Harleys

[saddle up]

Don't get me wrong, I love my HD's, I have owned two of them for many years. But The butt hole down the street is always revving his motor and blasting down the street like an as$ thinking he is bad with a bad back fire,, either an exhaust or intake leak. I've been wanting to talk to him about his attempts to make his Harely go faster So after about two months of this I got on the ole XS and did a hole shot in front of his house.
Well the bottom line is I am thinking about going down to his house (armed of course) and schooling his butt about Harely's.

I am almost tempted to run him title for title. When I mentioned this to the ole lady she almost fainted.
I should turn this into a poll

[ross]

hey there saddle up.....run his a** for pinks......have had a couple hardleys think they had what it took to get off the line.....and i run with a mini vetter fairing and trunk.....run it right up to the 1k before red line, drop the next gear and just lay on the gas....anywho, as they pulled up to the next red light and were reading my liscence plate....('79 michigan bike plate).....i just looked over and laughed....as they read the sticker on the front of my helmet that says "f*ck milk, got beer"....but that is just my way of thinking...ross

[81xsproject]

You know how much cool $#!^ you could buy for your XS after you sold that POS Hardley after embarassing that V-twin trash?

[CarolynS]

He won't learn anything from it anyway.
It has nothing to do with the bike.
'Pee-pee' issues-poor thing...he's trying to compensate...

[Wildkat]

Originally posted by CarolynS
'Pee-pee' issues-poor thing...he's trying to compensate...

lol
Never heard it put quite like that before...


I like the drag strip idea... for pinks.... take it home... part it out... makes you happy... the rest of the street happy... and several harley owners around the world who are looking for the parts...
The only one who wouldn't be happy is him... and it doesn't sound like he's trying to influence people... in a good way, anyway...

[blue giant]

Take a stroll down the street and race him for pinks.

Park the Harley in your front yard and plant flowers around it and the neighbors will love you forever!

[Wildkat]

Originally posted by blue giant
Park the Harley in your front yard and plant flowers around it and the neighbors will love you forever!

I take my answer back... I like this suggestion MUCH better!

[trbig]

Being the non-confrontational type that I am (*Cough..) I personally would have to go down there and say, "I don't know if you care or not, but the LOUD only sounds cool to you. Everyone else seriously thinks your an azz when you do it and NOBODY thinks that bike is fast."

Then the chest would puff out and he'd HAVE to race you since you know... you have an almost 30 year old POS metric bike from the 70's/early 80's. He would just have to prove that "American" muscle surely beats a crappy jap bike! lol

He won't race for pinks, I guarantee... but afterwards, you could ask him to please keep it down until that thing actually IS fast and un-annoying?


Tod

[xschop]

alternative

Race him and loser has to walk his bike 3 blocks away before starting engine from now on

[tomatao]

You could sneek over to his house late at night and stuff something in his muffler.

[Montreux_Blue]

I had a Buell Lightning before my XS and honestly, I think the XS is just about as fast! I think it's pretty darn good considering it weights 200 lbs more. Oh and the other day some lesbian kept pulling up next to me at the light on a Hurley, I had to take off and leave her at the intersection! Tell him Hurleys are a dyke bike! I taught a lesbian at work how to ride on a Buell Blast once.

[DavesXS]

I say first, march down there and kick his ars, then race for pinks offering him a head start, and loser moves out of the neighbor hood.

But I been told I have issues

[LoHo]

Why isn't hating Harleys the same as hating "Jap Crap"?

I agree that there are a-holes who buy a semi-custom HD and make it loud and uncomfortable in order to look badass, but they were a-holes before they bought the bike. Harleys have an appeal, just as crotch rockets or dirt bikes have an appeal. I know the engineering is ancient and power band and blah blah blah, but if putting someone down to feel better is wrong, how is this bias okay?

I love my XS11 and ride it daily, now that gas is close to $5 a gallon. But I know other guys who ride HDs and get 45 mpg. I have considered a Ninja 250 as a commuter bike: 70+mpg and it goes over 100mph. And if the XS is the only bike to own, why are half the guys on here just trying to get theirs to run, while the other half try to fit a chain drive, bigger stator, inverted forks, a bigger gas tank, or a Wiseco kit on theirs?

Besides, studies have shown that 96% of all the Harleys built since 1970 are still on the road. The rest made it home....

Mr.Checkov, flame shields on full!

[stoked]

I used to want a Harley, and I do think they can be dependable commuters. But they have become the bike of choice for code pink and other lesbian clubs. So I am now slowly backing away.

[panshovel]

Thanks LoHo !!!! now on to the subject
If this guy is being an problem let him know. there are just as many people ring metric bike that are problems also. I have XS's , Harleys, Nortons and a XV and i can be a problem on any of them. Run him if he will but i dont think he will. Peace