So what's up with Harley riders sticking there nose up at each other? - Harley Forum

duffman77087 · #1 06-25-2009, 12:10 AM

Well I pulled in to a Valero today to fill up and get me a drink before work and there was a guy across from my pump on a Buell Firebolt or something like that and a guy on the pump right beside mine on a 09 Street Glide. I leaned over to the guy on the Buell and said " Great day to ride hunh?" He flat out ignored me, after he was done he walked up to the Street Glide and said " What kind of bike is that man?" the dude said " Oh this is one of those real Harleys". Then he turned to me and asked where I got my shirt from. I told him Renegades and that I worked there. Then he asked to follow me there and see what all we had there. Well he ended up buying 3 shirts, some gloves, a new DOT helmit, and a set of Rush pipes for his bike. Well it turns out hes a really nice guy that seen what the dude on the Buell did so he just decited to get him back.

83XLX · #2 06-25-2009, 10:26 AM

You'll find jerks on all brands of bikes, but H-D has more than their share. A true motorcyclist will be friendly to anyone on 2 wheels, in my opinion. There should be no caste system. I get crap from time to time about my old Sportster, mostly from people who have decided their bike is "better" for whatever reason. Just smile and ignore 'em.

48panshovel · #3 06-25-2009, 11:34 AM

I bet the jerks would be very friendly if they're sitting along the road with a flat or broken down wanting you to stop and help.

CrossBonesRick · #4 06-25-2009, 01:08 PM

But my bike IS better than yours (because it's mine). :-)

unfknblvbl · #5 06-25-2009, 03:36 PM

I've ran across that quite a bit here in Mississippi, which to me is a little surprising seems how there is that mantra about the south and people being more friendly. Sometimes it may be as simple as some are jealous of what you have as well. I give a "wave" to all bikes, but there are times were I'm in another world when riding and some wave to me and I don't see them. I'm not trying to be a prick, just didn't see 'em.

Then there are times when you run into situations like I did here not long ago. I had to go to a local bar to pick up a friend. There are quite a few people that ride that hang out in there, I was sporting a H-D t-shirt and this big 'ol dude comes up the me and the conversation went like this:

Him: What's your shirt say? Trying to be a wise guy
Me: Harley Davidson
Him: Well it would be nice if you had the bike to go with it!
Me: I have the @#$%*&% bike to go with it!

Him: What did your daddy buy it for you?
Me: (blood pressure through the roof now) Nope, for your information I bought it and paid cash for it on my own with what I saved while in Iraq.
Him: Oh, thanks for serving and it's to bad you don't ride with us.
Me: laughs and says who would want to ride with an @$$hole like you.
Him: Turns around and walks off

Come to find out he just got his first Harley about 3 weeks earlier and the owner of the bar is the one that paid for it.

Like the saying goes- There's at least one in every crowd.

Tbone · #6 06-25-2009, 04:27 PM

Human beans.

tommyglide · #7 06-26-2009, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tbone

Human beans.

Human beans can give you bad gas, man

tat2ed · #8 07-08-2009, 07:52 PM

f!@#kem all. all i care is that your out there enjoying the road and keeping the rubber down and the shiny side up. yeah i get you got a girls bike all the time i just laugh.who really cares.

Joyride · #9 07-08-2009, 11:44 PM

Come to think of it, it's mostly Harley riders who snub their noses, especially on the 'waving' thing. Yeah, I ride a Sporty, but as far as I can remember no one has called my bike a girls bike, at least to my face. But I have seen Big Twinners glancing at my ride with a look of guilty pleasure. Like they're not supposed to like it, but they do.

CrossBonesRick · #10 07-09-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Joyride

Come to think of it, it's mostly Harley riders who snub their noses, especially on the 'waving' thing. Yeah, I ride a Sporty, but as far as I can remember no one has called my bike a girls bike, at least to my face. But I have seen Big Twinners glancing at my ride with a look of guilty pleasure. Like they're not supposed to like it, but they do.

I call bull on that. The times I have waved and gotten a huge dose of attitude is from guys on crotch rockets who refuse to act like they even know you exist. I ride a Cross Bones and a 1996 Sportster and no matter what bike I am on I get waves from fellow Harley riders and even from those on other brands, but guys on race bikes act like they are too good or too bad a$$ed to wave at a fellow biker.

I rode my Sportie for 11 years before buying my softail and I never had issues with other riders much. Yeah, I heard the "girls bike" crap, but I told them I could out run them most of the time with my bike being bone stock.

The one thing I don't like about some sportie riders is that they are generally newbies who just got their first bikes and try to act like they see bikers in the movies act. Posers really can piss you off, until you start to look at them like the jokes they are. I heard all kinds of stories from them about their riding experences but most of them are bull. I've been riding for 40+ years and I've seen plenty, but I know BS when they shovel it at me. lol.

Don't care what you ride as long as you ride safe and enjoy your ride. Don't slam others rides or act like an idiot and you'll get respect from those who've been there. Most people that will dis you are the ones who haven't been on 2 wheels that long and think it is how they should act as part of their "biker" personna. I love how posers always wear the neatly pressed dew rag folded up like aunt jamiama. They stand out like a turd in a swimming pool.