I really don't have an interesting bio like some of you probably do, but since dprice is such a cool dude and is very receptive to the members wants and requests, I owe it to him to post in this forum catagory because he listened to the members to do his best to make this the best Harley forum on the web. I think it's got some cool members.
I probably rambled on in bits and pieces on my beginning in motorcycles in various threads so I want bore you guys with all my beginnings again. I'll just say that I have been riding street bikes since the late 60's and have owned about a dozen or more bikes and enjoyed every one that I have had. Both my first wife(ex) and my second have found the love of riding through me and I'm glad that I could offer them something that they may not have otherwise ever experienced.
I really haven't said too much about my attitude so i'll go that route. I guess what I admire the most in newer and experienced riders is how they treat others new to the scene. There is always something that can be learned from others no matter how long you have been riding. It may be easy for some to forget that they were once new to bikes too. There are some members on this forum that I have the highest respect for because they never fail to help out and share their knowledge. Whether you like the word "brother" or not is your business but to me everyone sharing the love of bikes and with a helpful attitude I treat like a bro unless their attitudel proves otherwise.
I don't want to create any friction with what I am about to say but it's how I feel and it's me so I'm going to say it. I see a lot of paranoid type feelings around this net with finger pointing and labeling such as poser, yup, rub, wana-be and such. It's almost as if everyone fairly new to the scene is so afraid that they will be labled less than a real biker that they try to go overboard to convince themselves and others that they are really who they would like to be. Some turn out to be the first to label others(which really points the labeling finger at themselves). I also see others who reminise(sp?) about the good old rigid hard core days of biking and think that no newbe on a newer bike could possibly measure up. So for you newer guys, don't worry about it. Be who you are. If you love bikes and you are yourself there are plenty of good guys out there that do respect you. If you are a happy easy going guy, you really don't have to put a grimice bad azz look on your face to fit in,,,,,not with a genuine cool biker. I can't imagine even wanting to fit in where I can't be myself. With my love for bikes, it would be hard to wipe this smile off of my face even if I tried. LOL
Well, that's where my head is . Everyone is different. This forum is ours,,,,dprice has made it clear by his actions that he is for the members. This place is pretty cool to me.
I probably rambled on in bits and pieces on my beginning in motorcycles in various threads so I want bore you guys with all my beginnings again. I'll just say that I have been riding street bikes since the late 60's and have owned about a dozen or more bikes and enjoyed every one that I have had. Both my first wife(ex) and my second have found the love of riding through me and I'm glad that I could offer them something that they may not have otherwise ever experienced.
I really haven't said too much about my attitude so i'll go that route. I guess what I admire the most in newer and experienced riders is how they treat others new to the scene. There is always something that can be learned from others no matter how long you have been riding. It may be easy for some to forget that they were once new to bikes too. There are some members on this forum that I have the highest respect for because they never fail to help out and share their knowledge. Whether you like the word "brother" or not is your business but to me everyone sharing the love of bikes and with a helpful attitude I treat like a bro unless their attitudel proves otherwise.
I don't want to create any friction with what I am about to say but it's how I feel and it's me so I'm going to say it. I see a lot of paranoid type feelings around this net with finger pointing and labeling such as poser, yup, rub, wana-be and such. It's almost as if everyone fairly new to the scene is so afraid that they will be labled less than a real biker that they try to go overboard to convince themselves and others that they are really who they would like to be. Some turn out to be the first to label others(which really points the labeling finger at themselves). I also see others who reminise(sp?) about the good old rigid hard core days of biking and think that no newbe on a newer bike could possibly measure up. So for you newer guys, don't worry about it. Be who you are. If you love bikes and you are yourself there are plenty of good guys out there that do respect you. If you are a happy easy going guy, you really don't have to put a grimice bad azz look on your face to fit in,,,,,not with a genuine cool biker. I can't imagine even wanting to fit in where I can't be myself. With my love for bikes, it would be hard to wipe this smile off of my face even if I tried. LOL
Well, that's where my head is . Everyone is different. This forum is ours,,,,dprice has made it clear by his actions that he is for the members. This place is pretty cool to me.