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Some People????
05/17/11 at 21:55:57

Was comeing out of the courthouse today and as i got on my bike skinny dude with a tat pushing a baby carriage with his old lady walks up.
Says "Is that a Harley?"
My bikes still got the badges n all, im proud of suzuki, good motors.
If he had simply looked he would of seen it wasnt a harley.
I told him "No its a suzuki S40"
He looks at me and says "no offence but if it aint a harley it aint a real Motorcycle!"
I just kinda shake my head and keep putting my helmet on and tell him "well some of harleys parts are made in china and just assembled in the USA, So its as much a motorcycle as a harley is!"

He dont respond which is fine by me. I slip on the gloves, start her up and ride off the square a lil more noisly then usual by him just laughing to myself. Thinking this dude probaly aint ever even been on a bike.
Could of spouted cost and dependability to him but would of been a waste of my time and breath.
Im a firm beleiver in 'Ride Your Ride' and dont slam another mans pony.

Funny thing is leaveing town i passed two different harley baggers and got waves from both of them.(Uncommon)...lol

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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #1 - 05/17/11 at 22:16:21 Just tell 'em it's a "Harley compatible". (quote from Mystery Men)
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28761 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #2 - 05/17/11 at 22:37:34 BSA founded 1861, offered motorcycles in 1920 BMW motorcycles in 1923 (Daimler Reitwagen is the world's 1st motorcycle) Harley Davidson founded 1903 Indian founded 1901 Triumph founded 1885 and the lists goes on and on. Real motorcycles are riden.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #3 - 05/17/11 at 23:24:36 "If I liked farm tools,.. I'd have been a farmer"... "My other bike's a Harley,... it's in the shop where it belongs"... ... or if they have to ask,... "Why yes,.. it is a Harley"... ...or..."If you have to ask,... you're not near as cool as you think you are"... ...
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Reply #4 - 05/18/11 at 00:10:34

I keep gettnig asked "is that a harley?"
And i keep telling them no its a Boulevard S40. Which just puzzles the he!! out of them...lol
Says Boulevard on the tank in BIG letters, i like my badges.
Half the time they start talking about their harley then and its usualy 'in the shop'...lol
All i care is you ride, could care less what you ride.

Had a kid all apolegetic like come up and start talking to me in wal-mart awhile back. Said all he rode was an old Knighthawk like he was ashamed of it.
Told him them Hawks was GOOD bikes and not to worry what anyone else rode. To ride his own ride. He kinda brightened up then and smiled. Then looked me up and down and said you sure got 'the look' down. Jeezzz, just cause i got a ponytail goatee and was wearing leather n jeans and a doorag? I had to laugh at him and think this is just the way i dress. I dont dress for others or for 'the look.'

Mom agravtes me as she always worries about what one of the neighbors or someone else will think about something.
Im the type im the way i am and everybody else can take me as i am or kiss off. I dress for me and i ride for me, dont worry what anyone else thinks...lol

Ahhh the stigma, im a biker so im immediately a scarey bada$$. But i dont ride a harley so i cant really be a scarey bada$$. Wonder what sigmund would say about that. Smiley

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bluedad YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 28 Sumiton, AL Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #5 - 05/18/11 at 03:54:38 Serowbot wrote on 05/17/11 at 23:24:36: ...or..."If you have to ask,... you're not near as cool as you think you are"... Yeah, if you have to ask..just how much do you know about bikes anyway? (which admittedly, I don't know much about bikes, but can generally read when it says on the bike "xxxx")
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Re: Some People????
Reply #6 - 05/18/11 at 04:17:59

There is nothing wrong with purchasing foreign. I own 2 foreign cars but they were both built here in the states. They both were built by americans and only some of the parts were foreign.

But everyone is entitled to their opinion. You did the right thing. I get it all the time.

Enjoy the ride. It just gets better and better. Only riders understand it doesn't matter what your riding, your just out there for the thrill and the escape.

Ride safe.

