posers/bikers fine line

Gary12850

Tennis shoes and a poplin jacket...while riding...dude your likely to get messed with in any state...leather is worn for a reason...safety...some look at HD clothing as a "modern day freak flag" and just because they are stuck in a cage for whatever reason the leather 0r vest or tee-shirt goes along too...365 days a year I can be found with a tee-shirt, hat, boots or some sort of clothing that has some reference to HD. as for a uniform...maybe some of us are proud to be HD owner's those who are not owners but fly the freak flag are proud to support HD...I rode in Hawaii and a leather jacket might be a touch warm...but for (edit) dude at least wear some sturdy boots...when you ride...tennis shoes is just dumb...

Vibratinharley

Sometimes I ride with sneakers and sweat pants if I am going to friends house to relax and play cards. I drive in excess of 10,000 miles a year on my bikes. Does this make me a poser?

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trex

For someone that probably fancys himself as independant you sure like to tell people whats right to wear and whats not.I don't need or want anyone tellin me what to wear,and by the way I am a proud Harley owner who stops for bikers on the side of the road that need help.And I can ride a wheelie on my 03 Dyna so I get (edit) when some slob thats not even on a bike but is waerin all the paraphanalia says I'm not a real biker cuzz I'm not dressed like a clown.

twicecam

I love to ride my motorcycle, I don't put a handle on myself , if I am working around the house i will have my tennis shoes on, there's been times I suddenly wanted to go for a ride, I'll roll my bike out and jump on and when I drop it down into first I realize I still have my tennis shoes on, I'm not going to go back into the house and change to my boots just because I'm afraid the fashion police might see me, I'm going for the ride not to check out what everyone else is wearing, That's for the girls to do! What I'm realy trying to say is live and let ride.

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Franks the Bull

IMO, being a biker has nothing to do with what you own, but if you ride it. I know riders with BMW's that put 15-20k a year on thier scoots. Then I Road Glide guys that meet at Dunkin Donuts, for 3 hours and ride 2 miles home 3 nights a week. All they talk about is thier bikes and posers on Yamahas and BMW. I told em I have more time at the gas pump, then they do in the saddle. a laugh at em all. Usually to no reply. You want to be a biker, it's simple, Ride and Wrench, you want to be a poser, go to HD, buy all the leather, Chaps, Bandanas, and rings you can afford, walk in like you just rode 1000 miles when everyone knows you drove there.

I laugh my butt off when I go to a winter swapmeet and folks look like they rode therer in 20 degree weather. No bikes in the lot.

If you have special clothes, jewlery, to look like a biker, your probably not.

stop mean muggin and smile, lifes more fun..

Franks the Bull

I figured it out.

Like anything in life, if you walk into it, and feel like you don't belong, you probably don't.

If you go to the ghetto and feel like your gonna get robbed, it's because you don't belong there in the first place. It's not your scene. Same goes for the Saloon, or bike ralleys. so, like many post, on what to wear, thats not the Man, thats the cover. Anyone true to who they are, see's right threw it.

Thats the Joke of wild Hogs, trying to belong, knowing you don't. you can't act a lifestyle.

trex

Hey brother, that's it, you got it exactly right

Barry712

I am a minister and have been riding all my life. For a lot of years people kind of looked down on the idea of a minister on a motorcycle because of the "biker" label. I was glad when it seemed to me all that began to change. I ride because I love the feel of riding and most folks are no longer surprised or judgmental about it.

Les Williamson

It is simple to me, if it is cold I wear a leather jacket and it is not Harley leather jacket either. I wear a vest because it holds my shirt down. I wear leather Harley boots (a gift) everyday because I actually like them and the boots making it safer to ride is a double bonus. I also wear a brain bucket not because of anything more than it being lite on my big melon.

Hobbit

more their loss if they cannot accept the fact that you enjoy riding a bike, and good to see that the community were you preach/practice is finally accepting you for who you are and not the preconcieved idea of a 'biker'

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