What is it with Harley riders?

[KubotainNH]

I hate the behavior of some sport bike riders and don't get me started on bicycle riders.

The behavior is not limited to sport bike riders except for the wheelies which I don't happen to see often. Peeves me off when any bike drives up a lane or in between cars to get ahead of folks. Oddly those stupid open exhausts now end up aimed at me. When on my bike, I don't trust anyone enough to start going into lanes they may not expect you in.

 

[Bird]

I always just attributed that love of the exhaust noise to immaturity. At least it was for me:laughing: and I still think it is for others, too. I put dual glass pack mufflers on my '56 Mercury when I was 18, and I almost never turned the radio off. But I never wanted any loud exhausts after I was 21. In fact, ideally, whether car or motorcycle, or even a tractor, you'd have to look at a tachometer to see if the engine was running.

 

[PMA]

Had to work myrtle beach rallies for years and have to say the Harley's sounded better than those crotch rockets with that whining sound.

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[Egon]

For those not familiar with Harley Knockoffs here are some of the early Indian knockoffs!

 

[Gunny]

I thought the Indian came before Harley, so wouldn't Harley be the ones making knockoffs?

I'm also pretty sure that Indian also made the first V twin engines.

 

[CobyRupert]

I've found that the safest of the "look at me" approaches (vs. the "listen to me" approach) are the strobing headlights. Much, much, more effective to prevent a cage driver from looking through you and not seeing you before they turn into your path or pull out in front of you.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

I've found that the safest of the "look at me" approaches (vs. the "listen to me" approach) are the strobing headlights. Much, much, more effective to prevent a cage driver from looking through you and not seeing you before they turn into your path or pull out in front of you.

The undulating headlights are definitely a huge 'I'm here' indicator. Also, a blue-dot taillight makes the back of a bike stand out well.

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[adirondackmtnman]

Double post

 

[deepNdirt]

I have no problem noticing motorcycles from half-a-mile away, Here in Ga, almost every LEO agency has several Bikes in their fleet, I see them everywhere, so this raises my awareness to notice most all bikes on the road,
I don't go for the reason loud pipes are for safety to be noticed, It's got to be more of a attitude/image thing,
besides loud pipes doesn't matter to me because I'm half def anyway, this has helped to sharpen my visual awareness,
I use my mirrors every bit as much as looking through the windshield, I see when a cycle is approaching from behind,...

I do fill kinda sorry for some of the Harley riders, Just the other day when it was freezing out, 28*, I was traveling down the road when I looked ahead to see a person on a motorcycle awaiting to pull out from a side road, I know It's a 50/50% chance that person might pull out, Well he did just that, He quickly got up speed to probably 65 mph, racing through the gears, but soon fell back down to around 45 mph,
Of course I knew why the sudden reduction in speed, (he was freezing) .. I told my wife he should have fell in behind us and used my truck to block of some of the wind.....
I feel sorry for the ones who want so badly to own a Harley that he must give up any and all other transportation in order to own one, Now he's having to drive it too and from work, IN THE COLD... I might add...

 

[MossRoad]

What are you talking about, they didn't hear you. I bet it was a big bang when you hit them.

On serious note. The problem with motorcycle is that people have no idea how fast it is going. Unless they deal with motorcycle traffic often they will not have a clue. My brother who lives in Czech Republic told me that after the fall communism lot of people bought fast motorcycles. There was huge spike in the fatalities because of car drivers underestimated the speed of approaching motorcycle and turned into its path.

It was more like SCREEEEEECCCHHHHHH!!!! THUD!!! into the passenger side doors. What I'm sure they did hear was my language. :laughing: