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Posted by La Douche
- January 10, 2012, 20:20:51 PMI work as a service manager at a diesel shop, i ride a bike year round (luckily here in south ga i can) but since i've gotten the drifter ive had atleast one a day ask me about my indian....
I always get people ask questions about it and then pull out pics of their old run down harleys and talk about how good they areI obviously cant make any sarcastic remarks as im at work but boy do i feel it on the inside
when i had a vtx 1300c all done up i would get people come in and say, i was gonna ask you what kind of harley that was until i saw it said honda.... and then proceed to show me their bikes....I think the best ones are when its pouring down rain and im in my rain gear about to come home, they ask me if im going to ride in it.... i just smile and step outside
Posted by chief
- January 10, 2012, 10:11:57 AMI've thought for a long time that non-bikers look at a big bike and think "harley"... its even more obvious they have no clue when the bike has big ole Indian-ish fenders!
Posted by Troll
- January 09, 2012, 19:26:45 PMSo, for some strange reason, we have no snow, and pretty nice weather, with highs in the upped 40's. I couldn't possibly leave the bike parked, so I went for a cruise again today...Stopped at a fast "food" place for lunch, and got into this exchange: That your bike? yes (I have my jacket on, helmet and gloves on the table). Aren't you cold? No, you just have to dress for it...it's not that bad for January. What kinda Harley is that? I never heard of a Harley Drifter.....you can fill in any blanks from here you want. I really think that people are starting to use the term "Harley" like you would use kleenex...generic. Sometimes you just have to shake your head and smile. Going out again tomorrow, they are promising snow for Wednesday, and they more "normal" temps.
Posted by alamogeorge
- January 04, 2012, 19:20:47 PM"Did you forget to put on your seatbelt?" I can't blaim anyone else for this. I usually say it to myself about once a month. I thought it was a newbie thing but I'm still saying it 2 years later. Still a newb and always will be.
When they tell you that they had a friend die in a motorcycle accident, after consoling them for their loss, tell them that you have had several friends die in car accidents.
Posted by cmoran23
- October 11, 2011, 11:02:11 AMThis one is my all-time favorite.
After talking about my ride:
"Yea, but isn't riding a motorcycle dangerous?"
Posted by VN1500
- October 06, 2011, 08:26:20 AMSome of my most annoying.........[them] ya know a friend of mine was killed in a M/C crash...etc,etc
[ me on a Nomad]...Nice V-Rod...didn't know they offered a bagger version....
[them] I been thinkin' bout buyin' one, but id have to be a Harley..& a big one. [me] have you owned a M/C in the past..[them] no but I know I'd ride hard so I'd need a big one.
[guy on H/D,EVO] how do you like your little Kawasaki?...[me] are you smart enough to subtract 1340 from 1470?..[them] no answer...[me]..that's how much bigger mine is than yours.
And my favorite...not bashing but!....I was on a BMW....[them] nice little BMW...when ya going to move up to a Harley?..[me] my first motorcycle was a Harley, & I've been moving up ever since...
Posted by Chevazon
- October 05, 2011, 02:21:51 AMEarlier this year I had a friend over from Florida he jumped on the back of the 1500 so we could have a look down into my wonderful city.
At the time I had a set of short LOUD pipes on the bike and after we had a walk around the cathedral I started the bike up whilst we were putting our lids on.
As it sat thumping away a guy came across and said "There`s only one sound like that in the world"
So being pedantic I replied "What sound is that then ?"
He said, "That Harley sound"
Cheekily I replied, "I think you need your hearing sorted along with your eyesight" as I pointed to the Kawasaki badge on the tank. My friend just stood there laughing.
"What year is your Harley" seems to be a popular one.
Posted by MapMan
- September 14, 2011, 18:03:58 PMWhile in Hawaii on vacation, I rent a bike for a couple weeks. Pull into a local watering hole and this drunk chick asks me where I'm from. I tell her Canada. She says " Wow, that must be one long ferry ride." As I try not to laugh too hard I notice her husband sitting beside her repeatedly banging his head on the bar crying, "She's good in bed". So what else is a man to do? I buy him a beer, pat him on the shoulder and say to him, "I hope so".
Posted by TripWire
- September 07, 2011, 19:53:32 PMI live in Wisconsin so I ride as long as the roads are not slippery or salt covered (just needed to setup my story).
I will come into work at least a couple times a year when the temp is in the lower 30's or upper 20's and someone will say "Isn't it too cold to ride a motorcycle today?" and my response is always "Nope, it's just too warm to take the snowmobile in today."
Posted by jamey wright
- September 07, 2011, 18:56:34 PMUsually, when someone asks me if I rode my motorcycle to work, when I'm standing there holding my hemet and jacket, I just tell them "No, they're shooting me out of a cannon later tonight." Usually the men laugh, but the women just say " Oh, Ok" and walk away.
Posted by Ironraven
- August 02, 2011, 13:13:24 PM1. (most common) "Why is your bike so loud?"
2. (Random douche at a gas station) "Nice assless chaps." (me) "Sorry I can't hear you over how awesome I am!"
3. (occasional random drunk chicks) "Can I have a ride?" To which I point at the luggage rack with complete lack of anything resembling a rear seat...
Posted by chief
- August 01, 2011, 17:47:06 PMLOL... firm grasp of the obvious it seems!
Posted by aclone
- August 01, 2011, 17:41:28 PMIn Maine guy looks at my Florida plate and asks did you ride up here. So many good answers but I said yes, he said thats a long way.
Mark
Posted by 1SG CAV
- January 24, 2011, 16:45:40 PMI love the Swedish Harley story 
Posted by chief
- January 24, 2011, 16:12:11 PMLet's not let this degenerate into a harley vs us discussion. there are PLENTY of those stories around.
I had a lady look at my bike and ask if it was a harley. I said no, its a Vulcan Drifter... she looked at the graphics on my tank and said..."oh a swedish harley"... I just laughed and told her the word on the tank was Gaelic. Blank look.... ahh... war cry for Clan Campbell... she said ok... but as she walked off she told her friend... he's with an outlaw biker clan and that bike is a Swedish harley... he friend looked back at me as they picked up their pace.
I stopped at a little convenience store for fuel. A guy on a slightly customized harley pulled up next to the door about the time I went in. He looked at the Drifter and did the nice bike thing... but he identified it as a Vulcan... I complemented his bike... He pulled off his gloves and said..."I'd rather have yours any day!"... took me totally by surprise. I just smiled and wished him a safe ride.