Not all of us Harley riders dress like pirates

[BobK]

[madjak30]

So does that increase his cool factor...or is he a poseur!?! And shouldn't he be on a Triumph? British and all???

Bob, I still prefer my MT-01 to your XR1200...but I do like your bike and the V-Rod, just not enough to buy one!!

Later.

[BobK]

I still haven't seen an MT-01 in person, but I have gone riding with a guy who owns its little brother, a Bulldog. I'm impressed. It's a very nice bike.

As for Prince Charles, I think he looks good on a Harley, and I like his suit. I would like to see a picture of him actually riding the bike, though.

[Ninja Geoff]

Squid! No protective gear...

[dr_bar]

Total poser, or does that make him a wanker... LOL

[Ninja Geoff]

I thought those were tossers and wankers.

[totalmotorcycle]

I thought those were tossers and wankers.

LOL... ah, that would be the UK term for men who play with themselves.

Mike

[dr_bar]

I thought those were tossers and wankers.

LOL... ah, that would be the UK term for men who play with themselves.

Mike

I'm sure that's what he does, I mean, have you seen his wife??? LOL

[BobK]

The poppies on the motorcycle forks and in Prince Charles's lapel are for Remembrance Day. He was getting his picture taken on the motorcycle to help the local motorcycle club raise money to help war veterans.

[ceemes]

Thanks Bob for saving me the effort of pointing that out. Here in Canada we have an organization called The CAV (Canadian Army Volunteers) Motorcycle Club that does much the same thing. It made up of ex and current members of the Canadian (Armed) Forces and those RCMP members who have served overseas in both active war zones and on Peace Keeping missions to help train local police forces. Their mandate and reason to exist is to lend support to vets and their family`s through both the brother and sisterhood of shared service but also a love of biking.

Speaking of Poppies, in Canada and the UK one wears them only from November 1st to 11AM, November 11th and they are worn as a mark of respect of not only our fallen, but also as an act of Remembrance of all those who have suffered the horrors of war, be they civilian or soldier, friend or foe. Yesterday, I went to my local Vancity Credit Union to withdrawal some money, sitting on the counter of the front reception desk was a box of poppies and collection tin. You plunk in a coin, say a Loonie or Quarter (money goes to the Canadian Legion who use it to support wounded and disabled vets) take a Poppy and pin it to your shirt or lapel. Thing was, apart from one girl at reception, none of the bank staff were wearing a Poppy. So I had a word with the assistant branch manager. Started off asking her how many of her branch members could be vets? She asked why would they differentiate between vets and non-vets. I pointed to my Poppy pinned to my leathers and you could see the light of understanding come to her eyes, and the look of shame when I pointed out that a: only one of their staff had on a Poppy, b: that given the nature of her membership, odds are very high that a lot of them are ex-British servicemen of the Second World and Korean War era's and c: it is the one holy day of the year that transcends all religious, political, national, racial, gender and sexual orientation barriers, in that we all have as a people has suffered the horrors of war. As I left, I watched her get pin on her Poppy and looked to be having a word with her staff.