I went to get coffee yesterday. I stop by the local DD. I am on line and notice 6 Harley people. Three guys and three girls. I am on line and this one guy is just going on and on how fast his Hog is. I sit there listening and listening. He then said that he had his hog up to 175 MPH and that the handling of his "190" rear tire was the reason he could go so fast. He said that you have to get your face right next to the tank and pull back on the bars to keep it on the road. I was going to say something but instead just ordered his coffee and left.
Funny thing when they were out in the lot his bike wouldn't start. I was going to ask him if that was the 165 MPH Hog? I figured it wasn't worth it and left.
Oh yeah gear was a cool tassle jacket, no gloves, cowboy boots and a brain bucket.
OK I am done
Please discuss.
[laugh]
I got nothin'.
Guess I see it everyday.
how's that any worse that randall's 150 mph mostro 600?
He must have had this Harley
http://www.motorcycle.com/news/news690.html (http://www.motorcycle.com/news/news690.html)
My brother and I refer to these as
road pirates
but they must have a bandana to make this legit
He actually did have a red bandanna [laugh]
Quote from: GotDuc on April 20, 2009, 07:31:02 AM
He actually did have a red bandanna [laugh]
He's a road pirate!!!
Not sure if that is a common term, but we have been trying to spread it around for a while.
The only real requirements are:
1. Cruiser
2. Bandana
3. Sunglasses
Quote from: abby normal on April 20, 2009, 06:55:16 AM
how's that any worse that randall's 150 mph mostro 600?
150 mph 600 - that's totally nuts. It was a totally believable 140 mph 620.
"Road Pirates-- we put the "AARRRGH" in Harley!"
Great thread lol. I own a Harley but it's a 2007 V-Rod Night Rod. The engine is designed by porsche and it looks nothing like any other HD out there so I don't associate myself with the pirates you just spoke of. I saw a bike with tassels the other day and just couldn't believe it! Seriously WTF is the point of having that crap? Do they use it to tie all those ponies up to the hitching post to make sure it doesn't run off? Most "real" HD owners are pretty disdainful of the V-Rod since it's liquid cooled anyway and because it actually works like it's supposed to/I don't need to carry the obligatory tool bag with me. So in the end it all works out great.
I like the V-Rod. Smoothest Harley I've ever ridden, even smoother than EITHER of my Ducati's. One of the reasons Harley purists don't like it. Fun bike, but outta my price range, even used. That Porsche-assisted motor is excellent ~
JM
+1 on the V-Rod
That is a very nice bike
I took a LONG way around to the record store on saturday through a national park and around some twisties. In all, a 2 mile destination became a 2 hour ride. HOWEVER, my odometer did not get the big increases I had hoped for due to these ROAD PIRATES on their weekend rolls.
I swear to god, new harleys are the same as old mullets. They're the way the senior vp of the marketing division of wigets inc can feel like he's more than a cog in the machine. He used to grow the back long to show he parties. Now he buys a HD limited edition car, then the bike. He's still edgy, but not too edgy. He and mrs. cog get matching harleys and no substantiative gear to match and then nail the 25mph twists at 20 mph.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on April 20, 2009, 07:40:05 AM
He's a road pirate!!!
Not sure if that is a common term, but we have been trying to spread it around for a while.
The only real requirements are:
1. Cruiser
2. Bandana
3. Sunglasses
4. partial leathers (read as chaps and a vest)
hope you dont mind, i added to the list
I went to dinner Saturday night with a friend, who invited two of her friends. The guy comes in wearing a Harley jacket, hat, shirt, and boots. Nice guy, but your typical Harley rider. I couldn't help but ask him if he rides a bike.
Saw a lot of these types out this weekend. Endless lines of blinding chrome and tassles taking up valuable road.
Quote from: vwboomer on April 20, 2009, 11:00:10 AM
Saw a lot of these types out this weekend. Endless lines of blinding chrome and tassles taking up valuable road.
Yep, the identically dressed nonconformists.
Quote from: swampduc on April 20, 2009, 11:10:01 AM
Yep, the identically dressed nonconformists.
The nonconformist uniforrm?
Quote from: herm on April 20, 2009, 09:48:17 AM
hope you dont mind, i added to the list
Nope, fine by me.
If a 620 can go 140 shouldn't double the displacement or more get you at least 175?
