04-25-2017, 05:25 AM
Here if you ride a Harley you must be dressed in black and wear a pudding bowl helmet. Your gear must have a least two Harley patches with orange lettering or an eagle. Boots must be clunky and grubby.
Amazing the number of skinny old guys I meet that ride big Harley dressers. The do talk to me because of my gray hair and old school gear: white Bell open face helmet, brown leather jacket, blue jeans, and bike boots. They are not sure what my CB500X is, but it is matt black and has a tall windscreen so they don't make any rice burner remarks.
The rest of the cruisers are younger generations (weekend warriors) on Harley look-a-likes. They also dress in black, but pudding bowl helmets are not mandatory. They don't talk to me or anyone else but their flock, so I am not offended. Hard core Harley owners frown upon them if they are wearing gear with Harley-Davison prominently displayed on it.
The wanna-be-racers are gaily dressed in gaudily coloured head to toe leather, full-faced helmets, lumpy gloves and boots. They don't talk to anyone other than similarly dressed riders with an aftermarket exhaust system on their bike.
The Beemer riders have no color or gear code, although they usually have a BMW patch. Actually they do tend to display a lot of patches of places they probably never been because they spend more of their time in the parking lots than any of the other bikers. They also don't talk to anyone except their fellow bikers, and always stand in a circle around their bikes like musk oxen protecting their young from predators.
Amazing the number of skinny old guys I meet that ride big Harley dressers. The do talk to me because of my gray hair and old school gear: white Bell open face helmet, brown leather jacket, blue jeans, and bike boots. They are not sure what my CB500X is, but it is matt black and has a tall windscreen so they don't make any rice burner remarks.
The rest of the cruisers are younger generations (weekend warriors) on Harley look-a-likes. They also dress in black, but pudding bowl helmets are not mandatory. They don't talk to me or anyone else but their flock, so I am not offended. Hard core Harley owners frown upon them if they are wearing gear with Harley-Davison prominently displayed on it.
The wanna-be-racers are gaily dressed in gaudily coloured head to toe leather, full-faced helmets, lumpy gloves and boots. They don't talk to anyone other than similarly dressed riders with an aftermarket exhaust system on their bike.
The Beemer riders have no color or gear code, although they usually have a BMW patch. Actually they do tend to display a lot of patches of places they probably never been because they spend more of their time in the parking lots than any of the other bikers. They also don't talk to anyone except their fellow bikers, and always stand in a circle around their bikes like musk oxen protecting their young from predators.