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If this is just a fad with you as it is with most people that buy Harley's now, don't do it. When you move on to corvettes, vipers or whatever you will regret it. However if it's the real deal be proud of it and do it! It doesn't require a group decision. Do it for you. My first tat was the bar and shield with Harley-davidson in the shield and in the bannor is"Till death do us part". The bikes will alway be there ol' ladies come and go. The second was to remember the ones that went down (jail or died) so their never forgotten.
Like most of the other guys, I've got tattoos and each one means something to me. The only names are my kids'. I'll be getting another one soon, with will also have a special meaning to me. I just can't see getting one promoting a "brand". If I were to do that, I'd use my own company logo!
Funny you are thinking about getting that tatoo. I have been thinking about getting the bar and shield also. As a matter of fact, I went to the Old School Western Smokeout in Cottonwood, AZ. last weekend and there was a bunch of tat artists there. I was going to get it then, but they were either busy or I was running around and didn't do it.
I can't belive all the guys here saying don't do it!!!!! Whats up with that??? Bunch of ******??? Most of the HD riders I run with have got loads of cool tats and I don't hear them whining about wishing they didn't have them.
I got a wolf on my arm in Lake Geneva, WI, when I was 17 and just joined the Navy and then I got a beautiful eagle with U.S. Navy under it by a drunk biker in Fremantle, Austrailia on the other arm. I love em both and have never regretted it. Women love them too!!!! I want a HD tat of some sort and will be getting it soon!!!
I say right on go for it!!!! Rick
Do your tats have lots of punctuation marks???????? 8^)
It's a personal decision--and sometimes it's the "puss" who decides to follow the group rather than his own head. I have two and love them both, but they both have special meaning. I don't think I'd get a company's logo inked on myself, though. Companies do strange things over the course of a lifetime. How proud would you be today if you had gotten an "AMF" tattoo in the 70s?
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