Where did the prejudice begin?

[DingDong]

I enjoy the odd squirt on a harley or brit bike, they sound like they're fast... the only reason I dont have one is reliability/comfort/rideabilty issues.

I pretty sure my bike will start and run good day after day after day and thats it for me.

I dont hate... I just ride

[yungatart]

I haven't had any problems-pulled in to the Bayview Hotel carpark and parked my little cruiser right up by the Duc's,MSTRS parked his GXXER next to it, then a couple of HD's parked next to him- the topic of conversation among all these bikers- my L plate! You just have to treat them all with respect-after all we are all people , aren't we?

[Timber020]

I did tauranga to wellington today (my ass is still aching) on the RF and got waves from everything from goldwings to harleys to dukes.

Naturally all of society segments itself. Boy racers are split between the bling and bang crew, 4wd guys have the suzuki, landrover and cruiser groups. Even loggers laugh at each other for running husky or stihl saws. And south africa had apartheid.

Its all find. Hope I didnt use any words to long for the HOG guys.

[SlashWylde]

Jap Crap was quite a valid saying,the quality was worse than what we see from China now.It was an American who put the Japanese on the right track,coaching them to focus on quality rather than volume.He tried to preach his methods to the Yanks,but they ignored him....the Japanese didn't.

The funny part is in the last couple of decades it has been the Japanese teaching the Americans about quality systems in manufacturing like Kanban, Poka Yoke, Just in Time, 6-Sigma etc etc. This has been particularly prevalent in...you guessed it: Automotive Maunufacturing

[Kornholio]

If HD bring out something that will out-perform, out-handle be more comfy than my Gixxer Ill buy one.... until then eat my flying bits of rubber that get shredded off the back wheel

On a side note some of my best friends have Harleys, Triumphs, Nortons and old style Dukes and Guzzis and they get repectaHHH from me as I watch the sparks fly and the pegs and side covers scrape the road and get on the piss afterwards

[kro]

Yer, its a funny old thing. Some of the guys I used to ride with used to go Harley trawling, which simply put was the act of finding a group of HD riders, preferably patched, and pacing them until the tail rider got pissed off and attempted something stupid, which was always.
Invariably the HD riders would all pull over, or reduce speed in an attempt to get the guys to overtake, then "give chase". This lasted as long as the novelty allowed, until boredom set in, and they rolled on in top gear, and took off.

This sort of shenanigans wouldnt have helped, but I guess thats how it is.

I am amused at the black power, and mongrel mob style of HD riders, who are sitting in bikes made by a country with a long tradition of racist and segregated society, and also the ones on Beemers made by the country who attemtped a global ethnic cleansing excercise, it just seems bitterly ironic to me I guess.

Any how, thanks for the opinions, there's some good stuff in here.

[avgas]

Why is there prejeduce anywhere? Becuase of egos.
I find im in a no win situation most times. People didnt like my car cos it was a mitsi, didnt like my bike cos it was a honda etc.
Had alsorts come up and talk to me when i had the GB - some were like "Wow, what a lovely bike - i bet you look after her". Others were like - "Get a bonnie"....to which i replied "Nah thats allright - the Daytona is enough Triumph for me right now"....or "Fuck off - i like my garage floor concrete grey not black".
Also i have found people being 'anti-2strokes' or 'anti-single cylinders'. Why - i hate the whizz of a ILF. But they are fantastic motors all the same.
Stop the hatred people.

[jeff]

It would be interesting to see how the Harleys run if you took the jap parts off them i.e. carbs and forks etc.

Chrissie and Jeff

[kro]

Hehe, like the Matchless G80's in the late 80's, Rotax engine, Jap ignition, hehe, not a great deal of Brit badness there after it was stripped down. They were a cool bike though.

[SlashWylde]

Humans are an inherently xenophobic and prejudicial species, it's how we survive. I'm not saying it's smart or enklightened but htat's just the way it is.

Ya aint never gonna change it. So if some one gives you shit about your choice of car, bike, hair style, partner, beer, nail polish colour... hwat do you do? Just smile, raise your middle finger and say have a nice day muthafucker.

P.S. typing wh8lst drunk is hard. Fun, but hard.

[Kornholio]

Thats like Henry Ford saying "Fuck that Chevrolet shit..."

[scumdog]

Its all find. Hope I didnt use any words to long for the HOG guys.

I think you meant "It's all fine. Hope I didn't use any words too long for the HOG guys"

We might be slow but we know our grammar and spelling!

[scumdog]

I enjoy the odd squirt on a harley or brit bike, they sound like they're fast... the only reason I dont have one is reliability/comfort/rideabilty issues.

I pretty sure my bike will start and run good day after day after day and thats it for me.

Me too - or I wouldn't have it!

[Lias]

Thats like Henry Ford saying "Fuck that Chevrolet shit..."

I think you'll find that Henry Ford actually said "They are what is called the International Jew -- German Jews, French Jews, English Jews, American Jews. I believe that in all these countries except our own the Jewish financier is supreme... Here, the Jew is a threat."

As for me, I'm not inherently opposed to jappers, but I prefer BEAR type bikes for several reasons. I dont like the look of sportsbikes, I prefer to support european business over asian ones, "gut feeling" that asian made products are inferior quality. I think calling it racism is over the top, and a typical liberal kneejerk reaction (OMG they dont embrace every culture.. evil racist! evil evil!). What it really comes down to is personal preference, and the hardcore BEAR lovers who want to burn all jappers are fuckwits just as much as the jap lovers who bait H-D riders.

[Lou Girardin]

I've done day rides with some of the HOG guys, I prefer to do it on a Harley though because the Suzuk just pisses off from them in the twisty's. Some of those guys are fairly handy riders, but cornering clearance just isn't there.
Great social bunch though.