"The vast majrity of Hardley riders are a joke."
I own 2 Harleys. A 2000 Ultra Classic and a 2002 Road King Classic. I bought both bikes new. One has over 70k miles on it and the other has nearly 40K on it. The Ultra cost me $26,500 and the Road King cost me $24,000. I paid cash for each bike and later dumped about 3k into each bike.
I take my Bride on a 30 day bike vacation once a year. I am retired (twice over, but at 53, I just didn't want to work anymore). So, my Bride takes 30 days off from her career for our long trips. The longest trip we have been on was just over 9,000 miles. We live at the Pacific Ocean. We rode to the Atlantic Ocean, danced in the water, came back by way of the Gulf Coat and then through some of my favorite cowboy states.
This year was the first of many that we didn't take off on a bike vacation. I was sick, so we went to the Hawaiian Islands for 2 weeks instead. The second 2 weeks we went up and down the Oregon coast as well as Eastern Washington so that we could ride my new Artic Cat prowler 4x4.
During our many trips, I have met folks from all walks of life. Do not stereotype us, as you will be wrong.
As you may see, being an avid biker is a passion for me. I would have many more road miles on these bikes, but I have many passions and they all need feeding. I now have a new Cruiser so much of my road passion may shift a bit to my love for the sea.
You may think I'm nuts, some do, but I am a firm believer that it's more difficult to kill a moving target.
So, with respect, please change your paint brush to something several sizes smaller.
Sir, many folks think like you have, I just want you to know that there are both bad bikers and good bikers...just like anything in life.
Than my comment obviously wasn't meant for you, right? I see plenty of riders I think are a joke on other kinds of bikes. Retards who do 120 on a crotch rocket in their first few years of riding are beyond jokes, they are idiots. They, however, don't try to live some fallacy of a suzuki lifestyle wherein everyone expresses their individuality by trying to look like a heroin addict/Paul Senior type.