Stupid Harley Davidsons

He shouldn't have to talk to his neighbor, any idiot ought to realize how annoying that would be.

Have people lost all common sense?

Don't mind me, I'm going to fire up my calliope for a test tonight at midnight. Oh, did I wake you?

Asbury wrote:

He shouldn't have to talk to his neighbor, any idiot ought to realize how annoying that would be.

Have people lost all common sense?

Don't mind me, I'm going to fire up my calliope for a test tonight at midnight. Oh, did I wake you?

Agreed. But since we dont live in a perfect world....

You should start getting up at 5 in the morning and mowing the lawn, cutting firewood with a chainsaw, etc.

And all that noise for performance equal to a 60cc scooter.

The problem is EVERY Harley owner HAS to get on the gas as hard as they can every time they accellerate. Then when stopped they HAVE to rev the engine.

Maybe they have to do this just to keep the POS running??

yup, always pissed me off when I was a kid with my, but not as loud, hot rod car.The short answer: Cops ride and like Harleys.

My ears also hurt wrote:

I don't understand why every other vehicle on the road has to comply with noise emmission standards while the harleys are allowed to make such a f***ing racket. It's all about raising the ire of people like me, too. Just like children who find something to annoy their parents for the sake of annoying their parents. Harley riders are just juvenile.

The guy shoud just wait untill the bastard pulls out of his driveway on his bike and then ram him as hard as he can with is SUV. Just make it look like an accident. Either that or just throw some molotovs at the bike while he is asleep.

Biker story that might make some feel better:

Biker type guy pulls up beside a middle aged guy my dad golfs with in my hometown, this is several years ago. THe guy is sitting in his car minding his own business and the biker spits on his window. THe guy in the car who is incredibly strong but average sized gets out, drags the guy off the bike and wipes the spit off with the bikers head. I heard this story quite a while ago. Since then, this guys grandson ends up being a major enforcer type guy in the NHL. Major badass.

I have buddies who have Harleys. I try to rationally figure out the loud noise thing. THey even have kids and are otherwise totally normal. THeir eyes gloss over about the noise. You cannot rationalize with them. Ive thought about going up and yelling in Harley riders ears to see how they like it. At 148lbs not a good idea! It all comes down to personal freedoms. Should you be free from excessive noise pollution? I think so. In a fair world, they could ride a loud bike(their habit) if they come for a 10 miler at 6 minute pace (our habit).

You sound like Judge Smails with all this talk about noise pollution and personal freedoms.

I don't know who that judge guy is. Likley a tv show.

What do you think if you are sitting on a patio and a Harley pulls up to park making so much noise everything else grinds to a halt until he finishes parking?

Try and actually answer without saying " well I don't ......" or "I don't know..."

What makes you automatically assume I have not spoken to him? I have and his response was not unlike your own:

"Loud pipes save lives, man. Can't you just shut the windows? You have AC."

But now I do see where you are coming from:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=1501937

You are just a little pissant who has never lived next to someone who owns a harley or you wish you owned a harley but can't afford one because you live in mommy and daddy's basement watching Dog TBH and playing XBox. One day you may grow up, learn a little bit about responsibility, and (God help the gene pool) have a family to support.

Reading comprehension is not really your strong suit. Remember that part about hills? That thing called the "throttle" needs to be increased if he is to get up the hill of the drive and the street going east. Nevertheless, if he returns home from the west, he still has to go up a hill to get to the drive and then goose it again to make the turn and get over the driveway apron. The police will likely say work it out amongst yourselves. That I will. They usually have a party the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Since I have some trees to be removed I will have the tree service come and do it then or maybe the day after he is sleeping off his boozing of the upcoming poker run. The noise of a V8 wood chipper will drown out any harley.

Sorry I had to spell it out for you. As far as character arguments - I see your baby boomer parents did a wonderful job with you. I'm sorry you hate your parents, get some professional help. But you won't get a clue until you learn about responsibility, get a job, pull your Gen X head from your behind, and have to worry about those who you must support. What a liberal mess. Please get off the government dole.

