View Full Version : Our good friend OBXfunn learned an important life lesson...
PortDawg
10-21-2012, 9:02am
..don't wreck your motorcycle....
Hope you get out of the hospital soon Roger and glad you're keeping your sense of humor about it. I also hope the news about your back is good.
Don't laugh though, that will make it hurt...lots....:seasix:
Get well soon my friend and get your butt back to Virginia.
Apparently, someone else from the forum was a witness to the event...:leaving:
Chuck A
10-21-2012, 9:15am
get well soon
what type of bike does he own?
PortDawg
10-21-2012, 9:25am
It was a Harley....I suspect it may, in some way, still resemble one?
Chuck A
10-21-2012, 9:27am
It was a Harley....I suspect it may, in some way, still resemble one?
Harleys are good bikes
RED-85-Z51
10-21-2012, 9:55am
What happened to him?
Im going to step way out on a limb...and guess that he wrecked his Harley, while riding it.
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 10:14am
Harleys are good bikes
LOL... I'm bummed the guy had a wreck, but let's not get crazy.
Harleys are good places to hang chrome, good noise makers, excellent for spending money and, done right, actually look good, so they're great profilers.
What they aren't are good motorcycles.
Im going to step way out on a limb...and guess that he wrecked his Harley, while riding it.
Maybe I didn't word that correctly R2D2. :skep:
What happened for him to have wrecked his Harley? Another motorist, another bike, get in a bad situation???
Chuck A
10-21-2012, 10:20am
LOL... I'm bummed the guy had a wreck, but let's not get crazy.
Harleys are good places to hang chrome, good noise makers, excellent for spending money and, done right, actually look good, so they're great profilers.
What they aren't are good motorcycles.
i just wanted to be nice :D:leaving:
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 10:52am
What they aren't are good motorcycles.
You ever owned one?
kingpin
10-21-2012, 10:55am
Maybe I didn't word that correctly R2D2. :skep:
What happened for him to have wrecked his Harley? Another motorist, another bike, get in a bad situation???
R2D2 :rofl:
I see another name tag for someone on the horizon. :yesnod:
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 10:57am
What happened in the wreck PortDawg?
PortDawg
10-21-2012, 11:49am
I don't know the details, he posted on FB that he had wrecked and was in a hospital in PA. Besides the fact that they were concerned about his back, I know very little.
73sbVert
10-21-2012, 11:59am
Is this the wreck?
Dragon Time lapse - YouTube
GentleBen
10-21-2012, 1:22pm
Hard to get from the Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee to Pennsylvania on the bike in the video here - especially if you're going to wreck it again in PA. . .
73sbVert
10-21-2012, 1:49pm
OP never said where the accident occurred Ben.
Just trying to help out...
:shrug:
PortDawg
10-21-2012, 3:42pm
OP never said where the accident occurred Ben.
Just trying to help out...
:shrug:
If he is in a Hospital in Pennsylvania, I , personally would assume the accident occurred in Pennsylvania. Of course that may be a stretch.....:skia: :doh:
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 4:29pm
You ever owned one?
Yes, I have. I've been on two wheels since I was seven and I've had the big three Japanese makes, Harley and a Triumph. I've ridden many more than I've owned as well.
I work in a motorcycle focused shop, at one of the biggest destinations for motorcycles in the country.
When I talk about motorcycles, I speak from decades of personal experience.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 4:35pm
Yes, I have. I've been on two wheels since I was seven and I've had the big three Japanese makes, Harley and a Triumph. I've ridden many more than I've owned as well.
I work in a motorcycle focused shop, at one of the biggest destinations for motorcycles in the country.
When I talk about motorcycles, I speak from decades of personal experience.
So, what makes them not good motorcycles in your opinion?
GentleBen
10-21-2012, 4:47pm
OP never said where the accident occurred Ben.
Just trying to help out...
:shrug:
You're right, I just presumed that since the OP stated that the victim was in a hospital in PA that the accident occurred in PA. However, in your alternate universe I'm sure that the accident was on Alvernon in Tucson.
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 4:49pm
So, what makes them not good motorcycles in your opinion?
Because there are bikes that do everything Harley does, only better, for less money.
They are less reliable than almost anything else on the road, mostly thanks to an unrealistic amount of chassis vibration, can be an unholy pain in the ass to work on (gotta love half-year parts changes that they don't put in the shop manuals), and the Harley Tax makes the Corvette Tax look a pittance by comparison. For example: The front tire on my Suzuki is also the OEM front tire on the Fatboy, only they actually emboss "Harley Davidson" on the sidewall for the Fatboy. Price difference? $80. That is wholesale. Same tire, just has 14 extra letters on the sidewall.
