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We in the D.C. area just go treated to another tiresome rolling Geritol commercial. Thousands of RUBs [Rich Urban Bikers] came to the area on their Harley Davidson motorcycles, polluting the area with the sounds of troubled G.I. tracts.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - sheri
As if there isn't worse things to get all worked up about. A biker getting on in his years, out with his Harley, riding the wind. Get a life.
Myself, I love to wave at them when they come thru my area.This is a piece of Americana that will never die.
Ride on.
27 - boomcrashbaby
This is a funny thread. Great to read with your morning coffee, to help start the day off good.
Why doesn't everybody just have a pissing contest so you all can find out who the he-man really is? Chest-thumping allowed of course.
28 - Roger
I'm not worked up I just like messing with these people with names like "yurmom and Fucko".
That has become the gold standard and primary platform for Blogcritics.
29 - sheri
Roger, welcome to the internet, You should visit an AOL chat room if you think this is bad.Here at least everyone has a chance to stop and catch their breath in between chest beating. There it's a contest to see who can get the most in type wise before someone else's type shoves them off the screen.
30 - Yuriy
Hey , those Harley Davidson morons should be jailed for disturbing peace with their meaningless exhausts . The matter of the fact is , they do not hear them since they are going forward and all the sound remains behind , all they hear is a vibration . They are like those cheap Hondas with Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz Exhausts , make noise noise noise . They don't care for me , or you . They are stupid , did not grow up , yet for the honda drivers it is not final , since their brain cells are only developing at this young age ( the older characters are doomed) . Although it is not the same with the obnoxious Harley riders . I live in San Diego Ca by the beach , and those gay sodomites pass my house every 5 minutes , and often they go back and forth on a street with out a reason . Yes , exactly they are trying to tell us something , they want us to look at them . While they are driving the bike, they forget to think that as they pass people they get thought of the very worst things , and by far not anything of praise . I personally am annoyed beyond forgiveness , i am patiently waiting until those Intellectually Undeveloped Overgrown Degenerate Adults will start getting fined by the police with fines over 1000 $ for second or third offence . I pray for that day to come . Enough of public disturbance . We are supposed to coexist , and not put up with ignorance of the neighbor for an extensively long time , this is not co-existence , this is abuse . Driving is not a right , it is a privilege . I think those bastards ought to loose theirs nationwide once and for all .
Jesus Loves you and so do i . God bless firneds !
31 - Lorenski Schoodog
I own a '74 Shovelhead. It is possibly the most coolest ride in Texas. Not because it is some American Chopper TV show wannabe, but because it is simply put together well and for a purpose, and looks damn good. But I ran outa gas the other day, like I do everyonce in a while. A group of H.O.G. owners rode by, saw I was not one of them, looked at me like I was a deer, and rode on. I guess they was terrified to be around a non-warranty bike. ~the horror~ I went with a friend to Central Harley. I almost puked my guts out right there on their showroom floor. But, I have to remember to be nice, you never know who's grandma might be in there buying a new Sportster.
32 - Bull
Hondas are made and assembled in the USA but cant advertise that because HD bitched about it.
Ever notice that HD carbs are now made in Japan and that most of the clothes and gear thay sell is made every place but the USA. WTF is up whith that!?
What is the most common accessory for Harleys'?
A pick-up truck.
33 - Ren
Lotsa pissy attitudes here. Remember, it's us against the cages, not us against us!! If you want a Harley but can't afford it, get a Honda and keep the envy bashing to yourself. If you hate Harleys then get a Honda but still keep quiet. If you're running your mouth from your minivan's driver window about Harleys or Hondas, then definately shut the fuck up! If you got a Harley, don't pose, ride the damn thing, wave to everyone, and don't dis the Hondas... same thing if you got a Honda - ride it and wave to all. If people don't wave back to you, it's their prob, not yours.
34 - Stimpy
I was riding down the 101 on my Honda, and I start to pass this guy on a HD, so I flash him a peace sign. He tries to flash me a peace sign too but he could only do it half as good as me.
35 - Grote
I jus wanna say that I owen a Harley Davidson and I like'm.Theyr aint nothin wrong withem.They run out a gas often but oh well I happy.Let freedom rang !
