Arnt Harley Riders an odd bunch,

[Streetwise]

mmmmmmmmm had a conversation or two recently with some harley riders, They are very different people than Jappa riders, What do you think. :brick:

[Lou Girardin]

Most of them are OK. Except for Divot and Scummy.:psst:

[Sniper]

Its a mindset, I work with a harley rider. I reckon he is ok.

[kickingzebra]

I used to flat with a harley guy, he was a really good guy, not the sterotype of your usual harley rider, that is for sure, but, definitely saw the world through different eyes

[Streetwise]

Yea im not saying they are bad people just different in their thinking,.

[Big Dave]

The reality is that there is no stereotype Harley rider - any more than there is a sterotypical Honda rider. There are just people who ride harleys - and they include assholes and good bastards - just like Suzuki riders or Ural riders or anyone.

I'm going to start generalising about people who are 5'8" and make a few sweeping statements about ging-ers. Just as relevant.

[mattt]

Anyone that desires so many cubes and so little power is odd.

It's like a Westie buying a big loud fuck off V8 that has half the power of a corolla :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Big Dave]

Dont sweat the small stuff, It only makes you stressed,



My take on that is:

Don't sweat the small stuff.
It's ALL small stuff.

[Big Dave]

Anyone that desires so many cubes and so little power is odd.

It's like the Westies buying big loud fuck off V8's that have half the power of a corolla :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


You've never ridden one.

[Motu]

Red Neck is a global fenononomemannom (pissed at 4.45pm),it's embarassing to me...but even Yamaha riders can be red necks too.....

[Ixion]

Anyone that desires so many cubes and so little power is odd.

It's like a Westie buying a big loud fuck off V8 that has half the power of a corolla :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Great engines move slowly, and are not so soon put out of frame.

Francis bacon, I think

[Streetwise]

Yea i like the buells, They go better than my scooter., hahahahahahaha. Just kidding, I like them they go very well,

[limbimtimwim]

They are allright. It's the BMW riders who are the freaks.

[Ixion]

Incontrovertable, that. And when you come to Guzzis ......................:shutup:

[Motu]

I was talking to some dude with a Vesuvian Speeder the other day - what a fucking freak man...he had two heads!

[What?]

They are allright. It's the BMW riders who are the freaks.
Bugger. We've been found out.:eek5:

[Streetwise]

hehehehahaha thats funny, ooorrrrrrr thats full class,

[Swoop]

Dont sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things...

2 wheels or 3, just ride.:ride:

[Ixion]

I was talking to some dude with a Vesuvian Speeder the other day - what a fucking freak man...he had two heads!

For shame. 'Tis wicked to mock the afflicted. You don't know what happened to the other one, he may have lost it in an accident ofr all you know.

[Streetwise]

yes sweaty things are bad,

[Madness]

yes sweaty things are bad,

Had a shout for a departing work colleague once. Someone organised a Fat-O-Gram. She had done a couple of jobs earlier in the evening and was sweaty!!. She had a Police uniform on (for a while) too, just to add to the appeal:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Timber020]

Most harley riders are fiecely loyal to the Harley name, they dont like to be likend to the Harley buyer demographic of being mid life crisis suit wearers who want to buy into a brand and image.
They do get a fair bit of stick, and think loud translates to fast in harley speak.
When I lived in the states and found them to get particularly agitated when I made comparisons with HD and JD.

Otherwise they are just like any other riders.....with tassles.....

[Streetwise]

with tassles, Nice work,

[Motu]

For shame. 'Tis wicked to mock the afflicted. You don't know what happened to the other one, he may have lost it in an accident ofr all you know.

They have three heads?!! Aaah shit man,I didn't know that...I'm really sorry I made the anal probe comment to him then....I didn't realise where they kept the third head,y'know...

