Why are Harley guys such a@#H(*es to sportbike riders?

Question

Within one day of getting my first bike I was given the bird while driving down the road by 4 harley guys. Harley according to many represent being american as far as bike riders , then why do they show such hatred to other who love bikes just as much just a different style.

Answer 1

they''re giving what they get? Ain't that Joe B something? What an animal! God pity the man that crosses him. That crowd of bikers are lucky they got out of that mess with their lives. I hope that man has good self control, if he ever flipped, well, I don't even want to think about it.

Answer 2

maybe these idiots dont know how to wave,so they used a finger instead.  dont let them get to you, just ride.

Joe B, man you are so macho, where do you live in your fantasies?  Put away your Grand Theft Auto games and stop listening to rap music.  why is it that you are so tough and everybody else is a big pu$$y?   You are truly a legend in your own mind.

Answer 3

Started on a metric, have riden HDs for over 9 years, over 35 years total motorcycle riding...never never snubbed, flipped off or cursed any other on a cycle, no matter what they are riding. I agree, buttheads are all shape, sizes and ride two and four wheels. don't lump us all in together...it comes down to one thing...those who ride and those who don't.

Answer 4

Andy's right, Joe seems to have a vivid imagination. Thump, as was mentioned before, maybe they saw you do something dumb. Maybe they thought you were somebody else. Maybe they were just dirtbags. Who knows? Who cares? Enjoy yourself and ignore them.

I don't favor one type of biker over another. I only have a problem with people who ride like a******s and make us all look bad. If I happen to be working when I see an a*****e rider I WILL discuss it with him and he WILL find himself in front of a judge.

Answer 5

not this harley rider..... i would have waved at you for not being a cager

Answer 6

I suspect you just ran across some Wannabe bad @#$#. who have an inferiority complex.

I've been riding since 81 & I'm on my 3rd Harley ( also owned 3 sport bikes) I will greet all biker's (including Police.albeit more reluctantly) with a friendly wave.

Enjoy the ones' who understand the courtesy & pitty the ones who don't. It's there loss.One day they will look back & realize what @#$# they were.

Answer 7

For the same reason you keep lumping all "Harley" guys into the same group. An A hole is an A hole regardless of what they CHOOSE to ride.

Thats quite the fantasy world you live in Joe.

Answer 8

Changed my mind, I like Bluff Mikes answer better.

Answer 9

Don't even bother with a response. Ride your own ride.

Answer 10

I've been told it's like the difference between Football (American) fans and Football (soccer) fans.  The have different standards for masculinity.

Answer 11

Because they are not Harley riders, but Harley "owners",  yuppie dinks  who  figure to show  their amazing machismo by flipping off a woman.

They have the same snotty attitude when they are behind the wheels of their Japanese status cars.

When I'm on the road, Harley riders are more likely to  wave at me on my Honda cruiser than Gold Wing riders are. But, you got to get on the road, away from Starbucks and fern bars to find them.

Answer 12

It's a misplaced superiority complex that all comes crashing down when a less expensive, lighter weight, higher horse power, faster, better handling, better braking, better looking machine makes their "life style" bike look like the early 80s anachronism it is.

Answer 13

First off, I've NEVER gotten the finger from another biker and I've been riding j*p bikes for 30+ years.  I figure you just happend to meet some d!ckheads and the chances of it happening again is highly unlikely.  If anything, most biking guys respect a woman on a bike no matter what size or brand she's riding.  You'll find that "mature" riders with nothing to prove to anyone else will give you all sorts of encouragement and assistance.  

Also, are you sure they were actually riding Harleys?  There's a lot of Harley look alikes out there and even I sometimes have to take a second look to make sure of the brand.  

My advice is to blame the individual riders and not the brand of bike or the people that ride that brand.  Hang in there and enjoy yourself.

Answer 14

Do not worry about it.

Answer 15

Everyone's spot on with their answers.

People that are jerks to someone because of the bike they ride are jerks to everyone else for various other reasons. It's not relegated to only sport bike riders. The same guys flipping you off are just generally negative people, on and off the road.

Keep in mind that there are also a large amount of little pukes on sport bikes doing the same c**p. It all just boils down to the fact that  certain individuals are miserable pricks. Sometimes they happen to ride motorcycles.

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Answer 16

why would it bother you?enjoy your own ride and leave us harley riders to enjoy ours,you wave,i'll wave.nuff said.

you said it was your first day of riding,maybe you were doing something wrong,and it had nothing to do with what you were riding ?

Answer 17

LMAO! Joe B do you really think we all believe these fantasy stories you come up with here? If you do that's really pathetic.A legend in your own mind! Sad.

Thump i don't know what to tell you.I have never seen that happen in all my years of riding.Were they all riding together?If so then i guess they were just four fools that think they are tough because they are on Harleys.Just ignore it and have fun.Most people out there riding are there for the same reason you probably are and are good folks.

Answer 18

Crotch Rockrteers do it too. You would be surprised how many bikers keep going after you pull over and climb off...

Answer 19

same things happen to me

the only reason HD guys do that is to show off and pretend they are a tough guy in front of their friends

HD guys are cowards, next time they flip you off as pass you, quickly turn ur bike around and chase after them, they will run like a big baby and th whole world will see what a coward they really are.

I was in a poker run and one of the so called tough HD riders was upset cause i had an American flag decal on my helmet and he wanted to kick the &%# outta me and two of his other HD buddies was holding him back, so I told them to let him go, let him come after me cause I didn't think he has the gonads to do it, they still wouldn't let him go, so I walked straight up to him and slapped him in the face and spit on his boots, he ran away like a scared 6 year old, pathetic!

Answer 20

well i dont know about all harley riders. ive riden a harley as long as i can remember. my mom and dad and husband all own them. ive NEVER flipped off anyone on any bike unless maybe your an a***e. i dont know y those guys did that but please dont bunch us all together. i wave and smile at everyone. so does my husband and hes a big tattoed biker.