I will grant you that Harley's business plan is amazing. I've said it many times; If you want to ride, you're spoiled for choice. But if you want a Harley, only a Harley will do. They've created a mythos based around the brand that is incredibly attractive to people; The idea of a Harley Davidson as an expression of personal freedom. In that way, they are unparalleled. People ride them as symbols, and that's great.
It just doesn't make them good motorcycles.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 4:56pm
They are less reliable than almost anything else on the road,
Pre Evo I would agree. Not the case these days.
Harley Tax makes the Corvette Tax look a pittance by comparison
This doesn't make them bad motorcycles.
The front tire on my Suzuki is also the OEM front tire on the Fatboy, only they actually emboss "Harley Davidson" on the sidewall for the Fatboy. Price difference? $80. That is wholesale. Same tire, just has 14 extra letters on the sidewall.
Neither does this.
It just doesn't make them good motorcycles.
Outside of your claim they are hard to work on, that doesn't make them bad motorcycles does it?
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 5:01pm
Outside of your claim they are hard to work on, that doesn't make them bad motorcycles does it?
Go back and read that post again. When you get to the end of the first line... stop.
That is why Harleys aren't good motorcycles. There is only one thing Harley does best when you're out riding, and that's be a Harley. Other bikes handle better, have more power, use less fuel, carry more stuff and are more comfortable.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 5:05pm
Go back and read that post again. When you get to the end of the first line... stop.
No matter, you're not a fan. :cert:
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 5:06pm
No matter, you're not a fan. :cert:
Yeah, and you're just trolling for a pissing match. :cert:
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 5:07pm
Yeah, and you're just trolling for a pissing match. :cert:
Not quite, why do you think I dropped it? If I was trolling I'd keep going. :cert:
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 5:12pm
Not quite, why do you think I dropped it? If I was trolling I'd keep going. :cert:
Ok, I'll give you that.
I don't see the issue with riding a Harley anyway, good or bad.
I talked to a couple on a Ural sidecar rig today, while the mechanic was chasing an electrical gremlin it had developed on their way down from Illinois. The guy was telling me how horrible the handling is, how uncomfortable it was and how much fun they were having.
It isn't what you ride, it's that you ride.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 5:17pm
It isn't what you ride, it's that you ride.
Couldn't agree more.
(Except for Victory. I just CANNOT get used to the styling :D)
FasterTraffic
10-21-2012, 5:22pm
That is why Harleys aren't good motorcycles. There is only one thing Harley does best when you're out riding, and that's be a Harley. Other bikes handle better, have more power, use less fuel, carry more stuff and are more comfortable.
A couple weeks ago, I was on my way home from work and I was first at the intersection in the right lane. The guy who pulls up to my left isn't wearing as many logos as most and the Harley is mostly matte black with wood accents and not much chrome. He has the idiotic raised handlebars and woman-in-gynecology-exam-stirrups riding position. It's an ugly, obnoxious pile of s**t like the rest, but in a more subdued way. Anyway, the light turns green and I drive across the intersection. Harley Stealthdouche apparently wasn't paying attention but damned if he's going to let me be the first across the intersection. I'm not even at half-throttle and I hear a whole bunch of noise to my left. Halfway across the intersection, Harley Stealthdouche passes me with the hammer down. For a moment, I was a sure I would be witness to an epic fail of stupendous proportion. Harley Stealthdouche crosses the intersection so far to his left that his tires run down the middle of the double yellow lanes dividing his lane and opposing traffic. How he missed the cars waiting to turn left, or at least their side view mirrors, I'll never know.
He wanted to be the center of attention and almost got his wish in a big way.
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 5:23pm
Couldn't agree more.
(Except for Victory. I just CANNOT get used to the styling :D)
That Jetsons-looking full bagger is hideous.
I also find myself with an irrational hatred toward the Can-Am Spyder, but that's because it isn't really a bike, and snowmobiles are meant for snow.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 5:30pm
idiotic raised handlebars
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj280/Dilemma_1962/DriveFinal.jpg
Similar to these idiotic raised handlebars?
FasterTraffic
10-21-2012, 5:35pm
Similar to these idiotic raised handlebars?
Similar, yes. The height of the handlebars is probably what saved the side view mirrors on the first two cars in line.
ApexOversteer
10-21-2012, 5:37pm
idiotic raised handlebars
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj280/Dilemma_1962/DriveFinal.jpg
Similar to these idiotic raised handlebars?
Or these?
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Mystuff/CAM_0834.jpg
Lotta guys don't "get" apehangers, but as I've always said; You gotta be hung to hang.
Burro (He/Haw)
10-21-2012, 6:01pm
Lotta guys don't "get" apehangers,
There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with them. People either love 'em or think they're idiotic :lol:
Chuck A
10-21-2012, 6:11pm
any more info about your friend?
JRD77VET
10-21-2012, 6:46pm
I don't know the details, he posted on FB that he had wrecked and was in a hospital in PA. Besides the fact that they were concerned about his back, I know very little.
