My favorite HD riders are the weasels with skinny little arms hanging like strings out of their leather HD-logo'd vest. There should be a law, if your arms aren't 17 inches around, you shouldn't be able to even own a vest, or a wifebeater for that matter. Tattoos don't build triceps.

But the whole 'wave' thing is starting to get old. I gotta wave when I'm in the vette, in the s2000 i gotta wave, in the accord....ok not the accord. I find myself riding and driving, waving like a mental patient in a parade at every f**king vehicle that is even similar to mine. I got crap to do when I am riding/driving. Thanks for listening, I feel better.

 

You must be a poser. Everyone knows real sportbike riders have no chicken strips. Seriously, it doesn't matter how wide the chicken strips are. If you ride a sportbike you're a sportbike rider. And that's a good thing. Although there don't seem to be many that agree. In 435 miles of driving yesterday (in the car, sadly) many, many bikes went by and only two were sport bikes. The rest were Harleys or Harley-wannabes.

 

I saw 50 sport bikes in a pack Saturday afternoon. I was with the wife in my Kia. It was incredible. I wish some of those guys/gals were on this board..

 

"Mr Hardly Ableson"... loved that line.

Have you ever noticed the HD riders or "sport bike haters" tend to be the type of people that wear white hoods and judge everyone for being different. When I say HD riders, I mean the ones that believe the only bike every made are HD.

HD's are alright bikes, but come on... when was one of the big four every owned by a bowling company?

Chicken strips are the un-used rubber strips on the sides of your tires, showing you don't lean over far enough. Another testosterone thing.

Don’t worry about the ones laughing at chicken strips, or the Archie Bunkers riders…. Let em hate and enjoy your ride.

 

+1 totally.

 

Ok so what is an Archie Bunker rider? All these terms.

 

Isn't it truly amazing that there are jerks in every color, race and apparently motorcycle genra. I've met great people on sport bikes, and great people on harley's; I work in Scottsdale AZ and would venture a guess that there are as many rich poser bikers here as there are anywhere. Most are friendly and wave as they pass on their $50,000 piece of American Iron, and then there are the real hardcore bikers, which we have plenty of too. Most are guys that ride there bikes everday, rain or shine, and most of them are pretty nice too. I think the guys that are the true jerks are the ones that a custom bike builder here named paul yaffee refers to as the people he builds ***** extensions for....guys with lots of money, a chip on their shoulder from being picked on when they were kids, and the desire to be the tough guy they are not......I wave at them all, if they wave back, great, if they don't oh well. We all share one thing, we love to ride. As for being cut off by a harley, I personally think I'd have given the guy the finger then toyed with him till he couldn't keep up....but that's just me.

 

I can vouche for that Scottsdale riders post, I used to live in Gilbert/Mesa area, and I've driven by that Custom builder shop and they are mostly mid-life crisis guys. I can honestly say that I hated Arizona because of the ********* that inhabit the valley. But one reason why I like it is because of the extremely hot girl to average guy ratio. Hey have you ever rode up Priest road from Tempe to Scottsdale, the twisties on the way to the subaru dealer? With the stoplight at the top of the hill? I used to ride those but coming around the corner is dangerous, the light comes up quick!

 

I know where your talking about and its a fun ride....so is the ride to tortilla flats...(my personal favorite); Since I posted my last post I have made an effort to wave to all the riders I see; Much to my dismay, only about 1/3 of them returned the acknowledgement....and the majority of those were sport bikers.....maybe the harley/custom riders are all just friendly when they are standing in front of their bikes, or maybe there bikes are to heavy to take one hand off the bar.....what a bunch of losers.....

 

Ahh yes, the Harley Davidson clowns. Some are cool guys, some are pathetic mid-life crisis weekend warriors, some are just plain redneck a-holes. I actually had a HD guy at a bar tell me that I was un-American because I buy "Jap Crap". I told him it's all about finding a bike that fits you. His bike is loud, annoying, slow, high maintenance, and never gets ridden. My bike is quiet, fast, dependable, and gets ridden every day.
I like riding up into packs of them, like right in the middle of them. Then when we stop at lights or something, give them the thumbs up and a big smile and act like your one of them. They REALLY hate that. Then just follow them everywhere they go.