I hate Harley Davidsons

[herbivor]

We literally moved from our neighborhood 3 years ago because of the Harleys that gathered every night at the local neighborhood bar. Woke us up at 2 in the morning every night of the week. They also suck at riding. Get behind one on a winding mountain road and they are slower than the minivans. Total douchebags.

[dreamchasin]

Not a 2 stroke problem.

Adjust the idle screw.
Clean and tune the carb. ;)

Yes, it is the 2 stroke. A buddy has a race ready YZ125 and even after tune ups and even when he first got it (stock), had to flip the throttle so it wouldn't shut off. Every 2 stroke dirtbike (have never seen a 2 stroke quad) I have seen had to.

EDIT: If you don't and it shuts off too many times you foul the plug.

[LJ851]

Yes, it is the 2 stroke. A buddy has a race ready YZ125 and even after tune ups and even when he first got it (stock), had to flip the throttle so it wouldn't shut off. Every 2 stroke dirtbike (have never seen a 2 stroke quad) I have seen had to.

EDIT: If you don't and it shuts off too many times you foul the plug.

Ive been a professional motorcycle mechanic for the last 15 years or so and own a two stroke street bike. There is something wrong with all the 2 strokes you have seen that will not idle. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that at least the idle mixture is too rich if it stalls and then fouls the plug. There could be more issues. Where should i send the bill?

BTW, PDI on a 2 stroke dirtbike involves setting the idle mixture at operating temp. and lots of techs dont do it.

[Supadave]

I hate Harley as a company, not there bikes.

If you ride any type of bike, you would know that pipes do save lifes.

[dlmrun2002]

You know the difference between a Harley and a Hoover dustbuster?
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The Hoover dustbuster has the dirtbag on the bottom.

[dreamchasin]

Ive been a professional motorcycle mechanic for the last 15 years or so and own a two stroke street bike. There is something wrong with all the 2 strokes you have seen that will not idle. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that at least the idle mixture is too rich if it stalls and then fouls the plug. There could be more issues. Where should i send the bill?

BTW, PDI on a 2 stroke dirtbike involves setting the idle mixture at operating temp. and lots of techs dont do it.

I run 40:1 and so does he. That's what the dirtbike place recommended. Both are jetted for it and tuned for it.

[T Verdier]

motorcycle to me means speed and agility.
also i dont like meth.

[naplesE30]

Loud pipes save lives is the dumbest fucking statement I have ever heard. I have never heard a loud bike and then said to myself oh I better be careful because the idiot beside me is riding a Harley with no helmet and riding like an asshat. It’s usually bike out of the corner of my eye and then ungodly loud racket that is frankly startling. Anytime someone says "loud pipes saves lives" I instantly know that persons level of intelligence, or lack thereof.

I don’t get how loud pipes save lives if the pipe is directed away from oncoming or side approaching traffic. It’s a bullshit statement. Smart riding and bright colors/bike save lives. I have a green ninja, with a green kawi jacket. I stick out like a sore thumb and rarely have close encounters.

I also have a Yoshi true track exhaust brand new from 97. If anything people are noticing my bike for the sweet music its producing.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Loud pipes save lives is the dumbest fucking statement I have ever heard. I have never heard a loud bike and then said to myself oh I better be careful because the idiot beside me is riding a Harley with no helmet and riding like an asshat. It’s usually bike out of the corner of my eye and then ungodly loud racket that is frankly startling. Anytime someone says "loud pipes saves lives" I instantly know that persons level of intelligence, or lack thereof.

That's the point. You can hear when something is behind you, or out or your peripheral, when you cant nessicarily see it. I agree that guys who ride without helmets are dumb, they get whats coming to them, but loud pipes do save lives, especially in rural areas like mine.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Double post

[naplesE30]

You need to brush up on your reading skills.

That's the point. You can hear when something is behind you, or out or your peripheral, when you cant nessicarily see it. I agree that guys who ride without helmets are dumb, they get whats coming to them, but loud pipes do save lives, especially in rural areas like mine.

[u3b3rg33k]

it is because the fucking piles of shit won't idle

I have an ITB KZ1000, and I find it necessary to give the throttle a love tap before getting going from a stop or it'll stall. I certainly don't have to crank on it, just open it enough to get the jet to pick up some fuel. And yes, it does idle just fine. I'm not revving it to keep it alive while I sit there.

It's probably safer to say that the dudes that ride with loud a$$ pipes and rev it to only be annoying are the problem here. I know several hardcore riders that respect others and the nicest guys. I dislike the noise with a passion. This goes for all bikers like that.

What trips me out is that I have seen several riders drive by with ear plugs in. :/

I wear earplugs to deal with wind noise on my unfared bike. Of course you would never know that by looking unless you're superman.

loud pipes help you get noticed by soccer moms

Fiction. All the sound damping in their rolling house, the Dr. Phil-on-tape, combined with the need to fix their eyeshadow makes it utterly impossible for them to recognize other vehicles until 30s after they should have.

^ What about taking an unmounted Harley engine with no exhaust, strapping a fuel cell to it, locking the throttle open, and firing it up and throwing it through his window? Good luck getting that thing stopped. It would be like a grown-up version of these suckers:

If you do that, and post up a video, I will buy you lunch.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

You need to brush up on your reading skills.

How so? He went from something you barley noticed, to having your full attention. That's the point. You might be an attentive driver, but there are tons that aren't. 16 year old girls that are on their phone, or are texting while going 55 don't notice bikes. They will pull out right infront of you without a second thought. It's all about getting noticed.


For the record I fucking hate new harleys, the whole lemme paint my bike green and cram as much chrome as possible mentality, and the midlife "I just got a sportster" hardasses. I've helped build a 1967 shovelhead, and am now building a 1953 panhead, you wont see any apehangers, unnessicary chrome, or neon colors on them, but yes they will still be slow as dick.

[naplesE30]

Not gonna start an argument with you but like I said, I see them, and then, meaning after I see them, hear them. I have NEVER heard a harley know matter how loud it is, come from behind me on the road. Only once past me and a loud exhaust doesnt do much good once you already passed a guy or he has changed lanes in front of you. Thats my experience, by the time you can hear them it would already be to late. Further more even so say you can hear a harley comming from behind most drivers are apt to turn their head and look and as the track saying goes, where your head goes the hands follow, so grandma would prob drift into the riders lane.

How so? He went from something you barley noticed, to having your full attention. That's the point. You might be an attentive driver, but there are tons that aren't. 16 year old girls that are on their phone, or are texting while going 55 don't notice bikes. They will pull out right infront of you without a second thought. It's all about getting noticed.


For the record I fucking hate new harleys, the whole lemme paint my bike green and cram as much chrome as possible mentality, and the midlife "I just got a sportster" hardasses. I've helped build a 1967 shovelhead, and am now building a 1953 panhead, you wont see any apehangers, unnessicary chrome, or neon colors on them, but yes they will still be slow as dick.

[Sailor37]

I don't hate all harley riders....just the ones that live near me.