Harley commercial

Last sentence says it all. I'll take my H-D warts and all over other bikes I have owned or ridden.

That was a difference maker.

Leaps and bounds difference between my 1983 (second year of non AMF) and 2015.

Amen.


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By virtue of people being born there would always be a cycle of new riders...duh.

Well I'm sticking around a while so someone else can wait !


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First off, this isn't directed at anyone here but sometimes I think this motorcycling thing is a lot more complicated than it needs to be. I don't know much about the old guard, I rode an EVO, which automatically placed me squarely in the yuppie movement of the day, some guys were all right but there was a lot of that See no Evo, Hear No Evo, Ride No Evo going around. I rode a FXRS, great bike, loved it but it wasn't cool like a Softail, so the Softail guys wouldn't wave at us and there were a lot more of them than us, the touring guys weren't too bad, they had pretty well figured out what they wanted in a bike. The non Harley crowd really didn't think too much of us and I've hear a ton of Harley jokes over the years. I've got a few good friends that I ride with and that's enough camaraderie for me. I know the talent pool has been watered down over the years and the days of someone pulling over to help another rider are getting rarer and rarer. A few years ago my wife and I were in Montana, riding to Sturgis through a construction zone, no shoulder, dirt all dug up, a bit of a rough ride when one of the legs on the tent trailer that I was pulling dropped down, hooked the ground and just bout tipped the trailer over. I got the bike stopped, got over as far to the right as I could and proceeded to repair the trailer on the roadside. Three different groups of bikes passed us by, not one person stopped, we're out in the middle of nowhere, finally a Montana State trooper comes up on us and I get him to have the traffic give us enough room so I can finish the repair without getting killed. Nice guy that trooper was. Things have changed over the years, heck the world has changed and for the canucks in the crowd, Alberta elected a NDP [read that socialist] Government..there's change. I think AMF's infusion of capital probably kept Harley from going under but their lack of understanding of how a motorcycle company operated and their resulting lack of interest gave us the bikes that turned a lot of folks off of Harleys. I like some of Harley's bikes. I think that the motor company has it's head up its ass in a lot of ways, especially in some warranty claims being refused. The new better heeled crowd that ride bikes has made it somewhat easier for me to get a motel room now so there's a bit of a positive. I don't do the bro thing, I don't have the thousand yard stare, I just get on the bike and ride. I see tons and tons of Twin Cams out there and guys and gals having fun on them..They're pretty good bikes, I like mine, but when I get on the old EVO, there's just that magic when you get on a sweet running older bike. I can't explain it. Some day, I might just try to find a good running shovel to see what the fuss was all about

Yuppism... is not definable entirely by income or class. Rather, it is a late-20th century cultural phenomenon of self-absorbed young professionals, earning good pay, enjoying the cultural attractions of sophisticated urban life and thought, and generally out of touch with, indeed antithetical to, most of the challenges and concerns of a far less well-off and more parochial Middle America. For the yuppie male a well-paying job in tech, law, finance, academia or consulting in a cultural hub, hip fashion, cool appearance, studied poise, elite education, proper recreation and fitness and general proximity to liberal-thinking elites, especially of the more rarefied sort in the arts, are the mark of a real man.

Being a yuppy does not mean you ride an EVO. A yuppy tends to be a shallow,superficial bullshitter who puts on aires and tries to impress not with his ability to be a man of his word, dependable, honest or sincere but rather with his affluence. All about himself and is self absorbed.

They tend to gravitate towards trends to impress. HD became their trend of choice coinciding with the birth of the EVO and still to this day. Hence the assless chaps and fingerless gloved biker hollowen costume that seems to be a must for the typical yuppy.

Another f*cked up trend is buy a HD get a MC patch, even if you have to start one. Last year I never seen so many no name Johnny come lately never heard of MC's. What a goof.

Hey live and let live. I'm just bummed because something that has been a big part of my life has turned to sh*t. I am content being on the outside looking in. I did try to integrate. I tried for 2 years. I can't. The new mentality is too painful,lol.

Gentleman Rider.

And when your wife is with you a gentleman escort rider