[Melas]

Repost. The leader moderator removed the original because I left contact info and advertisment material in my first effort. My bad. I'm a long time replier but infrequent poster of news stories.

[rabidralph]

Interesting survey. I like Harleys and crotch-rockets and I can't decide which one to buy.

[Vaquero]

we have other names for the so called sports bikes....rice burners, j*p bikes, and girls bikes.

[Melas]

Hooligan ping.

Thanks to LM for giving me a chance to clean it up and repost, it was greatly appreciated.

Now, a couple of points:

1) riders of Harleys are nearly four times more likely to pick restaurants with the nicest looking waiters/waitresses I've never, ever, ever seen a group of Harley riders stop anywhere there were waiters, let alone good looking ones. Obviously PC here. :)

2) Harley riders are six times more likely to only acknowledge those riding the same style bike (18 percent versus three percent). If I could smack every stuck up biker on a Harley that refuses to acknowledge guys on Japanese bikes, I would. I love to see bikes on the road. I don't care if it's a Fatboy or a Honda Rebel. I'm not sure I count scooters though. Caio

3)I'd love to see more sport bikes get involved with charity events. I don't know if we should blame the sport bike riders for not showing up, or if the Harley guys shoulder the blame for not making them feel welcome.

4)Sixty-nine (69) percent of all riders daydream at work each day about riding their bike. Hell, I daydream about riding when I'm riding! I daydream about other bikes I'd like to ride, and places I'd like to be riding.

Adding custom parts that enhance the look of their bikes was the number one choice for Harley riders (73 percent), while adding performance equipment was the top choice for those who ride sport bikes (44 percent). I guess I'm the exception here. While I do have a lot of cosmetic items on my bike, they pale in comparison to the performance and functional parts. In addition to practical additions such as bags, racks, seat, sissy bar, I have aftermarket pistons, cams, ignition, air cleaner, pipes....The only difference is that my parts were chosen to provide maximum torque, streetable power, instead of high RPM horsepower ala the Japanese bikes.

[JoeSixPack1]

OK...

Eighteen (18) percent of all riders call in sick to work at least once a year to go riding.


65% of all harley riders and 95% of my riding partners are too old to work, to cranky to answer questions, to scary to be interviewed without firearms nearby and arguably the hungriest group of people Ive ever had the pleasure to grow old with :-)

(Change it around since the last one, didn't want you to snort your corflakes thru your nose again. :-)

[prisoner6]

So with my Peugot moped I'm....???

prisoner6

[Slump Tester]

" Harley riders are also more likely to have body art such as tattoos and piercings (52 percent versus 40 percent)."

I thought they were just "living the legend".

No mention of which rider's women have the most tatoos (property of Boo-boo, etc..), or largest "mammalian protuberances".

[Revelation 911]

[Marauder]

You can tell a happy biker by the bugstains on his teeth.

My "crotch rocket" is a 1969 Triumph Trident T150, still in fairly mint condition, right down to its original Avon tires (or is it tyres?).

[R. Scott]

Progressive's survey found that Harley Riders are prouder of their rides than those on rice burners:
“The survey finds Harley riders are three times more likely than those who ride sport bikes to own clothing or artwork that displays the brand of motorcycle they ride (93 percent versus 30 percent, respectively).”
Harley Riders also have more class: “Sport bike riders are three times more likely to eat at fast-food restaurants (18 percent versus six percent), while riders of Harleys are nearly four times more likely to pick restaurants with the nicest looking waiters/waitresses (11 percent versus three percent).”

[Jonah Hex]

Progressive's survey also finds that ninety-five (95) percent of all riders acknowledge their fellow bikers while riding. Waving is the preferred method of acknowledgement (37 percent), although Harley riders are nearly twice as likely to acknowledge other riders by pointing two fingers down (29 percent versus 16 percent).

Is there a story behind the two-fingers down? I've gotten that before from fellow-bikers, but I wasn't sure whether they were flipping me off. :-)

[Bear_Slayer]

I was raised in the San Berdardino area of So. Calif, back in the 70s. I remember the hordes of Hell's Angels that would come racing up behind us on the Freeway.

I remember going to a Park in San Bernardino and having to leave because the Hell's Angels showed up and were picking fights with people. So what?

None of these people had t-shirts with Harley ads.

People have become walking advertisments, and not just Bikers. There are only a few individuals that don't have some logo-type article of clothing.

Those that do, I believe, are not trying to demostrate who they are, but to convince themselves of who they think they are.

[ChiefKujo]

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[JarheadFromFlorida]

I will vouch for all of the above facts. There is just something about riding down the road on my Triumph Bonneville and getting lots of "thumbs up" and hearing "Hey, that's a beautiful Triumph", that makes me feel great. Of course, folks at the John Kerry street corner ralley didn't much care for it last year when I pulled up to the stoplight and opened up the throttle and drowned them all out with my roaring Bub exhaust system :)

[Uncle Fud]

Adding custom parts that enhance the look of their bikes was the number one choice for Harley riders (73 percent), while adding performance equipment was the top choice for those who ride sport bikes (44 percent).

Adding more tools and extra bars of Lava soap is the top choice for those who ride vintage Brit iron. ('65 Norton Atlas, '61 BSA 441)

[MarkL]

An overwhelming majority of riders (88 percent) donate time or money to charities. Two-thirds of Harley riders (67 percent) and one-third of those who ride sport bikes (33 percent) participate in at least one charity ride each year.

At one charity ride, there were several hundred Harleys, and 1 Ducati! lol

Mark

[ElTianti]

CBR 600 Bump!

[biblewonk]

Harley seems to offer less and less for the money.

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[add925]

Here's my restored 1985 Sport Bike.....I'm looking at Harleys if/when I sell this one....I am soooo confused :0

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Will I miss the power? Will I need to get tatoos? FR Bikers: Help!!!