Easy reason -- to be able to afford a Harley, you have to be a lawyer, banker or stockbroker (playing wannabe bad boy as a hobby) (!)
It's all about conspicuous consumption of bright, shiny toys. I'm betting you'd not find many high mileage bikes in the bunch. On Jun 8, 11:18 am, "Pr Ron" <[email protected]> wrote: > Every Wednesday at the Quaker Stake and Lube here in Council Bluffs they have > a bike night. It's a pretty big deal, with an band and all. Someone told me > there were over 1600 bikes on the lots parked by the police. I viewed pretty > much all the bikes parked. I looked them all over. Mine was the only > Nighthawk, and there were no ST's, ...one BMW sport touring. There were some > Shadows, and Goldwings and good showing of Sport bikes. The vast majority > however were Harley's or Harley style bikes. What I noticed in the group, > but not all, were the new Harley/business type Harley guys dominated the > gathering. Three points: 1, They look sharp in their leather and all, but > they are not the Harley guys of old. That has to tick them off the old guard. > 2, Boats are out, and bikes are definitely in. And 3, It was very > peaceful, and non-conformity has now conformed. > Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
