Your favorite ignorant comments?

[ThisBitch]

Dude, he works in a Harley shop now... what else they go to talk about, new HD technology?

Ok, here's one that came from my mom (after seeing Narbone's chain break half way through SuMo warm up)

Mom: "Wow, his bike still has a chain!"
Me: "All sport bikes have chains, mom."
Mom: "No, a lot of bikes have belts!"
Me: "Cruisers like Harleys have belts, which are the lest efficient method of transferring power to the rear wheel. The only sport bikes I know of that use belt drives are Buells, which were made by Harley, so they were going to be a big POS anyway, but it doesn't really matter, Buell stopped making bikes last year."
Mom: "Well if he had a belt, that wouldn't have happened, so who's stupid now?"
Me: "Narbone must be stupid... you're right mom. He should totally race a Harley."

[OreoGaborio]

Me: "Cruisers like Harleys have belts, which are the lest efficient method of transferring power to the rear wheel."

no it's not

[ThisBitch]

no it's not

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't YOU giving Nick shit about how the slack in the belt results in a delay before power is transferred to the rear wheel and also allows for more slipping?

[OreoGaborio]

If I was, I was just busting his balls. I tell him lots of lies when I'm busting his balls


Belts really aren't all that bad. The problem I see with belts is they haven't had the same tensile strength (until recently) and your choice of gearing is either reduced or nonexistent. Other than that, they're quieter and require almost no maintenance aside from regular checks to make sure the teeth are okay.

I'm sure there's plenty of other pros and cons though.

[Tricky Mike]

Shaft drive is generally less efficient... Especially in (most) cases where the crankshaft is perpendicular to the shaft. As far as I know belts and chains are more or less equal in terms of efficiency.

[jwm2k3]

"Is it fast?"


My answer...."Def not."

[ThisBitch]

Shaft drive is generally less efficient... Especially in (most) cases where the crankshaft is perpendicular to the shaft. As far as I know belts and chains are more or less equal in terms of efficiency.

I googled a bit and I think the difference is small, but the consensus is that chain drives are more efficient.

Stated briefly, chain drives are the most economical way to transmit power to the rear wheel. They also convey the greatest percentage of engine power in the process. Chain drives are by far the most popular drive mechanism in motorbikes around the world. On the other hand, they also require the most maintenance, are dirty, and not as smooth as a shaft or belt drive. Bear in mind that the most routine motorcycle maintenance required of a rider is taking care of those metal chain links! (Unless you include putting gas in the tank.) So, reducing that chain maintenance equates to greater rider enjoyment.

Power transmission chains can be
categorized as roller chain, engineering
steel chain, silent chain, detachable
chain, and offset sidebar chain.
Some of the advantages of chain
drives over belt drives are:
• No slippage between chain and
sprocket teeth.
• Negligible stretch, allowing
chains to carry heavy loads.
• Long operating life expectancy
because flexure and friction contact
occur between hardened bearing surfaces
separated by an oil film.
• Operates in hostile environments
such as high temperatures,
high moisture or oily areas, dusty,
dirty, and corrosive atmospheres, etc.,
especially if high alloy metals and
other special materials are used.
• Long shelf life because metal
chain ordinarily doesn’t deteriorate
with age and is unaffected by sun,
reasonable ranges of heat, moisture,
and oil.
• Certain types can be replaced
without disturbing other components
mounted on the same shafts as
sprockets.

Either way, my mom was suggesting that a dirt bike would be better off with a belt drive... which is definitely NOT the case since small amounts of dirt will degrade a belt with a quickness.

[Sheppo]

I had 30K on my HD belt when I totaled the bike. My buddy has over 70K on his belt. Once it has the initial stretch it sets and in my case there was next to 0 maintenance except for looking at it every 8K when I put a new back tire on. I wasn't nice to it either. I probably could have gotten another 30K out of it. Only one I ever heard with a belt issue is loun with his Hyosung. The draw is not easy to change gearing. ( Oh and my new BWM is belt driven )

But lets get back on subject...
How do you ride in the rain with out crashing, isn't it slippery?
It's below freezing out aren't you cold on that thing?

[JalopySiR]

Do they ride bikes, too?

Did no one else get this? It's hilarious!

[Boosh]

"There is something wrong with your bike, It's making a clacking sound"

From a harley type guy "You know Ducati is made by Harley Davidson, it's a VTwin, Harley own the patent on those, they're the only ones who make them. Everyone else just sticks their name on them."

That has to be a joke! No adult with half a brain would say that.

[SVRACER01]

You had the same conversation two days in a row?

thats weird. my phone did some funky shit this morning. it must have reposted.

[Rambunctous]

I'd put money on a higher accident rate per veh mile on a Harley vs a crotch rocket.

