We havnt had a good old H.D bash session for ages,
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c'mon, put yours up, all the cool kids are doing it,,,
HUB BUB BUB BUB......BAAAAGH....BAAAAGH...BUB...BUB....BAAAGH....BAAAGH...BUB...HUB
Keep the ride distance short. Recommended 8-10 miles.
Yeh...any further and its likely to break down.......or the customer is just going to get off it and leave it on the side of the road..... :biggrin:
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Quote from: Klavdy on October 26, 2010, 09:39:55 PM
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c'mon, put yours up, all the cool kids are doing it,,,
H.D. rider at coffee shop in Ventura, "Nice bike." "What is that?" Yamaha.
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H.D. rider at a gas station in San Luis Obispo "Nice bike." "Is that an Indian?" No, it's a Yamaha.
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Quote from: Harvy on October 26, 2010, 10:07:10 PM
Keep the ride distance short. Recommended 8-10 miles.
Yeh...any further and its likely to break down.......or the customer is just going to get off it and leave it on the side of the road..... :biggrin:
Yeah, 9 out of 10 Harleys are still on the road, the other 1 actually made it home.
Want some Harley bashing, check out this site:
http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/main.htm (http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/main.htm)
CraigO
90FJ1200
Quote from: craigo on October 27, 2010, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: Harvy on October 26, 2010, 10:07:10 PM
Keep the ride distance short. Recommended 8-10 miles.
Yeh...any further and its likely to break down.......or the customer is just going to get off it and leave it on the side of the road..... :biggrin:
Yeah, 9 out of 10 Harleys are still on the road, the other 1 actually made it home.
Want some Harley bashing, check out this site:
http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/main.htm (http://www.goingfaster.com/angst/main.htm)
CraigO
90FJ1200
That is one awesome link, CraigO!
Thanks,
Leon
Than god they don't make a fast reliable bike.I'd have to find an other way to make a living.
new H D computer..
Harley Davidson Computers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpa0kE86MA#ws)
And this
Honest Harley Davidson Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzlN2zC8PU#ws)
Quote from: DailyDriver on October 27, 2010, 09:27:26 AM
Quote from: Klavdy on October 26, 2010, 09:39:55 PM
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c'mon, put yours up, all the cool kids are doing it,,,
H.D. rider at coffee shop in Ventura, "Nice bike." "What is that?" Yamaha.
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/ThumbusterMoto/Stratoliner008.jpg)
H.D. rider at a gas station in San Luis Obispo "Nice bike." "Is that an Indian?" No, it's a Yamaha.
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/ThumbusterMoto/Stratoliner011.jpg)
Mate, that's a sweet cruiser, it's the Roadliner?
I'd ride that one.
Hmmm, yeah, why not.
Quote from: Klavdy on October 28, 2010, 05:36:25 AM
Mate, that's a sweet cruiser, it's the Roadliner?
I'd ride that one.
Hmmm, yeah, why not.
Yeah, but here's the question; would you 'ride that one' if that exact same bike had the words "Haley Davidson" on the side?
Quote from: Klavdy on October 28, 2010, 05:36:25 AMMate, that's a sweet cruiser, it's the Roadliner?
I'd ride that one.
Hmmm, yeah, why not.
Thanks. It's a Stratoliner. Same as Roadliner.
There are a lot of metric cruisers out there that are pleasing to the eye that are affordable and don't all look the same. Harleys on the other hand look pretty much alike. Afterall, how diverse can you get by building all of your models around the same basic engine?
on the other hand....we could all make some money....buying stock in Lock-tite :good:
Quote from: turbocamino on October 28, 2010, 04:37:44 PM
on the other hand....we could all make some money....buying stock in Lock-tite :good:
You'd have to get approval to put the Harley-Davidson logo on it. Otherwise they wouldn't buy it. But then you could raise the price 300% and pocket all the profits.
the Harley bashing threads always get the most attention
(popcorn)
Quote from: Dan Filetti on October 28, 2010, 08:21:37 AM
Quote from: Klavdy on October 28, 2010, 05:36:25 AM
Mate, that's a sweet cruiser, it's the Roadliner?
I'd ride that one.
Hmmm, yeah, why not.
