| Author | Message | ||
     Chrislightning |
I've had some run ins just wanting to know if anybody else had. | ||
| Birdy |
It's not so much the Harley riders that are a pain. It's clowns that don't even OWN a bike but have all the gear that they show of that are the PITA. I bought a leather jacket form a place down the road from me that sells to mainly the vest & patch crowd and the only thing anyone said to me was "Cool bike, fast?" "Don't see many Buells here" It's been the twits at Walmart that are full of **** as far as I can see. OF course as the salesman I got my bike from said "It takes a $20,000 Harley and $10,000 of motor work to get close to the power of a Buell so you can see why they're piss off!" LOL | ||
| Chrislightning |
I've had no run ins with sport bike/crotch rocket guys, but some Harley guys say this Why didn't you buy a sportster, same thing? No, its faster, lighter, and nobody says its "just a sportster" Another guy said I was parking in a "Harley only spot" Me and my friends began to explain to him what a Buell was, he walked away. Another guy on NO bike said my friends SE electra glide was better, I told him he spent 25,000 dollars more than I did and wheres your bike, He was removed from the place. One guy in town has a SE V-rod and always talks to me friend on how expensive his bike is, He never says anything about my bike, like I'm not there. I even complimented him on how nice his bike looked and he acted like he didn't even here me. I was 2 seconds from kicking his a**, but managed to be cool. | ||
| Djkaplan |
The only time I think I ever got a hint of attitude from a Harley rider was some clown that missed hitting me by an inch when I was standing in my leathers talking to Gentleman_Jon at the gas station in Deals Gap. I'm pretty sure he thought I was riding a Japanese bike from the way I was dressed, but I was livid. The guy didn't have anything to say in response to the glare he got from me. That's it. That's the only time I ever thought I was getting 'the business' from a Harley rider. Except for this one •••••••, I've never had anyone show anything but interest and curiosity about the Buell. | ||
| Vicfirebolt |
there are idiots in all walks of life I don't waste my good energy on ignorance. | ||
| Jaydub |
there are idiots in all walks of life I don't waste my good energy on ignorance. i agree - not worth the effort I haven't had any bad experiences except the Motorcycle Shop down the street - Lots of attitude (BAD) - think their gonna be the next OCC or WCC - if you don't ride something that's 15 feet long - blah blah blah | ||
| U4euh |
Had a Hell's Angel tell me "nice ride" at Mrtyle Beach one year. That was right after he wanted to hold down some azzhat, in a cage that cut me off,and let me kick'em in the face a few times. I said "I'm cool brother, but I appreciate you having my back" He said that the bike handled really well seeing what I had just done. I get the non waver's the rice crowd looks at them and snickers, that is handled with an application of more throttle. | ||
| Ulynut |
Nobody gives me a hard time. Then again I'm a big guy. I sometimes ride with some of my buddies who all ride Indians, and some Harleys. When they start to goof on my lack of chrome, I just ask "why does your bike go so slow?" Or the ever popular, "why do you guys slow down for the curvy parts?" They never have a response for that. All in good fun though. | ||
| Metalstorm |
Chrome slows you down. It's a well known fact don'tca know  So far I have been received better on my Buell by the big twin riders than I had been back when I was riding a Sporty. Go figure.. Maybe they view a Sporty as a wannabe big twin where as the Buell is a completely different beast.  | ||
| Spdkls |
OF course as the salesman I got my bike from said "It takes a $20,000 Harley and $10,000 of motor work to get close to the power of a Buell so you can see why they're piss off!" LOL i think we went to the same dealer...lol we have an outlaw group down here. i have only seen a few and they always wave, and i always wave back(they're outlaws). i did talk to one at the local shop. i pulled up. he looked, saw it was a buell, and said appropriately. "is that fan ever going to turn off" he kinda laughed and walked inside. it was kinda cool. the outlaws are usually introverted from my experience. | ||
| Jos51700 |
Ask the Harley guy what his first bike was. Ride away while he's hanging his head. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