36 - Ed
Retards like "Grote" puzzle me.You got an expensive piece o' junk yet you can't even spell.I'm surprised you can even spell Harley Davidson.Did you inherit your Harley from some old,old hick relative or did you coincidentally hit jackpot at the bingo hall?
37 - Pete
I owned a Harley Sporster (one of the first in Albuquerque 1953 model). I loved it. Had it for ten years until it was stolen in Los Angeles.However I must agree that Harley riders are in love with themselves.
38 - HARLEYHATER#1
Harleys are the biggest piece of shit ever made and the only idiots involved with Harleys are the DUMBASSES that buy them! What does a Harley and a Hemmeroid have in common? Sooner or later every ASSHOLE GETS ONE!!!! Best website I have found is http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/ GO CHRIS YOU HAVE THE BEST SITE I HAVE FOUND. YOUR DESCRIPTION OF A HARLEY RIDER IS THE SAME AS WHAT MY VISION HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXCEPT YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS BETTER THAN I COULD ----
39 - scott
[edited]Ive owned three bikes,two kawasakis and a harley,and have enjoyed them all.Im not a rub just an average working class guy.Todays sportbike and metric cruisers are definitly engineering marvels,yet have any of you ridden a twin cam counter balanced engine or a v-rod? Two of the smoothest engines ever to come out of milwaukee. As for the loud pipes, I for one will get them as loud as i can in hopes that someone will here me before they see me.Ive been cut off and pulled out in front of too many times.mainly from people in cages who drive around with their windows rolled up the air conditioning on and a cell phone stuck to their ear. Enough said.
40 - Chris Kent
Hey geeks, the loud pipes of the Harleys save lives. You hear a Harley coming, you don't knock his middle-aged ass off the road. The flip side of the coin is that the noise pollution ruins all conversation within a one-block radius.
I hate Harleys and hate people who ride Harleys. They are ugly, fat and sweaty. I see a guy on a Harley, I think - "LOSER!" But the simple fact about Harley Davidson Motorcycles is they are the perfect toy for the man going through a MIDDLE AGE CRISIS!!! What with the growing age of the pain-in-the-ass Baby Boomer Generation, there's probably no better company to be involved with. Now we literally have armies of Middle Aged Numbnuts proudly perched upon waves of new Harleys choking our nation's highways.
I wish I had purchased stock in Harley Davidson about 10 years ago. Oh well, I will just purchase stock in nursing homes, because that's where these Baby Boomer Easy Riders are headed in a few years.....
41 - wrench
Bought my first bike (63 Pan)with my muster pay from spending four years working to defend your freedom to ride and speak freely. After 25 years of hard work and hard riding (American Dream to you amateurs), I was finally able to afford a bike with electric start. I won't be thinking while I'm riding. You people need to stop thinking and start doing something with your life! That's what riding and life's about grasshopper.
42 - Eric Olsen
thanks for your service Wrench, but I think in order to "do something with their lives" a lot more Americans need to START thinking.
43 - Chris Kent
I can think of a lot better ways to THINK than to sit around on the back of a motorcycle. It's a complete waste of money for complete numbskulls (pun intended).....Wanna die? Buy a Harley....
As Confucius says:
"Resist the temptation to buy boats, motorcycles and create websites....."
44 - Eric Olsen
very wise - talk your friends into buying boats
45 - wrench
What's with the money fixation?
Its your chatterbox voice I'm talking to. That's what I mean by 'thinking'. You know, the one inside your head that nags you to go back to that porn website instead of doing something else. Mine says take a ride and enjoy the day. But then again, if I have to explain...
As for dying: Ye know not the day nor the hour, so stop trying to control it.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once.
46 - Chris Kent
When sad, I quote Conan the Barbarian:
"Who has time to be tired! Time enough to sleep in the grave!"
Now what this has to do with Harleys I'm not entirely sure, but I like the quote.....
47 - wrench
I'll tell you what it has to do with Harleys. The original article was a noise complaint about a Memorial Day weekend run to D.C. Where the "middle aged' etc. etc. Fat dumbass Losers" go to pay respect to their fallen buddies who will spend "time enough in the grave".
