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Originally Posted By: milwaukee
Where is Rubber City?
Is that Akron?
I think it is cool you see pre evo harley's. I can't remember the last time I saw one and like I said I see hundreds of bikes a week.
Yep, Akron is the Rubber City. The bike nites here and in Cleveland draw on average 2-3000 bikes. One week last year 7000 showed up. You see one of everything.
Where is Rubber City?
Is that Akron?
I think it is cool you see pre evo harley's. I can't remember the last time I saw one and like I said I see hundreds of bikes a week.
Yep, Akron is the Rubber City. The bike nites here and in Cleveland draw on average 2-3000 bikes. One week last year 7000 showed up. You see one of everything.
Originally Posted By: Jeff_D
Couple that with the fact they just plain sound silly, like a weedwacker with a squeaky baby toy shoved in the muffler, and only one conclusion can be......... well, concluded.
I know...definitely a "wing da ding ding" bike for sure.
Couple that with the fact they just plain sound silly, like a weedwacker with a squeaky baby toy shoved in the muffler, and only one conclusion can be......... well, concluded.
I don't have anything against other bikes, what color a t-shirt is or where someone chooses to ride. Doesn't effect my life in the least.
I bought my first Harley in 1972. Marriage, family and work caused a hiatus from riding. Now that I'm back in the saddle, I enjoy it even more.
I don't have the time to worry about what someone else rides. All I know is I've got the bike I want and I ride it whenever I can. Even if it's just a short hop to break up the usual weekend chores.
I bought my first Harley in 1972. Marriage, family and work caused a hiatus from riding. Now that I'm back in the saddle, I enjoy it even more.
I don't have the time to worry about what someone else rides. All I know is I've got the bike I want and I ride it whenever I can. Even if it's just a short hop to break up the usual weekend chores.
GM Boy said:
"You call Harley riders Village people and you ride an RD350?"
It would appear that you've missed the "Village People" point. More HD riders bear the resemblance to the rather gay leather attired member of said group. It's very rare to see an RD rider let alone dressed up like a Harley rider. Know what I mean? You will not find twenty or more RD riders dressed in bizarre leather outfits, standing around stroking each other in a donut shop parking lot. Are you following me? Now if you were to switch the "RD" to "HD" all of the above will apply.
"You call Harley riders Village people and you ride an RD350?"
It would appear that you've missed the "Village People" point. More HD riders bear the resemblance to the rather gay leather attired member of said group. It's very rare to see an RD rider let alone dressed up like a Harley rider. Know what I mean? You will not find twenty or more RD riders dressed in bizarre leather outfits, standing around stroking each other in a donut shop parking lot. Are you following me? Now if you were to switch the "RD" to "HD" all of the above will apply.
Originally Posted By: Jeff_D
RD350's are those stinky 2cycles, that ruin the environment and cause global warming.
Couple that with the fact they just plain sound silly, like a weedwacker with a squeaky baby toy shoved in the muffler, and only one conclusion can be......... well, concluded.
They should be retro-actively outlawed and sent to the crusher, where they belong, before they kill more innocent children with their poisonous exhaust fumes or annoy any more neighborhood pets with their obnoxious nose whistle ding-ding-dinging.
If I ever do buy one I'll change my mind at that time, but until then my moto will be "RD350's. Child killing bug foggers, destroying pet tranquility with every ding."
Atleast my '73 'zuki GT550 handled decent and had 3 cylinders.........like any real 2 cycle street bike should.
Sound like your a bit short on fact there Jeff. Two stroke exhaust doesn't contribute any more hydrocarbons than burning regular gasoline. It does emit more particulate in the form of soot. However, one must look at the amount of fuel being burned and it's overall contribution to pollution.
If ridden sensibly, my RDs return close to 50 mpg. If I ride them two thousand miles in one year, which is the most I do, that would result in the consumption of 40 gallons of fuel. Now, look at how much fuel you burn in a year in whatever vehicles you operate? I personally pay particular attention to how much fuel I burn. I choose a vehicle for the task required. If I need to run to pick up some small items, I'll take the KLR650 (58 mpg). If I need to haul big items, I take my Toyota T100 (22 mpg). If we're going out for dinner or traveling, we take the Camry (30 mpg). Overall, I probably have a much smaller "carbon footprint" than most.
