logical said:
OK, so it's not for everybody but i fail to see any harm in it as a way to meet people. Personally I am not looking for a "brotherhood", just meeting other people like me who enjoy owning and riding harleys but also happen to have jobs. I only know of a few HOG members that try to pretend it is some kind of "brotherhood" or gang and they are doing it on their own....not because Harley HOG endorses it or encourages it.
At least HOG isn't out dealing dope and breaking into houses.
Hiya Logical.
If used as way to meet people there is indeed, "no harm". I would also however say there is no need. Folks who ride gravitate to others of like mind. I can walk into most any Ice House here in Texas and make friends with fellow riders.
If you were to walk into The Blue Door, you would perhaps find me. I enjoy riding Harleys and I also happen to have a job. In fact, a damn good one! I work for a major Airline as a contracts Manager. I have seen most of The World as a perk! One thing I know is how major Corporations work. I have had the honor of being the customer of Boeing, GE, Israel Aircraft Industries, Pratt and Whitney, Allied Signal, Honeywell, Sabena, Aer Lingus, Volvo, Chrysler Dalmer, and oh yea, I could go on.
Knowing how they work, I consider business as simply that but when it comes to WHY I work, Hell, that is for my life! I have no problem being the Corporate "Brick in The Wall", but when it comes to my life and the choices I make as to how I will live it, then I draw the line.
I live on 2.5 fine horse acres in Houston. Don't own a horse, but if I want my brothers to come over and raise some Hell, we can without bothering Mrs. Jones. That is how I want to live so I worked to make it so.
Regulations, Rules, Kickbacks, Monopoly. That is why prices are so high.
HD is a great Corporation from the standpoint of making money. Hell of a stock. The Investors are getting fat. The question is, how and off whom?
I SELL Corporate Bullshit but I don't buy it.
Bottom line is I have more and I keep more.
That which I sell I intend to capitalize on to the max. That which I buy however, well Hell, it is my money, right? If I don't protect it, someone like me will take it by inflating the cost of what I desire.
HOG is much like me. However, being me, I do NOT want to be the supplier of a customer like me.
HOG offers something I do not need. Therefore I do not buy it. Do they offer something you need? If not, then why buy into it? Please provide a logical answer LOL!
Jimmy
PS. Dealing Dope and breaking into houses is a felony. So is Grand Theft Person, ( a Root of Strong Armed Robbery). I would propose that the glitter and glitz and the false need to be this to be all that is Robbery of the Free Spirit that is found in the wind.
Brotherhood is a whole seperate issue and should not be cheapend by a "Welcome To The Family" flick offered by the fisherman who has ya hooked now with his line of Corporate, "CHA-CHING"!!! Bullshit.
Hell, just look at all the car adds after Sept 11. Waveing Our Beloved Flag that the best of the best fought and died for in order to "inspire" us to buy American.
Screw that! QUIT scalping The American Public and BE AMERICAN! Quit allowing Jap cars and Bikes to undersell US. If THEY can do it WE can do it! Until that happens, then Piss on the rich bastards who never fought for but continue to rape U.S.
Harley Davidson is a rich fat assed Corporation who is capitalizing on our dreams. That is a phoney wave of Our Beloved Flag.
Want proof? Go to Sweden. You can buy a Harley CHEAPER than here. Now what the hell is wrong with that picture folks?
The PEOPLE of HOG could all rip off and Piss on that patch. Guess what? The PEOPLE would still be there, TOGETHER,
each with forty bucks beer money! PARTY!
No I am not a fan of HOG. I am an Independent Biker and I LOVE being just that!