The guy with the motorcycles

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Apparently that’s my name around the neighborhood. :laugh2:

Couple days ago, my wife and I were invited to a multi family BBQ on our street. Everybody in my neighborhood is friendly and they wave at each other, but most of us really didn’t know each other.

After we got back home, my wife said. “ Your name around here is “ The Guy with the Motorcycles”
As in “ Oh...your husband is the guy with the motorcycles! “ I started laughing because I was also approached at the BBQ , guys would ask me “ Aren’t you the guy with the motorcycles? “ Apparently I’m something of a curiosity to them.

I was chuckling to myself thinking they should meet some of my friends, “ The Guys with Six Motorcycles , chainsaws, tractors, snowblowers and bull dozers! “
 
hey jim what the matte with that lol, My nabors call me "the guy with the loud Harleys" they never knotice the xs bikes, althou Im not shure they would now the difference

I have two HD both very early ironheads, one totta; 50s greaser bobber style, and one rediculas swedidh style chopper
 
althou Im not shure they would now the difference

Yeah , you’re either into bikes or you’re not.
Back when I had a new Triumph, a neighbor walked up into my garage one day when I was out working on it, and in an excited voice asked me “ Is that a Harley?!” I thought he was joking at first until I looked at him.

I simply replied Yes....yes it is. :laugh2:
 
On the bright side at least they didn't say "The guy with the Harleys." :lmao:
Hey Now I have to of those! Well unless you are a "Real Harley Guy" who does not recognize a Sportster as being a "Real Harley"!
And if any one tries referring to me as Scooter Trash I'll tell them "No that's my wife she rides a Vespa!"

And don't get fooled about the 278cc's of the Vespa, while you are shifting through all those gears she is doing nothing but accelerating!"
 
Alright guys... I wasn't bashin' Harleys... I've even owned one myself.
Was makin' fun of the fact that most non-riders think any loud bike is a "Harley." :rolleyes:
 
Isn't it funny how our bikes seem to define us in the eyes of non-riders? I guess as motorcycle sales drop, this will become even more prevalent.

I have been told that I am known as "the biker prof" by the students (but I can't think why....;))
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Hehehehe.
 
I was chuckling to myself thinking they should meet some of my friends, “ The Guys with Six Motorcycles , chainsaws, tractors, snowblowers and bull dozers! “

...and the guy who rode a 47 year old motorcycle more than 700 miles in the rain and finished up with 12 miles on a twisty mountainous road after midnight...in the fog.
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Come on down GLJ!
 
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Alright guys... I wasn't bashin' Harleys... I've even owned one myself.
Was makin' fun of the fact that most non-riders think any loud bike is a "Harley." :rolleyes:
Well, they DID specify "motorcycles", not over-priced, under-muffled, phallus substitutes...

(JUST KIDDING, Harley Guys!)
Well as both my Sporty's have stock exhaust I guess to some that would be another negative point in my direction. And if you take into account one of them has a "training wheel" AKA sidecar hanging off the side I'm really in deep do do with some "Real Bikers"
 
...and the guy who rode a 47 year old motorcycle more than 700 miles in the rain and finished up with 12 miles on a twisty mountainous road after midnight...in the fog.
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Come on down GLJ!
All I can say. Didn't have a beer until I got there.
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When Someone asks where I live I tell them you go up Lebanon Road till you see the place with a yard full of bikes. Sometimes I even line them up along the front. The Harley the 83, 81, 75 XS650's two Baja mini bikes, the two mountain bikes.
I rode the Harley to a picnic at a small lake. As I went along the road a bunch of bikes were parked together along one side. Mostly Honda and Yamaha cruisers.
Not enough room to park there, so I parked it down a bit. A group of people went by as I was pulling off some of my riding gear.
One of the women asked me why I didn't park up by all the other bikes, Another said my bike was a real Harley, not a K-Mart Harley like those others.
I got good laugh out of that. Never heard it put that way before.
Leo
 
DE, I'll be 63 on Sat so I'm waiting as long as possible before applying..

I signed up at 62 because:
a. I was eligible,
2. longevity is not a family trait, and
iii. If I didn't get out of the job I was in I was either going to stroke out or choke the life out of somebody.

Taking a little hit on the size of the SS check seemed like the smart choice...
 
I signed up at 62 because:
a. I was eligible,
2. longevity is not a family trait, and
iii. If I didn't get out of the job I was in I was either going to stroke out or choke the life out of somebody.

Taking a little hit on the size of the SS check seemed like the smart choice...
Well I started when I hit 65 and much of for the same reasons as your # iii. If I still had some of the bosses that I had years before I may have been tempted to hang in there a few more years.
 
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