Here's more food for thought:
Do you own an outboard motor? Have you any idea how many two cycle gas guzzling outboard or PWC engines there are in North America? Do you have any idea how much fuel one of those large watercraft consume be it two cycle or four cycle?
How about the military? How much fuel do they burn in a day? Tell me that the millions of gallons of that jet fuel and diesel fuel being burned daily by them isn't a cause for concern.
I think you should look in your own back yard before you condemn on little RD for burning 40 gallons of two cycle fuel.
By the way, an RD would run circles around a GT550. I rode a GT550. It was quick but it certainly wasn't an exceptionally good handling machine. Nor was it as robust as the RDs. Try to find GT550s. Not too many left compared to the RDs. Center cylinder issues were common as was with the GT380. Ever look at the race history of the RDs?
That weed whacker,baby toy squeaking noise you refer to, is the sound of power. Cube for cube, pound for pound, two cycles can't be beat. Nothing more embarrassing than a shrieking 35 year old 350cc two cycle blowing the doors off of a bellowing modern 1400cc wheeze bag is there?
I rest my case.
RD350's are those stinky 2cycles, that ruin the environment and cause global warming.
Couple that with the fact they just plain sound silly, like a weedwacker with a squeaky baby toy shoved in the muffler, and only one conclusion can be......... well, concluded.
They should be retro-actively outlawed and sent to the crusher, where they belong, before they kill more innocent children with their poisonous exhaust fumes or annoy any more neighborhood pets with their obnoxious nose whistle ding-ding-dinging.
If I ever do buy one I'll change my mind at that time, but until then my moto will be "RD350's. Child killing bug foggers, destroying pet tranquility with every ding."
Atleast my '73 'zuki GT550 handled decent and had 3 cylinders.........like any real 2 cycle street bike should.
Sound like your a bit short on fact there Jeff. Two stroke exhaust doesn't contribute any more hydrocarbons than burning regular gasoline. It does emit more particulate in the form of soot. However, one must look at the amount of fuel being burned and it's overall contribution to pollution.
If ridden sensibly, my RDs return close to 50 mpg. If I ride them two thousand miles in one year, which is the most I do, that would result in the consumption of 40 gallons of fuel. Now, look at how much fuel you burn in a year in whatever vehicles you operate? I personally pay particular attention to how much fuel I burn. I choose a vehicle for the task required. If I need to run to pick up some small items, I'll take the KLR650 (58 mpg). If I need to haul big items, I take my Toyota T100 (22 mpg). If we're going out for dinner or traveling, we take the Camry (30 mpg). Overall, I probably have a much smaller "carbon footprint" than most.
Here's more food for thought:
Do you own an outboard motor? Have you any idea how many two cycle gas guzzling outboard or PWC engines there are in North America? Do you have any idea how much fuel one of those large watercraft consume be it two cycle or four cycle?
How about the military? How much fuel do they burn in a day? Tell me that the millions of gallons of that jet fuel and diesel fuel being burned daily by them isn't a cause for concern.
I think you should look in your own back yard before you condemn on little RD for burning 40 gallons of two cycle fuel.
By the way, an RD would run circles around a GT550. I rode a GT550. It was quick but it certainly wasn't an exceptionally good handling machine. Nor was it as robust as the RDs. Try to find GT550s. Not too many left compared to the RDs. Center cylinder issues were common as was with the GT380. Ever look at the race history of the RDs?
That weed whacker,baby toy squeaking noise you refer to, is the sound of power. Cube for cube, pound for pound, two cycles can't be beat. Nothing more embarrassing than a shrieking 35 year old 350cc two cycle blowing the doors off of a bellowing modern 1400cc wheeze bag is there?
I rest my case.
Wow this thread really derailed.
Originally Posted By: Jeff D.
RD350's are those stinky 2cycles, that ruin the environment and cause global warming.
Originally Posted By: Boraticus
Sound like your a bit short on fact there Jeff. Two stroke exhaust doesn't.....
Believe me, I wasn't being serious in my post. I have no problem with anyone riding whatever they like and have no problem with 2 cycles.
Originally Posted By: Boraticus
By the way, an RD would run circles around a GT550. I rode a GT550. It was quick but it certainly wasn't an exceptionally good handling machine. Nor was it as robust as the RDs. Try to find GT550s. Not too many left compared to the RDs. Center cylinder issues were common as was with the GT380. Ever look at the race history of the RDs?
