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Harley went "WOKE"

Dumb video, could have been 2 minutes long. I grew up in the greater Milwaukee area, and heard the hog blap-blap my entire life. By the time was in my 20's, I decided to start riding, but just the sound I'd heard keeping me awake at night as a child swayed me far away from HD. Yes, they are MUCH better quality today than AMF-made. They still sound like a poorly-oiled machine choking to death. I admit, most who ride them love that sound, but it makes me cringe. I now ride a R1250RS boxer....that is a twin that suits my ear much better. No blaps. No shaking your hands to sleep. No Loctite needed to keep fasteners from loosening (Bob will like that).
 
What a maroon! If you don't like the bike anymore just sell it. :rolleyes:
But then, considering the weapons he used and the amount of ammo he burned, I guess the cost of losing the bike was just pocket change to him.

But I also wonder if he realizes that this video is extra ammo for the gun owners are crazy crowd. 🤬

BTW: I've owned three bikes in my life. All Hondas. For me it was cheap transportation. Sold 'em all for the same reason. Way too many dangerously close calls with idiot 4 wheelers. 🤬
 
Grayfox said:
What a maroon! If you don't like the bike anymore just sell it. :rolleyes:
But then, considering the weapons he used and the amount of ammo he burned, I guess the cost of losing the bike was just pocket change to him.

But I also wonder if he realizes that this video is extra ammo for the gun owners are crazy crowd. 🤬
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exactly, those anti-2A people suck up this sort of stuff and hit us with it later, complete with that video
 
I used to work at a small place that had 7 workers including me. I rode my Honda Super Sport 750 to work every day. Well they hire a new guy and the first day he showed up , he walked in and asked who was riding the rice burner. Of course I spoke up and told him it served me well.

Next day he rode up on his Harley , got off of it , and started working on it. Every day he had to either work on it right after he got there or before he could ride it home.

So it starts getting cold , down into the low 40's and I put on my Carhartt insulated overalls and rode to work I'm sitting there waiting for others to show up and in rolls a small Nissan car and who was driving it , the Harley rider. He had given me crap all along about how he rode no matter the weather and how I should get a real bike ( Harley in his eyes ) ETC ....

He didn't say another word to me after that day.
 
The way I always heard it was Harley guys ride 50 miles, get off, rub their butt for 5 minutes and then break out the wrenches to tighten all the loose bolts. :rolleyes:

Many years back I worked with a real biker. Long hair, beard, rough looking guy. He rode an old rat of a pan head. Rode it everyday regardless of weather. The only thing that would get him off of it was ice.
He had caught part of a shotgun blast that left some scars on the side of his face, but would never tell the cops who shot him. Said it was just a little fuss between friends. Kept a promo pic of a stripper on the inside lid of his tool box. A real knock out too. Boss couldn't make him take it down because she was his wife. All in all, one look told you this guy was a genuine bad azz. But when I worked with him, he was as friendly and good natured as they come. ;)
 
Rode mine to the gun shop, was only 99 degrees outside. got approved today for the sparrow 22 suppressor.

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Grayfox said:
The way I always heard it was Harley guys ride 50 miles, get off, rub their butt for 5 minutes and then break out the wrenches to tighten all the loose bolts. :rolleyes:

Many years back I worked with a real biker. Long hair, beard, rough looking guy. He rode an old rat of a pan head. Rode it everyday regardless of weather. The only thing that would get him off of it was ice.
He had caught part of a shotgun blast that left some scars on the side of his face, but would never tell the cops who shot him. Said it was just a little fuss between friends. Kept a promo pic of a stripper on the inside lid of his tool box. A real knock out too. Boss couldn't make him take it down because she was his wife. All in all, one look told you this guy was a genuine bad azz. But when I worked with him, he was as friendly and good natured as they come. ;)
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I've found over many years that most 'REAL' bad asses are good natured and friendly people!
 
jumpinjoe said:
I've found over many years that most 'REAL' bad asses are good natured and friendly people!
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I have to agree with you.
I work part-time for a funeral home and in my area, we have a large group of bikers who drive Harley's and Honda Goldwings and volunteer their time as Military Patriot Squad escorting veterans to their final resting place at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
These guys are some of the nicest people I have ever met, and I am proud to work alongside of them.
 
NMEDGE said:
Never owned a bike and never had the desire--now fast cars, that's a whole other animal!
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the motorcycle dealer, i had bought all 3 of my bikes from knew i was a trucker. he knew from talking with me, the miles and miles of driving i had done.

he went on to say how he could not figure out how anyone would drive all those miles, and want to ride a bike, even more miles...

i said to him, "Dave, the first time i got on the first bike i bought from you, was a riding experience i fell in love with and made me feel alive and appreciative of the miles i put on it"..(or words to that effect, been so long i cannot recall exactly how i said it)

he sorta nodded his head, and i think he understood truckers that ride.

he was not only the dealership owner, he was a hot rod builder, collector, and bike rider himself...
 
After being layed off my machine shop in the early 80's I took a job in gravel pits about 50 miles from my home. At that time we had just one car and my Honda 305. My wife needed the car for her work so I had to drive the Honda to the gravel pits. It was winter time riding that little vibrating bike was not pleasant at all. I was on the 10 hour night shift with temps in the low 30's to high 20's. Could only get 50-55 mph and couldn't wear enough clothes to get close to being warm. Thank goodness I found better employment in my town. Was pretty young then still remember the cold on that little bike.
 
rcurtner said:
After being layed off my machine shop in the early 80's I took a job in gravel pits about 50 miles from my home. At that time we had just one car and my Honda 305. My wife needed the car for her work so I had to drive the Honda to the gravel pits. It was winter time riding that little vibrating bike was not pleasant at all. I was on the 10 hour night shift with temps in the low 30's to high 20's. Could only get 50-55 mph and couldn't wear enough clothes to get close to being warm. Thank goodness I found better employment in my town. Was pretty young then still remember the cold on that little bike.
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i had a gas attendant, a retired trucker in fact, that he rode his Honda Gold Wing year round here in New England.

he would wear a snowmobile suit.

of course too, that Gold Wing had fairings.

i thought he was nutty than a sack of acorns.
 
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