If he is in a Hospital in Pennsylvania, I , personally would assume the accident occurred in Pennsylvania. Of course that may be a stretch.....:skia: :doh:
Any idea which hospital in Pa? :sadangel:
73sbVert
10-21-2012, 6:51pm
Our good friend OBXfunn learned an important life lesson...
..don't wreck your motorcycle....
Hope you get out of the hospital soon Roger and glad you're keeping your sense of humor about it. I also hope the news about your back is good.
Don't laugh though, that will make it hurt...lots....
Get well soon my friend and get your butt back to Virginia.
Apparently, someone else from the forum was a witness to the event...
Ok, WHERE does he say this is in PA?????????????????????????????
If he is in a Hospital in Pennsylvania, I , personally would assume the accident occurred in Pennsylvania. Of course that may be a stretch.....:skia: :doh:
And this is apparent where???????????????
You're right, I just presumed that since the OP stated that the victim was in a hospital in PA that the accident occurred in PA. However, in your alternate universe I'm sure that the accident was on Alvernon in Tucson.
Again, where??????????????
:rolleyes:
I don't know the details, he posted on FB that he had wrecked and was in a hospital in PA. Besides the fact that they were concerned about his back, I know very little.
Ok, NOW I see where it is, after I had made my first post, trying to help... :rolleyes:
I didn't see this when I first replied, then went to last post afterwards.
Whatever.
NEVRL8T
10-21-2012, 7:07pm
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj280/Dilemma_1962/DriveFinal.jpg
Similar to these idiotic raised handlebars?
Or these?
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Mystuff/CAM_0834.jpg
Lotta guys don't "get" apehangers, but as I've always said; You gotta be hung to hang.
Nice bikes!
RED-85-Z51
10-22-2012, 12:01am
Where my dad used to work, there was an asshole on a sport bike that went by on his way to the local college, every morning, on time.
He'd leave the light, get about 1/10 mile down the road and punch it...lift the front tire, etc...acting like an asshole. weaving in and out of cars, its a narrow 4 lane road, divided by a concrete median, and its curvy and hilly as ****, but only about 3/4 mile long tops.
So one morning...my dad hears him go wide open, then screeching and grinding, and tires squealing. Asshole took off and lifted the front tire near the median, locked up the rear tire trying to correct it, flipped...the road was closed for hours, they were out there with shovels cleaning him up, the bike creamed him, then the traffic he was desperately trying to weave though...ran over his ass.
Play with fire, get burned...and thats how I feel about all the douchebag motorcyclists I see running around going up the centerline in traffic, or jumping the medians to make a turn, doing 100+ in traffic....the same people that cry "look twice".
People that obey laws, and drive safely...I got no problem with em.
ApexOversteer
10-22-2012, 12:11am
Where my dad used to work, there was an asshole on a sport bike that went by on his way to the local college, every morning, on time.
He'd leave the light, get about 1/10 mile down the road and punch it...lift the front tire, etc...acting like an asshole. weaving in and out of cars, its a narrow 4 lane road, divided by a concrete median, and its curvy and hilly as ****, but only about 3/4 mile long tops.
So one morning...my dad hears him go wide open, then screeching and grinding, and tires squealing. Asshole took off and lifted the front tire near the median, locked up the rear tire trying to correct it, flipped...the road was closed for hours, they were out there with shovels cleaning him up, the bike creamed him, then the traffic he was desperately trying to weave though...ran over his ass.
Play with fire, get burned...and thats how I feel about all the douchebag motorcyclists I see running around going up the centerline in traffic, or jumping the medians to make a turn, doing 100+ in traffic....the same people that cry "look twice".
People that obey laws, and drive safely...I got no problem with em.
What you describe is a Hoon, and hooniganism is not dependent upon the vehicle being hooned. You see the same douchebags driving cars, pickups, and bikes.
RED-85-Z51
10-22-2012, 12:20am
does hoon = douche?
Bucwheat
10-22-2012, 7:43am
If those Harleys only ran half as fast as they sound, :leaving:
Burro (He/Haw)
10-22-2012, 7:58am
If those Harleys only ran half as fast as they sound,
You want fast, buy something else.
VatorMan
10-22-2012, 8:06am
You want fast, buy something else.
Why bother yakking with these guys ?
http://icanhasinternets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/haters14.jpg
Burro (He/Haw)
10-22-2012, 8:22am
Why bother yakking with these guys ?
http://icanhasinternets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/haters14.jpg
Good point. :cert:
zz4vetteguy
10-23-2012, 4:29am
Jim, I just saw this...if you talk to Roger send him my best for a Speedy recovery.
Torqaholic
10-23-2012, 5:52am
OBX? Where have I heard that before? Wasn't on no Harley :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Venomenon/Bike/bike.jpg
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