"not a real harley..."
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RE: "not a real harley..."
ORIGINAL: Cowracer
*** UPDATE ***
I found the kid (his name is Rick, BTW) at 3:00 break, sitting by himself. He got instantly defensive when I sat down next to him.
Turns out that the attitude this morning was due to a note someone left on his bike yesterday, making fun of it and the oil leak. He said that he thought it was me. I told him that it wasn't me and I also told him that I was resonsible for getting him into 9 pit today. He said it was OK. He told me it's a hell of a lot cooler in 9 pit than where he was the last two days (on top of the furnaces) and that everyone left him alone down there.
AHHHhhhh! NowI see.
He complained that everyone here (at work) is an a$$hole.True dat. I explained that new guys always get ridden pretty hard, tosee if they will work out with the restof the guys. His attitude crept back in when he said "I aint gotta take this$hit off of anyone". I explained that, no he doesn't, but if he lets it slide, then the guys will eventually move on to the next new one.But if they find something thatbothers you, they will ride you into the ground over it.
He was really pi$$ed about the note yesterday.I told him that everyone gets a slice of that game. I gotan official looking EPAnoticetaped to my truck because it smokes like a freight train whenI start it.He is REEEAAAALLYY sensative about his bike. He said that he knows it a piece of crap (his words), but its the first thing he ever bought and paid for himself. I think he is jealous of the newer rides and that he has inferiority complex about his sporty. I told him that he had nothing to be jealous about and that his bike could be just as nice as as any of themwith a little elbow grease and just a few $$$.
He seems like an OK guy, if a bit of a hot head. (reminds me of a younger me). I think this is his first 'real' job, and that he hasnt learned that the new guys catch all the hell. Hopefully he will take my advice to heart and just bear it for a couple of weeks. It'll get easier for him.
I'm glad you guys gave me so much hell over it. Had we not talked, I would have just thought he was another punk with a bad attitude, and he would have thought that I was just another crusty old a$$hole.
Ill post up a pic of his bike next week.
Tim
*** UPDATE ***
I found the kid (his name is Rick, BTW) at 3:00 break, sitting by himself. He got instantly defensive when I sat down next to him.
Turns out that the attitude this morning was due to a note someone left on his bike yesterday, making fun of it and the oil leak. He said that he thought it was me. I told him that it wasn't me and I also told him that I was resonsible for getting him into 9 pit today. He said it was OK. He told me it's a hell of a lot cooler in 9 pit than where he was the last two days (on top of the furnaces) and that everyone left him alone down there.
AHHHhhhh! NowI see.
He complained that everyone here (at work) is an a$$hole.True dat. I explained that new guys always get ridden pretty hard, tosee if they will work out with the restof the guys. His attitude crept back in when he said "I aint gotta take this$hit off of anyone". I explained that, no he doesn't, but if he lets it slide, then the guys will eventually move on to the next new one.But if they find something thatbothers you, they will ride you into the ground over it.
He was really pi$$ed about the note yesterday.I told him that everyone gets a slice of that game. I gotan official looking EPAnoticetaped to my truck because it smokes like a freight train whenI start it.He is REEEAAAALLYY sensative about his bike. He said that he knows it a piece of crap (his words), but its the first thing he ever bought and paid for himself. I think he is jealous of the newer rides and that he has inferiority complex about his sporty. I told him that he had nothing to be jealous about and that his bike could be just as nice as as any of themwith a little elbow grease and just a few $$$.
He seems like an OK guy, if a bit of a hot head. (reminds me of a younger me). I think this is his first 'real' job, and that he hasnt learned that the new guys catch all the hell. Hopefully he will take my advice to heart and just bear it for a couple of weeks. It'll get easier for him.
I'm glad you guys gave me so much hell over it. Had we not talked, I would have just thought he was another punk with a bad attitude, and he would have thought that I was just another crusty old a$$hole.
Ill post up a pic of his bike next week.
Tim
Class act man. Thats the way real men handle their problems.
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From: Chester,VA
RE: "not a real harley..."
Call me crazy but I thought this was supposed to be a type of brotherhood. Maybe I've had one too many beers in my day, but I woulda asked myself (and him) what I could do to help remedy the situation. I have helped (and been helped) by many "bros" in my day, both with money and / or time helping to fix a problem with a bike. You coulda offered to buy him the gasket he needs. I don't think his bike stopped leaking just because yougot him puton the **** list. From what I've always heard Harleys are supposed to mark their spot anyway. I ride a 2001 FLHR PoliceSpecial and it leaves a spot from the primary about the size of a silver dollar every time I park it.Ut oh maybe you'll call my wife now and have me cut off................
