These folks that spends multiple thousands on gaudy bikes remind me of the folks who buy the so-called off-road SUVs with the brush guards, snorkels, and other assorted garbage that will never fend off anything more than small cars in mall parking lots. Most around here appear to be detailed frequently. There's no logic to be found. More money than sense. Bill S.
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:58 PM, <mike21...@aol.com> wrote: > > I know exactly what you mean, an engineer from our Richmond office came > by a few weeks ago, and commented about my "scooter". I asked him the same > question I ask a lot of HD riders. "Where's Yours?". It's sad really, a lot > of them spend from $12,000 - $30,000 for a bike that they don't want to get > dirty or wet. then have a picture of it on their desk to show off because > they will never ride it to town... I love to ride, I missed 20 years of > motorcycling, now I'm not missing a single nice riding day if I can help > it. I might buy a nicer bike or as some call it a show bike, but I won't > buy something just to park it in my garage to collect dust, I think it's > rather wasteful. One of the other guys at work commented that he was > looking at a Harley when he got out of the Navy, but that he had kids > instead. Yeah well, I have kids too, they rather like seeing me on my bike, > they like to go for rides too. I don't quite understand that whole, can't > have a bike and kids thing, but I guess that's me. I'm more of a you > shouldn't have wife, kids and a girlfriend kinda guy, but there a lot of > reasons for that... LOL > > P.S. Perhaps you should ask them where their bike is, and if its in the > shop again? > Hey you know the difference between a Harley and a Hoover? > The position of the dirtbag... > ha ha ha, sorry had to do it, no offense I hope, its an oldie anyway I'm > sure most of you have heard it already.. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Erickson <rafon...@gmail.com> > To: nighthawk_lovers <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:32 pm > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sick and tired! > > Sorry in advance but I need to vent and hope you guys will understand! > I'm sick and tired of all of the Harley Davidson owners that think and act > like they are better than the people who own and ride Metric bikes. I > have two guys here at work that are relentless at being jerks. They have > gone as far as to tell me I can't park my bike (650 nighthawk or my 1800 > vtx) at work because this is an american plant and they don't want any > "junk" in the lot. Let me tell you, my VTX will blow their Harleys away > any day. > Sorry, I just had to vent. Thanks for allowing me the forum to do it. > Mike > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