[cheeky]
If it was stock it probably was ( if a Softail line bike ) about 700 lbs. w, maybe 65-70 hp.
It would be lucky to do 120 mph.
I had a new to me '03 FLSTC w/ a stage 1 Screamin' Eagle package which increased the Cid.
It went from 1450 to 1550 ccs.
My bike was fast for a HD but 120 mph was pushing it. Dolph :)
Quote from: cyrus buelton on April 20, 2009, 07:40:05 AM
He's a road pirate!!!
Not sure if that is a common term, but we have been trying to spread it around for a while.
The only real requirements are:
1. Cruiser
2. Bandana
3. Sunglasses
omg tooo funny! [laugh]
i love it!!!
My favorite squids are the "Loud Pipes Save Lives" cheerleaders who refuse to wear helmets.
Quote from: Peyton696 on April 20, 2009, 09:01:24 AM
Most "real" HD owners are pretty disdainful of the V-Rod since it's liquid cooled anyway and because it actually works like it's supposed to/I don't need to carry the obligatory tool bag with me. So in the end it all works out great.
+1
I get a lot of that from the "purists" as well regarding my '06 Street Rod. [roll] When asked why I didn't buy a real Harley I reply:
"If I want to ride an antique I'll ride my Panhead."
Usually shuts them right the hell up. If not I proceed to tell them it puts down a hair over 120 HP at the wheel without much more than an air filter element and a Power Commander and that does the trick. :)
Quote from: bluemoco on April 20, 2009, 02:44:03 PM
My favorite squids are the "Loud Pipes Save Lives" cheerleaders who refuse to wear helmets.
Hey I resent that!!!!
The helmet musses my hair and the loud pipes do save lives.
My MSF class instructor had a sticker that said "If Loud Pipes Save Lifes, Imagine What Learning To Ride Could Do!"
Quote from: Scottish on April 20, 2009, 11:30:03 AM
The nonconformist uniforrm?
That's great. I'm gonna use that one. [thumbsup]
Quote from: bluemoco on April 20, 2009, 02:44:03 PM
My favorite squids are the "Loud Pipes Save Lives" cheerleaders who refuse to wear helmets.
[clap]
Quote from: redxblack on April 20, 2009, 04:39:20 PM
My MSF class instructor had a sticker that said "If Loud Pipes Save Lifes, Imagine What Learning To Ride Could Do!"
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Time to get on the interwebz and find one of those stickers.
Quote from: redxblack on April 20, 2009, 04:39:20 PM
My MSF class instructor had a sticker that said "If Loud Pipes Save Lifes, Imagine What Learning To Ride Could Do!"
a dealer in NJ had shirts that said that.
i love that saying.
Quote from: KnightofNi on April 21, 2009, 06:22:44 AM
a dealer in NJ had shirts that said that.
i love that saying.
You can buy that shirt from pjsparts.com
http://www.pjsparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=485 (http://www.pjsparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=485)
(http://www.pjsparts.com/catalog/images/7%20-%20Fun%20Stuff/TS001Ox.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e70/erkishhorde/helmets.jpg)
Quote from: erkishhorde on April 21, 2009, 09:02:11 AM
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e70/erkishhorde/helmets.jpg)
i want that t-shirt ;D
Quote from: vwboomer on April 20, 2009, 11:00:10 AM
I went to dinner Saturday night with a friend, who invited two of her friends. The guy comes in wearing a Harley jacket, hat, shirt, and boots. Nice guy, but your typical Harley rider. I couldn't help but ask him if he rides a bike.
Saw a lot of these types out this weekend. Endless lines of blinding chrome and tassles taking up valuable road.
What's even worse is the guys who wear all the crap.... and don't even OWN a bike!!!
Quote from: nateqwik on April 21, 2009, 05:13:47 PM
What's even worse is the guys who wear all the crap.... and don't even OWN a bike!!!
Well it IS a lifestyle. Maybe you don't need the bike to look like a lemming. I wish I could wear my full leathers and boots everywhere I went.
maybe they're wearing gear to pick up girls?
Quote from: redxblack on April 22, 2009, 02:53:58 PM
maybe they're wearing gear to pick up girls?
If you could call it gear.
Quote from: Ducaholic on April 22, 2009, 06:43:01 PM
If you could call it gear.
