| Author | Message | ||
     Corporatemonkey |
So today I had to head down to my local dealer for supplies. While there I see this tall black guy that looked a lot like Dennis Rodman (it wasn't him). He had a full custom dresser, with fish tail pipes. He had ape hangers that were so tall, that if you were under 6.5ft you wouldn't be able to reach them. His bikes license frame read "Gangsta" Here is the best part. As he started the bike up I heard LOUD thumping rap. I looked for the low rider, but it turns out it was his bike. He had custom hard saddlebags that were actually held two 12 in subwoofers. Of course he and his buddy pulled out of the dealer before me. It was so embarrassing to be behind them. I figured when we entered the freeway I would roll past this chump. Well turns out his motor was far from stock. With his drag pipe roaring he merged on the freeway at about 80. And then turned up his tunes. I was able to hear his "music" over his uncorked fish pipes, my bike, my earplugs, and about 300 ft of distance. Today our sport reached a new low. | ||
| Prof_stack |
With this story and all the people with ear-pods attached to the sides of their heads, I keep telling my college aged son to become an audiologist. He would be employed for life | ||
| Sparky |
I would love to have a system like that on my Firebolt. Why? I don't know. Maybe I just miss my Harley and its 80 Watt stereo speakers facing me, blasting my favorite tunes. That was fun! | ||
| Seanp |
Hey, at least it's someone else on two wheels. More motorcyclists means more visibility from cagers, which means a safer ride for all of us. And it's not much different from the loud pipes crowd. Just a different type of noise.  | ||
| Rainman |
Was it a low-rider or a FLH? Sorry, had to ask. | ||
| Miamiuly |
Not a SPORT for me, lifestyle, transportation and necessity for my healthy mental state. But I do hate that the people who view it as a sport, hobby or way to get attention are screwing it up for us all. Anti wheelie law is looking like it will pass and go into action for my birthday in October. And I ride a Uly.... Wish they had defined it as a wheel stand and not left it so vague that if my front wheel skims the ground while crossing a busy street, I could be fined a $1000.00- the first time. (Message edited by miamiuly on June 17, 2008) (Message edited by miamiuly on June 17, 2008) | ||
| Cataract2 |
Dude, wish you could have gotten pics. I would love to have seen this. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Years ago, I was in my front yard and I saw a big fat guy on an FLH with an uber stereo blasting an old Glen Campbell tune pulling up across the street. I guess it was because I like Glen Campbell that I wanted to poke him off his bike... but he was big and mean looking and I was just raking leaves in front of my house and didn't need that kind of trouble. The rake was pretty wimpy too. I remember it was 'Witchita Lineman', my favorite. | ||
| Regkittrelle |
Those of us who spend time trying to figure out the "Next Big Thing" in motorcycles are seeing an increasing emphasis on consumer electronics, e.g., high-end music, GPS, Sat. radio, DVD, etc. There are several reasons for this. Certainly a major one is the invasion and domination of our music culture into ALL areas of our life. Another biggie is that motorcycle performance does not need the after-market help that it once did, so money that might otherwise be spent on big motors, pipes, etc., is finding CE a satisfying outlet. Personally, XM radio is a must on my Road Glide (not on the Ducati, tho). Things can get a bit ridiculous, however. Note that on this creation not only is there a DVD screen on the dash, but thatr there is also one on each of the Saddlebag lids. And then there are those speakers...  | ||
| Regkittrelle |
 This is fairly common. | ||
| Regkittrelle |
I tried to find the owner so that he could explain his thinking here... maybe to entertain those behind him?  | ||
| Regkittrelle |
This started life as a 2000 Buell M2. An NHRS Stage 2 1250 motor resides there. No tunes, tho.  | ||
| Road_thing |
No accounting for taste, eh, Reg? Funny thing (to me, anyway) is that there's obviously at least one person out there that thinks each of those bikes is cool enough to spend the time and effort on. Not to mention the money. Different strokes... rt | ||
| Johntman |
tv screens that can only be seen by people behind you is called "hater vision"  they do because they can | ||
| Kyrocket |
In my younger days I had four 10" subs in the back of my Z28 that would bounce a quarter off the roof, man ZZ Top just doesn't sound the same now. But on a bike, I just don't see it. Like rt said, different strokes for different folks. | ||
| Fester99 |
Nice Ride!!!! Regkittrelle here is mine. Mine has about 1200 CC of thump that is all the sound system I need.   | ||
| Jon |
