For Mustaine: Biker waving rules.....

[Swoop]

But not fastest.....

[CAP1]

The Harley will get you to where you're going faster. 

that's assuming it doesn't break down on the way!!

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[SpazMan]

well, todays harley rides seem different than those of even just 10 years ago. i think they're finally getting it..that a bike is a bike. for reliability though, i'll never own a harley. besides, if i can afford a harley, i can afford my own cessna, which would be MUCH more fun

<<S>>

The way I see it we are all brothers on 2 wheels. Fortunately my Harley is paid for and it's a good runner. I haven't any major problems with it.

Flying would be fun except you haven't seen me try to land yet...

[Mustaine]

if i can afford a harley, i can afford my own cessna,

<-- Lives in Milwaukee, WI and I generally don't like Harleys. Morons tearing out rattling the windows at 6 AM, they are just too loud and annoying.

Though with the annual Harley-fest and ZZ Top coming this year I want to ride one down there.

[MiloMorai]

I dunno..  Back when I rode Harley's you waved at other Harley's but not jap bikes.

The 'boys' on the Harleys waved to me all the time. Impressed them with a 15' strip of rubber from my Yamaha 100cc Twin Jet when I left their bike shop.

As for reliability of HD, my 2000 FXST has 50k miles without any troubles and I ain't meticulous about doing maintainance. Right out of the dealership did a 15k mile cross country road trip.

[Maverick]

<Yawn> I ride for my own reasons not to get other motorcyclists to wave at me. I'll wave (I ride a beemer) and I don't really care if the other rider waves or not.
 

[SpazMan]

<-- Lives in Milwaukee, WI and I generally don't like Harleys. Morons tearing out rattling the windows at 6 AM, they are just too loud and annoying.

Though with the annual Harley-fest and ZZ Top coming this year I want to ride one down there.

That be me and I like setting off car alarms too.....

[SirLoin]

Did u write that Swoop?..EHHEH!!

 

[Hawk78th]

  Couple years ago---- ...'Twas Riding my Triumph Sprint (Silver 's the fastest by the way..)& nonchalantly  gave a Flip of my Left... at  what I THOUGHT was an ..... Kawi 650 ( ninja)..   

... Now, just as I thought better of  this "flip"... I was  going thru my decision making and getting that sickening/bile inducing, stomach wrenching god awful heartbreaking feeling....


     " GawdDa&&mnit.. That was a Freeking MOPED on steroids...NO G*damn footpegs (BIG 'ol pad to put your feet on).. NO freeking shifter.. & NO freeking gas tank"  I said to nobody..

 ( Sooo badly wanted to wash my hands after that)
 

<- apologized to the Sprint-- Tapped her lightly on the " cap".. & swore to NEVER flip to another ** Possible Mopedy looking freak of nature,  two wheeler cheater, again...

 Now..  if it's a Big (enough) bike.. I'll wave---> ** 'cept to those Harley "Hangon to those handlebars 'cause I might  fall off, it rattles soooo much" drivers who never wave anyway...



  Since then...I've been pleasantly " Sprinting" around the NewEngland twisty's, always on the look out.


 

[Roundeye]

As for reliability of HD, my 2000 FXST has 50k miles without any troubles and I ain't meticulous about doing maintainance. Right out of the dealership did a 15k mile cross country road trip.

Roger that.  No trouble out of any of my Harleys either. 

Some folks just don't get it.  They love to poke fun at something they know nothing about....its mildly amusing.  I don't hold it against them though.  I did the same thing years ago.  Made comments about them breaking down, etc.  Deep down I always wanted one though.  Only after I owned and became familiar with them did I see how stupid I must have sounded to those that really knew.  Jokes are fine and taken as such as long as someone can take what they are dishing out.

And BTW, I wave at any and all motorcycles.  We are all out there doing the same thing enjoying the same lifestyle and taking the same risks doing it. 

To echo what I've said in an earlier post:  I've never met a motorcycle I didn't like, but I have met some motorcycle riders who were @&*holes.