They always invite me in for tea. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I've had a few run-ins at gas stations where I could tell the harley-dude lifestyle types bristled a bit when I rode up and proceeded to ignore my hello, but never anyone out and out disrespect me for my ride. I'm usually pretty friendly when I'm out by myself though. I did have a cager bump my rear tire with a 3/4 ton van while we were stopped in a traffic jam in the Wallyworld parking lot and then get out and closed-fisted hit me in the back of the helmet hard enough to send me sprawling once though, but that's another story. Guess he didn't think motorcycles had the right to be on the road, especially in front of him when he was trying to get out of the parking lot. Can you believe my bike crashed over on the right side with zero damage?! Unfortunately the Wallyworld employees were johnny on the spot and pulled him away, so I didn't even get the chance to trade licks with him. I lay awake thinking of what his face looks like sometimes... I wonder if he'd have had to change his shorts if he had known I'm a licensed concealed handgun carrier and was packing twin G27's when he did this to me. I'm only 67" tall and 130 lbs and he was over 72" tall and probably weighed around 200 lbs. What a tough guy, right? Coward. | ||
| Ratbuell |
The HD customers at our shop are pretty decent to us Buellers. Got a couple who look at them like "why bother"...but they're the ones I could care less about, lol. | ||
| No_rice |
i have to laugh at the guys that try and take on a guy still in full gear. i have had handle bars rammed into my helmet at 140. thats how much it took to break the chin bar. was on a snowmobile though and it was more the 140 to almost zero stop that put my head into the bars. what could someone possably do with a fist to your helmet. then of course i usually have my icon timax gloves on. his fist may be hard but my fist covered with titanium is alot harder... | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
The crappy part is because I was unharmed (ATGATT) and the bike was bulletproof when it hit the ground, the cops only gave the guy a ticket for leaving the scene of an accident when they caught up with him at his place of business later in the day. I even went to the local DA and got nowhere. I also tried to enlist the aid of several different local attorneys in a civil suit, but all declined to represent me when I told them who the attacker was. I understand he's a local business owner here in town, so you know how that goes... That's OK though; the best revenge is to live well. Plus I learned that the next time I hear a car door slam behind my bike, it'd be a good idea to get the kickstand down and get off the bike to find out what's coming my way. I should have known. The guy blared his horn at me and then bumped me with his van. I won't be so naive next time. | ||
| Old_man |
In my much younger days. I rode my 305 Yamaha to a hill climb. I had this pretty blond on the back. One of these Harley riding outlaw gang members tried to hit on her. I told him to get lost ( I was 325lbs at the time ). He went away. When we left the whole gang began chasing after me. Luckily it was a long winding road. I left them behind, never to see them again. Horsepower isn't everything on a winding road. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Had a Hell's Angel tell me "nice ride" at Mrtyle Beach one year I have to say I have only had good experiences with any true rider, be it Hell's Angel, a year round sportbike commuter, or a BMW/Winger with a billion miles under them. The only people I have ever had issues (if you could call them that) is "trendy" young sportbike riders. If you are not riding a GSXr1000 you are riding crap... Now the only time I felt uneasy was last year when I had to drive up from Tucson to Seattle, I made a little detour to see CO, WY, and the edge of SD. This was all during Surgis (great timing on my part). Just outside of Devils tower I pulled up to a restaurant in a Honda Element. The place was filled with bikers heading to Sturgis. I got less than stellar service that night. I REALLY didn't fit in there. | ||
| Jos51700 |
The trick is: kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's bitch. Then everything will be all right. | ||
| Spdkls |
That's OK though; the best revenge is to live well you could always remove all four valve stems off his tires. spray his windshield wipers with armour-all.i know, dangerous! put really really thick zip ties on his driveshaft. not dangerous, just funny to everybody else. dump about a quart of oil in his gas tank. super light weight is the best to get his truck really smoking out the tail pipe. nothing dangerous just fun revenge!  | ||
| Kowpow225 |
Office Space!! Great line. Or you could just show 'em your O face.  | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
Well it's been a couple of years since my little van incident took place. Reckon it's been long enough he wouldn't immediately think of me if I went to town on his van? LOL! No really, I'm a graduate student at the local university and a regional manager with the department of criminal justice. I'm thinking it would probably be smart to let it go. I gotta live in this town. What do you think the chances are I wouldn't receive the same tolerance the police showed him? That's funny stuff though! Plus, this string is being stored and easily accessible conceivably forever on google.com for any savvy investigator to find. I'm thinking it wouldn't go well for me if I retaliated. | ||
