A friend of a friend's Harley (warning rant!!!))

Houndguy · 09-20-2013, 11:43 AM

A buddy of mine twice removed is selling his 2000 all chromed out wide glide with only 18K on it.

I don't understand how some "bikers" manage to only put only 1,300 miles a year on a bike. Yet somehow I am less of a "biker" for riding a scooter and putting on over 10K a year?

Has anyone else noticed how these low mileage bikes tend to be Harley's?

OK...rant over.

Gimpdog · 09-20-2013, 12:43 PM

Hahaha! Never quite thought of that idea quite like that way....

Guest_3 · 09-20-2013, 01:02 PM

I know a few people that unhooked their speedo for the first year.

Rode the snot out of it, then when the newness wore off hooked it back up.

Gimpdog · 09-20-2013, 01:35 PM

Well, I know my neighbor trailers his Harleys to all his events... Doesn't want to "put all those miles on them..." I tease him about not wanting to sit on that seat for all those miles, LOL.

Houndguy · 09-20-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gimpdog

Well, I know my neighbor trailers his Harleys to all his events... Doesn't want to "put all those miles on them..." I tease him about not wanting to sit on that seat for all those miles, LOL.

Which is kind of my point. Why own a bike if you don't ride it?

spandi · 09-20-2013, 10:10 PM

Stop me if you've heard this one before. But I used to drop into the Honda shop back when I had an 125 Elite. It would crack me up to see big touring and other large cc bikes for sale with roughly 3000 miles on them tops, while my little scoot had over 12K on the odometer

qwertydude · 09-21-2013, 01:18 AM

Chromed out Harley's are for lookin' not for ridin' duh.

amac1680 · 09-21-2013, 05:48 AM

I see it ever year when those headed to Bikefest or Biktoberfest come thru town. HDs of every kind on trailers. Sure if you're coming from The Great White North I get it but so many of them have warm weather states on the plates.

Be Big,
AMAC

**inuyasha** · 09-21-2013, 04:40 PM

Hi
I only put about 200 to 300 miles a year on my Indian unless i go to the big rallies

indian by inuyasha50, on Flickr
Its a bike for shows and the big rallies mostly and i dont go every year to them
Take care and ride safely my friend
Yours Hank

buford1488 · 09-22-2013, 08:39 AM

c-mon dont hate................

amac1680 · 09-22-2013, 10:46 AM

Not hating, been there !
My Nightster. I did a DNA trike conversion but as the body failed I could no longer shit or brake with foot so she had to go.

Long live twist-n-go scoots.

Be Big,
AMAC

Bob Shaw · 09-29-2013, 07:50 PM

I winter in an "over 55 park" in central Florida, and during the winter, the Gold Wings and the Harleys generally sit, unless they are going on an organized ride. They never use them to run down to the grocery store or to Walmart. My little TaoTao, and last year my Reflex, was on the go a lot. And when I went to Walmart the bikes I saw there were scoots. I even rigged a way to carry my fishing rod, and went to the lake or over to Arbuckle Creek to fish. Never saw a Harley or Goldwing being used to carry fishing rods.

I guess it's just a different class of riding.

novaraptor · 09-30-2013, 05:30 PM

And with the Harleys, you don't have the time to put on a lot of miles. It can take hours to put the pirate costume on to run to the local bar..

scootnwinn · 09-30-2013, 08:00 PM

I particularly like to see the live to ride plates and stickers on all the cages I ride past every morning on the way to work. If they live to ride why do they need the sign? They could just ride their bike every day and the labels would be unnecessary.

Gimpdog · 09-30-2013, 08:32 PM

Yeah, well I heard that you ain't really living when you have to go to work, period, LOL!!!

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amac1680 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Jacksonville Fl/Mantoloking NJ Posts: 272	I see it ever year when those headed to Bikefest or Biktoberfest come thru town. HDs of every kind on trailers. Sure if you're coming from The Great White North I get it but so many of them have warm weather states on the plates. Be Big, AMAC __________________ Mobilizing Americas Hereos www.SEGS4VETS.org Messages by Alan Maccini are created using voice recognition please excuse any missed errors. SYM RV200 Evo Lance "Cali Classic" 125 MC-95-250 Reverse Trike http://www.fuelly.com/driver/amac1680/rv200-evo
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09-21-2013, 04:40 PM	#9
inuyasha Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Haven CT Posts: 1,165	Hi I only put about 200 to 300 miles a year on my Indian unless i go to the big rallies indian by inuyasha50, on Flickr Its a bike for shows and the big rallies mostly and i dont go every year to them Take care and ride safely my friend Yours Hank __________________ "4wheels move the body 2 wheels move the soul" Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. Douglas MacArthur
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09-22-2013, 10:46 AM	#11
amac1680 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Jacksonville Fl/Mantoloking NJ Posts: 272	Not hating, been there ! My Nightster. I did a DNA trike conversion but as the body failed I could no longer shit or brake with foot so she had to go. Long live twist-n-go scoots. Be Big, AMAC __________________ Mobilizing Americas Hereos www.SEGS4VETS.org Messages by Alan Maccini are created using voice recognition please excuse any missed errors. SYM RV200 Evo Lance "Cali Classic" 125 MC-95-250 Reverse Trike http://www.fuelly.com/driver/amac1680/rv200-evo
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09-30-2013, 05:30 PM	#13
novaraptor Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Las Vegas, Nv Posts: 105	tempus fugit And with the Harleys, you don't have the time to put on a lot of miles. It can take hours to put the pirate costume on to run to the local bar..
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09-30-2013, 08:00 PM	#14
scootnwinn Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tierra Azul, NM Posts: 739	I particularly like to see the live to ride plates and stickers on all the cages I ride past every morning on the way to work. If they live to ride why do they need the sign? They could just ride their bike every day and the labels would be unnecessary. __________________ Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. - Benjamin Franklin Join the HARDCORE 1983 Honda GL650I SilverWing
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09-20-2013, 12:43 PM	#2
Gimpdog Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: N Carolina Posts: 453	Hahaha! Never quite thought of that idea quite like that way....
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09-20-2013, 01:35 PM	#4
Gimpdog Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: N Carolina Posts: 453	Well, I know my neighbor trailers his Harleys to all his events... Doesn't want to "put all those miles on them..." I tease him about not wanting to sit on that seat for all those miles, LOL.
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09-20-2013, 10:10 PM	#6
spandi Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 482	Stop me if you've heard this one before. But I used to drop into the Honda shop back when I had an 125 Elite. It would crack me up to see big touring and other large cc bikes for sale with roughly 3000 miles on them tops, while my little scoot had over 12K on the odometer
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09-21-2013, 01:18 AM	#7
qwertydude Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 139	Chromed out Harley's are for lookin' not for ridin' duh.
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09-29-2013, 07:50 PM	#12
Bob Shaw Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 32	I winter in an "over 55 park" in central Florida, and during the winter, the Gold Wings and the Harleys generally sit, unless they are going on an organized ride. They never use them to run down to the grocery store or to Walmart. My little TaoTao, and last year my Reflex, was on the go a lot. And when I went to Walmart the bikes I saw there were scoots. I even rigged a way to carry my fishing rod, and went to the lake or over to Arbuckle Creek to fish. Never saw a Harley or Goldwing being used to carry fishing rods. I guess it's just a different class of riding.
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09-30-2013, 08:32 PM	#15
Gimpdog Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: N Carolina Posts: 453	Yeah, well I heard that you ain't really living when you have to go to work, period, LOL!!!
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