Anyway,I was more interested in the bike,we don't see many of them down this way....friggen Labour Goverment and their protectionism rackets,we could all be ridding these things,but they won't let them into the country because some kid might get fried by the ion emmmiter...like,fat chance of that happening! They haven't got a fucking clue.

[limbimtimwim]

You guys smoke some funny shit. The heads usually try and take out another one. One is usually gone by 30 years old. Then the remaining heads notice that they are a bit lonely and don't kill each other.

Seen it before.

The ion emitter is a tad dangerous though, you have to admit. It is at testicle level.

[Swoop]

....friggen Labour Goverment... They haven't got a fucking clue.

I see uncle helengrad is in the motorcade shit again. Her convoy rear ending a car when she was cruising ponsnobby road looking at the pretty christmas lights.
She was probably trolling for a nice young boy to entice with lollies... or young girls for benson-pope...:stoogie:

[Lias]

I see uncle helengrad is in the motorcade shit again. Her convoy rear ending a car when she was cruising ponsnobby road looking at the pretty christmas lights.
She was probably trolling for a nice young boy to entice with lollies... or young girls for benson-pope...:stoogie:
I think you'll find Comrade Clark likes little girls too.

[madboy]

Yeah, Swoop, as Lias intimated - I don't think the boys have anything at all to fear from Uncle Helen, except a life of servitude. Carpet anyone?

[Streetwise]

Did her driver crash ????
Havnt heard anything.

[Lou Girardin]

It seems the following cop car shunted Helens limo into the car in front. The limo took off, then returned minus herself.

[zeRax]

i saw a guy with a H-v twin tshirt on and started talking to him at a local pub, was all good, then when he foudn out i rode a kawasaki he said he cant talk to me anymore or he'll just end up fighting with me, all the while being serious, wish i had of said harleys are for queers, or something ;\ was with some girls thou :>

[Madness]

[QUOTE=zeRax] was all good, then when he foudn out i rode a kawasaki he said he cant talk to me anymore or he'll just end up fighting with me, all the while being serious, wish i had of said harleys are for queers, or something QUOTE]

Don't worry there bud. He was just JEALOUS of your Kawasaki and porbably only had a Harley T-Shirt. :tugger:

[scumdog]

I'm NOT ODD, o.k.? NOT EFFING ODD!!!!!


A little uneven at times but not odd.

Otherwise I wouldn't have a non-Harley.

[JimO]

i did a lot of touring back in the 80s on a ZIR and everybody on a bike gave you a wave.... except harley riders.... i thought it was because they couldnt take their hands of the bars because of the vibration.:scooter: :scooter:

[scumdog]

i did a lot of touring back in the 80s on a ZIR and everybody on a bike gave you a wave.... except harley riders.... i thought it was because they couldnt take their hands of the bars because of the vibration.:scooter: :scooter:

Shit no, they WANT to take their hands off the bars to give them a selves a break from the vibes.

I guess they just didn't like the look of you.

[Madness]

Maybe it's just a case of slow reactions on the part of the HD rider, so in actual fact many of them do wave, but you just never see it by the time you've gone around the next bend.....:ride: :ride:

[vs04]

I read an interview with Sonny Barger,he,s the guy who started the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels in the states,they were the guys responsible for the stabbing and death of that guy at the Rolling Stones concert back in the late sixties.Anyway when asked what he thought of the Harley Davidson,he replied with.There junk,i only ride one because i,m a Hells Angel, if i was,nt in the Hells Angels i,d ride a triumph.He did mention other bikes that he,d ride but cant remember what they were,also gave the metric cruisers a good rep to.This guy is considerd the grandfather of the Hells Angels around the world,it would be interesting to see how many guys in that type of lifestyle would stop riding harleys if sonny decided to hop on a cruiser or sportbike.What i,m saying is that there,s a lot of people riding harleys because they have a genuine interest in them,their the ones that you get a wave from or a decent conversation out of.

[Big Dave]

,it would be interesting to see how many guys in that type of lifestyle would stop riding harleys if sonny decided to hop on a cruiser or sportbike..

