Sprotbike vs HD debate

[The Stranger:Me]

Continue touring. If you can tour all of NZ in three days you're gonna miss shitloads.

Sorry? You ride a what?

The best of both worlds.
Either a FZ1 or an XT660X

[The Stranger:Me]

That's just what I was thinking, bloody sportsbike riders.

They're bloody tossers aren't they?

[Big Dave]

Yes, a tourer, in NZ great idea, what will you do on the third day?

Westport to Dunedin.

[Molly]

I don't get it either. It's just prejudice at the end of the day. We all generalise then meet someone that forces us to question those generalisations. Then we see the HOG crowd go by like their shit doesn't stink and, well, it all starts again...

[peasea]

I don't get it either. It's just prejudice at the end of the day. We all generalise then meet someone that forces us to question those generalisations. Then we see the HOG crowd go by like their shit doesn't stink and, well, it all starts again...

Any takers on what HOG stands for?
Harley Owners Group.
Hairy Old Gits.
Hardly Out Groping
Hard On's Gone
Hold Our Gallbladder
Hate Our Grandchildren
Hang On Grandma
Have Odourous Groins
Hover Over Graves
Heat Our Goolies
High On Greyness
History On Glycerin
Holiday Outings Glamorized

[Winston001]

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. They make fucking marvellous tourers and actually ride quite smoothly. Believe what you will, I've covered tens of thousands of k's on HD's on NZ roads and all has been good. They can be loaded up with tents or whatever and take it all in their stride.

Sure, you don't get your knee down and all that sportsbike bollocks but that sort of pseudo-macho crap should be saved for the track anyway.

Look you - I came here for a good argument - not abuse!!

[Big Dave]

All the HOG people I have ridden with or had dealings with have been very nice and pleasant to me.

They promote safety and ride by the road rules and have some really spectacular bikes. They have my respecs.

[cs363]

All the HOG people I have ridden with or had dealings with have been very nice and pleasant to me.

They promote safety and ride by the road rules and have some really spectacular bikes. They have my respecs.

I've even ridden with BMW GS and Ural riders who were mostly quiet nice....
(As long as you kept them sedated - yes, you know who I'm talking about!! )

[AD345]

Ah Harleys...we love 'em.

In fact we love 'em so much we've even got an H-D owner in the Victory Riders.







The bikes were getting a bit dirty and we needed a prospect to clean them

[AD345]

**Seem to recall read up of Victory rally recently...**

really?

Dang!

missed it.

[eelracing]

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. They make fucking marvellous tourers and actually ride quite smoothly. Believe what you will, I've covered tens of thousands of k's on HD's on NZ roads and all has been good. They can be loaded up with tents or whatever and take it all in their stride.

Sure, you don't get your knee down and all that sportsbike bollocks but that sort of pseudo-macho crap should be saved for the track anyway.

Bollox to that!

I would like to think that at the historic moment when two motorcyclists first met on the road... that the comments made were along the lines of "what speed does she do" and not "how many miles to the gallon".

Bikes have always been about speed/acceleration/handling etc otherwise they would never of progressed past the Harley/Indian 'mould'.

But was'nt it an Indian that won the first Isle of Mann?
Until lighter and faster Brit Singles took over.Then Italian fours,Japanese...

Progress eh? some just wanna live in denial.

[AllanB]

All the HOG people I have ridden with or had dealings with have been very nice and pleasant to me.

They promote safety and ride by the road rules and have some really spectacular bikes. They have my respecs.

Dave

You meet the nicest people on a Honda.

[MadDuck]

I would like to think that at the historic moment when two motorcyclists first met on the road... that the comments made were along the lines of "what speed does she do" and not "how many miles to the gallon".

Bikes have always been about speed/acceleration/handling etc otherwise they would never of progressed past the Harley/Indian 'mould'.

BOLLOX. The comment I mostly get is ..."cool bike". Had it long

Ahhh wait edit: last weekend at Mangawhai Pub I got "wow cool bike". I said "thanks" guys says "pardon". I says "thanks". He looks at me and says he wasnt expecting a female voice from under all that leather .....

[Flip]

Harlies..... I love them, I would find it real hard to go back to a sports-touring bike after the Road King.
Harley owners are a varied bunch, you meet everything from a building labourer to the director of the reserve bank on one. While the sports bike riders all seem to have pimples and live at home.
Like with any group some most Harley riders are real nice folk while others are not, thats life, get over it.

[98tls]

Harlies..... I love them, I would find it real hard to go back to a sports-touring bike after the Road King.
Harley owners are a varied bunch, you meet everything from a building labourer to the director of the reserve bank on one. While the sports bike riders all seem to have pimples and live at home.
Like with any group some most Harley riders are real nice folk while others are not, thats life, get over it.

About it.Sadly Though the only pimples i have are the ones that appear on rare occasions where my hair used to be,annoyingly every time it happens i think wahoo its a comin backsadly not.:whistle Fwiw a couple of mates are H fanatics and i have a late 60s (i think) Harley something or rather in the garage thats just had a disc conversion,not sure what the rest of the bikes out there think of it but it will be back home with its owner soon so no matter.