Drawing a Crowd Norton Style

Yep!........... nothing spells "Cool" (and "relief"), like the bike firing up first kick when there is a crowd watching.
 
Hehe, people will even pull off road and U turn to catch a close up view and interview you and a good many of em tell how much their old Commando meant to them, ugh or their daddy. I like to get a rise out of biker gatherings with all eyes and ears on me about to do it to it, "Hey ya know what them thumb commensors are known for don't ya?" Lowering one's IQ!"
VaroOOmm, puff puff puff puff... BLATTTtttt puff puff puff...
 
hobot said:
Hehe, people will even pull off road and U turn to catch a close up view and interview you and a good many of em tell how much their old Commando meant to them, ugh or their daddy. I like to get a rise out of biker gatherings with all eyes and ears on me about to do it to it, "Hey ya know what them thumb commensors are known for don't ya?" Lowering one's IQ!"
VaroOOmm, puff puff puff puff... BLATTTtttt puff puff puff...
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Just for kicks I went to a motorcycle thing out here in my area called "thunder on the lot". It was kinda sad. Out of the 100's of bikes I only found one other bike with a kick start. Also had to listed to some "badass" harley dude bitch at me about how he wont kick a bike over because i don't know what it feels like to throw out a knee!!!

What has the world come to when a guy with a zztop beard chaps and a whole bunch of patches and crap is telling me that when I'm with my wife on the old brit bike!!!!???!!

Upside down backwards world these days! :shock:
 
Iceteanolemon,

Often these days it seems that the guys with all of the bad-ass biker accoutrements are gynaecologists and lawyers with stick-on tattoos and a patch jacket bought ready made for $3,000 in a boutique on Rodeo Drive. There are a fair few chaps in chaps on this side of the Pacific also. I'm glad to see that your interlocutor on this occasion was in touch with his feminine side!
 
I'm dealing with the results of overextenting my knee while kicking my BSA and allthough the knee was bad before now the pain is unbearable. i think nothing short of bionic replacement will solve this one. This truely sucks cuz I just got the little bastered running great...
 
dngrsdave said:
I'll tell you there is nothing like riding up to a place with 50 plus bikes in front of it and turning every head . No donuts ,burnouts or wheelies, just idling up and parking in the front. I had a Great time showing off the bike.
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To me the single most pathetic element of motorcycling is those who are in it for attention and an ego boost like this. It is surely 99% of the current motorcycling scene these days, a bunch of douchebags convening some night of the week blowing sunshine up each others asses about who has the shiniest material possession.
 
To me the single most enjoyable element of motorcycling, after riding the machine of course, is to convene with my fellow enthusiasts, bench race, tell lies and generally enjoy the cameraderie of like-minded people. Admiring the well-restored or well kept motorcycles is just another part of the fun.
 
beng said:
dngrsdave said:
I'll tell you there is nothing like riding up to a place with 50 plus bikes in front of it and turning every head . No donuts ,burnouts or wheelies, just idling up and parking in the front. I had a Great time showing off the bike.
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To me the single most pathetic element of motorcycling is those who are in it for attention and an ego boost like this. It is surely 99% of the current motorcycling scene these days, a bunch of douchebags convening some night of the week blowing sunshine up each others asses about who has the shiniest material possession.
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Aw Beng, c'mon, lighten up a bit. I bet everyone on this forum enjoys riding their bikes first and foremost. And it's not every day people see a Commando, especially a nicely kept one. It's good to convene with fellow enthusiasts.
 
Also had to listed to some "badass" harley dude bitch at me about how he wont kick a bike over because i don't know what it feels like to throw out a knee!!!

What has the world come to when a guy with a zztop beard chaps and a whole bunch of patches and crap is telling me that when I'm with my wife on the old brit bike!!!!???!!

Upside down backwards world these days! :shock:
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Could have asked him if his husband has a motorcycle too, but, yeah, what's the saying, The better part of valor, is discretion from King Henry the IV?
 
dave M said:
Iceteanolemon,

Often these days it seems that the guys with all of the bad-ass biker accoutrements are gynaecologists and lawyers with stick-on tattoos and a patch jacket bought ready made for $3,000 in a boutique on Rodeo Drive. There are a fair few chaps in chaps on this side of the Pacific also. I'm glad to see that your interlocutor on this occasion was in touch with his feminine side!
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It's justs so weird to see people trying hard to look like they are tough but are so outspoken of how wimpy they are. Really weird. It would be different if it was a person without all the crap on and not trying to put on a front!!

My favorite thing about bikes is working on them, the problem solving and stuff. And when you go out there and look at other bikes sometimes you see some clever things people do to keep em on the road or overcome issues. I don't know about drooling over chrome though, boring.
 
oh my gosh tangychillytea, that is a real downer to encounter. Thank goodness all the biker encounters in the Ozarks are the pleasant kind with wonder and shared survival joys that pump everyone up not down. Of course I've had my disparging remarks coming from some really hot to trot hot shots on angry looking plastic insects but got to have the last word and laugh on them. That gets into gun fighter like contests someone could get killed on so now I know what i got don't have to test in public no mo. I know better than try to keep up with good HD baggers on my factory Combat so just wave and grin going with the flow.
 