None would ride metric cruisers. (Viet Vets and God Squad notwithstanding.)
Look at the outlaws here now.
Many of the new generation are on Speed triples or buells so they stand a better chance of 'evasion'.
Only the old school are stuck on hogs.

It's the beauty of a modern Triumph - you can ride it with ANY company.

[snuffles]

You've never ridden one.


I have and they have no power, just lots of vibration, had to have all my teeth reset after riding down the MW.

[Storm]

Well done Triumph salesman :):D:D

[Big Dave]

I have and they have no power, just lots of vibration, had to have all my teeth reset after riding down the MW.


Yeah right - (except at motorway speeds a properly tuned 1450 is as smooth as some multis.)

[vs04]

None would ride metric cruisers. (Viet Vets and God Squad notwithstanding.)
Look at the outlaws here now.
Many of the new generation are on Speed triples or buells so they stand a better chase of 'evasion'.
Only the old school are stuck on hogs.

It's the beauty of a modern Triumph - you can ride it with ANY company.
But how much of the modern triumph is triumph,i,ve heard that the motor in the speed triple is from yamaha.Is that true or is the guy that told me talking bollicks.I,ve mentioned the same thing to some of my club mates in the triumph owners club here in wanganui but have,nt got a definite answer.

[Big Dave]

But how much of the modern triumph is triumph,i,ve heard that the motor in the speed triple is from yamaha.Is that true or is the guy that told me talking bollicks.I,ve mentioned the same thing to some of my club mates in the triumph owners club here in wanganui but have,nt got a definite answer.


I'll definitely answer for you then - the heart of the beast is as english as the top left hand corner of a NZ flag.
The engineering comes form places like Cosworth, Lotus, and even has links back to Riccardo Engineering who designed the riccy in the 30's
Like all global products they use components, forks, brakes, electrics sourced from japan spain taiwan italy china and even some for australia (plastic doohickeys) early on.
They visited Japanese and american production facilities to establish best practices in their production lines - but the bikes are proudly and without question produced and manufactured in Hinckley, Leicestishire, ENGLAND.

Triumph Motorcycles UK is a privately owned company and a member of the Bloor Holdings Group - one of the UKs largest.

How much of it is like my old lucas electricted 1976 T120 pissing oil and breaking down all the time? Not much at all.
The last 90,000km on my Tbird have been quite trouble free.

[vs04]

I'll definitely answer for you then - the heart of the beast is as english as the top left hand corner of a NZ flag.
The engineering comes form places like Cosworth, Lotus, and even has links back to Riccardo Engineering who designed the riccy in the 30's
Like all global products they use components, forks, brakes, electrics sourced from japan spain taiwan italy china and even some for australia (plastic doohickeys) early on.
They visited Japanese and american production facilities to establish best practices in their production lines - but the bikes are proudly and without question produced and manufactured in Hinckley, Leicestishire, ENGLAND.
Finally, someone who knows what there talking about.Cheers.

[Motu]

Yeah but,I've heard from my mates cousins sister,who knows a guy who went to school with a brother inlaw who met some guy in a pub who drove the Triumph delivery trucks...that some of the metalic flake in the paint comes from Laos - so they aren't really British after all,so there!!

[Lou Girardin]

Shit no, they WANT to take their hands off the bars to give them a selves a break from the vibes.

I guess they just didn't like the look of you.

They're scared that if they wave it'll be some secret gay sprotbike rider come-on.:whistle:

[Ixion]

Well I don't know about that. BUT - I heard from this guy in the supermarket checkout queue, that he (the guy in the queue) was drinking in the pub with some guy (another guy) a few years ago, and this guy (the one he was drinking with) had a mate who's cousin worked for the British government and he (the one who worked for the government) told him (the cousins' mate) who told him (the drinking guy) that some (at least!) of the air in the tyres was ACTUALLY TRACED BACK TO COMMUNIST RUSSIA at one time!.

