Why do Harley riders wear vests and Johnny Rebs?

[RGVforme]

Message to myself, don't read the last post first.

Looks like nothing much has changed as far as opinions and attitudes go in the last 8 years.

Every time I ride I wear my Dri-Rider jacket with protection in the important places, the Dri -rider pants needed some duct tape after finding the HD pipes even with the heat shields get hot.
My heavy work boots are cheaper than flash riding boots and are multi function and I wont ride without Good gloves.

I am pleasantly surprised by the enjoyment I "feel" belonging to a very large group of riders (24,000 plus Aus & NZ) and over one million world wide who all own same brand machines, the denim vest allows me to show others in this group that I am a member by displaying its recognised adornments, I am not sure if this makes me a wanna be rider, I don't really care, I am really enjoying my ride and time will tell whether I continue in the HOG world.

Don't worry 'Bitchy' has far too much time on his hands.If a post is relevant to you now then who gives a flying.....Were all on our own ride and all different.. A low IQ thought that some just cant fathom....Ride on...

[awayatc]

Agree you don't have to.

I ride an adventure bike wear a full onesie race suit Knee sliders Kevlar race gloves back brace ect ect Completely ruined the "Longway down"look Hot as fuck in summer esp offroad....


I guess that makes me a 'Cross dresser'

I knew you had issues....

Didn't realise the enormity of them though...

how you find time to comment about your 1% hang up beats me

[RGVforme]

I knew you had issues....

Didn't realise the enormity of them though...

how you find time to comment about your 1% hang up beats me

Portable devices,Multi tasking,Life skills,.....Take yah fucking pick...How you find the time to reply to all my anti 1% posts beats me also.Like I hit a nerve or the truth.

[RDJ]

Go on then enjoy the rides and don't worry about the gear you're wearing, no one else should.

Yes, entirely this.

[GrayWolf]

Message to myself, don't read the last post first.

Looks like nothing much has changed as far as opinions and attitudes go in the last 8 years.

Every time I ride I wear my Dri-Rider jacket with protection in the important places, the Dri -rider pants needed some duct tape after finding the HD pipes even with the heat shields get hot.
My heavy work boots are cheaper than flash riding boots and are multi function and I wont ride without Good gloves.

I am pleasantly surprised by the enjoyment I "feel" belonging to a very large group of riders (24,000 plus Aus & NZ) and over one million world wide who all own same brand machines, the denim vest allows me to show others in this group that I am a member by displaying its recognised adornments, I am not sure if this makes me a wanna be rider, I don't really care, I am really enjoying my ride and time will tell whether I continue in the HOG world.

There's nothing wrong with wearing HOG patches, or HD ones etc. What seems to happen and it's rife in the HD 'world' is there are HD riders, and HardlyRideitson owners. These are often the 'weekend 1%'ers' we find irritating.
There's a guy at work who owns if not the fastest 'naturally aspirated' road going HD in NZ has to be in the top 3. It is a seriously quick bike! He's a 'HD rider', hell he's even getting ready to fit a GSX front end to it
Then you get the sub-3000km a year, wannabe HD badass, who buys all the 'gear' etc to ride to the local bar/hangout then home again on 'summer sundays'... but they are REAL bikers, who own REAL motorcycles, and like to inform everyone they are 'just that'.

I often get 'shit' for owning a canam spyder, which is fucking hilarious coming from the HardlyRideitson's....... When I dont own a car, and ride either that or my CB1300 every day, regardless of weather. But I'm not a 'real biker' .... fucking oath I'm not, I am a motorcyclist.

That's why sadly many riders have an 'issue' with HD owners.. the real HD riders are far outweighed by the.........

[pritch]

Then you get the sub-3000km a year, wannabe HD badass, who buys all the 'gear' etc to ride to the local bar/hangout then home again on 'summer sundays'... but they are REAL bikers, who own REAL motorcycles, and like to inform everyone they are 'just that'.

It gets even more extreme than that. There was a guy in Auckland owned a Harley, when guests visited his house, they would be shown his bike. He never rode it, and I mean never. He used to pay a guy I know to ride it to the testing station for warrants.

He probably referred to himself as a Harley owner rather than a Harley rider. I hope.

[old slider]

It gets even more extreme than that. There was a guy in Auckland owned a Harley, when guests visited his house, they would be shown his bike. He never rode it, and I mean never. He used to pay a guy I know to ride it to the testing station for warrants.

He probably referred to himself as a Harley owner rather than a Harley rider. I hope.

Now that seems bizarre,

I often wondered about Hugh Hefner being similar, all those nice toys to look at but he probably didn't ride them all. lol

[old slider]

There's nothing wrong with wearing HOG patches, or HD ones etc. What seems to happen and it's rife in the HD 'world' is there are HD riders, and HardlyRideitson owners. These are often the 'weekend 1%'ers' we find irritating.
There's a guy at work who owns if not the fastest 'naturally aspirated' road going HD in NZ has to be in the top 3. It is a seriously quick bike! He's a 'HD rider', hell he's even getting ready to fit a GSX front end to it
Then you get the sub-3000km a year, wannabe HD badass, who buys all the 'gear' etc to ride to the local bar/hangout then home again on 'summer sundays'... but they are REAL bikers, who own REAL motorcycles, and like to inform everyone they are 'just that'.

I often get 'shit' for owning a canam spyder, which is fucking hilarious coming from the HardlyRideitson's....... When I dont own a car, and ride either that or my CB1300 every day, regardless of weather. But I'm not a 'real biker' .... fucking oath I'm not, I am a motorcyclist.

That's why sadly many riders have an 'issue' with HD owners.. the real HD riders are far outweighed by the.........

Awesome, thanks for that, That gives me some understanding.
My first decision toward getting back on a bike was leaning towards either a Spyder or a sidecar, I went with the sidecar, I had concerns my busted up ankles would not allow me the experience of motorcycle riding again.

Mainly gear shifting and foot brake, and of course holding the bike up. After pushing hard with my rehab training and getting back into my other passion, Kyokushin, I found I could do the important things, not flash but within reason. The HD came into my life completely by accident, was something I had never contemplated.

I was looking at pre 75 bikes, with my left ankle being fully fused, I thought right foot gear shift was my best option, but the bikes are expensive these days, then I remembered, oil leaks, crap electrics and spending hours pissing around with them, Hence the W650 purchase, bullet proof engine, no leaks, good electrics, parallel twin, looks similar to a T120 and it even has a kick start.