I can't comment on an RD, but I did like my GT. It was a decent handling bike, IMO. I know it wasn't the quickest, but it scooted along alright. Had good bottom end for a 2 cycle. I never had issues with the center cylinder. It did often sound like it was pinging, mid-lower RPM and under load. I tinkered with the timing and carbs trying to solve it. Even went so far as to pull the head to see if I could see signs off damage from the pinging. Pistons & cylinders looked great, so I quite worrying about it and just tried to avoid running it in the band & conditions where the pinging was present. Other than that and it's anemic front brake it was a fine bike.
It made a decent bike for long trips, considering the era it was made in. That's what's important to me in a bike.
FWIW, my earlier post was an attempt, using humor, to show that people can take anything and twist the facts to suit their needs.
Misrepresent the truth.
I feel you're doing that, in this thread, towards Harley riders.
Regardless, enjoy your bike, and I'll do the same.
RD350's are those stinky 2cycles, that ruin the environment and cause global warming.
Originally Posted By: Boraticus
Sound like your a bit short on fact there Jeff. Two stroke exhaust doesn't.....
Believe me, I wasn't being serious in my post. I have no problem with anyone riding whatever they like and have no problem with 2 cycles.
Originally Posted By: Boraticus
By the way, an RD would run circles around a GT550. I rode a GT550. It was quick but it certainly wasn't an exceptionally good handling machine. Nor was it as robust as the RDs. Try to find GT550s. Not too many left compared to the RDs. Center cylinder issues were common as was with the GT380. Ever look at the race history of the RDs?
I can't comment on an RD, but I did like my GT. It was a decent handling bike, IMO. I know it wasn't the quickest, but it scooted along alright. Had good bottom end for a 2 cycle. I never had issues with the center cylinder. It did often sound like it was pinging, mid-lower RPM and under load. I tinkered with the timing and carbs trying to solve it. Even went so far as to pull the head to see if I could see signs off damage from the pinging. Pistons & cylinders looked great, so I quite worrying about it and just tried to avoid running it in the band & conditions where the pinging was present. Other than that and it's anemic front brake it was a fine bike.
It made a decent bike for long trips, considering the era it was made in. That's what's important to me in a bike.
FWIW, my earlier post was an attempt, using humor, to show that people can take anything and twist the facts to suit their needs.
Misrepresent the truth.
I feel you're doing that, in this thread, towards Harley riders.
Regardless, enjoy your bike, and I'll do the same.
Not trying to malign any particular group of normal bikers. It's the noise, chrome and leather freak shows that I find somewhat embarrassing to all reasonable bikers. If the same group of sideshow performers were riding Honda Cubs, I'd still be just as embarrassed. Being that they ride Harleys as a rule, drags the brand down with them. The good thing about the "Donut Shop Demons" is that they tend not to ride any distances. They like to stay within sniffing distance of the next donut shop. I never see them cruising the back road where I do most of my riding. No offense to the decent regular HD riders. Some of whom I know and have as friends. Have to say though, even they spend more time shining and polishing than riding.
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Not trying to malign any particular group of normal bikers.
I think the term "normal" is kind of like the term "synthetic"
Now would you really like everyone to be like you? Does that make any sense? I don't understand why you think people who wear Harley garb are abnormal or unreasonable? And why do you extrapolate that to other motorcyclists? If someone wants to dress up and be a total poser who really cares anyway? Different strokes for different folks IMO.
Not trying to malign any particular group of normal bikers.
I think the term "normal" is kind of like the term "synthetic"
Now would you really like everyone to be like you? Does that make any sense? I don't understand why you think people who wear Harley garb are abnormal or unreasonable? And why do you extrapolate that to other motorcyclists? If someone wants to dress up and be a total poser who really cares anyway? Different strokes for different folks IMO.
This thread is 10 pages long.. I am guessing no one has used a WIX filter on your Harleys.. So I will stick with the Harley filter..
Originally Posted By: live_to_hunt
This thread is 10 pages long.. I am guessing no one has used a WIX filter on your Harleys.. So I will stick with the Harley filter..
me too...just way easier.
This thread is 10 pages long.. I am guessing no one has used a WIX filter on your Harleys.. So I will stick with the Harley filter..
me too...just way easier.
