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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by txfxstrider
Poseur. You should never, never, wear a Harley tee shirt from a dealership that you did not ride your Harley to.
That was my goal when I bought my Harley. But people like to buy them for gifts. And if I am travelling by airplane somewhere and see a nice shirt, made in USA, I am buying it. And if people don't like it, they can lump it.
 
Old Jun 18, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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We collect shirts to places we have ridden to, just kind of a momento from a ride. Other folks may do differently. That's ok. Rally T shirts I guess folks usually assume you rode there. I guess I usually do too. I thought your statement that your bike is an 08 and you have 21k miles so you ride was interesting. That would be about 5k a year which may be good for your circumstances and may be the average for HD riders but is only 400 miles a month year round. Not alot on the face of it. Perhaps the old dude rode more than that, I have no idea. I guess I read your tone as defensive, maybe I read it wrong, if so, I apologize. But in the end, does his comments and his opinion really matter? Does Mine? Does Yours? Not really. If you are happy buying T shirts while on vacation then go for it. If you ride 10 miles a year and it makes you happpy, go for it. Just stand proud, ride and enjoy it. Don't worry about the lables.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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My boss went to England for the Queens celebration and picked up a t-shirt from one of the events there as a gift for me, hope nobody will think I'm the Queen of England if I ware it.
Have tons of tees from all over the world...some Harley...sorta a collection I guess. I ware them all the time and no one has ever said anything funny or bad about them except at my HD dealer. Never bought their's because I live in the next town.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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I attended an open house at Hampton Roads HD this past saturday and was browsing

Everybody knows, Real Bikers Don't Browse.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 11:43 AM
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Unless it's a really long ride that I probably won't do again, I don't buy a shirt. I didn't wear HD shirts before I got my bike and changing my wardrobe now would seem kind of silly to me.

I own one HD shirt. If someone gave me shirts, I would wear them, but I don't spend $25 on T-shirts generally. Most of the ones I wear were freebies.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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It took me a while to figure out that my enjoyment on a motorcycle is not connected in any way to impressing other people!


















(well, maybe it is)
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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I wear a Phillies hat yet I'm not a professional baseball player.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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I'm gonna start a T-shirt company with things like : very small letters- I don't own a
-HARLEY DAVIDSON !! Or- I've never been to -STURGIS !! And Pins: i rode far less than - 100,000 MILES !!
 
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Fashion police. Tell him you bought it to match your purse, and then blow him a kiss. Then, enjoy your ride, wearing whatever you want (except a 3-piece patch), and laugh at the old dude with a chip on his shoulder.
 
Old Jun 19, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 inch pistons
It took me a while to figure out that my enjoyment on a motorcycle is not connected in any way to impressing other people!
You will never impress them all anyway, so just enjoy yourself.
 



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