Harley Guy giving me a hard time BECAUSE I wear my gear!

[Old Guy]

Don't you know helmets can cause paralysis? They're dangerous I tells ya!

Well, that's OK because, even though I wear one, I don't plan to crash

 

[LagerHead]

In 2008 I washed my frontend out on slick pavement at about 45mph. No biggie. I slid down the road and through a ditch and wound up in a driveway. I rode back home. The helmet didn't even look that bad, but on closer inspection, I realized the chin bar was torn almost all the way through on one side. That's when I realized that could have been my chin.
I expect nobody here needs convincing. But tell this to a helmetless rider, and he'll answer "I don't plan to crash." If it were only that simple, huh?

Dang it! That's where I have been going wrong.

 

[airboss]

That wasn't my fault. Really.

Yes it is! You weren't there, so It's all your fault.

 

[RichDoyle]

C'mon Rich...fess up. I bet you have a really kewl photo of you in doorags and Harley leather vest. Post it!

Sorry, no such thing. On occasion, someone would find out I'm a MC rider and would say: "so you have a Harley". I don't get why they'd think that. I don't:

Smoke

Have facial hair

Have a beer belly

Dress like an Oakland Raider fan or a meth dealer

Have any tats.

 

[Twigg]

Don't you know helmets can cause paralysis? They're dangerous I tells ya!

Well, that's OK because, even though I wear one, I don't plan to crash

This one always amuses me. Folk with that attitude are invariably highly critical of the driving habits of others .... So ask them why they trust their lives to the actions of other road users.

 

[jbretthorton]

C'mon Rich...fess up. I bet you have a really kewl photo of you in doorags and Harley leather vest. Post it!

Sorry, no such thing. On occasion, someone would find out I'm a MC rider and would say: "so you have a Harley". I don't get why they'd think that. I don't:

Smoke

Have facial hair

Have a beer belly

Dress like an Oakland Raider fan or a meth dealer

Have any tats.

My wife and I were in Daytona on the FJR a couple weeks ago and a dude sitting at McDonalds asked " Is that a Harley" He was ten feet from the FJR.... I just said yep and continued walking by....

 

[exskibum]

C'mon Rich...fess up. I bet you have a really kewl photo of you in doorags and Harley leather vest. Post it!

Mark, you busted me . . . almost. I surely was a stupid tool invested in what I thought was cool (to chicks) on motorcycles at 19 to 21 in particular. Lucky to have lived through that phase. But while no pics exist of me in that costume, note that helmets were not required in Calif that long ago.

Best I've got is some slides of what I foolishly did to a '69 BSA Thunderbolt 650 to make it dysfunctionally "cool". 6" over forks, molded frame, Sportster fuel and wrap oil tanks, laced up a 16" rear to the hub, pullbacks, sissy bar, hardly padded seat, chrome struts, etc. A rigid tragedy of polished cases and head cover, pearl blue and chrome on everything I could plate (inadvisable or not). The pics I have are before the struts so it really looks awkward. It didn't handle or stop worth a ****, but it vibrated like a supercharged dildo.

And all that should probably have been expected from a 19 year old owner who was dumber than hammered birdshit.

 

[DaJudge]

I used to get all sorts of looks from the many guys on Harleys around here because I rode ATGATT on my Triumph Rocket 3. They really wanted to dig that bike, but it confused the ***** outta them that I wasn't wearing the typical leather vest w/ patches and dew rag costume.

Shortly after an ER doc buddy and I first met, the subject of motorcycles came up. He became quite distressed that I rode and told me of the many head trauma patients he's sent to the neuro ICU after MC crashes. I asked how many had been wearing helmets. After thinking a few seconds, he replied, "I can't recall one that was." He calmed down after I explained that my head-to-toe gear always includes a really good full-face (either Arai or Shoei).

 

[FJRacer]

I learned many years ago not to worry about NON-Riders opinions. And there are LOTS of NON-Riders out there that own Bikes.

 

[FJRay]

C'mon Rich...fess up. I bet you have a really kewl photo of you in doorags and Harley leather vest. Post it!

Mark, you busted me . . . almost. I surely was a stupid tool invested in what I thought was cool (to chicks) on motorcycles at 19 to 21 in particular. Lucky to have lived through that phase. But while no pics exist of me in that costume, note that helmets were not required in Calif that long ago.

Best I've got is some slides of what I foolishly did to a '69 BSA Thunderbolt 650 to make it dysfunctionally "cool". 6" over forks, molded frame, Sportster fuel and wrap oil tanks, laced up a 16" rear to the hub, pullbacks, sissy bar, hardly padded seat, chrome struts, etc. A rigid tragedy of polished cases and head cover, pearl blue and chrome on everything I could plate (inadvisable or not). The pics I have are before the struts so it really looks awkward. It didn't handle or stop worth a ****, but it vibrated like a supercharged dildo.

And all that should probably have been expected from a 19 year old owner who was dumber than hammered birdshit

Wow Rich , Things haven't changed much.

I still do stupid **** at times

 

[Uncle Hud]

Mr. Doyles's post brought a chuckle, then a bit of a snap!

I don't smoke, but ...

I do have facial hair,

I do have a beer belly,

I have been known to dress like a meth dealer (and I own a leather biker vest with a custom-made patch),

and I do have a tattoo, like many Navy vets.

Damn. Maybe I should look into a Street Glide.

(Hope this confession doesn't get me banned.)

 

[RichDoyle]

Mr. Doyles's post brought a chuckle, then a bit of a snap!
I don't smoke, but ...

I do have facial hair,

I do have a beer belly,

I have been known to dress like a meth dealer (and I own a leather biker vest with a custom-made patch),

and I do have a tattoo, like many Navy vets.

Damn. Maybe I should look into a Street Glide.

(Hope this confession doesn't get me banned.)

Hmm. I think there is one other thing - gotta have chimpanzee legs so you must have a cruiser

 

[FJR Bill]

Actually had a bad *** bearded Harley guy in a T shirt COMMAND me at an intersection, "TAKE ALL THAT **** OFF", guess he didn't like my quality protective gear. I felt so bad.....NOT! TURD.

Never had a reaction like that or comments like that from riders on German, Japan, Italian, or England produced bikes. Harley guys are special. Home grown.

Bill

 

[steveoreno]

Don't you know helmets can cause paralysis? They're dangerous I tells ya!

Well, that's OK because, even though I wear one, I don't plan to crash

My brother in law who is a top notch orthopedic surgeon tells me none of his patients planned to crash either.

 

[Abercrombie FJR]

Don't you know helmets can cause paralysis? They're dangerous I tells ya!

And they diminish your peripheral vision and hearing making you deaf and blind. You'll never know when those cage drivers are about to take you out. They're dangerous I tells ya!

 

[Abercrombie FJR]

The old saying, in a similar safety vein.....

"If you think you don't need a helmet, you're probably right".

Might be an old saying but I have never heard it before. I'm stealing that one.