HoboNinja said:
Next year when my step-mom gets her Harley, I am going to buy her Honda Shadow off her to begin on and once I get enough money I am going to get a HD Sportster 883 Low or 1200 Low.
Chazwozel said:
but most of the guys that you end up riding with on crotch rockets are total * and kids
Yeah I have some friends with crotch rockets and they give me so much * for wanting a Harley. But I am sorry a Harley looks way more regal and bad a**.
They are just like well blah blah I will beat you in a race and I just reply ok thats nice you can have fun crashing into a wall at 120 MPH while I just ride my bike for leisure at the proper damn speed.
Oh and Chaz you are actually a smart guy, you wear a damn helmet unlike most of the guys I see out there on the street.
Actually that's probably me at my stupidest on a bike, but yeah I always wore a helmet.
That's the biggest problem I have with the crotch rocket community. It's all about racing all the time, doing tricks, and modding your bike. I had no trouble telling them to fuck off, but you won't believe the tremendous peer pressure these groups put on each other to do stupid shit and waste oodles of money on their bikes. This goes for the car circuit too. All those Fast and Furious wannabes drove me nuts when I had a Z28. "Dude that stock LS1 engine only gets 310 hp, you should put this and that in it and get like 50 hp". It gets so old, so fast. I hate, hate, hate the constant one upping each other.
I actually was thrown back at the Jeep community when I decided to get into offroading. Jeep guys don't care what your rig looks like or preforms like as long as you're having fun on the trail. There's no pressure to do anything you're not comfortable doing. I had 100X more fun offroading/camping than I ever did drag racing/autocrossing/and bike racing. I got the same vibe with a bunch Harley guys my buddy introduced me to. They're all about just cruising. That's what biking is all about. You cruise with your friend, make stops, and have good times. Actually, just writing that makes me want to drive down the the dealer and sign off on a bike.
I tried autocrossing with my Impreza once last year. Yeah same bunch of doucebags, telling you what you should blow your money on, and how bad your stock engine is. After that I made sure that my Impreza is my pure daily driver and nothing more.
You tell your friends to go fuck themselves. Cruising 65 mph on a Harley is a thousand times more badass than being a dipshit on a crotch rocket at 120 mph.
Mostly bottles, there was also some scrap parts from an old computer a friend was throwing away.
