Confessions of a Harley owner

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Randy · #31 Unread post by **Randy** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:43 pm

I am more afraid of cadillacs than anything else. It seems like only 500 year old ladies who don't even know what a motorcycle is drive those things.

I may just be prejudiced because my frist real Oh S%&# incident was caused by a blue hair in a caddy. She looked right at me, then turned left across my lane. I had to make a choice, hit the caddy, or hit a telephone pole. I managed to stop in time, but I stalled the bike. I was shaking so bad, I had to push it into the parking lot before I could get control of my fingers.

CentralOzzy · Sun May 29, 2005 9:11 pm

Toyuzu wrote:Oh boy, Here we go again...

NO FIRE....no HEAT!

CentralOzzy · Sun May 29, 2005 9:16 pm

The Dreaded 'White Van' there is the same as the Dreaded VOLVO driver here!

Boy do those drivers SUCK!!

BTW.... Did I mention HARLEY's are Best _ _ _ _ the Rest?

Telesque · #34 Unread post by **Telesque** » Sun May 29, 2005 9:33 pm

CentralOzzy wrote:BTW.... Did I mention HARLEY's are Best _ _ _ _ the Rest?

... aren't you supposed to be suppressing the problem?

CentralOzzy · Sun May 29, 2005 9:38 pm

What Problem would that be?

OK I'll finish the line!

Harley's Best so's the Rest....

Coach · #36 Unread post by **Coach** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:51 am

A Bike Is A Bike! Who cares what you ride as long as you ride it.

blair · #37 Unread post by **blair** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:42 am

Coach wrote:A Bike Is A Bike! Who cares what you ride as long as you ride it.

Okay, so, what if it has a picture of John Bon Jovi on one side of the tank, and a picture of Brad Pitt on the other; pink and sky blue tassels on the grips; and a pink, fuzzy seat?

Sorry. Reductio ad absurdum. I'd bet about 15% of the people on this forum would kill for that bike. Some of them women...

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Two wheels good. Four wheels okay. 18 wheels stay offa my tail!

iwannadie · Mon May 30, 2005 7:07 am

blair wrote:
Coach wrote:A Bike Is A Bike! Who cares what you ride as long as you ride it.
Okay, so, what if it has a picture of John Bon Jovi on one side of the tank, and a picture of Brad Pitt on the other; pink and sky blue tassels on the grips; and a pink, fuzzy seat?

Sorry. Reductio ad absurdum. I'd bet about 15% of the people on this forum would kill for that bike. Some of them women...

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Two wheels good. Four wheels okay. 18 wheels stay offa my tail!

id ride it to the nearst store and buy a can of flat black primer paint and spray the tank in the parking lot, then go ride it.

oldnslo · #39 Unread post by **oldnslo** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:26 am

Where would OCC be if everybody thought "a bike is a bike?" Technically, a bike is a two wheeled conveyance, having two wheels. Could be made out of old milk cartons, or scraps of lumber, or powered by pedals.

blair · #40 Unread post by **blair** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:15 am

IMO, without the "reality show", OCC would probably be out-o-bidness, or just another tiny, marginalized custom bike builder. Their unprofessional work methods and dysfunctional communication are the reason they're rich, but would be the reason they'd be broke if they tried to live like that without the sitcom value.

They're a marketing juggernaut now, too. I bet the bikes aren't 10% of their total revenues. I saw not one but two OCC coloring books at the grocery store a few weeks ago. There's a kid down the street who has an OCC shirt and rides an OCC-styled bicycle (Schwinn or Huffy, iirc. I spotted those at the Sports Authority a couple of months ago). They may not be bigger than Star Wars, but they're getting a lot more exposed in a lot less time on the back of a lot less entertainment value.

But hey. That's the American Dream. Find a way to con a rich corporation into helping you con the public into making you rich and the corporation richer. And make your sardonic attitude the centerpiece of your likeability. Or something like that.