Ultimate keyboard Warrior
Fucking amazing.
The first sunny day in months, Everyone hits the road.
Within hours this place is swamped with cry babies having a hissy-fit because they saw people acting in ways they didn't approve.
Fuckin piss weak.
Live by your own code, And let others do the same.
Curmudgeon
Ohhhh, a tough guy.Originally Posted by Headbanger
Maybe you can explain wht Harley riders don't wave.
Deus ex ukulele
In the past two months I have been immersed in things Harley. I have been in the USA and Canada, where such motorcycles are inevitable and unavoidable. I have been to Sturgis, where Milwaukee Meccano is stacked eight deep. I have travelled with 17 of them on a daily basis.
Take their motorcycles away and Harley riders are generally lovely people. Some have even heard of other marques of motorcycle. A lesser percentage may have even owned or ridden one once.
Their Harleys are often a statement about who they want to be. It's a lifestyle/ambition thing. A conspicuous statement to the world at large, to other Harley riders and to those who may actually give a damn.
Harley (the company) understands and encourages this. Most US Harley stores don't stock much in the way of bikes. Some stock none at all. Grasp that reality and you'll start to get a bit of an understanding about Things Harley and how that works. You can buy Harley nappies for your grandkids, accoutrements for your dog and even lava lamps in red or yellow.
Like any other type of motorcyclist, Harley owners are tribal. They are also older and richer than others, with the possible exception of Ducati owners.
Although I appreciate them for what they are, I will never own a Harley for the same reason that I will never own a Porsche. I may however ride one on occasion.
Unlike their Kiwi counterparts, American Harley riders do wave.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
One hell of a ride.
I just think they are nice motorcycles. :-)
Curmudgeon
I wouldnae mind a ride on that new XR1200.
Has The Publisher recovered yet?
One hell of a ride.
The Ed made mention of a cold.
Bit under my size radar - It's just a spiffed up looking Sportster isn't it.
Curmudgeon
He was too sick to come to the WRC.
I think the XR1200 could be an interesting scoot - the HD for the non-HD crowd.
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Everyone is surprised...
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
One hell of a ride.
Big is good.
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
+1 Fucking spot on!
Maybe you can explain to me why there is this, according to all of my experiences at least, misunderstanding that Harley riders don't wave back?
I wave with my left hand at all oncoming bikers regardless of everything else. So far I'd say the ratio of broken bikers (failure to respond to stimuli) is less than 3 to 100... And their choice of bike don't seem to factor into it either.
I'm talking the open roads here of course. There's not always time to wave at, or even pay attention to, oncoming traffic when you're trying to negotiate the rolling roadblock that is city traffic.
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Ultimate keyboard Warrior
Maybe they didn't get the memo?, Maybe they don't care?
Hell, I'm not big on waving, If you are then that's your issue. Wave if it makes you happy, Waste of space condemning everyone on a certain brand of bike because someone you don't even know didn't act in the way your happiness required.
The guy that gave you the finger is probably a arsehole, Probably quite happy to be considered as such.
The instructions are simple...
3/100 don't respond? Wow, the natives down your way must be a friendly bunch. 30/100 is probably the norm in these parts. And bike type has little to do with it, just as you say.
But the 'code' only allows that you acknowledge on the open road (generally)
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
It's OK...I've got a spare!
Poofter...
...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)
Forum whore
I don't wave to anyone anymore.
As a result I am a much happier Grumpy Dwarf.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Forum whore
+ 1 Bwaaaaaah
Ive run out of fucks to give
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