You guys don't really hate Harleys and the dinosaurs that choose to ride as an expression of freedom. You look at your life and hate that you will have died accomplishing NOTHING! Who are the real losers?
Over and out! I hope some real brothers weigh in.
48 - Chris Kent
Mr. Wrench,
Harleys are fashionable and obnoxious toys for the middle aged. I imagine about 0.5 percent have actually fought in Vietnam. I love the old cliche you've dredged up and more power to you and your buds - rock on, get a life, and stop equating success with ass sores from riding on a Harley.....there's about 100 million other things in life far more important than a machine made by man that kills a large percentage of the idgits who ride upon it. Buy a helmet, start exercising, and shave.......
49 - wrench
Tunnel vision is a poor source of insight.
You have created a 'wall of words' (cliche, toy, loser) that has encircled your mind and created a world view limited to your ego, yet you forgo one of the best sources of awareness: Riding a motorcycle.
We don't need you to love us.
I fix planes, not people, sorry...
50 - Audra
I have been reading these rude and degrading comments about Harley's and I have to question all these meaningless reasons to hate them! Is it because some of you can't afford them or is this some macho bullshit to convince yourselves that you ride the superior bike? I've been around motorcycles all my life. My father has owned several different kinds. Riding his Harley doesn't make him an idiot nor does riding whatever you ride make you one. He doesn't dress all in leather or have a ponytail - fake or real, but I know people who do and most of them don't ride Harley's. The ones that do are under 30 and for them it is a lifestyle! Not because they are pathetic sheep following an image of what they have been shown to be a true rebel biker but because that's there style whether they are on a bike or not! So, if you don't like a Harley, fine, don't buy one! Just don't stereo type those of us who do and make comments about "ass sores" when it's not your ass on the seat! Talk about get a life!
51 - Chris Kent
Audra and Wrench,
Half of what I say is bullshit. One of my best friends from college renovates cars and motorcycles for a living. In fact, he lives in a warehouse near downtown Dallas where he has built up quite the clientele and makes a comfortable living. He owns three Harleys and several vintage autos. I drop by about once a month, have lunch with him and a few of his employees, and listen to motorcycle and girl stories. I usually don't get it and just laugh. These are good people with a passion. These folks hate the newbies, people who purchase Harleys because it's the cool thing. For my friend, it IS a lifestyle. I don't understand it as cars and motorcycles are just not my thing. I drive a jeep that has scratches on the side from trips to Death Valley and Montana, and my friend loves it because it's American made. It's an interesting cult made up of passionate folks. I don't understand it, nor do I relate. As in all groups, some are real and some are fake.
My friend has wrecked his motorcycle several times over a lifetime. There was a time when he could only get around on a cane because he broke his back. He gets around fine these days, though has pain on rainy afternoons. But he's happy and he looks at himself in the mirror and he likes what's there. It's a good life for him, and his freedom is something I admire.......:)
Keep up the good fight.....
52 - wrench
With all due respect, Chris;
Get out of the control room! You keep bumping into the wrong buttons.
I know you mean well, but I'm not going to give you a pass on that "interesting cult" remark.
F... you and your microscope. You are like a character out of "The Twilight Zone". Try looking through the other end of that thing. OH! And pull it out of your ass first. Sheesh!
Nothing personal!
Suggested reading: "Gulliver's Travels"
"So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em;
And so proceed ad infinitum"
Jonathan Swift
53 - Chris Kent
I try to make it a habit to never pull things from my ass.......or put things up there.....
Though I do applaud any man who would quote both Jonathan Swift and Rod Serling within the same post.
54 - Spoke
I'M NOT SPOCK! What the f___ are you guys talking about?
I agree with Stimpy.
55 - telebastrd
Hell yes
56 - Eric Olsen
funny
57 - wrench
Sure got a lot of horsepower in that Malaysian computer. Power? No that's manure. I haven't passed any Harley junkyards yet. I see a lot of rusted jap bikes hugging trees though. Sooo fast, sooo powerful. Who's still maintaining the mystique?