Yeah, but here's the question; would you 'ride that one' if that exact same bike had the words "Haley Davidson" on the side?
Yeah, course I would.
It's not so much the bikes,(H.D) it's the attitude of some of their riders that is funny.
Given the right setting and frame of mind,you can have enormous fun on a cruiser.
The attitude and the insane prices for those things.
I stopped in a the HD dealer in Daytona with my 5 yr old son for shits and giggles and on the way out there was trike by the front door. As i was looking at incredible money profiting machine the salesman came over and started talking to me about the bike. Being polite for my son's sake I commented on how nice the trike was. The sales guy said this is the top of the line, bestest motorcycle in the whole USA. I asked how much it was and he said $54,000. Now, I own a goldwing as well as several other bikes (none of which are Amrican made) and the big thing is to make a full dresser into a trike as the new older guy trend. The most expensive trike conversion, complete with electronic independant suspesion from what I have been told(check me if I'm wrong) is around$6-$7k. Considering the top of the line Goldwing with every option is around $33k or so it seems that that a POS Electra Glide or whatever the hell the base bike is with an automotive solid axle rear trike conversion for $54K is a bit much.
BUT, I give it to HD INC for getting people to buy it...... :good2:
I'm amazed that people actually do buy these things. Its their money.
However, unless I'm wrong (possible) all the Honda Goldwings are made in Marysville Ohio. I think since the 1200's.
Cheers,
Arnie
Quote from: Mell00 on October 28, 2010, 08:24:56 PM
The attitude and the insane prices for those things.
I stopped in a the HD dealer in Daytona with my 5 yr old son for shits and giggles and on the way out there was trike by the front door. As i was looking at incredible money profiting machine the salesman came over and started talking to me about the bike. Being polite for my son's sake I commented on how nice the trike was. The sales guy said this is the top of the line, bestest motorcycle in the whole USA. I asked how much it was and he said $54,000. Now, I own a goldwing as well as several other bikes (none of which are Amrican made) and the big thing is to make a full dresser into a trike as the new older guy trend. The most expensive trike conversion, complete with electronic independant suspesion from what I have been told(check me if I'm wrong) is around$6-$7k. Considering the top of the line Goldwing with every option is around $33k or so it seems that that a POS Electra Glide or whatever the hell the base bike is with an automotive solid axle rear trike conversion for $54K is a bit much.
BUT, I give it to HD INC for getting people to buy it...... :good2:
Well, that's good to know, I stand corrected! I am liking my 85LTD even more.
HD operates on the same principles the American Auto makers recently used to operate on. Over priced, underbuilt, profit centers not interested in the well being of the American consumer.
Now don't get me wrong, I would buy American (HD) if the darn things wore worth buying.
American my ass, H.D. is pretty much all Japanese components now!
Yep, engine/trans and frame are made in America, most of the rest is Japanese..... :nea:
Quote from: Mell00 on October 28, 2010, 08:24:56 PM
The attitude and the insane prices for those things.
I stopped in a the HD dealer in Daytona with my 5 yr old son for shits and giggles and on the way out there was trike by the front door. As i was looking at incredible money profiting machine the salesman came over and started talking to me about the bike. Being polite for my son's sake I commented on how nice the trike was. The sales guy said this is the top of the line, bestest motorcycle in the whole USA. I asked how much it was and he said $54,000. Now, I own a goldwing as well as several other bikes (none of which are Amrican made) and the big thing is to make a full dresser into a trike as the new older guy trend. The most expensive trike conversion, complete with electronic independant suspesion from what I have been told(check me if I'm wrong) is around$6-$7k. Considering the top of the line Goldwing with every option is around $33k or so it seems that that a POS Electra Glide or whatever the hell the base bike is with an automotive solid axle rear trike conversion for $54K is a bit much.
BUT, I give it to HD INC for getting people to buy it...... :good2:
The Bruce Rossmeyer Harley dealerships around Daytona have a reputation of ridiculous mark ups on all motorcycles that they sell. But $20,000 in markup (and/or needless accessories) is crazy. The price tag must have had a line that said stupidity charge (or excessive chrome charge).
Yea, I can believe that. They claim to be the bigest HD dealer in the country. It is quite an impresive place for sure. A good place to take the 5 yr old who is ate up with motorcyles. That and the burger stand next door is pretty good.
