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I've made some Harley friends in Satsuma, AL. They are constantly busting me about my BMW's. With their loud pipes there is no shortage of testosterone with these guys. They are always telling me how bad there bikes are and how they can run my BMW in the ground. I just smile and ask them if a peice of humble pie I plan to serve them will bother them much.
Will the other day they came to me an asked about a road they heard of between Monroeville and Camden called HWY 41. I smiled and said I think its a good MC road and that I thought I had ridden it once. They even asked me to lead the ride!
I led them up the insterstate to HWY 225 over to Stockton then HWY 59 north to HWY 21 to Monroeville. I then stopped for a riders meeting. I told them them to ride their own ride because I was going to pick up the pace a bit. I invited them to follow if they wanted and if they wanted a slower pace I'd see for lunch at the BBQ/Sole Food place in Camden. All of the testosteone crowd started checking air pressure etc. I just smiled and watched because I had done all that stuff at home.
We snaked out of Camden behind a pickup. At the first oppurtunity I passed the truck and set up a pace I was comfortable with. Now I have to admit I expected some competition. It took me all of 3-4 minutes to put enough distance between them and me so I couldn't even see their head lights. Its 40 miles to Camden. I got to the BBQ place and went in and talked to them about serving 30 or so folks. I went back to my bike. In what seemed like an iternity (probably 5-7 minutes) 2 new Victories came screeching in asking me how long I had been there and how fast I had rode that old BMW. I just smiled and said fast enough to get here before you.
For the rest of the day all bragging stopped and I had many folks looking ever my bike every time we stopped and took a break.
Now I had anticipated this so I had ridden my R1100RTL that's 12 years old. If this happens again I plan on riding my R90/6. Even a 33 year BMW can put it on any Harley or Victory.
They sound bad, but must can't break 100 mph. Most put loud pipes on, but don't remap their injection? Very few carburated Harleys exsist down here.
I'm not impressed with anything but my BMW's and I have a new respect for them.
I've made some Harley friends in Satsuma, AL. They are constantly busting me about my BMW's. With their loud pipes there is no shortage of testosterone with these guys. They are always telling me how bad there bikes are and how they can run my BMW in the ground. I just smile and ask them if a peice of humble pie I plan to serve them will bother them much.
Will the other day they came to me an asked about a road they heard of between Monroeville and Camden called HWY 41. I smiled and said I think its a good MC road and that I thought I had ridden it once. They even asked me to lead the ride!
I led them up the insterstate to HWY 225 over to Stockton then HWY 59 north to HWY 21 to Monroeville. I then stopped for a riders meeting. I told them them to ride their own ride because I was going to pick up the pace a bit. I invited them to follow if they wanted and if they wanted a slower pace I'd see for lunch at the BBQ/Sole Food place in Camden. All of the testosteone crowd started checking air pressure etc. I just smiled and watched because I had done all that stuff at home.
We snaked out of Camden behind a pickup. At the first oppurtunity I passed the truck and set up a pace I was comfortable with. Now I have to admit I expected some competition. It took me all of 3-4 minutes to put enough distance between them and me so I couldn't even see their head lights. Its 40 miles to Camden. I got to the BBQ place and went in and talked to them about serving 30 or so folks. I went back to my bike. In what seemed like an iternity (probably 5-7 minutes) 2 new Victories came screeching in asking me how long I had been there and how fast I had rode that old BMW. I just smiled and said fast enough to get here before you.
For the rest of the day all bragging stopped and I had many folks looking ever my bike every time we stopped and took a break.
Now I had anticipated this so I had ridden my R1100RTL that's 12 years old. If this happens again I plan on riding my R90/6. Even a 33 year BMW can put it on any Harley or Victory.
They sound bad, but must can't break 100 mph. Most put loud pipes on, but don't remap their injection? Very few carburated Harleys exsist down here.
I'm not impressed with anything but my BMW's and I have a new respect for them.
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