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<blockquote data-quote="Big Sky" data-source="post: 1238553" data-attributes="member: 3460"><p>I've always assumed the constant throttle twisting at lights and stop signs was because the big hogs won't idle. I've also noticed, when I very rarely get behind one on the open road, they are ON the throttle or OFF the throttle.: bra-a-a-p-p-p ... bla-a-a-t-t-t. Don't they run at a steady throttle opening? I thought that's what "cruising" is. Many seem childish, dressing up like pirates (I'm sure we look equally ridiculous to them, dressed as spacemen), and insecure about their manhood. Some, I think, see themselves as "the last true cowboys." Or are bored professionals "out for a weekend of designer rebellion."</p><p></p><p>ON THE OTHER HAND... Some of my good friends ride H-D and they are decent, real, people and what you see is what you get, though I'm still dubious about actual riding skill. I have met some great folks out on their hogs, some riding L-D. I, too, had an H-D guy go fetch gasoline for me when I'd gone dry (don't ask). I went to Sturgis last year (another long story) and I wasn't ridiculed or given any shit - just ignored, which was fine with me. I felt like Catholic showing up for the Mecca Hajj, trying to fly below the radar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Sky, post: 1238553, member: 3460"] I've always assumed the constant throttle twisting at lights and stop signs was because the big hogs won't idle. I've also noticed, when I very rarely get behind one on the open road, they are ON the throttle or OFF the throttle.: bra-a-a-p-p-p ... bla-a-a-t-t-t. Don't they run at a steady throttle opening? I thought that's what "cruising" is. Many seem childish, dressing up like pirates (I'm sure we look equally ridiculous to them, dressed as spacemen), and insecure about their manhood. Some, I think, see themselves as "the last true cowboys." Or are bored professionals "out for a weekend of designer rebellion." ON THE OTHER HAND... Some of my good friends ride H-D and they are decent, real, people and what you see is what you get, though I'm still dubious about actual riding skill. I have met some great folks out on their hogs, some riding L-D. I, too, had an H-D guy go fetch gasoline for me when I'd gone dry (don't ask). I went to Sturgis last year (another long story) and I wasn't ridiculed or given any shit - just ignored, which was fine with me. I felt like Catholic showing up for the Mecca Hajj, trying to fly below the radar. [/QUOTE]
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