But still, $54,000??? Really???
Quote from: RichBaker on October 29, 2010, 07:44:48 PM
Yep, engine/trans and frame are made in America, most of the rest is Japanese..... :nea:
And I believe the wheels are made in Australia.
Harvy
http://www.wilkinsharley.com/custompage.asp?pg=washout (http://www.wilkinsharley.com/custompage.asp?pg=washout)
I was a little worried it would be an FJ... whew. Although, it does look exactly like my Maxim I sold last fall. If they really wanted to make some money they should put a Harley on the ice and ransom it to the highest bidder.
Harley Davidson Computers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpa0kE86MA#ws)
Quote from: Klavdy on October 26, 2010, 09:39:55 PM
We havnt had a good old H.D bash session for ages,
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Another satisfied customer.
Bad Boy Brad Gets A New Bike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4#)
For some reason, it's just really sad to see someone that clueless.
DavidR.
LMAO......head butts just happen ! :good2:
KOokaloo happens on a FJ ! WORD!
Brad is funny.
Is that a Sportster he bought?
Isn't that the pussy-woman model HD sells for posers to feel bad-assed on?
"5000 pound bike that can't do wheelies because it's NOT a street bike!"
ah...OK Brad, whatever you say dude!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: DailyDriver on December 11, 2010, 12:14:59 PM
Quote from: Klavdy on October 26, 2010, 09:39:55 PM
We havnt had a good old H.D bash session for ages,
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Another satisfied customer.
Bad Boy Brad Gets A New Bike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4#)
Man I just pissed my pants from laghing so hard. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Mark's wife here....
All I have to say about that is..."Ya know how I know your gay?". rotflmao :rofl2:
....lmao...not a street bike.... (popcorn) ya o.k buddy...whatever you say doooouuud.
Thank God for FJ riders...the real men on the savage roads for those who ride 'real' motorcycles!
~P.
P.S. Mark was laughing so hard I hijacked his post.
pmsl :good2: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: has anyone posted that on a HD site? realllly enjoyed the HD computer. had frothhy coffee everytwhere....but that bloke, cmon fellas, he surely cannot look at himself in the mirror.... i got bad tatse but I KNOW i got bad tatse .... chuckles
At the dealership where I work, I run my impact wrench without the exhaust baffle
AND IT'S LOUD.
Some of the guys whine that it's too loud.
I tell them it's just the same reason Harleys are so excessively loud and serve no usefull purpose!
I JUST WANNA BE LOUD! LOL!
Leon- Living the Harley dream!
I live in western north carolina and during the summer it takes no time to run up on a group of these slow ass road hogging HD ridders.They have already ruined the dragon.You have to get out there in the mornings to have fun.By lunch time they are all over the place.They are not designed for curvey roads.What a no fun piece of shit.
BAMA
I think in the spring I'll have to go to the Harley dealer on an undercover mission and make up my own mind. I've never ridden one so I can't judge the riding experience. I wonder if I can keep a straight face if they start to lay on the sales pitch!
Quote from: carsick on December 17, 2010, 10:29:32 AM
I think in the spring I'll have to go to the Harley dealer on an undercover mission and make up my own mind. I've never ridden one so I can't judge the riding experience. I wonder if I can keep a straight face if they start to lay on the sales pitch!
I rode a brand new Standard soft tail, and I wasn't impressed!
Your results may vary.
Leon
The XR1200R looks like fun, as long as you get the V&H kit, too.....
" I've never ridden one so I can't judge the riding experience. I wonder if I can keep a straight face if they start to lay on the sales pitch! "
Its kinda like driving a two wheeled bread truck. Imagine it that way...Enjoy
Eric M
Quote from: Yamifj1200 on December 17, 2010, 04:48:51 PM
Its kinda like driving a two wheeled bread truck. Imagine it that way...Enjoy
Eric M
That nicely describes my two riding experiences on Harleys. When I twist the throttle I expect something more than noise to happen. Oh, that's right, it's not a throttle - it's a volume control. A motorcycle with a 5000 rpm red line? Seriously?
" That nicely describes my two riding experiences on Harleys."
