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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 10:47 AM
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Corvettes are small. Does that not make them real cars? LOL!

Also- one could argue (hey we are on the internet- !) that the the origins/ history of H-D was established on "smaller" bikes- minimalist bikes, like board trackers, flat trackers, Hill climbers, etc.

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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 11:30 AM
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people always have to put their two cents in... but none of them can every tell you what they ride or if they ride at all... heres something to go along with the "girls bike" comments

i was walking out of my neighborhood 7-11 and i saw 2 women admiring my bike... well come to find out it was just one of them admiring my bike and the other one was talkin trash... i ride a 2012 1200 custom... and she calls it a piece of ****.... the other lady asks why she would say that and the **** ****** said its too small... it needs for be AT LEAST a dyna... like a dyna wasnt good enough for her or something (mind you the admirer was an attractive woman... the **** talking one was fat and hairy) so after her dyna comment i had made it to my bike and had had enough... and decided to pull the @$$hole card out and i said yeah you'd need a bigger bike to haul your fat @$$ around... got on my lil bike and smiled at her all the way out of the parking lot ... the attractive admirer chuckled a lil bit

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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 12:21 PM
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HD has been making Sportsters for what ? 54 years ? man it takes a long time for some people to accept new ideas
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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i would have said thats a sportster not a vrod dummy.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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i hear this all the time at my shop "nice girl bike!" or "nice hardly davidson!"

none of them ride, they just think because its a smaller bike, its not a "real" harley.


whatever man, i love my bike. I'm 5'7, 160lbs and the bike is perfect for me. I dont even have the inclination to move up to a bigger bike.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 02:45 PM
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there never seems to be a shortage of guys that want to talk down somebody's bike, and yet....they don't even have one!

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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by landonm11
people always have to put their two cents in... but none of them can every tell you what they ride or if they ride at all... heres something to go along with the "girls bike" comments

i was walking out of my neighborhood 7-11 and i saw 2 women admiring my bike... well come to find out it was just one of them admiring my bike and the other one was talkin trash... i ride a 2012 1200 custom... and she calls it a piece of ****.... the other lady asks why she would say that and the **** ****** said its too small... it needs for be AT LEAST a dyna... like a dyna wasnt good enough for her or something (mind you the admirer was an attractive woman... the **** talking one was fat and hairy) so after her dyna comment i had made it to my bike and had had enough... and decided to pull the @$$hole card out and i said yeah you'd need a bigger bike to haul your fat @$$ around... got on my lil bike and smiled at her all the way out of the parking lot ... the attractive admirer chuckled a lil bit

THE END
That is one hell of a good story!
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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Ya shoulda offered to take her for a ride.
 
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Dang... little old lady nailed it... and courteous, too.. " not a real one"
Hell, she could have said... the girls bike thing.
Be proud to call her... ma
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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Ah ****!! That wheel752 be mean for sure..
 
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