Originally Posted By: PT1
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Not trying to malign any particular group of normal bikers.
I think the term "normal" is kind of like the term "synthetic"
Now would you really like everyone to be like you? Does that make any sense? I don't understand why you think people who wear Harley garb are abnormal or unreasonable? And why do you extrapolate that to other motorcyclists? If someone wants to dress up and be a total poser who really cares anyway? Different strokes for different folks IMO.
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Where do all of the missing parts of their costumes go? Is there a group of anti-HD riders that just wear the a$$es, sleeves and fingers that are absent from the Village People gear?
I believe in a healthy imagination. However, when one is more in tune with fantasy than reality, things are more than a little off kilter. If I were to dress up like a viking or an African head hunter every night to go cruising would that be considered as being normal? The fact that there are so many Willie G. bad boy wannabes out doing the same thing doesn't make it normal. It's grown people living in a make believe world far too frequently. Sure. I can see one getting decked out to go to a football game or a masquerade party once in a while. But grown adults living the fantasy every time they throw a leg over their hawg is more than a little weird to me.
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Not trying to malign any particular group of normal bikers.
I think the term "normal" is kind of like the term "synthetic"
Now would you really like everyone to be like you? Does that make any sense? I don't understand why you think people who wear Harley garb are abnormal or unreasonable? And why do you extrapolate that to other motorcyclists? If someone wants to dress up and be a total poser who really cares anyway? Different strokes for different folks IMO.
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Where do all of the missing parts of their costumes go? Is there a group of anti-HD riders that just wear the a$$es, sleeves and fingers that are absent from the Village People gear?
I believe in a healthy imagination. However, when one is more in tune with fantasy than reality, things are more than a little off kilter. If I were to dress up like a viking or an African head hunter every night to go cruising would that be considered as being normal? The fact that there are so many Willie G. bad boy wannabes out doing the same thing doesn't make it normal. It's grown people living in a make believe world far too frequently. Sure. I can see one getting decked out to go to a football game or a masquerade party once in a while. But grown adults living the fantasy every time they throw a leg over their hawg is more than a little weird to me.
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Absolutely!!
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Absolutely!!
As much as I like to critisize Harley Davidson and their high prices and outdated design, I always have to remember what my dad says when I try to judge them. His father, grandfather and great grandfather all rode Harley's and thats what he going to ride, plus their American Made. To keep on the tradition, I ride a Buell with that same dated v-twin pushrod motor. So I guess I am a hyporcite, but I have to stick the heritage that Harley has in this country and my family.
Originally Posted By: PT1
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Absolutely!!
Good to see you have a sense of humour.
Now, I've read that HD is selling a $150.00 leather bib for the sloppy eaters. I also heard that during the "testing trials" for the bib, they had more than a few mishaps when the bib was lifted by the wind, covering the rider's entire face and obscuring vision. HD engineers first reaction was to just cut eye holes in the bib do deal with that problem. Willie G. didn't like the idea of a bib with holes in it. Particularly when the bib was in the rider's face. Said it looked a bit "Klanish" so he sent them back to the drawing board. After several months of studying the problem, the engineering department re-designed the bib with leather tie downs at the bottom that buckle right onto the rider's chaps. Wind tunnel testing proved the idea to be a big success.
If you use your imagination, the combination of bib and chaps should be a pretty hot look for the Donut Shop Demons!
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Just a few questions.
Does one really need to wear that much leather just to eat a donut?
Absolutely!!
Good to see you have a sense of humour.
Now, I've read that HD is selling a $150.00 leather bib for the sloppy eaters. I also heard that during the "testing trials" for the bib, they had more than a few mishaps when the bib was lifted by the wind, covering the rider's entire face and obscuring vision. HD engineers first reaction was to just cut eye holes in the bib do deal with that problem. Willie G. didn't like the idea of a bib with holes in it. Particularly when the bib was in the rider's face. Said it looked a bit "Klanish" so he sent them back to the drawing board. After several months of studying the problem, the engineering department re-designed the bib with leather tie downs at the bottom that buckle right onto the rider's chaps. Wind tunnel testing proved the idea to be a big success.
If you use your imagination, the combination of bib and chaps should be a pretty hot look for the Donut Shop Demons!
i thought this thread was about oil filters .Just read about 8 pages of dribble about who wears what or rides what im a real biker he isnt. who really gives a [censored]
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