'Its better to BURN OUT than it is to Rust'
-Neil Young
'Facts are meaningless'
-Homer Simpson
58 - spoke
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59 - Sam
I live in Buffalo,NY and every summer it's the same thing. For about two weeks in the spring, I open the windows and let some fresh air in and then mid-May onward it's BRRAAAAPPPP...BBRRRRAAAPPPPP. Shit is so goddamn loud, I can't even hear my TV in the living room. As a musician, I can appreciate it when things get loud...SOMETIMES. But every f__in' night back and forth 2, 3 am. It makes me want to vomit. I used to be annoyed by those guidos with their pumped up car stereos and annoying vibrating trunks...now thanks to the harleys I only hear them between the BRRRAAPPPP....BRAAAPPPPPPP of those f___in' pipes. Gimme a break on the safety BS. Loud is one thing, pollution is another. WTF, take a defensive driving course....perhaps I should consider deliberately running harleys off the road....ESPECIALLY when they are loud....(there goes your safety thing)...LOOK OUT!
60 - phil
As another middle aged, out of shape, noise loving HD rider sprouts in my neighborhood I note the increase in fatalities from rider error accidents---5 in the last year in this small town---3 within one mile of my upper middle class neighbood.
My disgust with the noise is tempered by knowing this is good news for the economy. The purchase of these high profit bikes and wannabe gear contribute to both local and national economies. Social security being solvent becomes less of a worry as they ride themselves into an oak tree---most of these guys paid into the fund 35 + years and won't collect a dime.
61 - sproket
Harley Davidson and the road to Sturges
The final stats:
255 DUI arrests
385 Misdemeanor drug arrests
36 Felony arrests
11 Deaths
1100 ER visits
Yep........ THATS a good image.
Also read the posts from empty heads of the Harley owners posting here... Yep.... there's another good image.
62 - spike
85% of all Harleys are still on the road.
The other 15% actually made it home.
63 - John
I rode Harleys all my life. They are good dependable motorcycles regardless of what any of you say. I have always found in life that people criticize you for what you own when they dont own or cant own that very same thing. The rest of the motorcycle companies make good bikes, but some people will remain loyal to certain brands. Let it be and dont compare your ride to others. Just be happy you have one. As for doctors and lawyers riding-they still only make up a small percentage of the bikers, the majority are blue collar hard working folks like you and me.
If you like motorcycling, ride and ride safe, stop the BS that goes along with comparing bike versus bike, you friggen oblivions. The last I checked, comparing brands was a redneck pastime. Chevy, no ford....
Grow up people.
64 - ~jammer da hammer
Having ridden Harleys since 1984, and owned the stock since 1990, let me just note that Mr Giovonazzi has no idea what he writes of. And since he had to explain, I really don't want to understand.
Have a look at the stock compared to another IPO of 1986, Microsoft.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=HDI&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=msft
65 - ken
This poor sap has some serious emotional baggage involving harley enthusiasts. Hope he gets over it, or he will wake up one day hating the whole world and most of all himself: not a bedrock of mental health I would say.
66 - Mark
If you want to ride a harley, that's allright with me. It's the same reason my mother buys old flour cans and antique kitchen implements. There is a certain style you are trying to achieve while knowing that the item is functionally inferior..
I will never understand why someone would pay twice as much money for a bike that is less reliable and has less horsepower. But to each his own.
I recently bought a metric bike for about $6,000. It makes about 80 horsepower, has the upgraded exhaust, upgraded seat, and numerous other 'extras' that would cost thousands to add to a Harley. That is, to a Harley that would cost in the area of $15,000 before these upgrades.
Do I think Harleys are cool? Yes.
Would I pay almost 3 times as much for a less reliable product, just so I can say it's a harley? No thanks.
67 - RonW
Ok, where do I start? First off to me the most annoying riders I see are crotch rocket riders. When I turn Cops on TV who are the riders they usually are pulling over? Crotch rockets. When Im driving my car down the road who do I generally see weaving in and out of traffic? Crotch rockets. Who do I see turning completely around to hold a conversastion with the idiot behind them? Crotch Rockets. Who do you generally see blasting down the road, way over the speed limit? Crotch rockets. Who has the most annoying headers out there? Crotch rockets. At least HD's make a nice deep sound that is a warning to 4 doors. The list goes on and on. IMO the HD guys are the most laid back and respect others out there and they are the safest by far. FWIW to you crotch rocket dickwads, I have a 79 Honda CBX 6 cyl that I've owned before most of you pencil neck geeks were even born. I also have a 81 Low Rider. I like both of my bikes equally, so I am giving a opinion of a rider who has both bikes and has seen lots of shit. Also who crys the most about other riders? Who started this blog and other bb's on the net? Crotch rockets riders. The truth hurts dont it bitch eyes? LOL.
