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Stevo, I checked my spleen before starting this - I'm okay. I've been in the saddle for over 20 years and I know there are folks here that beat me there. Most of us bounce around a few sites. It just amazes me what nonsense people post. I'm not a RUB hater, but just do your monthly runs and keep your pie-hole shut when someone asks advice - 'cause you don't know shi* and you'll probably trade that bike in for a Miata next year. This is what has killed the resale market. I used to be able to buy good deal used HD's and turn them over for a few bucks, but there are so many temporary-bikers buying new bikes and taking huge hits$$$$$ that I'm giving up. I blame the crash of resale to impulsive, cash loaded, yuppies that decide they're "bikers" when the most they ever did was try their neighbors Vespa. If you don't believe me, check out the ads - HD's with less than 500 miles being sold with "leathers and 2 helmets!" Here's an example of some of the RUB and 1st year rider nonsense I've read (the only nonsense I got here was a suggestion on the apes thread - I was looking for likes and dislikes of apes on FXDWG and I got a "super" explanation on the physics of steering and response)
"Sporters are for wannabes!"
"Don't buy a sportster - they're too top heavy to handle well!"
"I'm 5'3" and I ride a fully loaded RoadGlide! Bigger is better"
"I sold my Sportster because the bigger the bike the better it handles"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lied - there goes my spleen, Stevo!!!!!
Well - nice job on venting yer spleen, but i dont think it worked! ok - ya hooked me good on a Saturday am...., the way my pea brain sees it - every enthusiast passion has a set of die hard loyalists - be the pursuit motorcycles, skiing, crocheting, sewing, cooking or hot-rods, chop rods, rat rods, trump chops, flattie bobbers, long fork swede style, etc - every one of these groups has a variety of participants mixing it up, thanks in large part to the devil box and inter-net - all of who have differing levels of commitment and passion for said pursuit..each presenting their flavor of committment, passiion and loyalty.
those in it for the long run across the board in all passionate pursuits, blame newbies for poo-luting the passion by diluting it, in their often misguided attempt to be "gen-yoo-wine".
I know if I didnt have the people who i tried to emulate as style and role models (bikeriders)take me under their wing, i woulda floundered at the gate too... ya got to keep your humbles on and pay it forward IMSHO ..we all started out as dumbsh**ts.... i have boxes of crap i bolted to my bikes over the years before i really saw what it was all about...and developed my own "style" (which many may not get, but thats ok with me)
i think of it this way - without new riders trying to get on board, the aftermarket would shrink down to pre-1972 levels - do you want that? Do you remember what it used to be like getting bike insurance? Although I am oft amused by some newbie antics, I appreciate what they've done for my passion and the single thing I've always really cared about - Motorcycles- this club is an open one and I for one am happy to see people wanting to join up.....
besides more targets on the road makes it easier for me sneak by unnoticed!!
My goodness. Another "I've got all the answers" twenty year veteran. I'll bet you don't remember the AMF days if you've ONLY been riding "20 years".
Thank god for the "newbies" if it wasn't for them, Willy G would be selling apples at the supermarket and you would be riding a Goldwing.
New riders come into my shop all the time, I'll change their oil, change their bars, load their bikes with useless chrome trinkets, and SMILE all the way to the bank. You've missed the target!
I've been riding for 38 years...I remember.
Oh, and one more thing...Sportsters ARE tall and top heavy. Why do you think HD came up with the 883L?
Ya got me on a few points there, Methuselah....you got an oxygen tank on your Geezer-Glide? Jus' kiddin. I'm more like 25 years riding but I don't count dirt riding into the number; I grew up in the 70's and my family is club associated so I watched my uncles and cousins tear apart and put back together AMFs all the time. Some good points there Grandpa Arbuckle
Oh, and anyone that finds the "top-heavy" Sporty hard to handle should be a hangaround with The DevilsRascals...FriscoRigid said they turned him down, but give it a shot.
"Grampa Arbuckle", "Methuselah" .... good ones. Thanks for the handles, I've been called lotsa things, but never Grampa Arbuckle. Maybe you can help me with something: I wanna change the compensator sprocket on my 76 FXE to get more cruising speed, what are your thoughts on the proper gear rations I should use??
I wanna ride, I wanna ride, I wanna ride !!!!!! rode yesterday for the 1st time in 2006. NY is getting warm and I like it.. I RODE!!!! Stop fighting and ride..
Take it easy, Peter, I mean Pitar...
I was gonna say "Daddy Warbucks" but that was wrong.
Well, let's see, an FXE...hmmm
Dunk it in a tank of WD40 - spray it down with a
high pressure hose...then take a shovel and bury it in the back yard....that's why they're called shovels for krisake
(love em though)
Losing yer sense of humor is the worst thing about
getting old. I'm getting old now too. I try and keep
that in mind when someone pisses me off. Stevo has my
number. I just like to wake up the boys (and gals)
now and then. I'm that guy that you threw a bar stool
at once...lighten up. Without obnoxious pricks like
me the world would be a boring place.
Ride a GoldWing~!!!!!!! that was the best insult ya gave me...cause I'd rather ride the rascal!!
happy trails back at ya, gene
I'd be considerd a "newbie",I rode alot of off road 18yrs ago.Got my first road bike in Aug 05,heritage classic.Alot of good points you guys make,dosen't happen very often but everyones rite!Riding a bike is either in your blood or its not!In the middle is where people get hurt.If you don't wrench, don't give advice.every body loves shinny sh#@@t..All new riders will do one of three things. Quit, get killed or turn into biker veteran and bitch about the "wannabes",he he he !P.S. i love AIM ,great stuff for a new rider.
It's not a matter if your going to go down, it's when you're going to go down if you ride for any length of time. If you can get back up and throw your leg back over the saddle you are a true diehard. Now i know there are those of you out there who have never gone down and i hope you never do, but the odds are you will at some time or another even if it's just dropping it in a parking lot. Keep the shiny up!
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