Harley dickheads

**Johnny Fartpants** · 28th December 2009, 22:24

This is my first post....
So yesterday (Sunday) I'm doing a trip from Auckland to Hamilton to drop off
a package to a customer. I'm riding a near new 2009 (first registered) Honda
CB 1300 S. Pretty quick bike that loves eating up the road. Got my first speeding ticket in more than 10 years on it last week doing 130km going thru Meremere. Fair cop and all that. Cop informs me that they have a 10k grace limit "so if you keep it below 110 k's you won't get a ticket". Now keeping a bike like that below 110k's on a trip down SH1 is a drag and takes a lot of effort, but I like having a licence - and there are other roads where you can open them up. So on the return trip I'm coming along the top of the Bombays sitting exactly on 110 when up ahead I see 3 Hogs cruising along at about 95-100. I'm 46, so I have some idea of how the world works and I start thinking "I'm moving slightly faster than these guys and I will be catching up to them soon. What's the proceedure for passing a squadron of Harleys on a big fast Jap bike?". As I got closer I could make out they weren't accountant/lawyer types out playing on their new toys, but obviously hard core "Live to Ride" types with noisy noisy stupid pipes and high rise handle bars. Now if I hadn't been ticketed last week I would probably have blown by them at 140k's and not given it a second thought, but as I was trying desperately to stick to 110, I'm
starting to think "what's gonna happen when I slowly pass by them on my shiny red and white Honda?". So anyway I slowly cruise past them and carry on that long downhill run at the start of the southern motorway heading back into Auckland. By the time I get to Takanini traffic has started to thicken up a bit so I start to slow down. I check my mirrors and I see Hog Boy looming up. He passes by me in the slow lane gesturing wildly with his middle finger with his buddies in convoy. So I flip him the middle finger back and they all go off with their hand gestures. So I then give the Honda a little twist and blast past all 3 of them at 160k. By the time I slow back down they are nowhere to be seen. My thoughts on this whole episode would be.....

1) A large percentage (but of course not all) of Harley riders seem to be total morons.
2) What the fuck is their problem??
3) Riding a slow, ugly, noisy piece of shit does not make you King of the Road.
If you don't like being passed, buy a fuckin' Hyabusa.

**trailblazer** · 28th December 2009, 22:33

welecome to kb. nah not all harley riders are like that i know a couple of them and they are pretty decent people.

**gammaguy** · 28th December 2009, 22:37

dont sweat it .

they are just jealous.

funniest part of it all is they were probably on the ACC protest runs and felt all comradey and brotherly in the face of the common enemy.

now all of a sudden you are just another guy on a "rice burner"who threatens their self created delusional world where "if you aint harley.you aint shit"

with hypocrisy like that,why even take them seriously?

**Headbanger** · 28th December 2009, 22:43

I can't see the problem, They think your a dickhead, You think they are dick heads.

I'd say your all correct.

And I'm real impressed that gammaguy made up a backstory......The more imaginary detail the better.

**Johnny Fartpants** · 28th December 2009, 22:44

Originally Posted by trailblazer

welecome to kb. nah not all harley riders are like that i know a couple of them and they are pretty decent people.

Yeah I know. I apologise in advance. I do know a couple of Harley guys and they're cool. I'm prolly just venting a little bit. But there definitely is an attitude out there, and sometimes (eg up at Puhoi) it can get a bit uncomfortable.

**gammaguy** · 28th December 2009, 22:47

Originally Posted by Headbanger

I can't see the problem, They think your a dickhead, You think they are dick heads.

I'd say your all correct.

And I'm real impressed that gammaguy made up a backstory......The more imaginary detail the better.

strangely enough,my imagination wasnt all that stretched....

**AD345** · 28th December 2009, 22:51

I'm missing out on so much. '

I don't ride a harley but I bump into plenty of people who do and I've never had ANY of these interesting adventures that some of you have

The Puhoi has never been anything but a welcoming place so I can't start there

**Katman** · 28th December 2009, 22:53

Originally Posted by Johnny Fartpants

My thoughts on this whole episode would be.....

1) A large percentage (but of course not all) of Harley riders seem to be total morons.

Or maybe you just think too highly of yourself.

**woodyracer** · 28th December 2009, 22:56

harley riders can be like that, as they are known for being "wild" and "mischievous".........at the end of the day, your bike is faster than theirs so they are lower on the food chain

i better scram before a harley fan reads this post

**Big Dave** · 28th December 2009, 23:33

Originally Posted by Headbanger

I can't see the problem, They think your a dickhead, You think they are dick heads.
I'd say your all correct.

Life gets complicated when I ride a Harley this week and a Honda next though.

I have to change rank generalisations and tar brushing.

**McJim** · 28th December 2009, 23:48

I am so glad I ride a Ducati which means I am above all of this Harley versus ricer bickering

**nudemetalz** · 28th December 2009, 23:49

Originally Posted by McJim

I am so glad I ride a Ducati which means I am above all of this Harley versus ricer bickering

Likewise with having a Guzzi...

**breakaway** · 28th December 2009, 23:57

Yep, seen Harley riders like that. Ape hangers, stupidly loud exhausts, absolute disregard for saftey, tailgating, and generally not riding to the conditions. They do it all. And they probably think they're hot shit.

Usually they're the likes of mongrel mob or similar.