So who's going? HOG Feb '07 Auckland

**buellbabe** · 20th October 2006, 05:38

Originally Posted by dangerous

Of course by now you have come to relise that I wind a lot up, hence I'm taking it that you are trying to wind me up, LOL 'nearly' worked

...DAMN! only 'nearly' ??? Bugger, gonna have to keep working at that...
tee hee
Nah seriously, really looking forward to meeting ya!

**dangerous** · 20th October 2006, 05:41

Originally Posted by scumdog

Ferk off ya ginga wanker, you're a closet Harley/Buell owner at heart, if they, the 'snobby' Harley owners let ME into HOG then you'll blitz in!!!

(or not, they have limits - I bet the M/G owners do too!!!)

Hey... its mine I can do what I want with it
No closet thing going on here man
MG have no limits, hell a Buell took out best Non Iti, point being they award the Guzzis but also cater for non Guzzis at the rally... aint that nice

**Troll** · 21st October 2006, 09:33

been there in 93/'94

took out best sportster with an iron head and got the trophy to prove it

basically a waste of space and a bunch of wannabes pretending to be something that they aren't

**Rashika** · 23rd October 2006, 12:42

Originally Posted by Troll

basically a waste of space and a bunch of wannabes pretending to be something that they aren't

guess it probably depends on which crowd you tend to hang out with doesn't it? Maybe you need to go to more than one before passing judgement?

Been to five now, first one was 95 i think... Dunedin one and damn that was a mission to get too eh BB??
Yup there are some tossers at them but no more or less than those at other rallies. It is just as easy to buy your way into the sportsbike fraternity by buying the latest and greatest bike as it is the HD group, you just need a few more dollars to do it on an HD. MOST people at HOG are like you and me, they have worked hard and scrimped and saved to get the bike of their dreams, which happens to be a classic bike rather than a crotch rocket. Personally I like my Buell cos it does have the history in the engine but makes the most of newer technology as well. Doesn't make me stop liking conventional HDs nor other makes/styles of bikes
And at times it is nice to just check out the Harleys, without getting the usual sniggering from non Hd riders about liking Hds.

And personally I have some good mates that I only get to see at these rallies cos we all live so far apart... it is nice to think that i will get to see most of them at least once a year at the rally

So we will see you there huh? Even just as an onlooker?

**buellbabe** · 3rd November 2006, 14:01

What she said...
...if you don't have an attitude then you might just find that there are more REAL people than posers at these Rallies...
I certainly don't fall into the category of "pretending to be something I'm not" and neither do my mates!

**Hailwood** · 4th November 2006, 13:01

I am heading up on the Friday morning from Wellington and would love to meet up with anyone going to HOG rally..can't get time off work to go with the rest of the Wgtn Chapter on Thursday via NP but will meet up at rally site. Am coming back on the Sunday so again if anyone wants to ride back, thats cool......

Also agree with the comments about posers...they are everywhere and the best thing to do is avoid them!!!!!

**James Deuce** · 4th November 2006, 13:40

I might bring a French Car. I like rallies.

**Bonez** · 4th November 2006, 18:01

Hope they cut the rope between the islands that weekend............

**Woody@nztrails.com** · 8th November 2006, 20:43

I'll be there as a first timer with my first Harley - new to the whole thing but allways loved the bikes and finally scrimped and saved enough (or more accurately, split with the wife and am starting the mid life earlyish - feck the house, give me two wheels!) to purchase my bit of the dream. Keen to avoid the posers and hope not to become one of them just cause I own a harley! After 10 years out of the road bike scene (been playing in the dirt for a while now), hope to meet some real people, have a great time and discover that ownership is as rewarding as the marketing team and HD say it is!

I hear HOG membership comes free for a year when you buy a new one? Anyone got contact details for the Auckland chapter?

**scumdog** · 8th November 2006, 20:59

Originally Posted by Woody@nztrails.com

I'll be there as a first timer with my first Harley - new to the whole thing but allways loved the bikes and finally scrimped and saved enough (or more accurately, split with the wife and am starting the mid life earlyish - feck the house, give me two wheels!) to purchase my bit of the dream. Keen to avoid the posers and hope not to become one of them just cause I own a harley! After 10 years out of the road bike scene (been playing in the dirt for a while now), hope to meet some real people, have a great time and discover that ownership is as rewarding as the marketing team and HD say it is!

I hear HOG membership comes free for a year when you buy a new one? Anyone got contact details for the Auckland chapter?

Listen Woody, you are what you are, I dreamed for 20+ years of owning a Harley, now I have one I have learned to put up with the barbs from non-Harley owners and never EVER look down on another man or his brand of bike.

The non-Harley owners I know through KB are the salt of the earth, sure, they give me shit about my tassles and owning a HD but if it comes to the crunch I know they would be there for me. (Just look at Dangerous that let me use his Moto-Guzzi and his doris (Sorry Rashika!) yet he only met me about three times - if that!!
As I say: "It's not the bike - it's the rider astride that counts"
And sure, there are posuers at HOG rallies but shee-it, us real people can have real fun despite them - AND take the piss out of them without them realising.

**James Deuce** · 8th November 2006, 21:03

Hear, hear Scumdog. Now where did I leave that Street Bob.....

**Woody@nztrails.com** · 8th November 2006, 21:12

Sounds good Scumdog! I hear ya and hey, I started on a crotch rocket, moved on to a metric cruiser and spent the last 10 years thrashing a couple of qualitiy japanese dirt bikes round the country so there is no way I'll ever look down on a man or his machine!

Just been reading the programme - looks like there is a lot of fun planned!

Cheers

**scumdog** · 8th November 2006, 22:07

Originally Posted by Woody@nztrails.com

Sounds good Scumdog! I hear ya and hey, I started on a crotch rocket, moved on to a metric cruiser and spent the last 10 years thrashing a couple of qualitiy japanese dirt bikes round the country so there is no way I'll ever look down on a man or his machine!

Just been reading the programme - looks like there is a lot of fun planned!

Cheers

All very well for YOU!!

Me? I've got a minimum 1,700km ride and two ferry crossings to get there!!

**Rashika** · 9th November 2006, 04:29

Originally Posted by scumdog

All very well for YOU!!

Me? I've got a minimum 1,700km ride and two ferry crossings to get there!!

c'mon you....I'm doing it... dont be a wusssssssss ya big pansy

The trip to the rally is often one of the best parts...

You'll get to meet Buellbabe...and Dangerous will be along for the ride up, just to take the piss outa ya