It's all a conspiracy!.

[Krusti]

I just find all other people are odd!:crazy: Seriously though I have as many Harley friends as Jappas and have met an equal number of oddballs from both camps. Takes all sorts to make me feel sane:scooter:

[Timber020]

I have a book on the hells angels where barger says he would rather be riding a honda st, funny that here they are a cop bike.

[vs04]

I have a book on the hells angels where barger says he would rather be riding a honda st, funny that here they are a cop bike.
He said in the interview that i read that they,re making one of his books into a movie.

[madmal64]

Hell I dont know?
Ive got a mate who owns and rides a Harley, a Ducati 996, an old BMW R80 and a V8 trike.
I wouldnt call him odd or strange, I suppose maybe because he does ride a huge style range of machinery is whats keeping in balanced.:crazy:

[What?]

I read an interview with Sonny Barger,he,s the guy who started the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels in the states,they were the guys responsible for the stabbing and death of that guy at the Rolling Stones concert back in the late sixties.Anyway when asked what he thought of the Harley Davidson,he replied with.There junk,i only ride one because i,m a Hells Angel, if i was,nt in the Hells Angels i,d ride a triumph.He did mention other bikes that he,d ride but cant remember what they were,also gave the metric cruisers a good rep to.This guy is considerd the grandfather of the Hells Angels around the world,it would be interesting to see how many guys in that type of lifestyle would stop riding harleys if sonny decided to hop on a cruiser or sportbike.What i,m saying is that there,s a lot of people riding harleys because they have a genuine interest in them,their the ones that you get a wave from or a decent conversation out of.
Another interview was in the Los Angeles Daily News in 1994. In there, he said he only rode a Harley because he owned a shop that specialised in fixing them. If it wasn't for the shop, he'd ride a Honda.
He also said what he didn't like about Harley was the company, not the product; "...for years they didn't want to know about us, now they are capitilizing on our image..."

You must have read this one??
Well I don't think I've ever said anything good about Honda; what I said is Harleys are junk, technology wise. If I was not a Hells Angel I would probably be riding an ST1100, a BMW or a Triumph. But I am a Hells Angel so I ride a Harley, and the one good thing I can say about Harleys is they made me a good living; by being junk they need to be fixed all the time.

Of the new bikes, I just got a new 2000 model in March. I've got 22000 miles on it. It runs well, its been opened up, the brakes work. It's probably the best motor, transmission and brakes that Harley ever put out. But in reality, technology wise, it's still a million years behind everything else. Harleys new balancing system on their 88V motors is the kind of thing a Caterpillar tractor had a hundred years ago.


But, yeah, wouldn't it be interesting if he traded the Hogley for a Blade!

[terbang]

Been in a lot of these Harley bagging exercise before and well they are a motorcycle. The title "odd bunch" gets me thinking and I notice that a few of them wear German Wehrmacht helmets. WTF is the mentality in that..? I havn't seen people who ride Jappers (superior machinery) wearing such lids so why the harley thing and a Kraut lid..?

[SlashWylde]

Been in a lot of these Harley bagging exercise before and well they are a motorcycle. The title "odd bunch" gets me thinking and I notice that a few of them wear German Wehrmacht helmets. WTF is the mentality in that..? I havn't seen people who ride Jappers (superior machinery) wearing such lids so why the harley thing and a Kraut lid..?

Well supposedly the wearing of German Wehrmacht helmets, Iron Cross and various nazi parephenalia (particularly the swastika) was an anti-authothoratarian response by bikers after the second world war.

American bikers who wore the helmets swastikas etc were basically saying to the world "fuck you! I'm a big scary biker" and it was done to get a rise out of the 'straight' folk.

From here this iconography has become a standard part of outlaw biker culture like the wearing of 1% patches, FTW, the number 13 etc.