68 - Mark
On Cops, who are they pulling over?
Well of course the answer to the above is 'crotch rockets'. Why would someone on cops be riding a Hardley? They couldn't even outrun a bicycle cop like that.
I am one of these crotch rocket riders. My bike goes fast if I make it, and slow if I want it to. Which is better, a bike that is slow all the time, or one that has power on tap when it's needed?
I know what you're going to say, "but but my v-rod has power".
Right, about 115 horses' worth. About the same horsepower my 2 year old 'crotch rocket' has. The difference is that you paid 3 times as much for it.
Hey, that's your thing. If you want to pay triple the price for less performance, less handling, and less reliability, be my guest.
69 - RonW
Mark, your post proves my point. You go so fast you are dangerous and you miss the best part of a trip, enjoying the moment, relax dude, LOL.
My HD cruises at all speeds that I need and when I need the speed. I won't beat a crotch rocket, so what? I don't have the need to, I just look good crusing pal, you crotch rocket guys, (not all are in this catagory), are too funny.
I don't have a V-Rod, and don't like them. As I said, I have a crotch rocket but I drive it like a responsible adult. I can blow by HD guys but what does that prove? Whats next, my dad can beat up your dad? Give me a break.
70 - Geoff67
You must not have read what I said. I said that my bike will go fast if I need it to, and will go as slow as a harley if you want it to also. Why wouldn't you want something that has more power ready if you want it?
"I just look good crusing pal"
Well, for me it's about the ride and not about how I look on it. But if someone wants to buy a bike just to pose next to it then be my guest. Keep the economy moving I suppose.
71 - RonW
I read your post, did you UNDERSTAND mine? Who gives a fat flying fuck if your bike is faster? My point was I don't need to go fast, I can cruise and look good. If you call it, "posing" then thats you, I know plenty of people who call crotch rockets blowing down the road looking like a asshole as "posers", LOL.
My whole point is about ride what you want and dont worry about what other riders have. But there seems to be a few of these, "I hate HD riders" sites. So I was giving you examples of how actually crotch rocket riders are the annoyiny and dangerous ones. AGAIN, I have both a Japanese and HD bike and have had my CBX for over 20 years!!
I can tell you crotch rocket retards, (only those who think their shit doesn't stink and hate HD riders because of what they ride, thus the inferiority complex), almost all non riders I've talked to say that its the guys riding the crotch rocket style bikes that are dangerous and are assholes. HD riders tend to only have loud bikes, but that enables them to hear us.
You can spin it as you want dude, Im on both sides so you can run but can't hide from me....LOL.
72 - RonW
Mark sez: "Right, about 115 horses' worth. About the same horsepower my 2 year old 'crotch rocket' has. The difference is that you paid 3 times as much for it."
Ron sez: Sorry skipping, I paid 5500.00 for my LowRider and I paid 1200.00 for my Honda, they are both worth more than what I paid for them....can you say that? NO, bawaaa, bawaaaa!!
73 - RonW
Dang, got distracted and didn't proof read and you can't correct on this blog....I meant to call you skippy, sorry, didn't mean to dis you holmes.
74 - RonW
Crotch rockets are for kids, there little toys for little boys, your 2 year old jap crap wants to be a Harley when it grows up Bwaaaa haaaaa. Besides my Low rider is putting out 123.76 RWHP on a dynojet 250i oh it is supercharged though, and it will eat my CBX alive!!! its hard to keep the 240 from spinning!!!! Semper Fi!
75 - Aaron
Last post, I think you missed what some of the Harley riders are saying. It would seem like there are more immature and dangerous riders who ride metric than those that ride American iron.
Your post confirms that, along with your riding, Im sure. Aaron D out.
BTW, I ride a BMW, cruiser, which non of you poor ass Honda riders can afford.....he,he,he.