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hey collin, i'm sure a lot of us could go and finance a harley tommorrow if we desired.
but i'm to damm old to try to break in a new leather jacket (and chaps, vest etc.)
i like my old 1100 and how whenever we all ride how the group comes to us and checks our bikes out.
(for pictures of some of our groups bikes ,go to

www.kzkuztums.com/KZXtreme.html

back to the orginal topic about harley stickers.
ever see harley wings on the back window of a hyundai,toyota,honda,nissan etc ?
i laugh out loud every time i seen that.
come on now!
you'll drive their cars but not their bikes?
all about image i guess.

(btw, how is that for some shameless plugging of our new web sight?)

Post edited by: kawsakiman, at: 2007/09/13 00:35

Not all Harley riders are bad, my brother owns 2, and I still like him...

Twice recently I've been on my KZ1000 on PCH in Huntington Beach and gotten complements from HD riders, one guy was on a fine 1925 HD that looked like a museum piece, and he thought my stock KZ1000 was cool

But I have to agree, most of the ride less in a year than I ride in a month and are posers with big monthly payments. HD Dealers offer GREAT Financing

I saw an HD ad on TV saying that the HD logo is the #2 tattoo behind "MOM".... so they get it done permanently with ink also!

The sticker on the back is to remind them of where to put the bike when it breaks down.

"let's see.....bike behind the sticker, Oh yeah, Got it."

I think that goes beyond just Harley Davidsons and stretches into a lot of other things people want to be affiliated with. When I was in undergrad (in upstate NY)I had a group of friends who were all from the same town (except for me). Three or four of them were infatuated with Notre Dame. Everything they wore was ND and two even had ND tattoos. One evening after a few too many Bradors I decided to call them on it. I asked which of them had actually attended Notre Dame. No hands raised. Which of you applied to ND? Again, nobody. Which of you has a relative who went there, had ever been on campus or even been anywhere in Indiana? Nobody raised a hand. I found it funny that a bunch of guys from Massena, NY could shroud themselves in ND gear and permanently affix ND logos to their bodies when none had any affiliation with the school whatsoever.

My next door neighbor Vince is a Harley dude. He had a KZ900 back in the day so I cut him some slack.

His Harley is actually a pretty cool ride. A former police bike. Engine is stroked; 1600cc I think. Gobs of torque. Blows my 1100 away in a straight line.

He works at the local Harley dealer selling chrome. He says the stuff practically sells itself. His bike is all chromed out, so he just shows it to the buyer. They take one look, say "I want mine to look like that," and whip out their credit card. Vince laughs all the way to the bank.

My 2 good friends/riding buddies have Harleys. They are the ones who convinced me to get my CB500 back on the road earlier this year. That led to the KZ1100. So I guess Harley dudes have some redeeming qualities!

Hell, maybe the Harley rider KNEW the guy in the Durango.... could've been his next door neighbor, for all I know.
I wear the biker friendly sticker, I give room to lane splitters, and I stop when I can for bikes (all kinds) on the shoulder.
Guess I thought I'd get an occasional acknowledgement from a passing rider.
I'm over it.

Years ago, when I still drank, this guy always came into the biker bar all decked out from top to bottom in HD crap.
He had tat's up and down his arms. HD rings the whole nine yards. Looked the total HD hard core rider. When I'd leave.. I never saw his bike
So one time I waited until he left. Goes out and pulls a Schwinn from out of some bushes!!!
I asked about him inside, like did he loses his license or what?? Nope never had a bike at all !!! Just wanted to "fit in" and his truck was broke down.

Whenever I saw him after that I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. I'd always think of Kermit the frog saying " gone with the Schwinn " on a Muppet movie, and have to go to the bathroom to keep from losing it in front of him.

Sorry, I only know a few Harley-wankers and have no really funny stories to tell cuz I don't hang with those types of riders.....but I sure enjoyed the stories and to-the-point commentaries by previous posters.

Someone should make a ghost busters style harley decal, I'd buy it! Or even better, on the cross bar of the .. whatever u call it, that could be a kawasaki decal, voiding the harley one. I bet that would get me some waves! one fingered waves, but at least they would finally wave to me!

JoeK wrote:

Not all Harley riders are bad, my brother owns 2, and I still like him...

I hope no one assumes we think they're "bad" (usually they're far from it, but I digress), we just like poking fun at the inlaws.

There is a guy I know, he and his wife only have one car, a Hyundai, and they have a flaming HOG plate on the front. It's hilarious every time I see it.

floridamba wrote:

I saw an HD ad on TV saying that the HD logo is the #2 tattoo behind "MOM".... so they get it done permanently with ink also!

Recalls the guy with an "M" tattoo on each butt cheek, so when he bent over it spelled "MOM", and upside down, it spelled "WOW"

And of course the Harley fan with "H" on the left and "G" on the right.