[montsta56]

I reckon most of them are cock's, they think there hard or some shit cause there on a harley, They never give ya a wave on the road, every other biker seem's to apart from them???

[SPman]

You've never ridden one.
A westie? .....

[Big Dave]

A westie? .....


I heard you always 'fuck' - up!

[Shadows]

From here this iconography has become a standard part of outlaw biker culture like the wearing of 1% patches, FTW, the number 13 etc.

I wonder if there's a market for 99% patches?
Probably piss a few people off and cause aggro though.

[Virago]

I reckon most of them are cock's.....
....and as most sprotbikers are cunts, you would think the two groups would get together quite nicely.....:laugh:

[popelli]

It would appear reading this post is that the only people who have problems with harleys and the people that ride harleys are the people who don't have them

[terbang]

It would appear reading this post is that the only people who have problems with harleys and the people that ride harleys are the people who don't have them
Ahh err, You noticed eh..!

[myvice]

How much of it is like my old lucas electricted 1976 T120 pissing oil and breaking down all the time?
If Lucas made guns, wars wouldn’t start.

[vs04]

Another interview was in the Los Angeles Daily News in 1994. In there, he said he only rode a Harley because he owned a shop that specialised in fixing them. If it wasn't for the shop, he'd ride a Honda.
He also said what he didn't like about Harley was the company, not the product; "...for years they didn't want to know about us, now they are capitilizing on our image..."

You must have read this one??
Well I don't think I've ever said anything good about Honda; what I said is Harleys are junk, technology wise. If I was not a Hells Angel I would probably be riding an ST1100, a BMW or a Triumph. But I am a Hells Angel so I ride a Harley, and the one good thing I can say about Harleys is they made me a good living; by being junk they need to be fixed all the time.

Of the new bikes, I just got a new 2000 model in March. I've got 22000 miles on it. It runs well, its been opened up, the brakes work. It's probably the best motor, transmission and brakes that Harley ever put out. But in reality, technology wise, it's still a million years behind everything else. Harleys new balancing system on their 88V motors is the kind of thing a Caterpillar tractor had a hundred years ago.


But, yeah, wouldn't it be interesting if he traded the Hogley for a Blade!
Yeah that,s the one although i was of the mark a bit with what i said so i apologise for that:Oops: .

[vs04]

I wonder if there's a market for 99% patches?
Probably piss a few people off and cause aggro though. . We thought of doing that as a tounge n cheek type of thing, after all we are part of the 99% but as you say could cause aggro.I dont know about here but in the states non outlaw bikers are called RUBS[pronounced rubes]rich urban bikers,i,m sure as hell not rich but if you changed the R to a different letter you could have some fun with it.

[vs04]

....and as most sprotbikers are cunts, you would think the two groups would get together quite nicely.....:laugh:
I,m sure if you took some of the quotes that we get on here and put them together in a book it would make entertaining reading.:laugh:

[Pixie]

Great engines move slowly, and are not so soon put out of frame.

Francis bacon, I think
Mmmmmm.....Bacon

[Pixie]

They visited Japanese and american production facilities to establish best practices in their production lines - but the bikes are proudly and without question produced and manufactured in Hinckley, Leicestishire, ENGLAND.

Except for the bits that are made in Thailand :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


The last 90,000km on my Tbird have been quite trouble free.

Just like the 110,000 km I did on my last Bandit......So they are just like Japanese bikes in design as well as reliability?

[Big Dave]

Except for the bits that are made in Thailand :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Just like the 110,000 km I did on my last Bandit......So they are just like Japanese bikes in design as well as reliability?


yep - just not ridden by as many dweebs.

[Dodgyiti]

Anyone that desires so many cubes and so little power is odd.

It's like a Westie buying a big loud fuck off V8 that has half the power of a corolla :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Nah, we buy the big V8's as an excuse not to visit all the solo's we knocked up
"Sorry luv, can't afford the gas..."