Biggest difrence between Bikers of the 70's and these "Bikers" we got now..
#881
01-12-2013, 10:39 AM
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White tennis shoes.
No offense to those who wax nostalgic about the old days being better (I guess I'm one), but to the new guys just into it, these are the good old days as they say. I think that basically relates to the fun of "newness" and the enthusiasm that you bring into anything new - including being a "biker"- whatever that means. So you can say "better", "worse", or somewhere in between, but it is what you make of it, and hindsight will likely make it seem better than it really was.
No offense to those who wax nostalgic about the old days being better (I guess I'm one), but to the new guys just into it, these are the good old days as they say. I think that basically relates to the fun of "newness" and the enthusiasm that you bring into anything new - including being a "biker"- whatever that means. So you can say "better", "worse", or somewhere in between, but it is what you make of it, and hindsight will likely make it seem better than it really was.
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01-12-2013, 10:59 AM
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#883
01-12-2013, 11:10 AM
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Whats old will never be new. What was in the past will never be again. Live in today and not the past. Its easy to look onto the past with fondness yet while in the past there was both good and bad.
#884
01-12-2013, 11:19 AM
There is a legend in my area that, back in the mid 70s, a local 1% club picked up a chick hitch hiking and took her to a party they were having way out in the boondocks.
According to the legend, they all gang banged her, then bar-b-qued her and ate her in a satanic ritual. Ah, yes, good times indeed.
According to the legend, they all gang banged her, then bar-b-qued her and ate her in a satanic ritual. Ah, yes, good times indeed.
#885
01-12-2013, 11:39 AM
I rode a yamaha In the seventies but had trouble with the wiring harness. Got a 200 Kawasaki with two plugs in case one fouled out. But now I have an 06' superglide, so far so good. Then it was to me, get on a bike & go. Now it's take a riding class, do your systematic maintenance & then ride.
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01-12-2013, 08:30 PM
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01-14-2013, 06:28 AM
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There is a legend in my area that, back in the mid 70s, a local 1% club picked up a chick hitch hiking and took her to a party they were having way out in the boondocks.
According to the legend, they all gang banged her, then bar-b-qued her and ate her in a satanic ritual. Ah, yes, good times indeed.
According to the legend, they all gang banged her, then bar-b-qued her and ate her in a satanic ritual. Ah, yes, good times indeed.
Well if its actual bikers we're talking bout I'd say other than 10-30 years in age, longer beards, windshields/fairings, more cargo space, cruise control, more patches and MILES.. Not a damn thing! Oh and sportsters are now reffered to as "chick bikes" and jap crap is no longer crap, just jap/rice (depending who you ask)
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01-14-2013, 11:35 AM
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Difference? No real difference in the bikers. There are alot of people who own motorcycles and enjoy riding and don't consider themselves bikers. You can't lump a large group of people into one persona and pose a question like that. Bikers are bikers and will always be bikers. It is a way of life they want and accept what it entails to be one. On the other hand there are tons of people who love to ride and it's all good for everyone no matter what they are and do.