I was just messing with ya Billy! But heck you have to admit sometimes its fun to OWN the road!

 

Not really. I don't even think I own the road, even when surrounded by a horde of S2000s. I try to always be considerate for other drivers. I know how much it infuriates me, so I try my hardest to allow other drivers to go about their business. I'm rapidly getting to the point where H-D riders, even single ones, won't get that courtesy. I can think of at least 2 instances in the last 6 months where I was flipped off for minding my own, and another where an H-D owner passed me (in the city) on the shoulder just so he could get back in front of me and slow me down again. If you lived in the midwest where H-Ds are dime a dozen, you'd realize these aren't isolated incidents.

 

Maybe its a regional thing. We always get a lot of respect from Motorcycle groups when we cruise in groups. And of course we dont own the road, I was kidding. Riding in large groups is neat and makes for a very unique display. I can think of at least 3 instances where we stopped and had mini pow wows with groups of bikes, one was a Harley group. These guys were genuinely interested in our cars.

 

I think it is a regional thing. When we run the Dragon in TN/NC, we get a fair amount of respect from most of the riders. The midwest guys rarely let us pass though, and some of the locals give us a hard time. Many of the riders are very cool and ask about the car, and I've given a ride to a few. It just seems that, at least in the upper midwest, there's a large percentage of H-D riders who do feel as though they own the road. This is very specific to H-Ds, even the guys on Yamaha and Honda cruisers are usually cool...

 

That would be exactly correct! And your assessment of H-D riders, especially in groups, couldn't be more accurate. I was in Mecca, I mean Milwaukee, when a H-D rider (a**hole) cut me off, flipped me the finger, then proceeded to bitch at me for driving a Japanese car (I was in the Accord, aka Beatrice). So I ran over him and killed his helmet-less self. I just didn't have the heart to tell him my car was built in Ohio

 

Not a lot of black (but some). As for orange, the shirt in my avatar is my favorite shirt (not the one Jen's wearing) and I wear it all the time.

 

Too funny!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SR71BB
[COLOR=orangered]That would be exactly correct!

 

Oh, and while we're on this topic....

Bent, if you ever do take up motorcycling, and I see you without a helmet, I will run over your spandex-wearing butt, too.

[majorrant] Nothing gets my dander up like those who think they have a right to ride motorcycles without helmets. Not only is it a drain on our resources collectively when they are injured, but everytime a biker becomes a statistic, it continues to enforce the bad reputation the motorcycle industry has. Same goes for the square-tired street geeks in their tank tops and tennis shoes, thinking they're something special because they can do wheelies. We used to go hunting for these guys on our lunch breaks (typically 2 or 3 hrs long). Nothing is as funny as following Erik Buell through a corner, one-handed, waving at the boy racers. Or doing vertical stoppies at the red lights (no, not me, really....) [/majorrant]

 

No way I'm riding a motorcycle without a brain bucket!