Another Harley Incident
09-27-2005, 09:23 AM
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Another Harley Incident
I'm really starting to dislike Harley riders. I shouldn't make such broad statements, but after the Dragon incident & now this past weekend I've had enough of them.
Anyway, it's Saturday afternoon in Destin & I'm returning to the hotel from lunch at Fud Puckers. The top was up because of a rain shower, but the sun has just come out & I haven't had a chance to stop & put the top down. I'm in the left lane behind three bikes (one is a chick) that aren't going very fast, so I get into the right lane & just about the time I'm ready to pass the lead bike he swerves over & almost hits me. I hit the brakes hard & then I got back into the left lane where the other bikes were now speeding up. The chick was getting something out of her left pocket, so I also sped up & got into the middle lane (there are three lanes now). I'm going 50-60? when the guy that almost ran into me comes up on my right & starts giving me the finger & cussing at me, I think. I could read his lips, but not hear him over having the top up, the Invidia & his piece of crap.
I had no idea what he thinks I did, but I was not happy with him & since I had that Harley incident at the Dragon I took it out on him by giving him the same treatment he gave me. We were pointing at each other & I think he wanted to pull over & have me beat the crap out of him, but I decided that my wife would not appreciate me going to jail while she was putting on a professional conference. I ended up vtecing away from his slow pile of dung & then turning into the Sand Destin Hilton where he couldn't follow.
Anyone have a pistol I can borrow?
Anyway, it's Saturday afternoon in Destin & I'm returning to the hotel from lunch at Fud Puckers. The top was up because of a rain shower, but the sun has just come out & I haven't had a chance to stop & put the top down. I'm in the left lane behind three bikes (one is a chick) that aren't going very fast, so I get into the right lane & just about the time I'm ready to pass the lead bike he swerves over & almost hits me. I hit the brakes hard & then I got back into the left lane where the other bikes were now speeding up. The chick was getting something out of her left pocket, so I also sped up & got into the middle lane (there are three lanes now). I'm going 50-60? when the guy that almost ran into me comes up on my right & starts giving me the finger & cussing at me, I think. I could read his lips, but not hear him over having the top up, the Invidia & his piece of crap.
I had no idea what he thinks I did, but I was not happy with him & since I had that Harley incident at the Dragon I took it out on him by giving him the same treatment he gave me. We were pointing at each other & I think he wanted to pull over & have me beat the crap out of him, but I decided that my wife would not appreciate me going to jail while she was putting on a professional conference. I ended up vtecing away from his slow pile of dung & then turning into the Sand Destin Hilton where he couldn't follow.
Anyone have a pistol I can borrow?
09-27-2005, 10:41 AM
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As a motorcyclists myself (sportbike rider), I am amazed at the "cruiser mentality" that is, "I'll go as slow as I want" sometimes doing UNDER the speed limit.
That said, it can be rather incomfortable riding WITHOUT a helmet therefore traveling at slower speeds.
That said, it can be rather incomfortable riding WITHOUT a helmet therefore traveling at slower speeds.
09-27-2005, 10:54 AM
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Freq, I was with Tom when he had the incident on the cherahola skyway. Actually I was part of it. Tom knows it's only the idiots that paid way too much for their harley garbage! Sometimes I wonder if they are going that slow by choice, or if that's as fast those heavy underpowered hogs will go!
09-27-2005, 04:05 PM
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Well said Andy. You seem to have lost your filters & become Unfiltered Andy. My other name is No Filters Tom.
I always get in trouble with my wife for telling it how it is. I don't see why anyone would pay what they do for a Harley, but hey, it's their money. When I met people who ride them I usually consider them not to be real bright just like people who voted for Clinton.
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I always get in trouble with my wife for telling it how it is. I don't see why anyone would pay what they do for a Harley, but hey, it's their money. When I met people who ride them I usually consider them not to be real bright just like people who voted for Clinton.
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09-27-2005, 05:40 PM
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Maybe it has something to do with the "Harley's Suck" bumper sticker
Or maybe they are jealous that you own a car that accelerates faster, brakes shorter and saved you enough money to get a haircut
Or maybe they are jealous that you own a car that accelerates faster, brakes shorter and saved you enough money to get a haircut
09-28-2005, 07:57 AM
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As a forrmer rice rocket jockey myself, I'm not a fan of many hogs and their mentality. The pipes, the brain buckets, the matching corporate logo "outlaw" gear, the insane amount of cash for the least possible performance, I dunno, I just don't get it.
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09-30-2005, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by CDjunkie,Sep 28 2005, 07:57 AM
As a forrmer rice rocket jockey myself, I'm not a fan of many hogs and their mentality. The pipes, the brain buckets, the matching corporate logo "outlaw" gear, the insane amount of cash for the least possible performance, I dunno, I just don't get it.