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Thanks for sharing that Paul. That has been my experience also. I don't care what a person rides or does for fun, as long as it isn't wierd lol. I've had Lot of different bikes but for me I love Harleys. I would say you will find very few libtards on Harleys. Always some idiots with everything though.

Those two riding side by side and pushing the other lane are sure indicators that they are raging dickheads.

My kids were amazed at this. They said after they got their first Harleys, that it was like they got a new family. That’s how virtually every Harley rider I’ve crossed paths with is. Family.

However, riding side by side is a fool’s errand.

Side by side is for Main Street parades. Suicide otherwise. Period.

Or maybe at a stoplight, guy goes first is six inches in front so nobody gets confused.

When I did the Marin Sunday Ride even just leaving gas it was staggered and then nose to tail, if you could keep up, that is. But just WAIT for that ladder, mattress, wood blocking, oil can, dead deer or whatever.....

I have ridden motorcycles all my life, and many times done tandem riding like this. It's legal in my State. I don't consider it unsafe if done together with another experienced rider.
Tailgating is unsafe. It's hard to see from this photo, if indeed, the riders are tailgating. Doesn't look like it to me.

Side by side is the HA preferred riding method. Almost mandatory.

Nope! Much prefer comfort, modern technology, reliability, and fuel mileage! Oh…..there was one Harley that I dreamed of owning, an XR 750, back when they dominated the 1/2 thru 1 mile dirt tracks. But, I was much younger then, and they’re no longer the bike to be beaten……they are the “beaten bike”!

I no longer ride, nor have a desire to do so…..but also, I was never was one of the “cool kids” or a wannabe tough guy! memtb

Coming through the mountains in my truck, a Yamaha tenere came up behind me moving at a hood pace, first straight stretch I slowed and waved him around.
Followed him through 6-8 curves and have never seen someone hold a line that well at speed through the twisty’s. Same place in his lane at all times. Pretty sweet to watch.

Your pic can be a bit deceiving - since it appears to me that they are not actually tailgating the vehicle ahead.. 80 in a 65? HAH. You would get run over in MN with that speed.. Also note that the riders are in the same lane spot as the tires of the vehicle ahead.. That's critical - since the one ahead might be avoiding an object in the middle of the road by straddling it.. Experienced bikers know to never follow in the center of the lane when it's impossible to see what's ahead.

Re: speed; Just to STAY with traffic once on my trip from Nashville to home, I had to have the cruise set at 85 - and I passed maybe one or two vehicles per hour, maybe...

"In the other guy's blind spot" is also deceiving, since it's obvious they know each other and know the other's driving habits... I do agree though that side-by-side driving with two big baggers can be not the safest thing.. I always ride staggered when there's another rider or two in the same group.

Just me, but I think you're being a bit over critical.. But then, I don't know your experience.. I've ridden around 55 years on two wheels w/o a hiccup (to date, LOL) and the utmost thing a rider needs to do is PAY ATTENTION...

Lol 😆

I know.lots of chicken [bleep] wussies that spent 25k+ on a Harley to find out that purchasing a HD does.not make.one instantly tougher than everybody else

Funny, not haha funny, but funny, weird, odd that the haters present fugging cartoons to present their case. Comes up every time.

What age group or education level watches that stuff?

Motorcycles are in the same camp as performance cars, ATVs, and host host of other toys, including guns. They’re wonderful things, and I have played around with my share, but I have always tried to be respectful even while I was playing.
Terry Micklel from the other thread lost his legs above the knee on a bike doing the stuff you’re describing. His older brother Gary hit a car head on in a one lane bridge, catapulting himself into an apple tree!
I have had a friend killed outright on a 4 wheeler and another who survived long enough to become an organ donor at the hospital.
Like I said, they’re great as long as you’re respectful, but will nail your azz if you get to thinking you’re He Man!
Gunzo, I’m 58 and I love South Park!!!
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That's fine buster, enjoy. But fail to see the comparison when the HD's comes up.

Maybe I should try a show or two, but don't hear well enough to understand them. and,,,those eyes freak me out.

So have I whats your point.

That wasn't me.

Always like your humor Paul. Have to ask how fast have you gone on one of your machines.

Only criticism I’ve ever made about Harley riders is long, slow moving columns of them with serious expressions holding up faster-moving traffic in the Texas Hill Country. There ain’t enough Harley riders in the Hill Country to do that much anymore.

[/quote]I've ridden them for over 40 years still ride a semi custom Road King. I'd like to see you tell one face to face what you think.[/quote]

I used to ride quite a lot with a guy on a Shovelhead sporster, that thing would shake itself apart at the speeds we rode This was forty years ago, back when Shovels were still in widespread circulation. When guys would run a finger in a pipe to see if it was getting time for a rebuild.

For a while too I got with a woman who had her own Lowrider. Sometimes she would let me ride it. One time we were riding along and a pack of big ol’Harley guys passed in the opposite direction. Me and them were waving like brothers. She was a little ways behind on my Yamaha, none of them waved at her

I got nothing against Harleys, beautiful bikes, but I did expect those two guys to ride better.

I've ridden them for over 40 years still ride a semi custom Road King. I'd like to see you tell one face to face what you think.[/quote]

I used to ride quite a lot with a guy on a Shovelhead sporster, that thing would shake itself apart at the speeds we rode This was forty years ago, back when Shovels were still in widespread circulation. When guys would run a finger in a pipe to see if it was getting time for a rebuild.

For a while too I got with a woman who had her own Lowrider. Sometimes she would let me ride it. One time we were riding along and a pack of big ol’Harley guys passed in the opposite direction. Me and them were waving like brothers. She was a little ways behind on my Yamaha, none of them waved at her

I got nothing against Harleys, beautiful bikes, but I did expect those two guys to ride better.[/quote]


Sorry but there is NO such thing as a Shovelhead Sportster! A Shovelhead is a Big Twin. A Sportster is not a Big Twin.

Good thread Birdie, nobody thought you were raggin on HD riders, or any other brand for that matter.

Just the haters or not knowing chiming in trying to turn the thread into something else.

Unbelievable, the comments made sometimes by the the unknowing, too much really to debate or discredit. Fools that are just a waste of time.