To Harley Or Not To Harley, That Is The Question?

[TSJMajesty]

I’ve had a mild interest in riding for the last couple years. Every time I go on a long drive I get the urge, it just looks like a great way to have a nice, chill ride on a nice day. No interest in a sports bike, but something I could just sit back and enjoy the scenery would probably be fun.

That said, about a month after I got my license I was waiting to take a left turn, get my chance and start pulling forward and as I complete the turn I hear the thud and glass shattering towards the rear of the car; this asshat was testing a bike and gunned it coming down the hill in the opposite direction, the dude wasn’t even visible when I started the turn but because he was hauling ass at about 90 coming down the hill he nailed the back of my parent’s car. Dude flew about 35 feet and got tore up, gets up immediately and starts coming after me as if I did it to him. The cops show up and immediately see the long ass skid mark in the road from him slamming his breaks when he saw my car and knew right away the guy was speeding.

He refused medical attention at the scene then tried suing the insurance company later for head trauma and never got a dime.

There's a lot of riders that don't understand this. If THEY are driving so fast that a person in the car can't even SEE them when they start to make a turn, or they're so far away that at/around the speed limit, you (the car driver) have enough time to execute your turn, and they hit you, THEY'RE at fault!

I've watched videos of guys blasting alongside a line of stopped cars, in a legal lane, and a car pulls in front of them, they go down, then get up and try to act like it was the car's fault. Nuh uh, dumbass. You drive anywhere at a much greater speed than the vehicles in your vicinity, and you're asking for it!

 

[TSJMajesty]

I upgraded my Harley with a power booster and 80 watt speakers, and used to plug in my I-Pod and listen to music inside a bubble of 4 speakers while riding in the mountains. It was glorious!!

But I always turned down my music in town or at stoplights. I just couldn't be "that guy."

 

[Bob Zaod]

F*ck That! I have mosquitoes that can carry away a small child.
Hmmm, maybe rattlers wouldn't be so bad after all...

Really don't like the state I moved to but living in the Desert I see no mosquitos or black flies so that part has been nice compared to living in the Northeast USA.

 

[fretworn]

Really don't like the state I moved to but living in the Desert I see no mosquitos or black flies so that part has been nice compared to living in the Northeast USA.

Except for the spiders, very few annoying insects here in PNW

Prolly ‘cuz all the spiders




Colo. Spgs is also bug free …

 

[TSJMajesty]

Really don't like the state I moved to but living in the Desert I see no mosquitos or black flies so that part has been nice compared to living in the Northeast USA.

I don't know what's worse in my wooded area, the sheepflies or the mosquitoes! Those damn flies buzz around your head, I stop what I'm doing (yard work) to try to kill/shoe them away, and I swear those MOTHERF*CKERS must fly up 20 feet and WAIT for me to go back to what I was doing, then attack again!

And then, I was cutting the tree limbs back from taking over my lane, trying to not let branches land on my arm, and even though I shower right after and check carefully, I found a tiny tick on my neck last night!

 

[Bruce]

I’ve had a mild interest in riding for the last couple years. Every time I go on a long drive I get the urge, it just looks like a great way to have a nice, chill ride on a nice day. No interest in a sports bike, but something I could just sit back and enjoy the scenery would probably be fun.

That said, about a month after I got my license I was waiting to take a left turn, get my chance and start pulling forward and as I complete the turn I hear the thud and glass shattering towards the rear of the car; this asshat was testing a bike and gunned it coming down the hill in the opposite direction, the dude wasn’t even visible when I started the turn but because he was hauling ass at about 90 coming down the hill he nailed the back of my parent’s car. Dude flew about 35 feet and got tore up, gets up immediately and starts coming after me as if I did it to him. The cops show up and immediately see the long ass skid mark in the road from him slamming his breaks when he saw my car and knew right away the guy was speeding.

He refused medical attention at the scene then tried suing the insurance company later for head trauma and never got a dime.

Everyone at my job bought bikes. Like a dozen guys all within 6 months of each other. Within a year or 2 all those bikes were for sale, half of them having hit the ground. One guy was laid up for some time.

It’s a lifestyle. You either love it and go all in or it’s probably not going to be for you. To me, the cons far outweigh the pros.

 

[la szum]

Don't get me wrong; I like the styling of HD, I do. But all these years later, and they still vibrate like a Wh*re with a wooden leg. Or so I've been told (on the latter).

Don Dokken blames riding Harleys for nerve damage that doesn't allow him to play guitar anymore. Said his
Doc told him all that vibration rattled up his hands into his arms and to his neck and spine and fucked him up.

 

[la szum]

Now you’re thinking … Bake in the fact that if you need to scoot… roads are gonna be a mess here once Skynet lets loose…

Spoiler: This or That?

Haha! If that's what is going to go down here then you all can duke it out and have the shit-ass world we have collectively
left behind. I ain't fighting and killing to place my stake and claim a piece of Hell On Earth.

 

[la szum]

I don't know what's worse in my wooded area, the sheepflies or the mosquitoes! Those damn flies buzz around your head, I stop what I'm doing (yard work) to try to kill/shoe them away, and I swear those MOTHERF*CKERS must fly up 20 feet and WAIT for me to go back to what I was doing, then attack again!

And then, I was cutting the tree limbs back from taking over my lane, trying to not let branches land on my arm, and even though I shower right after and check carefully, I found a tiny tick on my neck last night!

We call them Deer Flies here..... probably because they fly around the heads of Deer incessantly like
they do Sheep, and Humans.

I have had them go with me on 10+ mile Mountain Bike rides. Circling, circling, circling. Could see it
in the shadow cast by the Sun at my back. They are persistent little fucks!

 

[paisleywookiee]

Don Dokken blames riding Harleys for nerve damage that doesn't allow him to play guitar anymore. Said his
Doc told him all that vibration rattled up his hands into his arms and to his neck and spine and f****d him up.

I wouldn’t doubt it. I’d be 100% onboard for a cruiser style, I just don’t think that engine design is ideal for H-D, never has been. But they keep it because of tradition. The L-Twin from Ducati is the ideal vibrational equilibrium.

 

[la szum]

Rattling the fillings out of your teeth is part of the charm, no??

 

[la szum]

Looked at a few "used" bikes. Didn't ride any yet. Kind of thinking and leaning towards a Dyna Glide/Road King/Electra-Glide.

I want some Bags and a Fairing. Not sold on a Full Dresser, though.

 

[duzie]

Rattling the fillings out of your teeth is part of the charm, no??

It is for me
This does it as well .

 

[la szum]

+100 points for Whitewalls.

 

[la szum]

 

[la szum]

 

[paisleywookiee]

 

[la szum]

BMW makes a bike that wants to be an Harley. Hmmmmm.......

 

[paisleywookiee]

BMW makes a bike that wants to be an Harley. Hmmmmm.......

I love it. It’s the PRS of cruisers. :)

 

[paisleywookiee]

Whatever you do, man, for crissakes wear proper riding gear. Having a Harley doesn’t mean your head hits the ground any easier. I obviously can’t speak for every state, but the amount of jackass Harley riders in Illinois is extraordinary. They think they’re invincible.