I have ridden several of them (harley's) over the years. I have always been surprised how many owners who are willing to let others ride their bike to sample the cool aid. Some were better than others but not one of them ever made me want to go buy one. I just dont like heavy, slow, loud bikes with bad brakes. JMO
Eric M
Hyperformance 222" Street Pro Motor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ciCdrEWYE#)
This one will probably never see the showroom floor.I can't/won't dispute was has been written so far.But we deal with a wide range of "harley" riders.But we do get to work on some pretty wild bikes owned by some pretty nice people.Even I have to admit there is something wild about riding something with over 100#/ft of torque just off idle. The engine in the video makes around 275hp / 300#ft.Randy (in the video) is one off the pioneers in big inch Harleys.He is great to talk with and has some very colorful stories.Not really the classic harley rider.
Wow Glenn, that is WAY beyond the average custom! Any of your work on those heads? ( Did YOU leave off the cooling fins?) That is really amazing, I can't even comprehend the machine work to build a motor from scratch. 2-1/2" Intake valves? Where are those from? When I heard 5-5/16" bore all I could imagine was coffee cans in there for pistons. Bet that shakes the ground some. I wanted to hear it run, but I guess you have to be Mr. Mario for that. I'm thinking that cost more than my house.
So is that 275HP without nitrous? At 3.6L that's 75HP per liter. The archaic mass produced FJ makes 44% more at 108 HP per liter. I think the new 600's are at about 200 HP per L. I know that's petty of me, I actually do like big shiny loud things, but I was really hoping for all that custom work it would make some horrifying power.
Do remember to go by air cooled to air cooled though. Watercooled motors get by with a lot, lot more compression than the old dogs can.
Looked it up, and the best naturally aspirated HD/style motor I could find was 180hp at 139ci (79hp/L), for just under $18k. But when you talk power adders, I found a supposedly street-usable 350hp 139ci (153hp/L) for $23k or so. For that money, I could easily buy a turbo busa in the 400hp range for street use.... Lotta money to make the old shit work better!
Of course, for a lot, lot more money... puma cases and a heavily worked everything else can get you comfortably over 1000hp in an FJ-based powerplant. Not really a streetable combination, of course :)
The engine/tranny set up in the video was about $83,000 delivered.I think that makes the shipping insurance more than I have in my whole FJ project.The valves are titanium made by DelWest.The pistons start life as custom diesel forgings.The heads were originally designed as a race only modular starting point.Basically a set of ports with valves and rockers.The customer welds on a ring containing the combustion chamber and head bolt threads.I did the port finishing and valve job on these heads.We did a run of ten set a few years ago and I think we still have four sets left.These big motors are extremely inefficient.Here is some more background on Randy's customer.he is truly into exotic projects.
http://www.wandeegroup.com/engine.html (http://www.wandeegroup.com/engine.html)
The engines we build on a daily basis go up to 155" which make around 160hp/170torque.these are very civilized.They idle nicely,don't get hot in traffic and have incredible throttle response right from idle.They have a 4.600 bore/4.625" stroke,2.150"/1.725" stainless steel valves.They sell for around $13k depending on finish for the engine only.We build a lot of 131" engines that will fit in a stock Harley chassis that make about 145/145 and sell for around $12k.
http://www.wandeegroup.com/engine.html (http://www.wandeegroup.com/engine.html)
What a nut! Where does truth stop and fiction begin?
have some chain lube on your leg
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Took a harley for a test ride back in the 80's got off and told the sales rep what were your engineers thinking when they built this thing.Went down to the local yammy dealer test rode the then new 86 fj1200 and bought her on the spot, that pretty well sums up my harley experience :bad:
If this doesn't convince you, nothing will.
C-DAT - Official Music Video: Harley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5a0LIspQuk#ws)
:biggrin:
Quote from: Travis398 on December 18, 2010, 12:16:13 PM
have some chain lube on your leg
The chain lube is a salve for the pipe burns. Think they make a Corbin for that? Or is it not necessary for photo shoots?
There's so much... It's just... I give up. That Cobra was worth having to watch (and listen, don't forget the audio!) all the rest. My brain is scarred now.
i just dont get it. :nea: kinda like jehovahs coming to your door.... practice what you want just dont sell it to me cos your wasting my time..... sighs.... time for a cuppa and a rest my brain hurts....
