why do people rip other brands of bikes...?

Question

..that they have never owned or worked on let alone even ridden? I understand brand loyalty and all but to rip your fellow biker and his choice of ride? what happened to freedom of choice and respect for that choice? I ride a harley and have freinds that ride bikes from the big 4...sportbikes and cruisers.None of us knock the others bikes.I even let my sportbike riding buddy ride my Harley and he absolutly loved it.His first ride ever on a Harley.Come on people...show some respect

i see a couple answers ripping other brands.thats exactly what im talking about...no respect.one bad experience doesnt make the rest junk.i know harley had problems during the amf years but that was amf not harley.i had a yamaha once that was a piece of crap but ive owned another that was a great bike.but i gotta tell ya..ive seen more harleys with 100K + miles than any foreign make.and whats the oldest japanese bike you ever saw still on the road? how about a 31 harley i saw buzzing around town?

my philosophy is everyone deserves respect unltil they prove otherwise.just seems a lot of people are proving it.i dont care what you ride...just have respect for my choice

maybe im expecting too much

Answer 1

Doug, you make a valid point. Kudos for bringing up the subject. When I ride to rallys or Ice Creameries (mini-rallys, here in New England), I never get anything but a friendly wave and thumbs up from the other bikers out there, regardless of what they rode in on. Sometimes you might overhear some cocky kid bad-mouthing someone else's ride but I attribute that to immaturity and posing to impress to the "babes". Hopefully in time, they'll grow out it.

Now here on YA, its a different story. Hard to gauge someones age by their answers. But muturity doesn't always wear a age tag. There seems to be alot of button pushing going on in this forum, and I for one, find it very annoying. I attribute it to the "anonymity of the internet". Here in cyberspace you can pretend to be whomever you want to be. The 95lb brownnoser, who would never dare utter a contentious remark in public, suddenly becomes Cap't America in here. ... a know everything braggard, with balls the size the grapefruit!

By enlarge, I find civility still practiced in the real world amongst fellow bike riders, no matter what they ride. But in here... well, lets hope the that the children and nutless posers soon find something else to entertain them in cyberspace... like RUdESCAPE.

Answer 2

I know what you mean. I'm careful about throwing opinions out, expecially if I have no grounds to go on. I have owned a Suzuki and a Yamaha...I have ridden a Honda, Ducati, and a Kawasaki. I guess people knock others for their rides because of experience pride, brand loyalty (so close minded!), or how much more a brand will offer compared to the next. It's easy to tell another rider their stock aluminum pipe sucks when your stock pipe is carbon fiber, you know? I personally think it's a sign of close-mindedness and sometimes just pure blatant ignorance. True riders don't do that sort of thing. I believe a rider is a rider no matter what brand he/she chooses. I think whatever the rider feels comfortable on is what make the rider...not just the brand name. Some people will never change, though.

Answer 3

Yup, you're expecting too much.

When I rode bikes from "the big 4", I got good-natured ribbing from the real "riders" on Harleys, and crap from the "posers"(for lack of a better term). I also got crap from ALL the rocket guys.

Now, it's a little different. No one around here will put a Harley through what I do. The "riders" (of all brands) just shake their heads, the rest don't say a word.

Now, this here place, it's like a playground, and the kids got no respect. A lot of the older ones show it too. That's how they grew up, I guess. No one taught them to "put up or shut up".

Answer 4

its mostly just here on sesame street. they will outgrow it if they keep riding long enough. the bad thing is some of them actually believe it & get stranded out on the road with no tools & no idea how their bike works or even what to do if a wire or hose comes loose. thats ok on a new bike but when there 20 years old things start going wrong no matter what name is on the tank.you see them every summer scattered along I-90 in s.Dakota I dont carry metric tools so if they cant be fixed with a cresent wrench or some spare wire I just tell them to wait for the state patrol & thank god for cell phones & go on. the state patrol runs about every hour up there where its an hour between towns.

Answer 5

I never rip bikes - only clueless riders. You know the ones - they think their bike brand is the only motorcycle ever built that is worth riding, everyone else's bike is crap, and that they need to educate those people and everyone else of the only motorcycle to buy?

It seems like you have some fairly level headed friends - this doesn't appear to apply to them. Respect is not a God given right - it is something you earn through your own actions and behavior.

Answer 6

I've rode most all or them.I prefer a Harley.I dont snub other bikers though.One time I was on a Yamaha and a Harley biker passed me and snubbed me.Five miles up the road I found him walking.I stopped and picked him up.He kept telling me what a nice bike I had.I knew he was lieing to me but I didn't care.Mine was moving and his was not.I really didn't really mind helping him out.

Answer 7

record each little thing. Take photos of each little thing. Write down the names of each man or woman you or your roommate talked to with the delivery business enterprise and the dealership. touch the dealership and ask to make an appointment to come again in and talk with the owner. once you pass in, have each little thing written down, have your photos. tell the owner which you recognize they did no longer harm the motorbike, in spite of the shown fact that, they entered right into a settlement with the delivery business enterprise, no longer you. you anticipate them to shield those problems because of the fact they have been those paying the delivery business enterprise, and likewise they are those that widespread you cash for the acquisition of a sparkling (no longer used) motorbike. you weren't further the motorbike you purchased, and you opt for them to the two replace the motorbike or replace all the broken aspects. in the event that they choose for to no longer honor the settlement, spend some hundred funds and characteristic an lawyer write up a letter retaining those self same issues and characteristic it sent to the owner via qualified mail. The dealership does no longer want damaging press approximately something like this, they're going to shield the challenge and their coverage will conceal it, or the trucking agencies' coverage will conceal it.

Answer 8

Get used to it. This type of thing goes on in every part of life. I own a older motorhome, and guys with those new 400,000 dollar rigs knock mine, but I don't care. I'm perfectly happy with what I've got.

Ignore everyone else and have fun riding. That's why we own bikes , ain't it?

Answer 9

TOO many RUBs on Harleys, RUBs are fun to make fun of, they are very full of themselves and think they are "bikers" because of all the money they laid out for their RUBmobile. OHHH and they way they make themselves up to be bikers by spending more and more on HD chrome, doo-dahs, clothes incl. the chaps and black T shirts. I love looking through the accessories catlogs, holy crap, HD boots and undies. Pretty stupid at times.

Answer 10

Becuase its our right as a motorcyclist in order to be a biker one must be on a Harley-Davidson or a Triumph everyone else is just trying to fit in, I get a kick out of people that try to get me to accept foregin junk , I have had my share of Hondas, Suzukis, Kawisakis, Yamahas, every one of them laid down ,so I have never seen a pot metal bike with 100000 miles , ride what you want to ride,just do not expect every rider to except every breed