Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-09 22:00:31
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Sorry but someone was gonna say it ...
"Whats a Harley ?"
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-09 22:02:06
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On a serious note tho ...
I'd guess anything Japanese is the most popular ...
lol
but maybe ...
Sports followed by Standard types and or maybe Cruisers ???
Good question tho ...
ultimately ... you need to consult with bull ***FILTERED WORD*** isions
oooops i meant statistitions (how the fook do u spell that ?)
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-09 22:35:46
ladyon2wheels 1300cc Superstar
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"What's a Harley?" I love it!!! Ha!
Everyone here thinks Harleys are so cool....to me,they are overpriced, overrated and over whatever else you can think of..I wouldn't own one unless someone just gave one to me, and then I'd trade it in on a Suzuki : )
AND....have money left over!
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-09 22:40:07
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oh..and I get it..."the one who controls the stats" ; )
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-11 12:57:55
ladyon2wheels 1300cc Superstar
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what are the helmet laws in the UK and what is the feeling of the average biker about helmets?
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-11 16:40:36
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You have to wear one, to BS (British Standard). Can be open face, full face or Flip lid.
Only Sikhs are exempt because of the turban and their religion.
There is a group called MAG (Motor Cycle Action Group) who have protested for years against compulsory lid wearing. Fred Hill was their main man until he died a few years back. A friend is London Rep and their "meets" are rather small now days compared to what I remember.
I met Fred on many occasions and he was a most polite and educated person.
http://wadmag.mag-uk.org/fred_hill.htm
Hope that helps.
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-11 17:07:25
ladyon2wheels 1300cc Superstar
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yes, it did help....interesting article about Fred Hill and his campaign, I think the idea is summed up with this sentence:
'Please note that MAG (and Fred himself) is not against the wearing of helmets, merely the infringement of personal choice in being forced to."
Many people in US believe it should be a personal choice whether or not to wear a helmet..and there are some states that do not require that you wear a helmet at all. The state that I live in Missouri...just vetoed the vote to get rid of helmet laws.
Personally, I believe its a personal choice also, I would probably still use a helmet if there were no helmet laws most of the time, but then there are those long cruises on winding country roads where not having one would be wonderful. We have to use regulation helmets here too but many people (including myself) have helmets that are less restricting and not up to code..almost like going helmetless..but, I only wear mine for those quiet country trips.
What is the feeling of the people there? I suppose sport bike riders would lean more towards wearing a helmet because of the speed and risk they take...I don't know..you tell me.
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-11 17:25:32
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A lot would wear one TBH.
I even with a lid had a fractured skull when despatch riding. Yet I have ridden without a lid in some counrty roads for a few miles. However i would always wear one in town even if the law said we had a choice. I know I would be dead now if it had not been for a lid.
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-12 12:08:48
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I believe a lot of the "hard core" bikers and the "hard core wannabe" bikers here would go lidless but I agree with you, most people would probably still where them...especially on city streets...I got rearended by a tractor trailer 18 wheeler in my car out on the interstate....would not have mattered either way had I been on my bike : (
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-12 12:43:24
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OK all you riders of rice burners have had ya say As most here know I RIDE A HARLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! amongst other bikes now and then!! To be honest I love it, and far as I am concerned...a bikes a bike, two wheels, and the folk who ride em are what mattes lol! So I say, whateverya ride, just enjoy, ride safe and have a ball!!!!!!!! hehehe
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-12 21:01:33
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i had a hardley movinson for 14 yrs ..so think have a right to put my point of view ,i think harley are a the r and d department of john deere and designed by vespa...cant think of anything a hardley does well that a modern day 600cc cant do ...and cheaper...at the end of day all want to do is put key in and go ...
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-12 21:48:40
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Well said, Spacie...I agree...everyone here in the US get along great on bikes...not like it used to be 50 years ago when if you didn't ride a Harley you weren't poopoo...now...everyone gives the "2wheeler wave" no matter what kind of bike you're on ....I think that's cool...
as for the Harley bashing...I'm probably just jealous I can't afford one : )
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-13 00:54:45
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Who gives a toss !
if you like what you ride / drive / or whatever
ENJOY
The ***FILTERED WORD*** s who criticise ...
are C...'s
oooops better not use that word again! lol
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-13 05:48:40
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I might just give a toss....depends on what it is bein' tossed
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Just wondering.... - Posted on 2010-03-16 00:58:03
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