What are your other passions/hobbies/things you enjoy doing? (Not RC)

[HPIguy]

I was passing 4 cars when my helmet came off. That thought of a car pulling into the passing lane was going through my head until the helmet started knocking me around.

I think 13 was my record. Yeah, I was dumb as hell. A good fitting helmet is priceless.

 

[WickedFog]

I think 13 was my record. Yeah, I was dumb as hell. A good fitting helmet is priceless.

Mine fit good, but I didn't have it strapped tight enough. Those were my wild and crazy days. I quickly sold that bike and got back on 4 wheels. If I hadn't I am certain that bike would have done me in.

 

[Greywolf74]

168mph when I was young and much dumber on a modified ZX6R. In a t shirt and jeans, like a true SQUID.

168 is the fastest I've been on a Bike (Honda CBR1000RR) and in my Challenger.

 

[HPIguy]

I went from sport bikes, to a bike that made a screaming 42HP with extensive mods. Got me in more trouble than any of them.

 

[Iowa crawler]

I love little bikes. My stock 250 ninja went 85mph with 26 hp and 13 angry kittens worth of torque. Not is has 61 hp and tops 120mph. Super fun.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I prefer to keep all 4 tires on the ground with my ATVs...

 

[Greywolf74]

I went from sport bikes, to a bike that made a screaming 42HP with extensive mods. Got me in more trouble than any of them.

If I ever get another bike it will most likely be a Harley. I'm too old and too fat to go flying through corners with half my ass hangin' off the seat

 

[HPIguy]

If I ever get another bike it will most likely be a Harley. I'm too old and too fat to go flying through corners with half my ass hangin' off the seat

I'm tall so not much hanging off for me. I would never, EVER buy a Harley due to them being a terrible company, and un-American these days. But that's just me. I'd own an Indian though.

 

[Greywolf74]

I'm tall so not much hanging off for me. I would never, EVER buy a Harley due to them being a terrible company, and un-American these days. But that's just me. I'd own an Indian though.

Oh? I'm not aware... Whats the 411 on Harley?

 

[WickedFog]

Oh? I'm not aware... Whats the 411 on Harley?

Ever been into a Harley shop and looked at the parts? Everything is made in China. I musta picked up 30 different things the last time I was in there. Every one of them was made in China. I would never buy a Harley either.

 

[HPIguy]

Oh? I'm not aware... Whats the 411 on Harley?

Long story short, they took the corporate tax cuts under Trump with the promise of keeping American factories open. Then a couple of months later a bunch of their higher-up executives took a stock buyback option that cost the company millions of dollars. They then closed the Kansas City factory, and opened factories in Thailand and other places where labor is cheaper.

 

[Doom!]

Harley is an image, not a product, their quality had been suffering for decades. Over rated is an under statement.

 

[Iowa crawler]

My boss bought a Harley, I had to congratulate him. Three generations of Harley shirts and hats and he is the first to buy the motorcycle.

 

[HPIguy]

Harley is an image, not a product, their quality had been suffering for decades. Over rated is an under statement.

This is the truth. They've made an astonishing amount of money selling an image to people that otherwise never would have been a motorcyclist. Not to mention the cost these days. They were originally an American blue-collar bike that everyone could afford. Hell some of them cost more than a new car now. The main demographic these days is doctors and dentists, and they're all old as hell. There are very few true bikers these days, but there are a few. Most of them are pretty cool people too.

 

[WickedFog]

I think a lot of the true bikers build their own bikes these days using old parts. At least a lot of the guys I know do.

 

[Iowa crawler]

I built this one. It’s a replica of a Harley Davison 250RR.
They built ten of them and I wanted one, so I built a replica. Saved me 80,000 dollars.
It holds a bunch land speed records.

 

[WickedFog]

I built this one. It’s a replica of a Harley Davison 250RR.
They built ten of them and I wanted one, so I built a replica. Saved me 80,000 dollars.
It holds a bunch land speed records.

WOW! Amazing job man.

 

[HPIguy]

That's super cool! It was always more fun to ride a slow bike fast, than the other way round. Big bikes will bite you the instant you do the least little thing wrong. I always tell people it took a 40HP dirt bike to teach me how to ride a street bike properly.

 

[Doom!]

I always wanted a trials bike, something I could throw around with just my body weight. Street bikes are cool, but I have never trusted other motorists.

 

[Iowa crawler]

All my friends have hyabusas with turbochargers. They are really amazing bikes. 200-300 hp. And seductively easy to ride. But they can bite like nothing else. I have felt there power and I respect it. Other bikes like the one liter Honda twins are dangerous in the wrong hands. Those bikes I actually fear.
I ride a 70cc scooter on the street. After track racing I’m to nervous to ride on the street.