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I wanna start a movement
Back in the day when I was young and dinosaurs roamed the earth, I remember it being all about the ground beneath your feet and the wind in your hair. The unity with your fellow bikers was like having extended friends around the country for the simple love of riding your motorcycle.
WTF HAPPENED? Today it seems that biking has became a damn fashion show, an exclusive club, where if you haven't spent $20.000 on your bike, you are excluded.
I have been riding since 1975,and in those days it didn't matter how much money you had, what you rode, or who you hung with. I have ridden thousands of miles with people I had just met and became dear friends with for the simple love of the ride. Back then even MC's would not pass a broke down bike without sending someone back to check on them and offer assistance.If you had an extra sandwich in your bags, you shared it as well as any beer or weed you were holding.
My point is, It was different then, it was about sharing, caring and above all riding. So I wanna start a movement, I want to see people who ride Harleys unashamed to be seen with people who ride Hondas. I wanna see strangers hooking up to ride to the rally together. I want you to stop and help a biker in need and for them to stop and help you. I wanna share my sandwich with you and share your beer as we plan our next ride. I wanna see guys in thousand dollar riding suits hanging out with folks in 100 dollar leathers. I want Unity and Harmony, just as it was. Will you join me?
Miles: 3336
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Permalink Reply by Trampster on -
About time some one said something.Iv had it up to my neck with badge snobbery.High mileage says more about a biker than horsepower or chrome.Im a third generation biker. my old man and his old man before him all rode japs and so do i.A lot of motorcycle manufacturers think they are selling this lifestyle to people not realizing its got to be earned with mileage and a pure love for riding.iv been riding since i was 17 i still get that same buzz i did when i was a kid.Love having my mates around for a few beers while i work on the bike or going on runs or even going it alone.That sense of camaraderie is lost on most bikers now.Ill give any one on a bike a wave regardless of the brand.
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Permalink Reply by The dusty buffalo on -
There was a group of folks I was hanging with a few years back. I always rode and one couple ended up winning an anniversary edition wideglide. So then others in the group got bikes too. Then they quit talking to me. I guess I wasn't their kinda biker or something. Maybe I wasn't weekend rider enough. Never did find out. Kinda funny that another couple o have ridden as long as me got kicked out of the circle too. We're still friends!
This past year, on the ride home from sturgis, at some fuel stop somewhere I ended up having a great chat with one of the Hamsters. We never introduced ourselves, I been knowing who they were for 30 years, but just hung for the road break and talked road trash for a few. There really are still some plain bikers out there, and that's good to see.
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Permalink Reply by BikerBecca on -
I think you're hanging out with the wrong crowd or I'm just fortunate. If you are ever in the San Francisco Bay Area and you want to ride with people that are all about the wind in our hair, unity & harmony drop me a line. There's tons of us out here.
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Permalink Reply by Ghiadoc on -
Kumbaya, my Lord... Kumbaya... Kumbaya My Lord, Kumbaya...
Sorry, couldn't help it.
I'm in complete agreement Horn... back in college I rode a Yamaha XS (?) 400... a dude on a chopped sportster was down on the ground, under his bike, (he was totally wasted) in front of the Louisville Outlaws house in old Louisville... I stopped to help him out. He thanked me.
He was dressed like an outlaw, colors and all, I was dressed in my whites (I was a hospital orderly back in those days)... no problems. I didn't get crap for riding a riceburner, just a heart felt thanks for helping a dude out.
Not long after the I-64 bridge was put out of commission last fall, I was on my VTX 1300 and a group of 4 dudes, one BMW, 2 H-D and a big ass Yamaha were off to the side of the road... I stopped, found out they were just trying to figure out the best way around... so I just had them follow me..
I've pulled off on the side of the road in order to wait on my boys who were coming from another direction to meet me for a ride... maybe a third of the bikes that went by made some effort to signal to see if I was ok and I gave them the thumbs up... the others didn't... It wasn't a big deal as I wasn't broken down or stranded so I figured the ones who didn't seem to be concerned had vastly more important things to do.
I guess in these days of nearly everyone carrying a cell phone, peeps have just decided helping a bro out is more trouble than it's worth.
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Permalink Reply by Crazyred on -
I hear you , I too like to ride with other that just like to ride and help each other out! count me in too .
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Permalink Reply by Hogman on -
I'm right there with you. I have had Honda's, Kawasaki's, Suzuki's and Yamaha's. Now I ride a Harley. Big Deal. The Victory is more American made that the Harley. So What? I ride with anyone and everyone. I stop and help another biker (scooters included). I have always done this since I started riding in 1969, back when Harley Davidson meant crap. I wave to every bike (and scooter) I meet on the road. It is not what you ride, but that you do ride. I an no better or worse than anyone else because I ride a Harley. My next bike will probably be a Victory. Can't afford the over priced Indian. I'm just a middle class man who did 22 years in the military. Now I am retired and enjoying life. I don't have time to mess with snobs who think they are better because they are just fools.
Ride Long, Ride hard and
keep the rubber side down.
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Permalink Reply by GC on -
I agree it should not be about what you ride but about respect and the fact you are on two wheels in the wind.
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Permalink Reply by wideglide on -
YANO......I dont care what you ride and dont look down my nose at anybody, but why should I be made to feel bad because I consider myself an american and ride Hd? Third generation HD rider by the way....and all combat Vets. My Dad rode a 47 knuckle, my Bro a 50 Pan and some old Shovels, Mine is an old Shovel which I KNOW IS 100% American Made cause I BUILT IT, would not buy any parts made overseas, Its not snobbery, its PATRIOTISM pure and simple and I WILL NOT APPOLOGIZE for it..........
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