Additionally, I don't much care for a harley riding convicted rapist/deadbeat dad/mother sponging/porn watching/lay about living next to me because I am thinking about the safety of my wife and the single mother across the street with 3 teenage daughters. Nobody would.

If he's out late every night, he's probably at a bar. One night, shadow him to the bar. Wait outside until he leaves. Call 911 and say you saw a drunk on a motorcycle, weaving and crossing the center line. Give the road and direction he's heading. If he's had more than a few beers, there's a good chance he'll blow a .08 or higher, and you won't have a problem anymore.

mandingo wrote:

I don't know who that judge guy is. Likley a tv show.

What do you think if you are sitting on a patio and a Harley pulls up to park making so much noise everything else grinds to a halt until he finishes parking?

Try and actually answer without saying " well I don't ......" or "I don't know..."

It was a reference to the Judge from Caddyshack when Rodney Dangerfield is playing his music on the fairway.

Citizen Runner wrote:

Passing judgement on what others should or should not spend their money and time on merely makes you look as much a self-centered twit as your neighbor.

Except for that part you missed about him living with his mother and leaving the mother of his child high and dry. I see no problem with Ears Hurt passing judgement. If the guy had to support that kid and pay rent or mortgage he probably could not afford a Hog!!

My ears hurt wrote:

But you won't get a clue until you learn about responsibility, get a job, pull your Gen X head from your behind, and have to worry about those who you must support.

Pet peeve of mine: why is "Gen X" used to refer to the current generation of youthful slackers, while most other generational terms actually continue to apply to the people for whom the term was originally coined?

Douglas Coupland is now 44 years old. The generation he wrote about are in their late 30s or early-to-mid 40s. Some kid playing XBox in his parents' basement probably wasn't even born when Coupland published the first excerpts from his book.

(And before anyone brings it up: I know that Coupland didn't come up with the term "Generation X," but he certainly popularized it and gave it the most widely accepted meaning.)

My ears hurt wrote:

Additionally, I don't much care for a harley riding convicted rapist/deadbeat dad/mother sponging/porn watching/lay about living next to me because I am thinking about the safety of my wife and the single mother across the street with 3 teenage daughters. Nobody would.

Maybe you should move to a nicer trailer park.

Double Standard? wrote:

Douglas Coupland is now 44 years old.

So he was born in 1962 or late 1961, thereby making him a baby boomer.

I f*ckin hate those goddamn things and the tiny penises that ride them. Why are they so frickin' loud?

Bunch of attention whores riding down the hwy with a muffler problem.

The noise serves absolutely no purpose other than to stroke the ego of the "mommy never loved me" rider. I hope darwinism kicks in and they all crash, but instead i'll probably go deaf when a little pecker sneaks up between lanes and revs the engine.

I was reacting to the quote below which I read as a general condemnation of motorcyclists and motorcycles. My apologies if I misinterpreted the message. As a rider myself, I'm particularly aware that many riders are rude, irresponsible, and unsafe because such people fuel the negative stereotypes that much of the population hold towards motorcyclists. As a result, there are enough people out there who would just as soon ban bikes from the road to concern me. As a motorcyclist, I'm also keenly aware that there are a great many automobile drivers who are rude, irresponsible, and unsafe but you're not going to find anyone who would use that as a basis to ban automobiles. You'll find damn few who would use that as a basis for better driver training and stricter licensing standards. This guy's neighbor may well be a waste of oxygen, but I'd prefer that not to be linked to how I choose get to work 8 months out of the year here in the northeast.

Citizen Runner wrote:

As a rider myself, I'm particularly aware that many riders are rude, irresponsible, and unsafe because such people fuel the negative stereotypes that much of the population hold towards motorcyclists. As a result, there are enough people out there who would just as soon ban bikes from the road to concern me.

Do you ride a harley? Is it loud? Why? How many decibels?

I think the OP did not title it "stupid motorcyclists".