He was trying. I'm sure that the majority of Harley owners like to blat about slowly. That was never my issue unless they hold traffic up, which is when they become as arrogant and as low down the pecking order as caravanners who don't pull over for people...but I digress. My issue with the majoritry of Harley riders is that they buy a Harley becauase they want to be seen as outlaws and the whole pipes thing is a reflection of that.
The entire outlaw culture is as you know, mostly in the minds of people predujiced against motorcycles so what these ignorent twats are doing are actually creating a stereotype which ironically almost didn't exist.
You see a hellova lot more mean dudes on stupidly loud Harleys today than you ever did 20 years ago...And I lived one street away from the South Coast Angels HQ for 5 years in the '90's. Back then, there was the odd 'I'm a friend of the Angels' dickhead on his stolen and matt black Kawasaki 440 Ltd but that was about it.
Now, they are chugging about in packs...
Jon
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maybe that guy was trying but the majority of Sportster riders are happy to
cruise around which is why they buy this type of bike in the first place.
Unlike you I no longer feel that I have to compete with other riders so I
just ride at the speed I feel happiest with at the time and if others want
to roar past me then so be it. Having said that sometimes I am the one doing
the passing.for this reason I can enjoy both my bikes in completely
different ways
Dick
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From: "Jonhaddock@..." <jonhaddock@...>
To: <W650riders@...>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
No, this guy came gunning past on a bend while I was accelerating out of a
thirty limit. I was two up and was taking it easy accordingly. His
exhausts
were loud enough to startle me. I knew he and his mates were behind and so
I
was not only keeping well in front so as not to inconvenience them, but I
had shifted down into fourth to ensure I would be accelerating briskly so
any cruising Harleys would be able to blat away without getting any pesky
Jap bikes in the way of their stately progress. He was trying about as
hard
as he could. I was doing 95 in third, shifting into fourth, and cranked
hard
over when I went past him and the Harley's induction note still drowned
out
the W...He was wide open and trying hard.
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