| Clutchless |
When I had a sporty people treated me like gutter trash. It was brand new as well, nothing to be ashamed of. Its got two wheels who cares? Now that I have my Buell people that had fun pokeing at my sporty dont even talk to me. I never really gave any fight when they made fun of the bike but now they dont even say anything to me. So I was good enough to make fun of when I had a cruiser but I have a sport bike and now I'm out of the club of getting made fun of. Smart fella's that bunch. Those people are not riders. Just wearers of butt jewelery. these are the same people that say "Why do you wear all that gear? Does it make you feel like superman? (garbled old man laughs)" At this point I dont even answer back. (Message edited by clutchless on February 24, 2008) | ||
| Djkaplan |
"The trick is: kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's bitch." That worked for me in high school... not so well in a corporate job. I'm serious. I've worked with some roughnecks before, but the only fist fight I ever got into at work was with an IS guy in a computer room at an engineering company (jeez, it was the mainframe room, that's how long ago it was). I'd rather tell you about that high school fight, though... | ||
| Roadkingtrax |
I have two unique experiences. I had a guy with a $40K custom with a 124" V-Twin try to run with me at a light,...he only said too bad a car pulled in front of me. I just said...uh-huh, ok maybe next time. Then I was at a local hang out and a guy commented that I was riding a crotch rocket and being a wimp for having a full face helmet here in Arizona. I asked him where his bike was...he said it was impounded for too many DUI's and no license. Most people don't even know what a Buell is...But we do  | ||
| Retrittion |
Huh...I have only really noticed the jerk-a-tude from 1%ers and other importer riders. Most Harley guys (and girls) have been nice (or ignored me, something I can live with), and Triumph riders seem to understand my pain and are always great(I would own a Triumph for a second bike). I have notice more than a few people stop and look like they are trying to figure out what it is though -- that is pretty amusing, especially when they point at the front brake setup. One of the better experiences was when I rolled up to a fast food joint after a long ride to stretch and use the facilities and some Harley riding women -- not a guy to be seen -- said "nice bike" and offered me a spot in the shade with them. Some very nice looking women too. Needless to say, I lingered a bit. It's like the wave question -- I wave at everyone on two wheels if I can do it safely and I am paying attention (sometimes I am just in my own world, ya know?) -- and that goes for scooters to -- heck they are riding a scooter, it's got a 0-60 time of 3 weeks and isn't the biggest and most noticeable. My friend rides a Suzuki SV1000S (an import that is surprisingly like my 12R) and he gets some flack too -- we both have bikes that don't really fit in and the butt-bling elitists don't welcome us in. Thats ok -- we don't want to join their country club on wheels. As far as aggression, I don't worry -- my friend and I are both licensed to carry concealed and do when we ride -- and he is a 6'6" and builds houses so people generally shy away from us. I don't know about you guys but I chose my 12R for a reason and I don't regret it -- let people think what they want, I don't give a rat's ass 'cause I'm too busy riding some swooping S turns with a giant friggen grin on my face! | ||
| Wolf102 |
i use to get crap from my friends in phoenix. i would rev it and i couldnt hear a word they were saying | ||
| Rain_bolt |
Never had any problem with Harley guys or shops. I get a lot of crap from Euro bike riders though; they constantly feel the need to tell me how much better their scrap is. I've known a lot of the Jap riders I know since grade school and they know that I get what I want and I don't really give a s**t about what anyone else thinks so they don't really say a thing about it. A guy that drive a Warrior was pretty criticizing until he started looking at it a little closer and noticed just what a Buell is. (Message edited by Rain_Bolt on February 25, 2008) | ||
| Bombardier |
No problems here in Oz. Most of the dickheads have already fallen off whatever they were riding and those who haven't I have yet to meet so all is well. It takes a really small person to judge anybody by what they ride. Everyone tops to me until they prove to not be. Then I just feel sorry for them. Pretty boring world if we were all the same yeh? | ||
| Rich |
I'm a "Harley Guy", since we're labeling people by what they ride. Act like a jackass, and I'll treat you like one. |
