What is wrong with people?
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From: Tucson, Az
RE: What is wrong with people?
It's for sure that anyone putting down the Sprotster hasn't ridden one in their entire lifetime. Next time just say: "It's too bad you've never ridden one. If you had you wouldn't be saying that". Smile and walk away.
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RE: What is wrong with people?
Dont worry about the people that comment and dont even ride. They are "wantabes" and there are atons of them in this world. Tell them get a bike without training wheels and then you might consider taking them serious.
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From: The Peach State
RE: What is wrong with people?
I'm still pretty new at this but what really pissed me and my husband off when we started telling people we had bought bikes was that they seemed to think that gave them license to tell you their horror story of who they knew had been hurt on a bike. We got so we stopped telling people for a while just so we didnt' have to hear it.
We live just outside a small town with lots of country backroads. We commute a long way to and from work, so mostly we do short hop rides in the afternoons on twisty backroads, or head into town for some browsing, a meal and or coffee. The sportsters are just so perfect for that. They handle great and there's a reason they're not called "sedansters". [8D]
I'm in Atlanta and it's fabulous here this week. In the 70's all week long. I work in a tall office building overlooking I-285 and everytime I hear a Harley go by on the interstate it drives me nuts cuz I'm not out there riding too! [:@]
We live just outside a small town with lots of country backroads. We commute a long way to and from work, so mostly we do short hop rides in the afternoons on twisty backroads, or head into town for some browsing, a meal and or coffee. The sportsters are just so perfect for that. They handle great and there's a reason they're not called "sedansters". [8D]
I'm in Atlanta and it's fabulous here this week. In the 70's all week long. I work in a tall office building overlooking I-285 and everytime I hear a Harley go by on the interstate it drives me nuts cuz I'm not out there riding too! [:@]
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Stafford, Virginia
RE: What is wrong with people?
Anyone givin ya krap really hasn't got a klue. Sporties are grand all-round scooters. Met many on the open road who swear by 'em. Ridin' is your choice - as is what ya ride. Do you rag the guys when they can't keep up on their geezer glides??? Hang in there brutha - - ride on!!
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RE: What is wrong with people?
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My friends and co-workers need to back off the "why did you buy a Sportster" crap. I have five friends that ride HD’s other than Sportsters, and all they say is you should of bought this or that,
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My friends and co-workers need to back off the "why did you buy a Sportster" crap. I have five friends that ride HD’s other than Sportsters, and all they say is you should of bought this or that,
Just tell 'em that Jay Springsteen never raced anything called a Fat Boy.
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RE: What is wrong with people?
people tell me all the time I am to big for a sportster and I usually reply I am big enough to ride anything I damn well please and that includes there wife . it may not be very civil but it certainly can cause some interesting conversation.
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From: FL & SoCal
RE: What is wrong with people?
I havent heard anything like that but I don't give people the chance to put me down. I did have one *** say my bike looked tiny but I fogive him since he ridesa Honda. Personally, I don't care what people think. I like what I like. Hell, if I wanted the $35k SE Ultra, I could have it...It's not about being small or cheap or any of that stuff. It's about what I like....PERIOD.
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From: Rowlett, Texas
RE: What is wrong with people?
I shut them up everytime I start my bike. My brother commented that my old 883 was a girl's bike. I started her up with the baffles removed and it sounded like it was shaking the foundation off the house."Can I ride it"? HAHAHAHA! What a dumass!!