I know a few of the members here are familiar with the HD/ cruiser riders and so I thought I'd ask what I've always wondered:
what is that long lanyard thing many have hanging off their throttle side?
I've seen some REALLY long ones that look like they can be a hazard if they got stuck in the wheel or something...
Butt floss.
When your ass is too big to wipe.
Quote from: MAXdB on May 25, 2009, 08:49:55 PM
I know a few of the members here are familiar with the HD/ cruiser riders and so I thought I'd ask what I've always wondered:
what is that long lanyard thing many have hanging off their throttle side?
I've seen some REALLY long ones that look like they can be a hazard if they got stuck in the wheel or something...
I have a harley and wonder the same thing.
I asked about this butt floss at a recent poker run and they said it's their "cut" or colors for their MC. What I really got out of it was they like to pull over in the woods and whip each other ;D
???
is it like all that leathery fringe always seen on the bikes?
I'm going to have to pay closer attention...
I am gonna have to pay closer attention also. I park in the middle of about 20 Harleys at work (as long it is 80 degrees and sunny - they don't want to have to wash the chrome) and I haven't seen that. We do have a guy on a Suzuki super scooter with tassled leather saddlebags. I think he might like to be whipped.
like this?
(http://www.thesydneytraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/harley.jpg)
My dad had them on one of his HD's :-X I rode it just to see what it was all about and about crashed when it wrapped arond my arm! When I got back to his house I took it off and threw it in the trash, he pulled it out and put it back on. Oh well :-\ He could not tell me what it was for or what it did other than cost him $35.00 from HD!! [bang]
Quote from: psycledelic on May 26, 2009, 03:40:00 AM
I am gonna have to pay closer attention also. I park in the middle of about 20 Harleys at work (as long it is 80 degrees and sunny - they don't want to have to wash the chrome) and I haven't seen that. We do have a guy on a Suzuki super scooter with tassled leather saddlebags. I think he might like to be whipped.
Nothing says "i'm a bad ass biker" like tassels from the handlebars
It makes you look tough.
(http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/BLD/BLD013/sc003192.jpg)
Quote from: silentbob on May 26, 2009, 08:29:46 AM
It makes you look tough.
In a fringy-tassely kinda way...
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on May 26, 2009, 08:42:58 AM
In a fringy-tassely kinda way...
JM
nothing says "don't make the beast with two backs with me" like pink tassels...
oooohhhhh!!! fry's bike!!!! [evil]
Some of the "tassle/lanyard" thingies carried by the 1%er crowd are heavy braided leather, about 30" in length and have a weight at the end ( what kind i'm not sure). They have been used as weapons against other riders and some motorists. I think there's also case law to support arrests of bikers using/carrying these things. I know of a Mongol arrested in Ventura County for having one.
Now streamers are a WHOLE other story... [laugh]
I remember when I was in high school, I had this game on Sega Genesis called Road Rash. It's a motorcycle racing game where you can punch and kick the other riders to gain an advantage. You can also choose a baseball bat or motorcycle chains... Super fun. After reading this tassel threat, I begin to believe that the tassel is a weapon, much like the Road Rash game, that the HD riders utilize in passing maneuvers.
Links to the Road Rash game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Rash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Rash)
lol
road rash was stupid amounts of fun!
I was reading along this thread and like most of the rest of you was thinking, what kind of stupid crap is that hanging off the side of the bike until I read the post about using the damned thing as a weapon... Something with a metal weight on the end for the cars that want to pull into your lane. A little attention getter for the cage drivers... That's it, I'm getting one! [evil]
Quote from: teddy037.2 on May 26, 2009, 09:16:25 AM
nothing says "don't make the beast with two backs with me" like pink tassels...
oooohhhhh!!! fry's bike!!!! [evil]
We keep
talking about Fry's bike. But it was actually DONE to DucTape's bike back in the day!
Quote from: teddy037.2 on May 26, 2009, 02:09:40 PM
lol
road rash was stupid amounts of fun!
Road Rash was AWESOME
There has been speculation of a sequel for modern game systems
Quote from: NAKID on May 26, 2009, 03:10:54 PM
We keep talking about Fry's bike. But it was actually DONE to DucTape's bike back in the day!
only because fry's is the work in progress...
and I do remember the ductape incident lol ;)
Quote from: teddy037.2 on May 26, 2009, 02:09:40 PM
lol
road rash was stupid amounts of fun!
hell yes!
except for when you would dump it at super high speed and your bike would slide about 700 miles down the road...
and you would have to wait for your character to walk all the way back, sometimes getting nailed by other riders... lol good fun. i miss it.
Road Rash was the best game for the sega!! If they remade it for the 360 or computer I would buy it in a heartbeat. What was that other great game, NBA slam or jam or something where you could get on fire and do crazy spinning dunks and whatnot.
^^ nba JAM.. i loved that game.
BOOOM Shaqa Lacka! Ohhhh, HE IS ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!
Love NBA Jam. Gary Payton + Shawn Kemp were unstoppble! (I am from Seattle)
Quote from: teddy037.2 on May 26, 2009, 02:09:40 PM
lol
road rash was stupid amounts of fun!
+11tybillion I miss that game.
Quote from: MAXdB on June 05, 2009, 04:20:42 PM
^^ nba JAM.. i loved that game.
+1
but... smash TV FTW!!!