So if someone here does a Rap video it will give us all some street credit??? I don't think so Tim... I must be disconnected from the real world..
Eric M
but we need a (c)rap video dont we? and tough stickers and dead cow with frilly bits? oooh oooh oooh i know lets form an outlaw fj club.... hang out in bars and chase loose women.... and wonder how to spell performance and teknooolugy
Quote from: Kopfjaeger on December 19, 2010, 06:40:54 PM
hang out in bars and chase loose women....
Come now, not even married yet and pining for the old days already?
chuckles....... nahhhh....
Hmmmm.
You haven't been to a Rally,,,
no not yet klavdy....seems the ozzie rally died in tha bum before it got motivated...... :morning1:
Quote from: Kopfjaeger on December 20, 2010, 11:05:47 PM
no not yet klavdy....seems the ozzie rally died in tha bum before it got motivated...... :morning1:
Well, organise one.
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WHAT IN THE WORLD???
I found this on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Harley-Davidson-Russian-Comunist-Hammer-Sickle-Hat-/290503679682?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a35e5ec2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Harley-Davidson-Russian-Comunist-Hammer-Sickle-Hat-/290503679682?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a35e5ec2)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/14/!B9yF2D!EGk~$(KGrHqEOKo4Ey+jCy+DNBM6wnmfnR!~~_3.JPG)
Motor sickles. This is for when you're tired of flying the Confederate flag like everybody else, and want to be different. Except for having the Harley, that is.
Please don't take this the wrong way guys, I'm not bashing America or Americans but what I can't understand is how a nation that has set standards for half a century and developed some of the most technically brilliant machines; such as the space shuttle etc, can get such a bad reputation overseas for what I'm afraid can only be described as woeful engineering and terrible handling. Chrysler and Harley Davidson should be the best made, best handling machines on earth, but they are actually the worst. I could understand Aussie cars and engineering being "agricultural" as we only dig up our country and sell it overseas, then buy back products. But America has the know how and resources to build truly fantastic bikes and cars. Why is it that HD is the only manufacturer? Little Japan has Four big producers in Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and of course the best of the lot, Yamaha.
Just wondering what went wrong. Shame really.
Oh hey I just worked this out!
We can all have the best of both worlds...for free!
That's right, we can all have both a reliable, powerful, good handling, great looking bike....and a Harley Davidson, all in the same bike.
Reading through these posts and reading all the reviews I have determined that the same characteristics of a Harley can indeed be had in at least early model Fj1100 and 1200's.
All we need to do is to temporarily disconnect the mufflers (one allen key and one 14mm spanner and 5 mins) and then rip off the number two spark plug lead and pull on the choke. Oh and remove the seat too.
If you are lucky the bike will actually keep running, albeit not well, on the three remaining cylinders.
Then you can have a bike which is:
A) Really Loud and thumpy
B)Really slow and unresponsive
C) likely to stop running very quickly
D) really uncomfortable to ride
All that and when you have finally had enough, just put the HT lead, Pipes and seat back on and you get a real bike again.
Brilliant hey!
Harley Davidson Computers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpa0kE86MA#ws)
ahhh I noticed you haven't read the whole thread bill.
Aaahhh, yep, you're right. Oh well.
He paid $20,000 + in 2002 for a Harley?
I paid $2000 for my second hand 1988 FJ and it's still going strong.
http://www1.epinions.com/review/2002_Harley_Davidson_FLSTF_FLSTFI_Fat_Boy/content_188337524356 (http://www1.epinions.com/review/2002_Harley_Davidson_FLSTF_FLSTFI_Fat_Boy/content_188337524356)
Quote from: richardphillips6208 on January 22, 2011, 11:31:18 PM
He paid $20,000 + in 2002 for a Harley?
I paid $2000 for my second hand 1988 FJ and it's still going strong.
http://www1.epinions.com/review/2002_Harley_Davidson_FLSTF_FLSTFI_Fat_Boy/content_188337524356 (http://www1.epinions.com/review/2002_Harley_Davidson_FLSTF_FLSTFI_Fat_Boy/content_188337524356)
From the link- "I've seen who builds these bikes at the factory, and let me tell you, they don't look very educated." Apparently smart enough to get this wannabe to give them $20K. And now he wants a Beemer...