And if you could call 'em girls [laugh]
The problem I've found with making fun of the "Knuckelheads" is that most of them want to fight and I ride alone so 1 against more than 1 aren't good odds.
They may not be able to catch me but they may remember me .
I pass on a busy weekend in the " hills" about 100 or more H-D riders in a 4 hour period.
They love to run their Poker Runs or whatever Ride they are doing through the State Parks area right in the middle of some of the best roads that I like to run.
They are from 3 to 30 riders in a group. I hate to get stuck behind a group but sometimes they take offense when I pass 5 or 6 at a time and get stuck in their group for a while on the twisty parts until I can get past them all.
They are like a roaming pack of Wolves.
Guys on street bikes all geared up in leather and boots and Full Faced Helmets seem to antagonize Harley Riders.
Passing them in the Sweepers at high speed where I can pass all or most depending on how many , really gets them fired up.
I have my pace and I don't care what's in front of me .....if it's slower than what I'm going....it's getting passed !
I guess their thinking comes from bygone days when the only gangs on motorcycles rode Harleys and they never wore safety gear.
"Easy Rider " the Movie instilled the idea of riding and being free to a certain generation.
Maybe it's because H-Ds weigh so much that they make the Riders feel invincible.
They tend not to ride real fast , so that may give them a false sense of security about not wearing protective gear. Dolph
Also the Outlaw Spirit plays into it.
Quote from: DoubleEagle on April 22, 2009, 08:14:24 PM
The problem I've found with making fun of the "Knuckelheads" is that most of them want to fight and I ride alone so 1 against more than 1 aren't good odds.
They may not be able to catch me but they may remember me .
I pass on a busy weekend in the " hills" about 100 or more H-D riders in a 4 hour period.
They love to run their Poker Runs or whatever Ride they are doing through the State Parks area right in the middle of some of the best roads that I like to run.
They are from 3 to 30 riders in a group. I hate to get stuck behind a group but sometimes they take offense when I pass 5 or 6 at a time and get stuck in their group for a while on the twisty parts until I can get past them all.
They are like a roaming pack of Wolves.
Guys on street bikes all geared up in leather and boots and Full Faced Helmets seem to antagonize Harley Riders.
Passing them in the Sweepers at high speed where I can pass all or most depending on how many , really gets them fired up.
I have my pace and I don't care what's in front of me .....if it's slower than what I'm going....it's getting passed !
I guess their thinking comes from bygone days when the only gangs on motorcycles rode Harleys and they never wore safety gear.
"Easy Rider " the Movie instilled the idea of riding and being free to a certain generation.
Maybe it's because H-Ds weigh so much that they make the Riders feel invincible.
They tend not to ride real fast , so that may give them a false sense of security about not wearing protective gear. Dolph
Also the Outlaw Spirit plays into it.
You forgot that HD also stands for Hundred Dollars.
Ducati Monster Crash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZ7TJaDGL4#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
there are as many idiots on sport bikes as there are on cruisers. unfortunately there is no IQ test to buy a bike.
I have both and have NEVER seen a pack like you guys are describing. in fact, the only groups that behave badly are the Bandidos and Hells Angels. I would suggest to everyone to stay away from those guys and simply walk away because they pull no punches.
oh, if I'm riding my Duc or cruiser I'm still going to get pissed if an idiot passes on a turn and splits the group. don't you get pissed when a car does it? either pull over for a while or find another road.
When I was at Deal's Gap, several of the Harley guys were causing massive back-ups going up the mountain. They were actually going less than the speed limit (which is 15 MPH in parts). It is pretty bad when you have to slip the clutch to keep the bike from stalling.
Quote from: muskrat on April 22, 2009, 08:36:00 PM
oh, if I'm riding my Duc or cruiser I'm still going to get pissed if an idiot passes on a turn and splits the group. don't you get pissed when a car does it? either pull over for a while or find another road.
Out here in Cali there are signs on twisty roads for slower traffic to pull over. There are usually plenty of turn out for them to pull over as well. I'm pretty sure that it 5 cars are backed up, the lead car can get a ticket. There are also tons of passing lanes. I think that in the Bay area in general most people are tolerant of getting passed by motorcycles. I have also never run into a guy on a harley or cruiser that wouldn't move over to let me pass.
