Now that Ya. is making new VMAX, I want 2c Harley's response

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< I Fly > · #21 Post by **< I Fly >** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:12 am

What's your point in digging that up?

The Scrambler I find appealing because it's good looking, simply built, and could handle dirt roads.

I am not interested in it to pretend to be Steve McQueen or anything.

The thing that bugs me about cruisers is more the motives for riding than anything else.
When I see these morons with the fake biker getups and big dumb beards, that's what makes me go off on cruisers.

Nalian · #22 Post by **Nalian** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:19 am

I'm curious - what constitutes a fake biker getup? And how do you know what their motivations are for riding?

I actually got my harley cheaper than I would have the japanese equivelant. Honda wasn't willing to budge on prices - harley was. I don't care what the image is, I went with the bike that felt the most comfortable and gave me the most bang for my buck.

earwig · #23 Post by **earwig** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:21 am

< I Fly > wrote:What's your point in digging that up?

The Scrambler I find appealing because it's good looking, simply built, and could handle dirt roads.

I am not interested in it to pretend to be Steve McQueen or anything.

The thing that bugs me about cruisers is more the motives for riding than anything else.
When I see these morons with the fake biker getups and big dumb beards, that's what makes me go off on cruisers.

So it's ok for you but not others? How do you know what motivates people to ride that you haven't even met? How do you tell the difference between the real bikers and the "fake" ones as they are riding by anyway? Why do you care if someone wants to wear a big beard? Maybe someone could comment on your cheesey 5 o'clock shadow and crooked haircut... is your barber smoking weed before he cuts that mop?

#24 Post by **t_bonee** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:27 am

< I Fly > wrote:What's your point in digging that up?

The Scrambler I find appealing because it's good looking, simply built, and could handle dirt roads.

I am not interested in it to pretend to be Steve McQueen or anything.

The thing that bugs me about cruisers is more the motives for riding than anything else.
When I see these morons with the fake biker getups and big dumb beards, that's what makes me go off on cruisers.

Sometimes it is better to be quiet and perceived an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Bachstrad37 · #25 Post by **Bachstrad37** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:27 am

The thing that bugs me about cruisers is more the motives for riding than anything else.

And who are you to judge others' motives? People ride for hundreds of reasons and you'll never know without confirming it with each one. If it's for posing, so what? You don't have to associate with anyone you don't want to. You mentioned in other posts about how you don't care for communist thinking. You're now being hypocrytical by flaming those with who ride that are "poseurs".

You know, I was not born in the U.S. I was born in a communist south east Asian country, but now live in the U.S. I embrace people's freedom to do whatever they want as long as it's legal. I don't question their love for anything as long as interest doesn't prevent me from enjoying mine. If I don't see it from their point of view, I turn and focus on my own interests. I don't call them idiots because I respect their freedom to choose their options. That, IFly...is freedom. You'll never truly know its true beauty unless you've lived in an opressed society like I have.

DragonSlayer · #26 Post by **DragonSlayer** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:28 am

you forgot to mention that beards are awesome, i mean look at all the people with beards, Santa Claus, Jesus, Odin. see beards are great

Dichotomous · #27 Post by **Dichotomous** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:10 am

< I Fly > wrote:Don't live in denial of the fact that the styling and much of the design of cruisers is firmly in yesteryear.

this, folks, from a boy who owns a bike whose design has not changed in, what, 2 decades?

you know, people buy bikes for all kinds of reasons, I wouldnt attempt to say any are wrong.

#28 Post by **Big B** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:32 am

t_bonee wrote:
< I Fly > wrote:What's your point in digging that up?

The Scrambler I find appealing because it's good looking, simply built, and could handle dirt roads.

I am not interested in it to pretend to be Steve McQueen or anything.

The thing that bugs me about cruisers is more the motives for riding than anything else.
When I see these morons with the fake biker getups and big dumb beards, that's what makes me go off on cruisers.
Sometimes it is better to be quiet and perceived an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doudt.

+1 i was trying to think of how to say it, then you went and did it for me

sharpmagna · #29 Post by **sharpmagna** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:37 am

t_bonee wrote:Sometimes it is better to be quiet and perceived an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doudt.

Mark Twain quote. Now somebody give me a cookie...

scan · #30 Post by **scan** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:49 am

sharpmagna wrote:
t_bonee wrote:Sometimes it is better to be quiet and perceived an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doudt.
Mark Twain quote. Now somebody give me a cookie...

I call hijack -

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

Although well known as a Twain quote - is it really his?