First, the guy's skin color is irrelevant. Here in San Francisco, I see just about every type of enthusiast out there. Different people ride for different reasons and express themselves differently in that riding. I wouldn't ride like the guy in your opening post, nor would I want his bike, but so what? The more the merrier. | ||
| Regkittrelle |
Fester... Think I misled you; that's not my Buell custom... just one in a show I covered. Agree with Jon completely. | ||
| Josh_ |
Ah yes, from "Different in every sense" to "It was so embarrassing to be behind them" I guess the Harley influence is advancing. | ||
| Jon |
Hey Reg! Missed you at Flat Track night. We had Rick Hocking, Joe Leonard and many other notables, not to mention myriad cool bikes like KR's Yamaha 750. You would have been at home. Next time  | ||
| Regkittrelle |
At one time Hocking and I were drawing money and parts from the same sponsor: Fremont Bultaco. Rick... probably a decade younger than me... was racing a Moto Beta 100. I'm not sure of the accuracy of history, but it was said that he won more than 100 consecutive races (TT Scrambles) aboard that little tweaker. I, aboard a Pursang 250 , did not win 100 consective races. In fact, I'm not sure that I EVER won consecutive dirt track races. Hmmm, maybe that's why he went on to be a national star, and I just wrote about it. This was during the heyday (Roberts, Castro, Rice,etc.) of dirt track in NorCal. We easily could race Lodi on Friday night, Hayward on Saturday (or Marysville if your common sense took over) and Fremont on Sunday. Grids were huge. Generally, to transfer you had to win your heat and sometimes that wouldn't even get you in the next race. 400 or more entries at these races was not unusual. Hayward was a very dangerous track, but we didn't know it then. There was zero run-off; just a wooden or cyclone fence at the tracks edge. There were no time trials; you got your grid position by pulling a numbered golf ball from a coffee can. A front row start was just about you're only chance to transfer. One memorable night I jumped the start from the second row...elbows wide out... and busted through the front row. Almost. Everything made it except my right foot. It got sucked in the rear wheel, behind a shock, of a front row bike. He dragged me through the first turn, where he finally fell. Later he told me he couldn't figure out why his bike was accelerating so slowly. My foot was a porcupine with spokes for quills. I was laid up (meaning I couldn't race) for three months. Another instance (funnier, less painful) I tangled with a couple of bikes in that first turn again, resulting in me being thrown over the cyclone fence into the crowd. Obligingly, the crowd threw me back on the track seriously pissing off my wife (first one) who then confronted the throwers. She was a Hungarian gypsy... you didn't want to tangle with her. There were racing deaths and many serious injuries at Hayward Speedway. There is no way that a track like that would be raced today. But, damn it was fun! | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Dude, wish you could have gotten pics. I would love to have seen this. I am determined to get a photo of this bike. I suspect I will hear it sometime near me. The rider, and the bike definitely stand out. The more the merrier. err, no... Not in this case. If this bike was nothing but a show bike then I would have just yawned and walked on by. The problem was this clown bike redefined the word obnoxious. I honestly can't see any aspect of this bike as a positive thing. It didn't seem to have any unique engineering (ala something that douche Billy Lane would make), nor great style (ala Exile motorcycles), nor any practical purpose. It was just an expensive catalog custom with a MONSTER LOUD stereo. How he was ever able to ride it with constantly being pulled over I don't know. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
its what all the hot rodders hate about mini trucks. When that scene first hit, it was all paint, lowered and a thumpin stereo, No class, no style, no performance.... 20 years later that shiznit is still going strong. What you think maybe a passing fad, may be the new status quo. Look no further than Harley's "Dark Custom" anti-chrome backlash line... it's getting its 15 minutes now. I am sure the dude would have some interesting things to say about my bike and the way I ride it, to each his own. At least he is off the couch and riding. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
So did I, me and the little lady watched "Ghost Rider" this past weekend. I thought Peter Fonda died 12 years ago. | ||
| Brumbear |
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| Hammeroid |
HAH ha ha ha ha. | ||
| Jayvee |
it's spelled "WICHITA Lineman"... Supposedly he wrote that song because he was so fond of the place, at least that's our story. |