Haven't checked in for a while but it's so jolly refreshing to see this sort of thread still going on with all the wit and tolerance usually displayed by the fine members of this group! :rofl:
Some of you may remember this from the old Yahoo group.....
The bloody electricity went off soon after I arrived at work today
so with little else to do and while my laptop battery lived I
decided to start writing my memoirs beginning with yesterday
afternoon's FJ ride...
As the sun hung low in the sky behind me casting long shadows along
the road ahead, I kept my trusty FJ at just on the speed limit, a
paltry 50 kilometres and hour. The traffic was light for a Sunday
afternoon. A respecatble distance behind me, a maroon Holden sedan
kept pace. Unusual I thought to myself. Normally, Holden drivers
like to be out in front, emulating their hero, Aussie beater, Greg
Murphy. I scanned carefully in my mirror. Nothing was passing the
big sedan with its single occupant and discrete red and blue lights
behind the grill. Just as I suspected, a plain clothes patrol car.
As I took another quick glance back, I noticed a single headlight in
the distance flicking back and forth from lane to lane between the
cars. It quickly caught up with us and the cacophony of a short
piped Highly Dangerousone slammed through my helmet. I could clearly
see the chrome plated scaffold tubes used to connect a huge
aluminium tractor wheel to its insignificant headlight. It raced
ahead in the right hand lane just managing to pull up at the lights.
I rolled to a stop beside it in the left lane as the maroon sedan
swapped lanes and pulled up behind it. The Highly Dangerous-one
Fatbum in all its chrome plated bling bling glory danced
frenetically next to me.
"Must do my biker's duty," I told myself and warn this unsuspecting
rider. I flipped up my visor and called across, " You know that's a
cop behind you don't you?" I said nodding back over my shoulder. The
biker continued to blip his throttle going from the typical uneven
potato, potato, potato to a raucous thunder. In time to its own beat
the bike jiggled and shook fiercely. The biker gave my trusty steed
a scornful look and sneered, "Huh?" he muttered. I gave him the once
over. "Typical HD wanker," I thought. Big black bad-boy boots with
chrome buckles and pretend spurs. Tight shiny leather jeans. An HD
tee-shirt with open leather vest complete with studs. A WWII german
helmet in matt black adorned the two-days-away-from-the-office
stubble face, eyes hidden by menacing black wrap arounds. "Weird get-
up for a 15 degrees bike ride," I thought. His flabby bare arms
waggling in time to the bike's beat were an interesting shade of
purple and heavily goose-bumped. A crisp new looking HD tattoo on
his upper arm called out, "I'm a weekend wanker." Obviously a
temporary sticker. My eye was drawn to the gargoyle perched on the
back leaning against the shiny chrome sissy bar. High-heeled black
boots, black fishnets and a leather mini-skirt. A tight red leather
jacket and shiny black pudding basin helmet with matching black wrap-
arounds. She too was sneering at me.
"Oh well, try again," I mumbed to myself. I called across again but
was drowned out by yet more throttle jerking. This time I
yelled, "If you stop revving that heap of shit you might be able to
hear!" The result was obviously heard as he gave the bike another
big long rev and yelled,"F..k you dick-head!" at me then frowned and
looked straight ahead. The gargoyle's mouth puckered like a dog's
bottom. I revved my bike in encouragement. "At least I tried," I
thought as the lights went green and I slipped my clutch and flicked
the throttle open. Instant 50 Kmh, so I eased off. As I crossed the
far side of the intersection my vision was suddenly blurred by a
tremendous shock wave as the Fatbum caught up and roared past, the
gargoyle waving me a one fingered salute. The maroon sedan followed
quietly behind, its tuned V6 making little more than a burble. I
watched as the HD continued full throttle. I'd heard it hit 3rd,
then 4th. "At least 100Kmh by now," I thought. The lights in the
rear window of the sedan began to blink red and blue. Then the siren
wailed. Still the HD roared on oblivious as it approached the next
lights, now turning amber, then red. Unbelievably the HD went
through, the maroon sedan gaining on it.
