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08-11-20, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Podagrower
I've always referred to the people who play biker as Hardly Riders.
A couple of years ago I was on I10 in Florida headed east on the first day of Daytona bike week. There was a group of 4 or 5 Hardly Riders mixed in with the heavy traffic. The "leader" was trying to make time, weaving thru traffic, passing people, LOOKING AT HIS WATCH, and generally making everybody uncomfortable. His riding wasn't the smooth easy style of somebody who had ridden for years, it was herky jerky.
A couple of years ago I was on I10 in Florida headed east on the first day of Daytona bike week. There was a group of 4 or 5 Hardly Riders mixed in with the heavy traffic. The "leader" was trying to make time, weaving thru traffic, passing people, LOOKING AT HIS WATCH, and generally making everybody uncomfortable. His riding wasn't the smooth easy style of somebody who had ridden for years, it was herky jerky.
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08-11-20, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by canklecat
I knew some semi-retired biker gang guys back in the 1980s. At the time I rode rice rockets. My favorite was the Honda Ascot V-Twin, a great 500cc commuter scooter, perfect for a skinny guy like me. At 5'11" and 145 lbs I struggled with bigger bikes. I really wanted the then-new Yamaha V-Max but the handling was awful, at least the first year. I always had a soft spot for the 500-600 Yamahas and Hondas, and still want one of those Yamaha SR500 or SRX 600 single cylinders.
A guy who owned a Harley dealership and hot rodded some for the nearby drag strip told me to test ride one of his custom Skirtsters -- the then-common disparaging name for the Sportster. He turned that thing into something really worth riding, tractable in traffic but surprisingly hot for an 883. And it felt balanced for traffic too.
But I declined to get more involved in the culture. I was a newspaper reporter at the time, mostly covering the police and fire beat. I figured I'd end up like Hunter S. Thompson at the end of his Hell's Angels book, curb stomped or worse. Sure, some of the older guys didn't mind shooting the bull and telling stories about the old days, but the younger and active guys wouldn't trust a reporter hanging around.
I was doomed to be a cosplay biker.
A guy who owned a Harley dealership and hot rodded some for the nearby drag strip told me to test ride one of his custom Skirtsters -- the then-common disparaging name for the Sportster. He turned that thing into something really worth riding, tractable in traffic but surprisingly hot for an 883. And it felt balanced for traffic too.
But I declined to get more involved in the culture. I was a newspaper reporter at the time, mostly covering the police and fire beat. I figured I'd end up like Hunter S. Thompson at the end of his Hell's Angels book, curb stomped or worse. Sure, some of the older guys didn't mind shooting the bull and telling stories about the old days, but the younger and active guys wouldn't trust a reporter hanging around.
I was doomed to be a cosplay biker.
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Originally Posted by BadGrandma
All I remember were the Outlaws and the local neo-Nazis. I don't see the glamour.
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Originally Posted by Podagrower
I've always referred to the people who play biker as Hardly Riders.
A couple of years ago I was on I10 in Florida headed east on the first day of Daytona bike week. There was a group of 4 or 5 Hardly Riders mixed in with the heavy traffic. The "leader" was trying to make time, weaving thru traffic, passing people, LOOKING AT HIS WATCH, and generally making everybody uncomfortable. His riding wasn't the smooth easy style of somebody who had ridden for years, it was herky jerky.
A couple of years ago I was on I10 in Florida headed east on the first day of Daytona bike week. There was a group of 4 or 5 Hardly Riders mixed in with the heavy traffic. The "leader" was trying to make time, weaving thru traffic, passing people, LOOKING AT HIS WATCH, and generally making everybody uncomfortable. His riding wasn't the smooth easy style of somebody who had ridden for years, it was herky jerky.
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08-11-20, 05:36 PM
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The pretty little port of Digby NS hosts the annual Wharf Rat Rally and it attracts about 20,000 per day for 4 days over the labour day weekend. Digby has about 2000 locals with a very modest average income so they appreciate the $4 to 5 million generated by the rally. Every spare room, backyard, park and parking lot is filled to the brim. Pop-up restaurants and food trucks are everywhere.
It's cancelled this year and it's going to hurt a lot of people in their wallets but c'est la vie, eh? No new cases this month in NS.
It's cancelled this year and it's going to hurt a lot of people in their wallets but c'est la vie, eh? No new cases this month in NS.
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Originally Posted by clubman
Oh yeah, my hogs.
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Originally Posted by Wileyone
Beautiful... I had an R69S an R90S and a R100RS. All airheads and vastly superior to any harley.
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Originally Posted by clubman
Ah, R90S, the Superbike Champion! There's no bad Airheads imo.
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Originally Posted by genec
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
This is the fantasy of a completely uniformed person.
Americans don't read.
Americans don't read.
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Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg
They don't in The Whitehouse.
08-13-20, 07:06 AM
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day 4 > FEVER PITCH
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Originally Posted by FiftySix
So many well known actors in a really crappy movie. I thought I had it erased from my memory forever, yet it lives on like a bad dream.
He and my brother-in-law did do at least one long road trip. My brother-in-law rented his Harley for the trip. It was about two weeks "on the road." (I've done more miles and long road tours on my bicycle.)
Were you expecting say "Gone with the Wind," or "It's a Wonderful Life?" Maybe "Citizen Kane" perhaps?
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^^^^ maybe an EASY RIDER for old stoners 
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Originally Posted by genec
Were you expecting say "Gone with the Wind," or "It's a Wonderful Life?" Maybe "Citizen Kane" perhaps?
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Originally Posted by genec
Meh, it's a comedy. Sure, not "Galaxy Quest" quality (and I am sure there are folks that think that one sucked too...) But it has some memorable lines and, as some of us age, we can truly relate to certain aspects. Certainly it is quite fitting in with the "poser" aspect of Sturgis. BTW my brother went, many years ago. Towed his Harley almost all the way there, and then rode into town. Poser.
He and my brother-in-law did do at least one long road trip. My brother-in-law rented his Harley for the trip. It was about two weeks "on the road." (I've done more miles and long road tours on my bicycle.)
Were you expecting say "Gone with the Wind," or "It's a Wonderful Life?" Maybe "Citizen Kane" perhaps?
He and my brother-in-law did do at least one long road trip. My brother-in-law rented his Harley for the trip. It was about two weeks "on the road." (I've done more miles and long road tours on my bicycle.)
Were you expecting say "Gone with the Wind," or "It's a Wonderful Life?" Maybe "Citizen Kane" perhaps?
Too racist.
08-13-20, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Wileyone
I see "Gone with the Wind" has been taken off the air by some of the streaming sites.
Too racist.
Too racist.
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Those knotheads think helmets and mufflers are dangerous, they're not going to worry about social Darwinism from a virus.
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^^^^ FIFY > Those KNUCKLE HEADS think helmets and mufflers are dangerous, they're not going to worry about social Darwinism from a virus.
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Originally Posted by jack pot
^^^^ FIFY > Those KNUCKLE HEADS think helmets and mufflers are dangerous, they're not going to worry about social Darwinism from a virus.
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^^^^ but not too many of those vastly superior air heads
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Air heads don't need helmets. Air weighs virtually nothing. No mass, no inertia, no force developed on impact. (Plus the helmets would have to be air tight and there are health issues there although during this pandemic, air tight would be good,)
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Originally Posted by Shimagnolo
To be fair, they aren't all knuckelheads; Some are shovelheads, or panheads.
Originally Posted by jack pot
^^^^ but not too many of those vastly superior air heads
