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Title: Bike bashing gets old! Post by Patty on 04/02/05 at 04:34:58 I've been reading a lot of bike bashing in this forum lately. Most are dissing on HD and the clones. My hubby rides a Volusia and will readily admit it is a Harley clone. He likes the look but doesn't want to pay the price for a HD and I'd hurt him if he did!!! HD riders diss on metrics...metrics diss on HD's...and WE diss on everything not a Savage!!! What ever happened to riding what you like just for the joy of riding? |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by gazab44 on 04/02/05 at 04:44:51 totally agree patty i've owned many different makes of bikes over the years and have gained pleasure from each one, all be it in different ways. But its just a game dissing other makes of bikes and it will always be so. |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by bobo383 on 04/02/05 at 04:56:37 Shear good natured harassment is all. If somebody really gets mad, most of us will back off 'cause it ain't really a conviction from the heart. It does get old, you're right. I like just about anything that has an engine, no matter the brand or for that matter the number of wheels. You might notice a thread on "best looking bike" on which most of us posted non-Savages as well as several HDs. Good natured harassment is all. |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by Greg_650 on 04/02/05 at 06:42:41 It's nothing different than the old "Found On Road Dead" stuff that a Chevrolet person will state concerning a Ford....or a Ford drvier with the decal of the little guy pissing on a Chevy. Same thing. Maybe I missed a post, but I don't think the particular topic involved "clones", but there is just another illusive element involved when discussing HD and Metrics (clones included), as I mentioned. And because of that particular ingredient, the topic went negative. It never fails. However, if it isn't discussed this void will most certainly continue to exist. |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by Paladin on 04/02/05 at 07:19:29 Most of the dissing is aimed at posers. Some of the dissing is about a certain motorcycle that, due to it's light weight, is unstable at very high speeds. Some of the dissing is about a certain motorcycle that, due to it's small size, is impractical for extended passenger carrying. The Savage attracts those of a certain outlook toward vehicles. Not very powerful, but due to it's dimunitive size and light weight the Savage is extremely quick. Or as you stated it: "hubby bought me this 650. He's sorry now cause I can more than hold my own against his heavier Volusia...hehehe!" TVRacer recently registered and posted his interest in the Savage. I have offered him a chance to ride mine. In the course of off-line communications I mentioned the Caterham and rather than the usual blank stare he sent me a LINK (http://homepage.mac.com/lotuslad/iMovieTheater14.html). Like the Savage the Caterham is not very powerful, but due to it's dimunitive size and light weight the Unlike the Savage the Caterham is quite expensive. p.s. check the shift pattern in the video -- inline like a motorcycle. |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by sluggo on 04/02/05 at 17:48:19 Bike bashing gets old! yes it does, but mocking posers, I will never tire of that. |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by cphilip on 04/02/05 at 19:02:01 Well so far no ones called my Vespa Scooters "Gay".... but.... its probably only a matter of time! ;D Would I care? Not at all.... jealously... thats all it is. As you can see.... I got nothing against any bike of any kind.... Well... I do have this distain for kids on sports bikes with shorts, tank tops, flip flops and Ball caps turned backwards riding around like idiots.... but thats nothing against the bikes mind ya! |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by sluggo on 04/02/05 at 19:57:30 cphilip wrote:
you forgot the 98lb color coordinated biker babe on back. :o |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by WD on 04/02/05 at 20:22:37 "Biker babe"? Hardly. Eye candy? Maybe. At least the crotch rocket kids usually croak the bike without kiling the engine. MMMM, late model engined CB750 style hardtail choppers. And, with Darwinism at work, the kids who can't seem to get it right don't hang around to make life miserable for the rest of us. The motorcycling gene pool needs chlorine. Ride it like you mean it, ride it like you need it, ride like you live for it, or find another hobby. -WD |
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Title: Re: Bike bashing gets old! Post by quikbike on 04/03/05 at 04:46:14 I agree Patty it sure does. Most of the people bashing will smarten up when they grow up. Well lets hope anyway. |
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