Advice on events

[danh600]

At the risk of looking like a pot stirrer since I am a new poster.

We are thinking of riding in an event this weekend. From the event website:

Get on your Harley and ride from Palm Beach Harley (45th St and I-95) to the
Home Run Sports Bar & Grille (Lantana/Jog Road, Lake Worth). Tickets are $10
per rider to benefit Think Pink Rocks. Ride starts promptly at 2:15 pm and
live music from JCB Blues Band from 4-8 pm at Home Run Bar. Raffles, games,
prizes and more!

Is get on your Harley just a figure of speech or would an event like this actually be limited to Harleys?

[mrbones]

Show up with $10 in your hand and I bet you could ride a scooter. But, seriously, I've never heard of an event like that be limited to any maker of bike.

[dt]

I checked the website and that particular event isn’t a Harley (or HOG) event. In fact, the Harley shop in Palm Beach where they’re starting the ride is way down in the bronze sponsors from what I can see. It was probably an unfortunate generic use of “Harley” for all motorcycles by someone in the charity who doesn’t know any better. Harley branding at work!

Anyway...looks like a good charity though. I’ll bet you’ll find lots of different stuff around you when you get there. Enjoy!

[danh600]

It was probably an unfortunate generic use of “Harley” for all motorcycles by someone in the charity who doesn’t know any better.

That's what I am thinking. It's listed on other sites and doesn't have that same wording.

Like Mr. Bones says I bet if I show up with $10 they don't care what I ride.

[bagobones]

I ride several of these events every year. Not once, ever, have I been really hassled for not riding a Harley. Nobody really cares - especially at charity rides.

The only time in my life I ever saw somebody get any grief over not riding a Harley was when Bones and I were at a campground and we took some slack for one of us riding there on a Suzuki SV650. Our other ride was Bones' black Sporty, which this ancient drunk redneck called a chick bike- of course. What a douche.

[mrbones]

Ha HA! That dumbass sure was proud of his POS rebel flagged Iron Head.

[dt]

The only time I run into those comments is on other Internet forums. I guess it’s easy to spew off crap like that anonymously on the web. The dude you ran into was a hick and drunk so he probably didn’t know what he was saying to begin with.

[danh600]

The only time I run into those comments is on other Internet forums. I guess it’s easy to spew off crap like that anonymously on the web. The dude you ran into was a hick and drunk so he probably didn’t know what he was saying to begin with.

Kind of funny. Until about a year ago I did powerlifting meets for about 5 years. I read some of the internet forums. It was terrible. Lots of real asses. Like you say people were not really careful what they said to others because they were behind a key board. I always thought if this is the only exposure someone had to this sport how would they ever get new blood?

Going to meets was totally different. 99.99% of the guys were great guys and we always had a good time. I have developed some life long friends from the sport. I kind of figure biking to be the same way. Some good natured kidding but generally nobody really cares what you ride.

I would be a terrible guy to hate on other brands. Half the time I have to be close enough to read the emblem or logo to know what kind of bike it is.

[danh600]

We did this event. Turned out to be lots of fun and for a good cause. Weather was great. Not sure how many they were expecting but looked like a good turn out to me, around 100 bikes.

You guys were right. Nobody cares what you ride. Mostly harleys but a small mix of other bikes in there.

The only one that gave me a hard time about the Honda was a friend. He use to ride a honda before he got his harley. So the ribbing is only so effective.

[bagobones]

I have made several friends going to events like this. These are guys I likely, otherwise, would never have hung out with at all. Those events can be fun - as long as they aren't "pub crawls". When too much beer gets involved, it's not so fun anymore.

[danh600]

Yes, we have avoided the poker runs that all five stops are bars.