leftyNC
12-05-2005, 02:47 PM
Hey everybody,
First off I would like to thank everyone who has posted in the technical dept. I've gained a wealth of knowledge on how to tweak and troubleshoot my 1985 VT500.I've followed this forum for about 6 months now and have an experience I'd like to share with y'all.
Yesterday I went on my first toy run. from Asheboro to Thomasville NC. it was a perfect day for a cruise, 66 degrees and sunny. I had no idea what to expect, as I have only been riding since july of this year. once I got to the Mall parking lot, I couldn't believe what I saw!! over 1000 bikes and 90-95% were HARLEYS !!! a sea of black and orange leather, beenie helmets,
and beards!! and here I come, mr. low buck himself on my $700 VT500, $12 salavation army BROWN leather speedway jacket, some hand -me-down gloves and helmet( full face ducati yellow Aria signet GT) from my brother that used to race AMA superbikes.talk about feeling out of place!! actually it felt like I was invisible as nobody would give me the time of day. whatta buncha SNOBS !! Well, it comes time to get rolling and everybody lines up 2 by 2, until I fall in line, then nobody wants to get beside me, in fact they leave a 50 yard gap in back of me. which was fine with me as it gave me this huge "comfort zone". all in all it was a great time, getting to run red lights, intersections, and on ramps all under police supervision !!! not to mention cruising down NC 109 at 85 mph.
I reckon what it all boils down to is that I love to ride, period. doesn't matter with who or where. I'm not trying to impress anybody or project some big pseudo image.
But if you want to spend $1500 on genuine HD leathers, wear a cereal bowl with stickers all over it, and ride an oil leakin slow-ass, noisy overpriced P.O.S. thats your business.
just don't think you're better than everybody else cuz you do !!!!
I think in the future I would be better off looking for all honda or metric cruiser funtions.
anybody in the NC/SC/VA give me a shout and we can cook something up. Lefty NC
First off I would like to thank everyone who has posted in the technical dept. I've gained a wealth of knowledge on how to tweak and troubleshoot my 1985 VT500.I've followed this forum for about 6 months now and have an experience I'd like to share with y'all.
Yesterday I went on my first toy run. from Asheboro to Thomasville NC. it was a perfect day for a cruise, 66 degrees and sunny. I had no idea what to expect, as I have only been riding since july of this year. once I got to the Mall parking lot, I couldn't believe what I saw!! over 1000 bikes and 90-95% were HARLEYS !!! a sea of black and orange leather, beenie helmets,
and beards!! and here I come, mr. low buck himself on my $700 VT500, $12 salavation army BROWN leather speedway jacket, some hand -me-down gloves and helmet( full face ducati yellow Aria signet GT) from my brother that used to race AMA superbikes.talk about feeling out of place!! actually it felt like I was invisible as nobody would give me the time of day. whatta buncha SNOBS !! Well, it comes time to get rolling and everybody lines up 2 by 2, until I fall in line, then nobody wants to get beside me, in fact they leave a 50 yard gap in back of me. which was fine with me as it gave me this huge "comfort zone". all in all it was a great time, getting to run red lights, intersections, and on ramps all under police supervision !!! not to mention cruising down NC 109 at 85 mph.
I reckon what it all boils down to is that I love to ride, period. doesn't matter with who or where. I'm not trying to impress anybody or project some big pseudo image.
But if you want to spend $1500 on genuine HD leathers, wear a cereal bowl with stickers all over it, and ride an oil leakin slow-ass, noisy overpriced P.O.S. thats your business.
just don't think you're better than everybody else cuz you do !!!!
I think in the future I would be better off looking for all honda or metric cruiser funtions.
anybody in the NC/SC/VA give me a shout and we can cook something up. Lefty NC