OK, then why do you guys add H-D bags and fairings to your Valks? Why do you buy H-D stock? Why do you act and dress like an H-D rider? Why do your feelings get hurt when an H-D rider doesn't wave back to you? Why do you buy H-D accessories and adapt them to your bikes? Why do you go to H-D themed rallies?
Yup, I have a "Hondadavidson"....because some of the stuff Honda sells is either too expensive or doesn't exist. It's easier to adapt a batwing fairing than to mount an I/S fairing...and a lot less expensive. As for HD stock, don't have the extra $$ and right now probably not a good idea anyway. As for act/dress like an HD rider, what's so different about most of them. My two neighbors put their jeans on the same way I do, and as for acting different....as a rule I don't see it, based on well over 50 yrs. of riding. Yes, you do have that small percentage that ride around with their head where the majority of politicians have theirs. The waving bit, I've always received more waves from the HD rider than anyone else, even before I mounted the fairing. As for why I attend the HD rallies, I go for the same reason I go to Valk rallies or GoldWing rallies or Yamaha rallies....and on, and on, ad nauseum.
Just last night I got to zing my neighbor a bit, after he did me. I was at the end of my bicycle ride and he was sitting in his drive smoking his evening cigar...his wife won't let him in the house with it and makes him change clothes before coming in afterward. He's a big dude and she's about 5'1", and I think it's a riot....but I digress. He yelled at me; "that thing makes the same amount of noise as your Honda," referring to the bicycle. "Must be made by Honda." I said "no, it's a HD bike, every time I squeeze the right handle bar the bike slows down." I then pulled in and sat for another 30 min. just BS'ing the evening away. We raced once, about five years ago. Strange....he hasn't challenged me since and he gets a new one about every 18 months or so. He told his wife to race me once on her bike, she just smiled and told him that he humiliates her enough with his bike.
