Brand Bashing

[Willow]

Not wishing to openly offend anyone, but I've removed a Harley bashing thread.

Reason:  I'm just tired of it.  Don't we as Honda riders get enough of that to make it undesirable to us? 

If someone has a discussion to contribute that happens to involve another motorcycle brand, I have no issue, but if you want to make a post solely for the purpose of ridiculing a particular motorcycle brand, please don't.    

Of course, I could make an exception for the Victory Vision.    

No, No!  Disregard that last.  Even the most obvious is unacceptable.      

[Cliff]

Good call.

[alph]

I’ve been meaning to ask you why all my threads are disappearing!!

It’s not my fault that people chose to purchase inferior motorcycles.  I’m just trying to educate them on perfection.

Next thing you’re going to delete are sarcastic commentaries, aren’t you??

WHAT’S THIS WORLD COMING TO!!  (damn commies)

[Jess Tolbirt]

well the way i look at it is this,
this is willows house,,,if he wants to tell me to shut up about something thats his prerogative,,I will just bash them on my site,,,LOL

[Willow]

Next thing you’re going to delete are sarcastic commentaries, aren’t you??

Only yours, Alphie. Only yours.    

[SANDMAN5]

well the way i look at it is this,
this is willows house,,,if he wants to tell me to shut up about something thats his prerogative,,I will just bash them on my site,,,LOL

Actually, no. It's our house, Willow & staff are just the babysitters. True,
they make and enforce the rules but it should be up to us to keep our
house clean. I've cut WAY back on my harley bashing...mainly cause
it ain't fun no more.

[RTaz]

 

[Willow]

Actually, no. It's our house, Willow & staff are just the babysitters.

Bob's right.  It's not my house.  I'm just the hired help (and the pay isn't really that good.).    

[ricoman]

Good point. After all, if we believe our Valks are so much better-then we as Valk riders should be above that.
Vision opinions are like artwork opinions, no one is wrong-they just see things differently.

[QOTFU]

Thank you Willow! I really appreciate that as the owner of a currently bashed Harley! (yes... still in the shop...4 weeks and counting!)

[Willow]

Thank you Willow! I really appreciate that as the owner of a currently bashed Harley! (yes... still in the shop...4 weeks and counting!)

So you're the one responsible for the Harley bashing!    


 

[Strider]

Shoot, if I didn't ride with Harleys, I wouldn't be riding with most of my best friends and family members.  Or Canams, or Yamahas, or Kawi's.....etc.  All bikes are sweet bikes.....If it cuts the wind, it is good with me.






May just be me, but I usually decide on if I want to share the wind with someone based on the person in the saddle - not on what's underneath it.  But that is just me.....

[Jack]

Strider, you cutting wind again???????

  Willow!

[5_19]

May just be me, but I usually decide on if I want to share the wind with someone based on the person in the saddle - not on what's underneath it.  But that is just me.....

.............. Me to, I am with you on that Strider!!

[hubcapsc]

-Mike "bullet hole in tank"

[Momz]

Would it be OK to bash brands like: NSUs, Adlers, Simplexes, Urals, CZs JAWAs and other makes no longer made?

Yeah,...there's one in every crowd. And we've made all those HD riders so mad, that they won't play nice with us anymore!  

[old2soon]

I could be completely off the mark here-but last i checked people were allowed to spend their money on any dang thing they wanted to. I looked and test rode a lot of m/cs for i ended up with what i got. I get bashed a lot for ridin a (rice burner) i dont say to much usually-I let six cyliders approx one hundred horse power do the talking. I have found out that one lesson is normally enough. Then try to explain to them later that the bike is indeed twelve years old. The uneducated get an education rather quickly.   RIDE SAFE.

[Jess Tolbirt]

ok then,, i wont pick on harleys anymore cause it just aint fair!!!!

[ChromeDome]

What .... no more making fun of the Bozo Bike? 

[Daniel Meyer]

Any time I'm tempted to "bash" all I do is look back at the things I've ridden over the years...and why.

(has severe burn scars in a "personal" area from an exploding Bull Taco, and yep, that's a motorcycle...in the loosest sense of the word).

We all have our seasons and our reasons...and thankfully, they are not all the same.

[old2soon]

Yeah daniel-and a bull taco ain't sumpin you eat. Course sounds like yours was tryin to be force fed. RIDE SAFE.

[KW]

Willow; it’s probably a good call, and judging by the early returns, it’s a popular call, but if you start deleting opinions and comments that you’re “tired of” that can be a slippery slope my friend. Was there foul language involved in the Harley posting?  Just curious. I’m also curious how you haven’t become “tired of” some of the other popular themes here from Obama hating (I’m guilty of joining the pack on this one) to God bashing! It’s all here over and over and over and over again. . .   For me personally; I stopped reading ANYTHING concerning car tires about two years ago.

For the record; I don’t think I ever bashed a Harley here. .  . At least I don’t remember doing it, but I may have. A couple of my friends have owned nothing but Harleys, so the good nature ribbing goes on all the time. And, I’ve belonged to a few ‘clubs’ in my life. The first was one when I was still a ‘boy’ and I’ve been trying to forget those years. We all rode Harleys and they all leaked, overheated easily, and ran like crap (just a fact!) Mine was an AMF era bike, so I cut the current version some slack and try not to compare them to the 10 years of garbage the bowling ball company put out.

Anyway, running this board has to be ‘challenging’ at times. We’ve talked before via e-mail and I know you try to be fair. Keep up the good work. 
Jerry

[Willow]

Willow; it’s probably a good call, ... but if you start deleting opinions and comments that you’re “tired of” that can be a slippery slope my friend.

