Buy A Harley, CHANGE your lifestyle??
Aren't you guys done with your dick measuring contest yet? I'll admit, it's fun, though! 
#264
06-24-2011, 07:04 PM
Best post on this thread is this one with the pic.
I look at it like this. I didn't do the 50's (wasn't born yet) didn't do the 60's (not even a teenager yet). I did do the mid 70's (dirt bike) 1979 moved to my first Harley. Fell into the whole thing, rock-n-roll, chasing *****, drinking, certain drugs of choice, eventually club stuff, on from there.
I am now 50.. If I was smart. I would have joined the service + college program, retired out, got another civilian career, and had way more money.
I have a lot of great memories, but not a lot of $$$. I have had quite a few bikes though, quite a few good friends, lots of them dead and buried or in prison. so my take on this whole thing.
It's not a either or situation. I'm honest enough to remember that not every old biker dude was your brother, or even a friend. Some of them you wouldn't want to turn your back to ever. Not every patcholder lived up to their word. On the other hand some of the comments on here like, they are fat, stupid, broke, ect, is way off the mark. Lots of em have $$$, own businesses, have quite a few houses, bikes, cars, trucks, they just don't look like they do. Some of the smartest, talented SOB you'd ever meet, live the biker lifestyle because of choice, not stupidity.
I see it as a spectrum. "biker" on one end "weekend warrior" on the other.
There is a lot of room in between those two though. Every story is unique not every one comes into a Harley, or rides a Harley, by the same means.
I'm just glad that so many different people like Harley's, and want to own them. The company makes more $$ and stays in business longer. I like em I ride em. I don't give a damn if anybody else rides theirs more, or less, has spent thousands on HD gear, or has built theirs from a basket case.
Doesn't matter if , like me, are a "used to be club guy", or your still sportin a patch, or your a atgatt, or even a sportbiker, This world would suck if every body was exactly the same. In the end we all die, these toys don't go with us, our money doesn't go with us, our jobs don't go with us, nothing goes with us but us. So in the end, All this yakin about this means nothing including my yacking about this.
I look at it like this. I didn't do the 50's (wasn't born yet) didn't do the 60's (not even a teenager yet). I did do the mid 70's (dirt bike) 1979 moved to my first Harley. Fell into the whole thing, rock-n-roll, chasing *****, drinking, certain drugs of choice, eventually club stuff, on from there.
I am now 50.. If I was smart. I would have joined the service + college program, retired out, got another civilian career, and had way more money.
I have a lot of great memories, but not a lot of $$$. I have had quite a few bikes though, quite a few good friends, lots of them dead and buried or in prison. so my take on this whole thing.
It's not a either or situation. I'm honest enough to remember that not every old biker dude was your brother, or even a friend. Some of them you wouldn't want to turn your back to ever. Not every patcholder lived up to their word. On the other hand some of the comments on here like, they are fat, stupid, broke, ect, is way off the mark. Lots of em have $$$, own businesses, have quite a few houses, bikes, cars, trucks, they just don't look like they do. Some of the smartest, talented SOB you'd ever meet, live the biker lifestyle because of choice, not stupidity.
I see it as a spectrum. "biker" on one end "weekend warrior" on the other.
There is a lot of room in between those two though. Every story is unique not every one comes into a Harley, or rides a Harley, by the same means.
I'm just glad that so many different people like Harley's, and want to own them. The company makes more $$ and stays in business longer. I like em I ride em. I don't give a damn if anybody else rides theirs more, or less, has spent thousands on HD gear, or has built theirs from a basket case.
Doesn't matter if , like me, are a "used to be club guy", or your still sportin a patch, or your a atgatt, or even a sportbiker, This world would suck if every body was exactly the same. In the end we all die, these toys don't go with us, our money doesn't go with us, our jobs don't go with us, nothing goes with us but us. So in the end, All this yakin about this means nothing including my yacking about this.
TTYlater
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Peace
Last edited by Woweh; 06-24-2011 at 07:13 PM. Reason: spelling
#268
06-24-2011, 08:07 PM
got my bike from my afghan tour overseas fools suck it. Thank you Government! only had to drive a Light Armoured Vehicle for 8 months an dodge IED's so yeah you could say I ****in earned my bike.
#269
06-24-2011, 08:25 PM
Road Warrior
As long as you don't infringe on my rights, I give to ***** what someone else does in their pursuit of happiness.
It is human nature to try and categorize people. The reality is most of us won't fit neatly in the biker or poser categories. Everyone needs to worry about themselves and stop judging. If you are worried about someone else tarnishing what your definition of a biker is, you need to get over yourself. No body owns "biker culture". Stop overestimating your importance in world.
It is human nature to try and categorize people. The reality is most of us won't fit neatly in the biker or poser categories. Everyone needs to worry about themselves and stop judging. If you are worried about someone else tarnishing what your definition of a biker is, you need to get over yourself. No body owns "biker culture". Stop overestimating your importance in world.
Last edited by Shaved Ice; 06-24-2011 at 09:29 PM. Reason: typo
