Rating riders
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Rating riders
So there I was riding with my wife on the back with a few friends. After the ride I was rated as a medium to slow rider... WTF? I bought my bike to chill and cruise, smell the roses and enjoy the view. If I wanted to fly like a dumba** I would have bought a Rocket. 
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I also ride to enjoy.... When I want to have a real power trip, I jump in my Roush and drop the hammer
The Fat Boy has immense pwoer and I enjoy it most just cruising around. If I wanted to have a crotch rocket I would have gone with a Hyabusa.
The Fat Boy has immense pwoer and I enjoy it most just cruising around. If I wanted to have a crotch rocket I would have gone with a Hyabusa.
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You need to find new friends!
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I get laughed at for my riding style. I get the bike running, always give it a 1 minute warm up to get the oil to all parts. I open my diet coke and put it in the holder. I pick the music genre I wish to hear, usually classical or bluegrass and get it running. I get seated, do my wiggle (similar to a golfers wiggle, getting the right position) and proceed down the emptiest road I can find at the speed limit or less if I think it is slippery. I've never been over 4000 rpm. I never ride in groups cause they leave me behind anyway. Then I enjoy the scenery while scanning for menacing mommies and terrible teens. I arrive safely, relaxed and rested, usually only 10 minutes behind the "fast" people. I may be old, but there are reasons I got this way. pretz, your technique is the correct one, it is the rest of the world that is funny.
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By my ability to go fast around corners on my SG with my wife on board. I think not.
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Reminds me of an old proverb...Two bulls are on top of a hill The young bull tells the old bull lets run down the hill and do that one cow...The old bull says why run when we can walk and do them all.
I ride at my own pace don't care who the fastest is.
I ride at my own pace don't care who the fastest is.
Last edited by Road Ranger; Aug 3, 2010 at 01:12 PM.