Where ever I go on my 850 Featherbed Norton, poeple take notice, some think they know what it is but they don't, some older gents think it a old Domie and others have no clue at all, but they all take notice, my Norton is no show pony but its clean and looks great, but when they are looking at it I get on it to go they get a big trill when I kick start it and it fires up on one kick, my Norton is loud and puts out a great note so I always give it a good rev when taking off, they get a big surprised how quick it is. the best part about my Norton is its a one off build and theres not another around where I come from the same.

Ashley
 
Just seeing an old bike on the road is a novelty these days.
There sure seems to be plenty of Nortons here in Colorado,
but it is a rare event to see anyone actually riding one.
 
dngrsdave said:
If you really think about it , We all like to show off a bit. That's one of the reasons why we wrench on motorcycles and transform them into unique machines that fit our personalities and riding styles. That is why we enter bike shows. It's the Nature of riding.
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Well you are certainly speaking for yourself, not me. I don't turn anything into a "unique machine to fit my personality" because I don't need attention that badly. I am simply interested in preserving history, and the bikes as they were and were used when they were current and myself and my family and friends were young, also they happen to be economical transportation as a bonus.

My father grew up in the great depression when people were not fashionable consumers and he passed that ethic to me, I never bought a new bike or a new car or new shoes or anything else if it is my choice. A few weeks ago I used my father's 1/2" drill motor on a construction site, not because it was 50 years old and I needed attention etc., but because I needed to drill some holes and it still runs as well as it did the day he bought it as a young man. I consider any quality machinery that was not made as consumer goods sacred and feel a duty to the planet earth to preserve it so another one does not have to be ripped out of it because I need to look up to date.

I don't enter bike shows, I don't go to biker bars or bike nights or cruises, and I don't wave like an idiot at every other motorcyclist that is coming the opposite direction, if anything I run in the opposite direction from the hoards of morons circle-jerking each other off. I might go somewhere if I think I can find spare parts.

I do not think I am special because I learned to balance a two-wheeled vehicle when I was 5 years old like a chimp in a circus, nor because I merely own one. I did not choose to be associated with motorcycles, it was just a normal thing growing up in the 60s around racers and a bike dealership that existed to finance a weekend hobby. I did not get into it in the 80s when they became collectors items, I did not get into because I saw a movie or a show on MTV or thought it would attract girls and I am not in it to make money.

To you "attention" is the nature of riding because it is the nature of everything else in your life.
 
I only have motorcycles for the freedom especially when I am in the wind being free. :roll: :lol:
 
I got my 1st local story of HD obnoxious attitude. A fella on a Suzuki Intuder ridding with an HD buddy gathered with other HD and Intruder fella was teasing about putting a HD decal on tank and one of the Harley burelies about started a fist fight over the remark. Sheeze. Then again there's the imfamous era of the Rockers vs the Moderns. Which do ya think would draw more of a desirable crowd?

Drawing a Crowd Norton Style

Drawing a Crowd Norton Style

Drawing a Crowd Norton Style
 
beng said:
Well you are certainly speaking for yourself, not me. I don't turn anything into a "unique machine to fit my personality" because I don't need attention that badly. I am simply interested in preserving history, and the bikes as they were and were used when they were current and myself and my family and friends were young, also they happen to be economical transportation as a bonus.

My father grew up in the great depression when people were not fashionable consumers and he passed that ethic to me, I never bought a new bike or a new car or new shoes or anything else if it is my choice. A few weeks ago I used my father's 1/2" drill motor on a construction site, not because it was 50 years old and I needed attention etc., but because I needed to drill some holes and it still runs as well as it did the day he bought it as a young man. I consider any quality machinery that was not made as consumer goods sacred and feel a duty to the planet earth to preserve it so another one does not have to be ripped out of it because I need to look up to date.

I don't enter bike shows, I don't go to biker bars or bike nights or cruises, and I don't wave like an idiot at every other motorcyclist that is coming the opposite direction, if anything I run in the opposite direction from the hoards of morons circle-jerking each other off. I might go somewhere if I think I can find spare parts.

I do not think I am special because I learned to balance a two-wheeled vehicle when I was 5 years old like a chimp in a circus, nor because I merely own one. I did not choose to be associated with motorcycles, it was just a normal thing growing up in the 60s around racers and a bike dealership that existed to finance a weekend hobby. I did not get into it in the 80s when they became collectors items, I did not get into because I saw a movie or a show on MTV or thought it would attract girls and I am not in it to make money.

To you "attention" is the nature of riding because it is the nature of everything else in your life.
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Your post reeks of an "elitist" attitude that others here have been attributing to HD fans.
 
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