I pulled up at the lights and watched as they disappeared around a
slight bend in the road. "Can't say I didn't try to tell him," I
muttered inside my helmet. The green phase was a long time coming
and I thought I would miss the outcome but there at the end of the
long straight stretch almost a kilometre away I could see the lights
of the patrol car stopped at an angle on the side of the road, the
weekend bad-boy standing beside his bike. As a drew near I could see
this was going to be a good outcome so I slowed and gave a cheery
wave as I passed them. The uniformed officer just getting out of his
car gave me a cheery wave back. I heard the Bad-boy yell and the
shriek of his gargoyle, "You f..king a..hole! F..k you!" "No!" my
uncouth friend I called back quietly, "It is you who is f..ked."
As I rode on, I thought again and offered a prayer to the God of
bikers. "Thank you for giving me a bike that doesn't have fuzzy
vibrating mirrors. Thank you for allowing me to see the truth about
the car behind me but above all thank you for some great afternoon
entertainment. And yes God, I am sorry I encouraged him to break the
law but I did try to warn him."
I gunned the FJ and chased my shadow east towards home and added the
costs of the afternoon. Half a tank of gas, $16. A coffee, $3. For
the Bad-boy biker, instant disqualification, confiscation of his
bike and a hefty $800 fine at least, without taking into account the
running of a red light and failing to stop for an officer of the
law. But best of all, to quote the Mastercard ads, the look on his
face.......Priceless!
Ned (an excerpt from his "Memoirs of a Sunday Drive - June11, 2006")
I remember it as though it were only yesterday!
nice one ned. :good2:
Ned, thanks for thebit of priceless prose. I too remember that post, as if I were there myself. I have shared that with many a friend, and it is always enjoyed. :hi:
Good work & good writing!
Very pleasing tale Ned!
Cheers!
Leon
A great tale Ned. :good2:
Always a reminder that people are the same all over the world.
I have the privilege of living on a street filled with H.D. riders who constantly are riding up and down the street.
It is very entertaining to watch them stall their bikes at the stop sign. however the noise is annoying , with the backfires and oil slick that is forming at the stop.
My wife will actually point her finger at them and laugh and this has caused one or two to fall over in the intersection. :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:
Nicely writen :yahoo:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7xlwwi941qzvl4eo1_500.jpg)
Bwahahahaha!
Excellent E Bay fail. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Harley-Davison-Alpaca-Silver-Gold-Eagle-Belt-Buckle-/370464133201?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5641621051)
Bet Bubba doesn't even notice.
Klavdy......did you read the Ayn Rand quote at the bottom of that auction?
Harvy
Quote from: Klavdy on March 01, 2011, 07:18:20 PM
Bwahahahaha!
Excellent E Bay fail. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Harley-Davison-Alpaca-Silver-Gold-Eagle-Belt-Buckle-/370464133201?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5641621051)
Bet Bubba doesn't even notice.
Klavdy, are you trying to point out the misspelling of "Davidson"? If so, the seller not only noticed, he commented on it:
Here is a wonderful, large belt buckle, probably made in Mexico out of Alpaca Silver and gold accents. This wonderful silver buckle has a gadrooned edge, a lovely detailed etched background with three applied stars, an eagle, and "Harley Davison" in western-style lettering. Davison, a common misspelling if they were trying to refer to the motorcycle company, but kind of charming in its error. It is marked "ALPACA" on the back. A wonderful treasure you NEED to commandeer for yourself or your loved one!
Of course it was noticed, that's why it was posted.
It's pretty cool, eh?
Bet Bubba would get one and not even notice.
Harv, the "Atlas Shrugged" quote, yeah, it's a good 'un.
Difficult tome to wade through though.
Some of the Bubba I've known would even argue that that is the correct spelling; everybody else has been getting it wrong.
Thick headed sons-of-bitches, them...
A perfect encapsulation.
Quote:
"Two Sundays ago, I was riding with a few members of the Dallas H.O.G. group to the motorcycle show downtown on I-30 after leaving the Garland shop. We were instructed by the raod captain to ride in the center lane until he signaled a change of lanes. I attempting to follow the rider in front of me and make the change when a long semi on our left started to cut in front of me then swerved back into his original lane. The effect forced me to fall back and lose my place in line and go around him on the left. After we arrived at the convention center, I complained about it to the couple who parked beside me."
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