KC

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Reply #7 - 05/18/11 at 05:14:07

Most of the Harley owners I have ridden with are impressed with the S40, especially when I get on it and the Raask exhaust screams at them as I pull away. One said it hurt his ears. I have the Corbin seat and 6" forward controls and everyone who has sat on it has commented favorably on how comfortable it is. One stealer mechanic told me that when he test drove it he liked it so much that he spent some extra time on it, and even put gas in it. I have rubber knee pads on it and usually it is mistaken for a Triumph at first sight.

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Reply #8 - 05/18/11 at 05:26:57

Everyone thinks mine is an antique brit bike. Once you deep six the useless head chrome it looks like a much older design. And since it is basically a warmed over Matchless or BSA (and the late great XS650 was a straight up BSA rip-off)...

I can understand their confusion.

Even since I cut my hair again (Locks of Love in memory of my brother in law Chris), people are still scared of me. Couple old club tattoos, missing an upper incisor, usually wearing Nazi jackboots when I ride...

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Reply #9 - 05/18/11 at 05:57:13

I acknowledge every bike i pass on the road with the left hand drop 2 - and the only one who has not acknowledged back is an older gentleman on a gold wing who drives with both hands on the controls at all times and looks like he has a foriegn object implanted in his posterior....all of the Harley riders i have passed have been friendly.....and the group ride a few weeks ago i was the only single cylnder bike in the group - no one said anything unkind about it....now I am not looking to take it to the county line biker bar anytime soon - I pass it on my Sunday ride and they kind of get a fixed stare at me as i pass, not sure i want them to get a closer at the bike or me, for now.

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Reply #10 - 05/18/11 at 06:00:08

Wolfman wrote on 05/18/11 at 00:10:34:

Then looked me up and down and said you sure got 'the look' down. Smiley

So, what is "the look" all about anyway? This was what I wore one day. I had to preach a funeral. Someone said I was the best dressed rider he had seen in a while. Cheesy

People don't think I have the "preacher look" either.

But, I am OK with that. I'm too busy being me to worry about that.

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Reply #11 - 05/18/11 at 06:23:50

Mike, your proof that you can't
judge nor should you a book
or rider by their covers..

When I first got Genie back
in 09, I had ridden to the
grocery store for a couple
things.
Upon coming back to the bike,
man comes up, asks me is that
a Harley? I said no, Suzuki..
Are you sure he asks me?
I said yes, I do know what I ride.
Then pointed to the Suzuki across
her rear fender. As well as to the
Suzuki Boulevard that is on both
sides of her tank.
He told me that HD used to use the
2-toned paint on the tanks. That was
what had made him to think it was a HD..

I have been ribbed since I started riding.
When I had my scooter, questions asked
when are you gonna ride a real bike?
Same when I had the Rebel 250..
Even was asked why I didn't get a HD when
I got Genie..
I said well I was going to get a HD..Then decided
I wanted to ride a "real bike."..lol..
My answer to the smart alicks got to be,
it beats what you ride..
Which was nothing. I also said, I have the guts
to ride. Where are yours?
I do get defensive, yet am a redhead. Do I need
to say more?
And no, it does not matter to me what a person
rides. I am impressed more so by the fact that
you ride..
I ride my style, my way..

kim

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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2524 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #12 - 05/18/11 at 06:37:02 They say that 80% of the Harleys ever made are still on the road. The other 20% made it home. (It's a JOKE son, a JOKE.. ya'll are suppose to laugh )
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Reply #13 - 05/18/11 at 08:48:10

I have had people ask the same thing if its a Harley or they ask where the second cylinder is. I have even more fun with people when I am on my Suzuki Burgman scooter. I love when a Harley pulls up next to me at stop lights and the rider gives me trouble about being on a scooter. Once the light turns green, I twist the throttle and leave the Harleys behind Grin

If someone has to ask if the Savage/S40 is a Harley, they don't know a thing about bikes and aren't worth the time talking to.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Some People???? Reply #14 - 05/18/11 at 08:55:13 People are always thinkin' mine is an old Triumph or BSA... ... and I'm happy with that... 'cept one guy,... actually recognized the tank sticker... "Peugeot?... "Well,... the sticker is"... ...
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