Thats true. Most are on learner permits. When the light turns green and they take their feet of the ground they fall over. Insurance companies hate replacing all that chrome.

[Degsy]

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I'd put money on a higher accident rate per veh mile on a Harley vs a crotch rocket.

Thats true. Most are on learner permits. When the light turns green and they take their feet of the ground they fall over. Insurance companies hate replacing all that chrome.

Wha?

[Mike Qube]

"There is something wrong with your bike, It's making a clacking sound"


That has to be a joke! No adult with half a brain would say that.

100% serious. It happened to me at a Dunkin in Waltham.

[mzdagrl]

Isn't that an awfully big bike for a girl? (I have an SV650)

Is that your boyfriend's/husband's/father's/brother's bike?

You ride? You don't strike me as a "Biker chick"! (OOOHHHH, I hate that term with the condescending tone....)

Motorcycles are dangerous, you know.

Now that you have a kid you're going to stop riding right? (I will note that Rob has YET to be asked this question, to my knowledge)

[mrezra]

Waiting for a boat off MV with several other motorcyclists last year...

Cruiser Guy: "What's with all the leather? Aren't you hot? It's not like all that stuff makes your rice burner any faster."
Me: "Rice burner? This is a Triumph. If anything, it runs on boiled cabbage. Besides..."
Cruiser Guy: "Ahhh, I can't keep all those Jap bikes apart."
Me: "Isn't your VTX made in Japan?"
Cruiser Guy: "At least I don't give bikers a bad name."

[khuygie88]

Over half of all Harley owners will dump their bikes at one point. It's a statistic.! Ok, one I just made up. It's on the internet forever now so it must be true.

Now shaddup and

FACT

Awwww... shit, drink

[LiterR1]

Parking the bike outside the office
Old Guy "Is that one of those American Choppers I see on TV"
Me " No this is what YOU folks call a Rice Rocket. it is Japanese"
Old Guy " Why do you call it a Rice Rocket"
Me " I do not. I call it My Sport Bike"
Old Guy " well what is the Difference"
Me " Have a Nice day Sir"

[Garandman]

Isn't that an awfully big bike for a girl? (I have an SV650)

Is that your boyfriend's/husband's/father's/brother's bike?

You ride? You don't strike me as a "Biker chick"! (OOOHHHH, I hate that term with the condescending tone....)/

Especially if it comes from a guy in his "Badass in a box" costume. Flat black half-helmet, black tshirt, jeans and s-kickers....

I admit to being anti-social in my old age. I don't take my helmet off at fuel stops, and if anyone says anything even mildly annoying I say "I can't hear you - I have earplugs on" really loudly. Unless it's a kid.

[RandyO]

you can't lean with a car tire

[Manny]

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I had 30K on my HD belt when I totaled the bike. My buddy has over 70K on his belt. Once it has the initial stretch it sets and in my case there was next to 0 maintenance except for looking at it every 8K when I put a new back tire on. I wasn't nice to it either. I probably could have gotten another 30K out of it. Only one I ever heard with a belt issue is loun with his Hyosung. The draw is not easy to change gearing. ( Oh and my new BWM is belt driven )

But lets get back on subject...
How do you ride in the rain with out crashing, isn't it slippery?
It's below freezing out aren't you cold on that thing?

How are these ignorant comments?? It is slippery in the rain and mist normal humans are cold when it's below freezing???

I'm beginning to think people don't understand the thread. Is that ignorant?

[MotoFreak]

Chillin at a Gas Station, Cop rolls up, looks over and says...
"You know what Tuono stands for right?"
Me: "Yea"
Cop: "Speeding Ticket"
Me: "More like jail time"
Cop: "Oh really...?"
Me: "Actually sir, it means Thunder, Mille stands for criminal speeding..."
Cop:"I know, I had one."

Smile, wink, wave...see ya round.


Actually guy was pretty cool, turns out he had owned a few Aprilia's, which was surprising, cause I thought he was just tring to be an ass.

[RandyO]

Shaft drive is generally less efficient... Especially in (most) cases where the crankshaft is perpendicular to the shaft. As far as I know belts and chains are more or less equal in terms of efficiency.

its my understanding that a belt & rotating pullies are lighter than a chain & sprockets and therefore the most effecient, not to say thare aren't disavantages that go along with the efficiency

[Sheppo]

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How are these ignorant comments?? It is slippery in the rain and mist normal humans are cold when it's below freezing???

I'm beginning to think people don't understand the thread. Is that ignorant?

You are right... they weren't.

[Sincere]

"You guys who ride them things are insane! Always wheeling and speeding!" Author Unknown.






Heard this last week when I pulled up to get some gas.




What about every time you're riding down the street and someone turns around to ask you to wheelie by gesturing with their arms and theirs a car in front of you, or you're coming to a red light??