choppers and harley motorcyles?
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Originally Posted by s2k_suprchrgd,Jul 14 2008, 04:59 PM
thanks for the advice hard ass, you must be one of the tuff guys, who think they are soo bad ass because you have tatoos and drive big motorcycle.
I do know plenty of these posers, though, as well as some true ornery bad asses that will stuff you up your S2000 exhaust pipe. Really though, go confront one of these guys at the bar. Let us know how it plays out. 
Let it go, dude. The first thing a lot of guys with one of these American style road hogs does is modify the exhaust. Just like a lot of S2000 drivers immediately start to rice the car out. It just doesn't matter. Of course the police don't hassle them-- these bikes are an American icon-- -it's Americana -- unless of course the LEO feels like pulling them over -- then they have a reason.
Do you honestly think older S2000 drivers get pulled over for loud exhausts? Be serious. Once in a great while, sure but suspicion of modification is just an excuse for pulling you over for driving while young, driving while Hispanic, driving while Black, etc.
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Originally Posted by wizard8100,Jul 14 2008, 08:54 AM
We need to enforce the laws that we have.
I own a Fatboy with the stock pipes and a carburator. I do not rev the engine. There is a choke/enrichment knob for that.
However, if you are going to be critical of all Harley owners, you also have to be critical of crotch rocket owners (the all do wheelies on a major road), ricers, (they all put $300 worth of crap on the car to make is sound like a race car, and then it usually falls off right in front of me when they pass during a street race), truck owners (the all have the lift kit which kills other drivers in an accident, not to mention the loud exhaust and reckless driving in the snow or rain), and yes, S2000 owners (they all think that they have a Porche on a Miata budget and spin out on "dead man's curve" because they think that they have the only car that can magically do a 9G skidpad).
You see, it is not that Harley attracts dirtbags, they just attract a certain type of dirtbag, just like every other vehicle on the road will attract a certain type of dirtbag. I don't mind being critical of dirtbags, but blaming the bike is like blaming guns when a someone kills their spouse, or blaming McDonald's because your kid with every game system you could buy him is too fat.
Running straight pipes on a Harley is about as intelligent as putting swamp tires on the S2000, and most Harley riders know this. Don't paint us all with the same brush based on the ignorace of a few.
I own a Fatboy with the stock pipes and a carburator. I do not rev the engine. There is a choke/enrichment knob for that.
However, if you are going to be critical of all Harley owners, you also have to be critical of crotch rocket owners (the all do wheelies on a major road), ricers, (they all put $300 worth of crap on the car to make is sound like a race car, and then it usually falls off right in front of me when they pass during a street race), truck owners (the all have the lift kit which kills other drivers in an accident, not to mention the loud exhaust and reckless driving in the snow or rain), and yes, S2000 owners (they all think that they have a Porche on a Miata budget and spin out on "dead man's curve" because they think that they have the only car that can magically do a 9G skidpad).
You see, it is not that Harley attracts dirtbags, they just attract a certain type of dirtbag, just like every other vehicle on the road will attract a certain type of dirtbag. I don't mind being critical of dirtbags, but blaming the bike is like blaming guns when a someone kills their spouse, or blaming McDonald's because your kid with every game system you could buy him is too fat.
Running straight pipes on a Harley is about as intelligent as putting swamp tires on the S2000, and most Harley riders know this. Don't paint us all with the same brush based on the ignorace of a few.
I ride a Vulcan custom and personally I get sick of the crotchety rockets around here that think they need to be pullin a f'kin wheelie whenever they get a chance and weavin in and out of traffic. I enjoy riding my bike and its not for sport so who gives a rat's ass if its capable of what a crotch rocket is... are you ever going to make use of it on the street? NO
I could sit here all day and bitch and moan about different types of cars and even S2000's that piss me off... but why waste our time whining? Get out and have some fun.
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