WTF is with these Harley riders?
#41
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
Yep both lanes and driving 10 below the speed limit. This is something that happens all the time out here - they c*ck block!
"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your limited knowledge."
"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your limited knowledge."
#42
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ok now i understand better - at first it sounded like you were saying that they were in stagger formation in a single lane (as they should be) - this makes much more sense and yes is illegal in most states.
#43
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ORIGINAL: klx250s_rider
I was riding in north Scottsdale when I came up behind a Harley "parade" formation. I was stuck behind fifteen bikes – in staggered formation – all cursing 10 mph below the speed limit. I was stuck for miles. The road finally opened up I started to pass. Each time I tried to pass a bike the rider and/or passenger gave me the finger. The "leader" did everything he could to keep me from passing him including blocking me and forcing me into the oncoming lane. What is with these ******?
I was riding in north Scottsdale when I came up behind a Harley "parade" formation. I was stuck behind fifteen bikes – in staggered formation – all cursing 10 mph below the speed limit. I was stuck for miles. The road finally opened up I started to pass. Each time I tried to pass a bike the rider and/or passenger gave me the finger. The "leader" did everything he could to keep me from passing him including blocking me and forcing me into the oncoming lane. What is with these ******?
Actually there was an incident similar to this in NYC a few years ago that made the news. Some old geezer in a pickup(obvioulsy with some booze in his system) got so tired of being stuck behind a similar infestation of Harley nonrider a$$holes that he started to pass them in azig zag formation. Being drunk that he was, he started to take out the ridersone by one. [&:]
If I everdeteriorate to the point of riding slow enough to **** off some old geezer in a pickup, shoot me!
#44
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
Hey, it's cool. I didn'trealize you were ona four lane road. I was imagining the hilly, curvy, frost-heaved two-lanes we have around here. If they were taking up both lanes in your direction, then that's pretty lame.
...andI wouldn't mind if Vermont returned to its original status as an independent republic. I bet we could get most ofNew Hampshire andMaine, and parts ofupstate New York, Quebec andNewfoundland to come with us. TheSaint Lawrence seaway and the Maine coastline would be key.
...andI wouldn't mind if Vermont returned to its original status as an independent republic. I bet we could get most ofNew Hampshire andMaine, and parts ofupstate New York, Quebec andNewfoundland to come with us. TheSaint Lawrence seaway and the Maine coastline would be key.
#46
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ORIGINAL: Kohburn
a very valid point
ORIGINAL: vtgreen
If you're only passing a few at a time then you're basically forcing yourself into their group. No offense to you, but I think that could be seen as kind of rude and unsafe. I certainly wouldn't do anything to endanger you, but, yeah,I might flip you off too. Sorry man.
If you're only passing a few at a time then you're basically forcing yourself into their group. No offense to you, but I think that could be seen as kind of rude and unsafe. I certainly wouldn't do anything to endanger you, but, yeah,I might flip you off too. Sorry man.
#47
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ORIGINAL: vtgreen
That said, I don't know if I would have tried to pass a pack of 15 bikes if I couldn't do it safely all in one shot, and the KLX would needa pretty long straightaway to do that.
If you're only passing a few at a time then you're basically forcing yourself into their group. No offense to you, but I think that could be seen as kind of rude and unsafe. I certainly wouldn't do anything to endanger you, but, yeah,I might flip you off too. Sorry man.
That said, I don't know if I would have tried to pass a pack of 15 bikes if I couldn't do it safely all in one shot, and the KLX would needa pretty long straightaway to do that.
If you're only passing a few at a time then you're basically forcing yourself into their group. No offense to you, but I think that could be seen as kind of rude and unsafe. I certainly wouldn't do anything to endanger you, but, yeah,I might flip you off too. Sorry man.
You might flip off another motorcyclist when you are the one in the wrong?!?! Wow! Just wow!
#49
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RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ORIGINAL: BurntOrange
Iowa, I did say performance. My stock Nomad will light up a stock Road King in the 0-60, 1/4, you name it -I'll smile and wave as I leave it in the dust.
I paid 12k for my Nomad and I challeng you to go toa HD dealer and buy a new bike for MSRP. The RKs in two shops I went in were marked up to over 20k.
As for investment, that is what stocks are for. I'll take the 8-10k I didn't spend on a tank badge and use it for road trips. I never buy a bike for the purpose of resaleing it -why would anyone do that?
I never said it was the "best" bike, I just wanted to make the point that it is NOT a "sad imitation" of anything.
Iowa, I did say performance. My stock Nomad will light up a stock Road King in the 0-60, 1/4, you name it -I'll smile and wave as I leave it in the dust.
I paid 12k for my Nomad and I challeng you to go toa HD dealer and buy a new bike for MSRP. The RKs in two shops I went in were marked up to over 20k.
As for investment, that is what stocks are for. I'll take the 8-10k I didn't spend on a tank badge and use it for road trips. I never buy a bike for the purpose of resaleing it -why would anyone do that?
I never said it was the "best" bike, I just wanted to make the point that it is NOT a "sad imitation" of anything.
As far as performance goes, I'd have to see your Nomad "light up" a Road King. I would venture to say that it would be real close and I am almost sure the HD is putting out more torque. Anyways, I do not buy cruisers for acceleration. It's okay to be proud of your import cruiser, but do not get the false assumption that it is in the same class as a Harley-Davidson. Because it isn't. You could look at it like a false Rolex compared to a real one. Everyone knows it's a fake. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't function just fine. That shaft drive is a dead giveaway from the real thing.
You can downplay resale value all you want, but you know it's real and that you will not keep that bike forever. Eventually, you will lose money on it. Don't get me wrong though, I do like the Nomad but would never buy one. My neighbor has a VTX1800, sounds like a 350 chevy with his pipes. Sweet bike and is built like a tank. But it's still a Honda and that's it's biggest fault. It's a foreign made cruiser. Kind of like comparing a Toyota Tundra to a Dodge Ram or F150 or any domestic pickup. The Toyota is nice, but everyone knows it has Tacoma underpinnings and is basically a very weak pickup. Their frames are like paper.
#50
RE: What is with these Harley riders?
ORIGINAL: klx250s_rider
When you come right down to it there is a lot to be said for riding exclusively on gravel and dirt roads.
When you come right down to it there is a lot to be said for riding exclusively on gravel and dirt roads.