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31.19%
Blue collar
569
19.85%
Trades
618
21.56%
Medical
141
4.92%
Legal
110
3.84%
Other
534
18.63%
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Old Feb 28, 2015 | 12:02 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 09:38 AM
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WOW.......more white collar than tradesman, blue collar guys on a Harley web forum. I find that a sign of changing times. 30 yrs ago all those white collars where looking down at the Harley riders.... greasy, dirty biker trash ? Did the internet change all that ? I don't think so.


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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 09:57 AM
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Nah there's still less white collar. You gotta add up the trade and blue collar numbers.

While I may be white collar I definitely don't look down on any tradesman. I don't know why I would? Nor do any of my peers that I know of. I'm 33, maybe it's just a shift of later generations with more exposure to and acceptance of diversity.
 
Old Mar 1, 2015 | 11:49 AM
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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by onaride63
WOW.......more white collar than tradesman, blue collar guys on a Harley web forum. I find that a sign of changing times. 30 yrs ago all those white collars where looking down at the Harley riders.... greasy, dirty biker trash ? Did the internet change all that ? I don't think so.


what happened ?


I'm white collar and my father was a plumber so I would never look down on any tradesman.
 
Old Mar 1, 2015 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mozvader
I'm white collar and my father was a plumber so I would never look down on any tradesman.


I was more leaning towards the demographics of the people who ride now vs 30 yrs ago.




I was using the poll numbers as reference understanding they are not scientific. I don't remember a lot of white collar type folks riding years back, not on Harleys anyway. I remember them being more into cars. Not that I knew a lot of white collars when I was 22.
 
Old Mar 1, 2015 | 07:55 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by onaride63
I was more leaning towards the demographics of the people who ride now vs 30 yrs ago.




I was using the poll numbers as reference understanding they are not scientific. I don't remember a lot of white collar type folks riding years back, not on Harleys anyway. I remember them being more into cars. Not that I knew a lot of white collars when I was 22.
Where people really that stupid back then?
I'm 38 and I can't imagine not riding.
How can anyone not love riding?
 
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