I thought that was a pre-requisite for this site. You might want to read the rules again.
"Alternative Parking"
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 7,476
Likes: 5
From: Republic of Texas
There really is no brotherhood. I wouldn't help some of these people push their motorcycles out of traffic on a dead end street. Gets ugly on some of this crap fast, especially in the winter. Bless their hearts.
WOW did this thread get ugly, can't we all just get along. Guess not, okay everybody grab your bricks and pick a side the biker brotherhood just got ripped in half.....over a parking thread. I like coke so if you drink pepsi you're a duschbag.
By the way are we using cinder blocks or the little red bricks.
By the way are we using cinder blocks or the little red bricks.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,642
Likes: 181
From: Massachusetts
And there are some very active imaginations spinning outrageously fabricated stories and there's no shortage of EXPERT riders.
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,691
Likes: 13
From: Creston, Iowa
Only once have I parked on a walkway. Was out riding and started to pour, pulled up under the building eave of a restaurant that had a 30' wide sidewalk
Parked it out of the way and went in to eat.
What does bug me is the guys who park in handicap spots that really do not need to. I have a friend that's in a wheel chair that needs that wide spot to get in and out. Always taken by folks that can walk a few more feet.
One guy comes to a car show at a local mall with a reg driver. He always takes the handicap spot, even when there are spots next to it. Pisses me off because he then spends the whole time at the car show walking around
Parked it out of the way and went in to eat.
What does bug me is the guys who park in handicap spots that really do not need to. I have a friend that's in a wheel chair that needs that wide spot to get in and out. Always taken by folks that can walk a few more feet.
One guy comes to a car show at a local mall with a reg driver. He always takes the handicap spot, even when there are spots next to it. Pisses me off because he then spends the whole time at the car show walking around
I would say this tho. Not all of us who are physically impaired need a wheelchair. I suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy, mainly due to kidney dialysis and congestive heart failure. I can appear to be normal, tho I walk fairly slow, but trust me..I am far from healthy. So just cause you don't see anything doesn't mean we aren't impaired. Might be the case of your boy at the car show. If it isn't tho..shame on him!
Rax
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 7,476
Likes: 5
From: Republic of Texas
Berkley, MA. How's your winter? Where will you fit into this hodge podge of opinions?This is entertainment when things are slow. Sometimes there is even a real thread of intelligence. Almost as fun as people watching at a crowded event without having to smell them.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 166
Likes: 5
From: Nj
My Neighbor has a buddy that stops over all the time with his POS rat bike. He parks it on the side walk. There is a fence that runs along one side of the sidewalk. I was walking the dog one night an had to walk around the bike on the right of way. In doing so my foot caught the edge of the sidewalk and I rolled my ankle. Lucky for the both of us some advil took care of the pain. When I'm walking the dog if chooses to lift his legs I'm not going to stop him. When my grandson's learns to ride a bicycle if it's on the sidewalk it's fair game. Don't like it talk to Mr Middle finger!!!
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 3,414
Likes: 374
From: Southern NY, known as Florida
I agree 100%. Nothing worse than someone who is healthy taking a spot from someone who actually needs it.
I would say this tho. Not all of us who are physically impaired need a wheelchair. I suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy, mainly due to kidney dialysis and congestive heart failure. I can appear to be normal, tho I walk fairly slow, but trust me..I am far from healthy. So just cause you don't see anything doesn't mean we aren't impaired. Might be the case of your boy at the car show. If it isn't tho..shame on him!
Rax
I would say this tho. Not all of us who are physically impaired need a wheelchair. I suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy, mainly due to kidney dialysis and congestive heart failure. I can appear to be normal, tho I walk fairly slow, but trust me..I am far from healthy. So just cause you don't see anything doesn't mean we aren't impaired. Might be the case of your boy at the car show. If it isn't tho..shame on him!
Rax
Once you spend some time with someone crippled from the waist down, and see the struggle they go through, you would take the further spot. Just to get in and out of his vehicle to go to the store is a major undertaking, he cannot park in a normal spot in case someone parks next to him.
I could not walk for three months, severe pain. Dr got me the placard, I used it once because I would rather walk then make someone in a wheelchair suffer one bit more
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,642
Likes: 181
From: Massachusetts
Entertainment? A guy in the other parking thread is saying a Detroit cop instructed and even guided he and his buddy to back their truck over a Porsche the was partially blocking a loading dock.
HD Forum Stories
The Best of Harley-Davidson for Lifelong Riders
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Verdad Gallardo
8 Best Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Worst Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
Killer Custom's Jail Break Is The Breakout That Refused to Blend In
Verdad Gallardo
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Verdad Gallardo
Harley-Davidson Reveals Super Cool Cafe Racer Concept
Verdad Gallardo
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Verdad Gallardo
10 Motorcycles You Should Never Buy
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Harley-Davidson Needs to Fix in 2026
Verdad Gallardo
Banned
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 13,820
Likes: 6,615
From: Northern California
I rode two hours each day February 1st and 2nd. It was high 40's with good sun then it dipped into the teens and twenty's with a bunch of snow Monday and Tuesday. I try ride all year to keep to juice flowing and the battery up in the bike before the spring fluid changes. There's always a few day every month that are good enough to ride.
Entertainment? A guy in the other parking thread is saying a Detroit cop instructed and even guided he and his buddy to back their truck over a Porsche the was partially blocking a loading dock.
Entertainment? A guy in the other parking thread is saying a Detroit cop instructed and even guided he and his buddy to back their truck over a Porsche the was partially blocking a loading dock.