9/7/2003: Sea of Harleys

Undertoad · 09-07-2003, 12:31 PM

There were a bunch of images this week of the bikers in Milwaukee for Harley-Davidson's 100th anniversary. This was the best I saw: this pack is in parking lots preparing for their parade of 10,000 motorcycles.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2003, 01:26 PM

That's about $250,000,000......plus another $100,000 for helmets.

LUVBUGZ · 09-07-2003, 01:37 PM

Boy, that's a shit load of Harley's. I'd hate to be there when those things take off since I almost go deaf when one passes me on the road. Kinda like an F-14 doing a fly by at 100 ft altitude.

Dagney · 09-07-2003, 02:47 PM

WooHoo, and they'll be here in York later this month for the Annual Openhouse

I'll be prepared to fight the urge to buy one

Sorta!

Leah · 09-07-2003, 05:34 PM

Boy would I ever hate to be the one who accidentally dropped my bike at the end and caused a domino effect. Run like crazy.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2003, 06:05 PM

No problem Leah. It's just a bunch of middle age farts pretending to be marlon Brando. They'd never catch you.

Leah · 09-07-2003, 06:07 PM

How funny would that be then. They would probably have their walking sticks out ready to swing a hit at me. Good on them.

richlevy · 09-07-2003, 06:53 PM

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Originally posted by Leah
Boy would I ever hate to be the one who accidentally dropped my bike at the end and caused a domino effect. Run like crazy.

I was in Key West when this idiot started up his scooter, lost control, and crashed into 3 other scooters parked in front of him. Everyone gave him disgusted looks. I told him he should be glad the Hell's Angels don't ride scooters.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2003, 07:04 PM

Heh, heh, heh

gossard187 · 09-07-2003, 08:56 PM

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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ
Boy, that's a shit load of Harley's. I'd hate to be there when those things take off since I almost go deaf when one passes me on the road. Kinda like an F-14 doing a fly by at 100 ft altitude.

A couple F-14's flew real low over my house today, scared the heck out of my cat who was sitting in the open window at the time. Guess he doesn't see that too often. Fortunately the vertical blinds appear to still be intact.

arz · 09-07-2003, 09:11 PM

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...this pack is in parking lots preparing for their parade of 10,000 motorcycles.

Unfortunately, only 3 were able to start and run long enough to complete the .25 mile long parade route.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2003, 09:25 PM

Now Arz, that's not nice.(giggle) Actually over the last dozen or so years they've gotten pretty reliable. I think it was the Jap electrics as well as the Evo motor that did that. They hardly leak oil any more too.

LUVBUGZ · 09-07-2003, 09:31 PM

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Originally posted by gossard187

A couple F-14's flew real low over my house today, scared the heck out of my cat who was sitting in the open window at the time. Guess he doesn't see that too often. Fortunately the vertical blinds appear to still be intact.

Thank God it didn't overload his little ticker

I do a lot of environmental work on several military bases and I've almost dropped dead from a heart attack on more than one occasion from the fly-by's and such. I think March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA is the worst though. No matter how many times you hear them and you know their coming, your heart (and ears) literally hurt when they take off or fly by really low. Lucky you have vertical blinds, horizontal ones might not have fared so well

dynaryder · 09-09-2003, 08:26 AM

LUVBUGZ: go to Rolling Thunder(the Run to the Wall) in Wash DC some Memorial Day. We average about 100-120k bikes each year. The north parking lot at the Pentagon usually gets filled and it takes about 4hrs for everyone to get downtown. The sound is indescribable.

arz: 15.3k miles on my Twin Cam Dyna,8k of which was after I hopped it up over 100hp. Zero mechanical probs,no oil leakage. The Twin Cam motor is as reliable as anything from the land of the rising sun.

LUVBUGZ · 09-09-2003, 09:03 AM

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Originally posted by dynaryder
LUVBUGZ: go to Rolling Thunder(the Run to the Wall) in Wash DC some Memorial Day. We average about 100-120k bikes each year. The north parking lot at the Pentagon usually gets filled and it takes about 4hrs for everyone to get downtown. The sound is indescribable.

Nice Ride Dyn. I'd like to do that sometime, but I live in San Diego so it would require a really long drive (expensive, considering gas prices, although not as bad once you get out of CA) or a plane ticket w/ car rental (expensive too). Anyhow, since I definitely pose no threat to the Jones', I can't afford such pleasures. I think I know what you mean about "indescribable sound".....the Winston Internationals come to mind or the Thunderboat Races on the Bay

09-07-2003, 12:31 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/7/2003: Sea of Harleys There were a bunch of images this week of the bikers in Milwaukee for Harley-Davidson's 100th anniversary. This was the best I saw: this pack is in parking lots preparing for their parade of 10,000 motorcycles.

09-07-2003, 01:26 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's about $250,000,000......plus another $100,000 for helmets. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-07-2003, 01:37 PM	#3
LUVBUGZ Not aging gracefully. Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 530	Boy, that's a shit load of Harley's. I'd hate to be there when those things take off since I almost go deaf when one passes me on the road. Kinda like an F-14 doing a fly by at 100 ft altitude. __________________ You can't catch me...don't even try...go do something else...see ya next year. Mama Loves You Baby Girl ~ May You Rest In Peace

09-07-2003, 02:47 PM	#4
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	WooHoo, and they'll be here in York later this month for the Annual Openhouse I'll be prepared to fight the urge to buy one Sorta! __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

09-07-2003, 06:05 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No problem Leah. It's just a bunch of middle age farts pretending to be marlon Brando. They'd never catch you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-07-2003, 05:34 PM	#5
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Boy would I ever hate to be the one who accidentally dropped my bike at the end and caused a domino effect. Run like crazy.

09-07-2003, 06:07 PM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	How funny would that be then. They would probably have their walking sticks out ready to swing a hit at me. Good on them.

09-07-2003, 07:04 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Heh, heh, heh __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:07 PM.

09-07-2003, 09:25 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Now Arz, that's not nice.(giggle) Actually over the last dozen or so years they've gotten pretty reliable. I think it was the Jap electrics as well as the Evo motor that did that. They hardly leak oil any more too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-09-2003, 08:26 AM	#14
dynaryder Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hampton Roads VA Posts: 2	LUVBUGZ: go to Rolling Thunder(the Run to the Wall) in Wash DC some Memorial Day. We average about 100-120k bikes each year. The north parking lot at the Pentagon usually gets filled and it takes about 4hrs for everyone to get downtown. The sound is indescribable. arz: 15.3k miles on my Twin Cam Dyna,8k of which was after I hopped it up over 100hp. Zero mechanical probs,no oil leakage. The Twin Cam motor is as reliable as anything from the land of the rising sun. Attached Images

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