Quote from: Vindingo on April 22, 2009, 11:24:06 PMI have also never run into a guy on a harley or cruiser that wouldn't move over to let me pass.
I have, a couple of times.
I don't think they liked the idea of being passed by a bicycle. ;D
Quote from: somegirl on April 22, 2009, 11:38:06 PM
I have, a couple of times.
I don't think they liked the idea of being passed by a bicycle. ;D
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Sad thing is, I'm pretty sure you're serious!
Quote from: swampduc on April 23, 2009, 10:54:14 AM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Sad thing is, I'm pretty sure you're serious!
I seem to recall a thread about it.
Quote from: swampduc on April 23, 2009, 10:54:14 AM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Sad thing is, I'm pretty sure you're serious!
Yep. Just give me a tight twisty downhill road. [thumbsup] (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-transport028.gif)
(Sad thing is, I'm faster on my bicycle than I am on my Duc. :P)
I saw a local variation on the Harley Squid today -- it was the middle-aged Gold Wing rider wearing shorts, t-shirt, running shoes and a baseball hat.
The guy looked like he stepped out of the gym and hopped onto his 2000lb bike. [laugh]
Quote from: bluemoco on April 24, 2009, 11:04:13 AM
I saw a local variation on the Harley Squid today -- it was the middle-aged Gold Wing rider wearing shorts, t-shirt, running shoes and a baseball hat.
The guy looked like he stepped out of the gym and hopped onto his 2000lb bike. [laugh]
I like the Goldwingers who spend so much for extra doodads like a/c (yes I said a/c on a bike) that they cant hold them up, much less back them up. So.... They buy a trike goldwing! Generally these are men in their early to mid seventies who like to wear matching 3/4 helmets with a boom mike on the side so they can talk to the "little" lady in the recliner seat behind them.
IMO,
when you're 70-a trike is fine.
Quote from: MrIncredible on April 24, 2009, 04:55:54 PM
IMO,
when you're 70-a trike is fine.
+1
If I make it to 70, I'm probably trike bound.
Monster-trike?
Trikes??? ;D
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/scbaran/fin2007-side-right.jpg)
and for the dark lovers
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/scbaran/ducati_trike_276.jpg)
^^^^^^
What, no comment's ? [popcorn]
The coolest trikes I think I've ever seen. :)
Even cooler if the rear suspension was engineered so you could still lean in corners....
Trikes are big around here (we've got great moto roads all around AND keep getting rated as one of the top ten places to retire, so do the math), but none of them ever did much for me. I could see playing with one of these though...
One question -- do these have a reverse gear added? One of the things I'd wonder with any trike is just how tough it'd be to push the thing backwards up even a tiny incline.
I have a few HD riding facebook friends. They're all complaining of sunburned arms today. I rode yesterday w/ my rev'it air jacket.
gloating is fun.
yes the HD crowd is a hypocritical bunch. they don't even like you if you're on a sportster. i bought my '73 ironhead sporty in '89 for $2800 as a project bike. it's still a WIP but i can get the front wheel off the ground with little effort and the HD guy's kind of sit there scratching their bandanas like, "WTF is that, that looks like a sportster???"
back when i first started riding my hardley, it was just when the harley family bought back the company and came out with the evolution engine which replaced the shovelheads and suddenly none of the dealers were willing to work on the older bikes anymore. so a friend and i built my bike ourselves (still). back then i was riding with a couple guys who have had harley's all their life and who were a bit older than myself and they were pissed that they couldn't afford a new harley. the people who were the loyal harley guys that kept the company afloat during the hard times were now not able to afford them...unbelievable [roll]
can we discuss apehangers... ;D
(http://jeff.dean.home.att.net/ape-hangers.jpg)
Here's one for ya.
A buddy of mine bought a HD. I have a DRZ400 and a Monster S2R. He told me he would not ride with me if I brought out the DRZ.
I always thought riding is riding?
Quote from: howie on April 20, 2009, 01:05:24 PM
If a 620 can go 140 shouldn't double the displacement or more get you at least 175?
[cheeky]
If my 620 multi can hit 140 shouldn't the double displacement be able to hit 280 mph?
Quote from: GotDuc on May 04, 2009, 08:11:43 AM
I always thought riding is riding?
Same here. ???