[Swoop]

Funny, I'd never heard that Harley's were unreliable....

It's Italian bikes I take the mickey out of, Ducati's especially.  It's funny, everyone I've ever known with a Ducati has had the bike in the workshop every other weekend cos something has fallen off it. 

Now I've got a mechanic I trust, been going to him for 17 years now.  No-one else gets to service my bikes, I was even riding 400 miles back from Holland when I lived there.  He's a big Duke fan, s'got a 996.....and I take the mickey out of him as well.  Last time I was up there he said "Nah, it's all a falacy, Ducati's are perfectly reliable."

"Where's yours btw?"

"Er.....it's in bits in the back cos it needed a new clutch."

heh

[hubsonfire]

Good post, Swoop, got a laugh out of that. I realized the waving thing a few years back when I was riding my buddy's old beater Yamaha- waving to all the Paulie Tutel wannabe's and watching them frown was comical.

Lazs, when you're too old to ride, I want that bike. Mid July maybe?

[442w30]

  Couple years ago---- ...'Twas Riding my Triumph Sprint (Silver 's the fastest by the way..)& nonchalantly  gave a Flip of my Left... at  what I THOUGHT was an ..... Kawi 650 ( ninja)..   

... Now, just as I thought better of  this "flip"... I was  going thru my decision making and getting that sickening/bile inducing, stomach wrenching god awful heartbreaking feeling....


     " GawdDa&&mnit.. That was a Freeking MOPED on steroids...NO G*damn footpegs (BIG 'ol pad to put your feet on).. NO freeking shifter.. & NO freeking gas tank"  I said to nobody..

 ( Sooo badly wanted to wash my hands after that)
 

<- apologized to the Sprint-- Tapped her lightly on the " cap".. & swore to NEVER flip to another ** Possible Mopedy looking freak of nature,  two wheeler cheater, again...

 Now..  if it's a Big (enough) bike.. I'll wave---> ** 'cept to those Harley "Hangon to those handlebars 'cause I might  fall off, it rattles soooo much" drivers who never wave anyway...



  Since then...I've been pleasantly " Sprinting" around the NewEngland twisty's, always on the look out.


 

I wave at scooters all the time, on purpose, on my sport bike.  The scoot riders never seem to know what to do about the wave. They always look like I have some important meaning behind it.  I snicker every time.

[442w30]

Why They Don't Wave Back

Top 10 Reasons Sportbikers Don't Wave:

10. They have not been riding long enough to know they're supposed to.
9. They're going too fast to have time enough to register the movement and respond.
8. You weren't wearing bright enough gear.
7. If they stick their arm out going that fast they'll rip it out of the socket.
6. They're too occupied with trying to get rid of their chicken strips.
4. Their skin tight-kevlar-ballistic-nylon-kangaroo-leather suits prevent any position other than fetal.


Top Ten Reasons Why BMW Riders Don't Wave Back


5. He's an Iron Butt rider and you're not!.

Uh-oh what do I do?  My chicken strips are gone and I have an Iron Butt SS1k certificate on a sport bike.  (and a few from an FJR- piece of cake on that though)

Its funny, BMW riders wave at me on the Feejer but not on the sport bike.  Harley or metric cruiser riders seldom wave at me on either. 

[bj229r]

I nod my head 1 millimeter for crotch rockets, look away pathetically at jap-Harley copies---not sure what to think about Beemers, so I give them perfunctory wave from wrist only

<note: the Harleys that 'broke down' were the ones from the 70's--AMF--'Shovels'--few of which are still on the road. Since early 80's, they are like Jap bikes from reliability standpoint. At any rate, if you don't know how to fix what's wrong with a pre-electronic-ignition Harley, you probably need to own a Goldwing or a Beemer. In 13 years, the only thing that ever put my '62 Pan on side of road was shorted cell on battery (CAN'T have that with generator), and a broken regulator bracket (combination of tie-wraps and electrical tape got me home )>