05-04-2015, 12:22 AM
Harley guys are just guys. Like the guys that own other brands. Some are riders, some just own bikes. I have two neighbors that own Harley's, they love owning a Harley and saying they have a Harley, but I ride more in a week than they ride in a year ..seriously. I think one is 6 years old and has 1200 miles on it. It was 4 years before he was ready for his 600 mile service. If the other rides his bike 6 times a year I'd be surprised. That's ok with me, and I don't put them down for it, they are just not "riders". Doesn't matter what brand of motorcycle they would own, they would not ride any more. They are not "Pirates" though cause they don't wear ANY gear when they ride. T shirts and blue jeans. The one rode by the house yesterday to stop and talk and he was wearing shorts and sandals. With an open primary drive. WOW! He does wear a doo rag on occasion (even in his Jeep) but the other doesn't. Nice guys though and always stop me to talk when they see me riding in the neighborhood. Another neighbor has a Honda Valkrie and his riding consists of riding down to a restaurant by the river and back one Sunday a month (50 miles round trip) and eating breakfast as he watches the boats go by. He's not much of a rider either. He just retired maybe he will ride more now, but I doubt it. Yet another neighbor has a 3 cyl Triumph 800. He rides a bunch, and I rode with him once when he had a BMW K 75. He's what someone referred to above as a " Fireman" lol. Head to pinkie toe ADV gear. I think he has Aerostitch and Twisted Throttle on speed dial. We used to have a "Power Ranger" kid on a 600 Honda CBR in the neighborhood, but he finally moved out of his mom and dad's house. Don't know where he went, but I don't see or "hear" him anymore. Pretty high motorcycle density for a neighborhood with 20 houses, with lots of retired people.
This week is great weather in Cinti, 80 degrees and clear all week. Lots of guys out riding. Yesterday I probably saw 75 guys on Harleys, or Harley clones...C90's, Vulcan's, VTX's and the like, and one guy on a Honda sportbike. Not one was wearing a helmet. Not one. The Honda rider had his ball cap on backwards, but that was all the gear he was wearing. I waved at them all, maybe 6 waved back. The Honda rider dipped his head. No biggie. Life is too short and the weather too nice to let it bother me.
I do, in my head, think it's rude that someone doesn't wave back. It's like walking up to someone, saying hello, and they just ignore you and don't say hello back. Some people are like that. Like I said, life's too short and it's too nice out to let it bother me.
Just got a PM from KyHiker1100. he's going to be in the area so we are meeting for lunch down in N Ky in about an hour or so. I'll be the SOTGATT guy on the old looking new UJM, waving at every bike I see. lol.
This week is great weather in Cinti, 80 degrees and clear all week. Lots of guys out riding. Yesterday I probably saw 75 guys on Harleys, or Harley clones...C90's, Vulcan's, VTX's and the like, and one guy on a Honda sportbike. Not one was wearing a helmet. Not one. The Honda rider had his ball cap on backwards, but that was all the gear he was wearing. I waved at them all, maybe 6 waved back. The Honda rider dipped his head. No biggie. Life is too short and the weather too nice to let it bother me.
I do, in my head, think it's rude that someone doesn't wave back. It's like walking up to someone, saying hello, and they just ignore you and don't say hello back. Some people are like that. Like I said, life's too short and it's too nice out to let it bother me.
Just got a PM from KyHiker1100. he's going to be in the area so we are meeting for lunch down in N Ky in about an hour or so. I'll be the SOTGATT guy on the old looking new UJM, waving at every bike I see. lol.
