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Maybe you could run the bootcamp at the dealership instead of clothing dept!! lol
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by schumacher
but we gotta know what gear fits our style
First thing caught my eye too and I'm betting more emphasis on the gear part
 
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Seems ok to me. I would like to know what my "style" is.
They need to cover "The Wave".
They need to cover Poker Runs.
Bar Hopping etiquette.
Ways to "get Lucky".
Where to put gas cap.
I mean there is a lot of important stuff a "Biker" should know.
 


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