You're right, Jerry.  I sifted through the Rules of the Road and could find no specific item to apply although we do have an entry that prohibits "hateful and bashing comments ... especially those those aimed at sexual orientation, gender, race, color, religious views, national origin or disability.  I probably should have applied that prohibition rather than just saying I was "tired of it."  It's a grey area for certain.

Incidentally, I'm considering removing all post presented in orange.      

This board administration function is trial and error at best with large doses of both.

[old2soon]

Willow; it’s probably a good call, ... but if you start deleting opinions and comments that you’re “tired of” that can be a slippery slope my friend.

You're right, Jerry.  I sifted through the Rules of the Road and could find no specific item to apply although we do have an entry that prohibits "hateful and bashing comments ... especially those those aimed at sexual orientation, gender, race, color, religious views, national origin or disability.  I probably should have applied that prohibition rather than just saying I was "tired of it."  It's a grey area for certain.

Incidentally, I'm considering removing all post presented in orange.                                                      Thought we were supposed to be color blind and gender neutral??? RIDE SAFE,

This board administration function is trial and error at best with large doses of both.

[Jay]

Alright.  No more Harley bashing. 

Bring on the boobies!!!!

[Ice]

You know I have always said, and I try to live by it too, "it doesnt matter what you ride, the main thing is that you ride", I have never cared much about what type of scoot is under you but how you act on that scoot, I have met plenty of anal retentive idiots  that do not ride Harley, I think they come in all makes in models.

Ride on 

[Jess from VA]

-Mike "bullet hole in tank"

You know.... I did not know Harleys came with hubcaps.

(This is Hubcap joshing, not Harley bashing)

[thumper]

-Mike "bullet hole in tank"

You know.... I did not know Harleys came with hubcaps.

I was there that day.  Big Al's Harley.  You know what he is riding today!

(This is Hubcap joshing, not Harley bashing)

[sugerbear]

Willow; it’s probably a good call, ... but if you start deleting opinions and comments that you’re “tired of” that can be a slippery slope my friend.

You're right, Jerry.  I sifted through the Rules of the Road and could find no specific item to apply although we do have an entry that prohibits "hateful and bashing comments ... especially those those aimed at sexual orientation, gender, race, color, religious views, national origin or disability.  I probably should have applied that prohibition rather than just saying I was "tired of it."  It's a grey area for certain.

Incidentally, I'm considering removing all post presented in orange.    

so does "harley bashing" fall under the "disability" part?  

This board administration function is trial and error at best with large doses of both.

[Willow]

so does "harley bashing" fall under the "disability" part?  

Actually I was thinking it was covered by religious views although I can see where the need to belittle could be a disability.      

[hager the horrible]

I agree we should be content just knowing we r riding the best !

[~ Timbrwolf]

. . ....Ive been diggin Harleys for a while.. 

[Stormrider65]

I've always believed "Its not what you ride, but IF your ride.  I know my Valk is the best bike around and I haven't ran against a Harley yet.  I've ridden a Harley a few times and was not impressed, but just because I don't like it doesn't mean others will follow my lead.  And yes, I've made plenty of HD jokes, but I try to keep my opinion to myself.  I will say there is a fellow worker that is going to park his HD and will be buying a Valkyrie.    He rode mine and came back with a smile a mortician couldn't remove.  His wife even likes it.  Another convert maybe.  But one thing I have learned, opinions vary.   

Walt

[..]

If I was to buy a brand new cruiser bike it would be the Vision. Without the trunk which looks horrible.

Excelent ergos, excellent floorboards that aren't too low to the ground, excellent wind/weather protection, little vibration and enough get up and go to keep me happy.

The 20 mile test ride I did was an eye opener.

Ask me about the Triumph Rocket and I'll pass on the bike thanks.

A riding buddy has a 2010 H-D. Can't remember which model - no trunk and a low faiirng like an I/S. It handles as well as a Valkyrie and is just as quick through the twisites.

[BigAl]

MOMZ that is just sad.

Oliver almost closed his eyes, but instead thought himself the better man and just surfed on.

Here's to Oliver the Napoleon Cat.

[Dagwood]

I have yet to hear make/model bashing by anyone. Guess either I don't get out often enough, or I go by them too fast to hear the comments. 

[BigAl]

That Pacific Blue Pearl Harley looks familiar.

I changed the sticker out from Bullett Hole to Lady on a Plane.

No Shop Visits, no leaks, no failures of any kind, does not use oil, 2007 and 30,000 miles.Electraglide Standard with a few goodies such as a

CD player AM/FM/Weather Radio, and Chrome Passenger Boards Courtesy of Lucky 13, Fairing Lowers, backrests driver and passenger, leather drink holder

Vance and Hines Duals, Python Mufflers and Screamin Eagle Open Air Box, Vance and Hines Fuel Pack for the EFI adjustment.

Will do the twisties just fine, not as fast as the Valk, from 80mph on up. But will cruise all day at 85-90 in 6th gear, at 2700 rpm.

[Valkahuna]

+1

Like I said in my last "H-D bashing" post, it's pretty damn juvenile anyways and does not reflect well on the basher.

Shoot, if I didn't ride with Harleys, I wouldn't be riding with most of my best friends and family members.  Or Canams, or Yamahas, or Kawi's.....etc.  All bikes are sweet bikes.....If it cuts the wind, it is good with me.






May just be me, but I usually decide on if I want to share the wind with someone based on the person in the saddle - not on what's underneath it.  But that is just me.....

[wdvalk]

that would be fayetteville texas,great food

[T-Bird]

There are a lot of us Valk riders on here that also own Harleys....at this time I have two of them in my garage. I for one have no problem with the jokes and a good ribbing, but agree about deleting the mean bashing threads.