"not a real harley..."
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Camden County, NJ
RE: "not a real harley..."
Amen bearc.paw,
Look at this kid & think who he might be. Low 20's, just startin a new job & riddin a rat sporty. Would have to guess thats all he can swing if he wants to ride & must ride Harley. So thats what hes got. Glad to have him in the wind. As for the "real harley" comment, if I was stuck on a rat cause "I" wont ride imports ( hypothetic, cause I will )& cant begin to afford new & shiny then I'm gonna be proud of myself for sacrificing comfort & convience of a car or better import bike for the measly money I can spend on one. & if some one like Cow,someone I would hope to at least shareconnection with, ( we both ride, he77 we both ride the same brand ) introduces himself by cutting my pride down. Of course I'm gonna bad mouth his. Givin time & the income from this job ya think mabye that rat might get better lookin, stop drippin oil. Mabye, mabye not. But guess cow didn't bother to ask.
As for the 'tattle tale'??? WTF ever made him think that was cool or that letting it out wouldn't draw fire. Me, I had a problem with this guys (cows)attitude with the Harley Only sign in the first place. Yeah, cute. At home in your garage, your drive way. Not at a place of biz. When it comes to riding my motto is come one come all & run what ya brung. Just dont do anything stupid that would make the non-ridding public look down on all of us.
About the only way to get out of this one is to appologize. That & mabye offer to whip out the Amex card & buy some gaskets & fluids & offer to help stop the leaking. You can wrench can't you. Because "REALHARLEYS" are wrenched on by thier owners.
Look at this kid & think who he might be. Low 20's, just startin a new job & riddin a rat sporty. Would have to guess thats all he can swing if he wants to ride & must ride Harley. So thats what hes got. Glad to have him in the wind. As for the "real harley" comment, if I was stuck on a rat cause "I" wont ride imports ( hypothetic, cause I will )& cant begin to afford new & shiny then I'm gonna be proud of myself for sacrificing comfort & convience of a car or better import bike for the measly money I can spend on one. & if some one like Cow,someone I would hope to at least shareconnection with, ( we both ride, he77 we both ride the same brand ) introduces himself by cutting my pride down. Of course I'm gonna bad mouth his. Givin time & the income from this job ya think mabye that rat might get better lookin, stop drippin oil. Mabye, mabye not. But guess cow didn't bother to ask.
As for the 'tattle tale'??? WTF ever made him think that was cool or that letting it out wouldn't draw fire. Me, I had a problem with this guys (cows)attitude with the Harley Only sign in the first place. Yeah, cute. At home in your garage, your drive way. Not at a place of biz. When it comes to riding my motto is come one come all & run what ya brung. Just dont do anything stupid that would make the non-ridding public look down on all of us.
About the only way to get out of this one is to appologize. That & mabye offer to whip out the Amex card & buy some gaskets & fluids & offer to help stop the leaking. You can wrench can't you. Because "REALHARLEYS" are wrenched on by thier owners.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 512
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From: Washington
RE: "not a real harley..."
Dang, you said what I and probably alot of us here were thinking. I had a rat bike once. Leaked like hell. Parts were expensive and no $$$. This one dude comes by an offers to help me out. We got it stopped. Ended up being good friends til he retired and moved off.
Didn't have too much a problem with the verbal exchange, it was the boss thing that I didn't think was right...IMHO
Didn't have too much a problem with the verbal exchange, it was the boss thing that I didn't think was right...IMHO
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: May 2007
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From: GA
RE: "not a real harley..."
I used to be that kid in his 20's with my 1974 Sportster XLCH (kick start), leaking oil, upgrading when I could, borrowing tools, buying used parts at swap meets, etc. I don't see a lot of humor in asking him to move his bike so it wouldn't leak near your shiny ride, let alone going to his boss to get him spanked.
And, FWIW, you might want to leave the references to 1% out of future posts.
And, FWIW, you might want to leave the references to 1% out of future posts.
Intermediate
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 43
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From: Bronx, New York
RE: "not a real harley..."
wow......I cant believe what I'm reading.A whole lot of peoplecan't afford to buy a new harley. When I first started riding in the mid 1960's; me and all of my buddies had rat bikes that we built ourselves.Just a bunch of poor white kids from the Bronx and we used to settle problems like men; with our fists.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Melissa, TX
RE: "not a real harley..."
ORIGINAL: grunt25inf
Just a bunch of poor white kids from the Bronx and we used to settle problems like men; with our fists.
Just a bunch of poor white kids from the Bronx and we used to settle problems like men; with our fists.
I just got off probation for trying to settle problems "like a man".
Next time some fooktard assaults me on my property, I'll just shoot him, period.
As far as the original post goes...both sides handled it poorly.
Banned
Joined: Apr 2007
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RE: "not a real harley..."
Tell me something if my bike is broke down on the side of the road you would just ride on by wouldn't you. i don't know about you but i stop for every rider down on ther luck and still have some good friends becuse of it. brotherhood is earned not bought. so instead of thinking you better than others why don't you see if you can help in some way.so buy the kid a beerand drop the i got a new harley so i'm better than you act,bikes are made to be riden and get dirty not kepton a slab and looked at
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Tourer
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 304
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From: Tacoma, Washington
RE: "not a real harley..."
Cow, it seems that most on the board feel that you should have just punched him in the mouth then stomped him good when he was down instead of talking to his boss. Hmmm, thought times had changed ... guess not. When I was a young pup I had enough respect for my elders not to soil the area they parked thier rides. Of course in those days if someone showed the type of disrespect this boy did they usually got stomped. The fact that his bike leaked oil isn't the problem ... his mouth and lack of respect is the problem. Please don't give me any crap about the poor little boy just couldn't help himself. That's pure BS and you all know it. Skip that pack of smokes and buy a couple of wrenches and get his disrespectful butt on the ground and fix that leak. When I was coming up the only bikes that leaked were owned by those that were to lazy or tostupid to fix them. I wonder which area this punk fits into?
Dad, is that you?