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RE: "not a real harley..."
you only kid yourself bud....you aint my brother, we didnt grow up together either...i aint a 1%'r...an i gaurantee most folks lambastin cowracer here AINT what most call "BIKER"...they're livin the good life in a nice neighborhood with 2 an a half kids and a dog....so all yall just get over yourselves...YALL AINT BIKERS, OTAY....an just fore ya git off on me, think about all the times youve used this phrase "just payin his dues"....yea, what i thought...buncha twofaced wannabe's....so's ya dont misunderstand, most of ya with your attitude would end up in pit #9 real fast...dont cha know, the strongest NEVER havta touch ya to hurt ya
ORIGINAL: rdkingryder
Call me crazy but I thought this was supposed to be a type of brotherhood. Maybe I've had one too many beers in my day, but I woulda asked myself (and him) what I could do to help remedy the situation. I have helped (and been helped) by many "bros" in my day, both with money and / or time helping to fix a problem with a bike. You coulda offered to buy him the gasket he needs. I don't think his bike stopped leaking just because yougot him puton the **** list. From what I've always heard Harleys are supposed to mark their spot anyway. I ride a 2001 FLHR PoliceSpecial and it leaves a spot from the primary about the size of a silver dollar every time I park it.Ut oh maybe you'll call my wife now and have me cut off................
Call me crazy but I thought this was supposed to be a type of brotherhood. Maybe I've had one too many beers in my day, but I woulda asked myself (and him) what I could do to help remedy the situation. I have helped (and been helped) by many "bros" in my day, both with money and / or time helping to fix a problem with a bike. You coulda offered to buy him the gasket he needs. I don't think his bike stopped leaking just because yougot him puton the **** list. From what I've always heard Harleys are supposed to mark their spot anyway. I ride a 2001 FLHR PoliceSpecial and it leaves a spot from the primary about the size of a silver dollar every time I park it.Ut oh maybe you'll call my wife now and have me cut off................
Road Master
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From: Eastern Massachusetts
RE: "not a real harley..."
ORIGINAL: Cowracer
The first words outta his mouth to me was "f*ck you, man!" I guess I shoulda asked if I could wipe and polish his *** for him?
Tim
The first words outta his mouth to me was "f*ck you, man!" I guess I shoulda asked if I could wipe and polish his *** for him?
Tim
Sorry, Tim, you're just not showing yourself in a good light here. It's up to you, but if it was me, I'd drop it. There were lots of better ways to handle it; take the lesson and move on.
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From: Columbus, Ga
RE: "not a real harley..."
Maybe things will work out and you two guys can get along. Take him for a ride sometime, and buy him dinner/lunch/supper.
And in the future, park you bike uphill of his.
Hack
And in the future, park you bike uphill of his.
Hack
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From: Arizona
RE: "not a real harley..."
What gets me is all the Billy Badass guys here lining up to tell Cowracer how they woulda kicked his *** in their first sentence, and then following it up with, "What about the brotherhood?" Y'all are like the guy that just grunts and walks away at the gas station out on the road when someone dares say something as bold as "Good morning." Brotherhood my ***. I ride a Harley, you ride a Harley, my brother prefers a Corvette.
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RE: "not a real harley..."
exactly Bob....i like you, we think alike...but we aint brothers
ORIGINAL: Peekaboo Bob
What gets me is all the Billy Badass guys here lining up to tell Cowracer how they woulda kicked his *** in their first sentence, and then following it up with, "What about the brotherhood?" Y'all are like the guy that just grunts and walks away at the gas station out on the road when someone dares say something as bold as "Good morning." Brotherhood my ***. I ride a Harley, you ride a Harley, my brother prefers a Corvette.
What gets me is all the Billy Badass guys here lining up to tell Cowracer how they woulda kicked his *** in their first sentence, and then following it up with, "What about the brotherhood?" Y'all are like the guy that just grunts and walks away at the gas station out on the road when someone dares say something as bold as "Good morning." Brotherhood my ***. I ride a Harley, you ride a Harley, my brother prefers a Corvette.
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From: Arizona
RE: "not a real harley..."
ORIGINAL: Bryan TTM
exactly Bob....i like you, we think alike...but we aint brothers
exactly Bob....i like you, we think alike...but we aint brothers
ORIGINAL: Peekaboo Bob
What gets me is all the Billy Badass guys here lining up to tell Cowracer how they woulda kicked his *** in their first sentence, and then following it up with, "What about the brotherhood?" Y'all are like the guy that just grunts and walks away at the gas station out on the road when someone dares say something as bold as "Good morning." Brotherhood my ***. I ride a Harley, you ride a Harley, my brother prefers a Corvette.
What gets me is all the Billy Badass guys here lining up to tell Cowracer how they woulda kicked his *** in their first sentence, and then following it up with, "What about the brotherhood?" Y'all are like the guy that just grunts and walks away at the gas station out on the road when someone dares say something as bold as "Good morning." Brotherhood my ***. I ride a Harley, you ride a Harley, my brother prefers a Corvette.
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RE: "not a real harley..."
Wow all the Harley gods have offered their words of wisdom and put all us little guys in fear, you gotta love this forum with a bunch of real men typing their bada$$ harley hard guy "chat", it really scares me so i'm gonna run and hide cuuse this here computer might come and git yall in sum truble you aint never seen bifore.