[Melas]

I never intended to imply you look like anything, just that i laugh at the wanna-be badasses, most of whom can't ride worth a damn.

No offense was taken, it was an attempt at humor on my part. I look like your stereotypical biker, and pretty much always have. In my case, it's not feigned and it's not an affection.

My father came back from WWII with a love for motorcycles and Harley-Davidsons in particular. I grew up amidst the biker culture, and I suppose it shows. Oddly enough, my only sibling, a brother 18 years my senior turned out to be a mild-mannered accountant. Go figure.

[HOTTIEBOY]

Hottie would never understand this, but I've reigned the engine in once.

No, I don't. Maybe I shouldn't reply to you on this becasue you seem to have respect for all bikers.
I was talking to a hardcore standard rider about performance. He was taken aback and said his bike was plenty fast. He very proudly told me how he paid $17,000 for the bike and went straight into the engine. Changing bore and stroke, updating with tighter heads and using bigger carbs. He said he had nearly $20k in that bike and it was a real performance machine. He said he could do 11.24 seconds in a quarter mile.
I proceeded to tell him that I paid $8995 and could do 10.45 in a quarter mile. He asked me what I did to the bike and I told him I put gas in it and turned the key. I never got around to telling him that was the slow bike and I just use it for twisties. But lean angle and rake and trail are words he would have never understodd anyway.