Joining An MC And Why I Left 

Don't know why I'm just now seeing this. That's great to hear. Glad this video helped you.

it bugs me, there is no right side mirror. oh well.

One man and his hog. The missus,the pup,the coast. Ride free and easy.If it rains,let it go, Eni meenie money mo

That's awesome

Even my Grom ? Lol

James McWhirter no,groms are not motorcycles

@@Youza899 well it aint a skateboard - of course its a damn bike, just a little one

Janet Greenslade i said motorcycle,I personally dont see a gram as a motorcycle but more of a fuel injected pitbike

Wayne Simpson I’m with you 100%, I don’t care what you ride, at least you are on the road and some of them are out there in the same bad weather as me, rain, dust storm or cold winter day, they see me and I see them. Yes there is an Air Force guy cruising a Honda grom from town to base and I wave to him as well. Granted it is only about 10 miles from the edge of town to the base but still a number of the spring, summer and fall guys are in their cars or trucks while I’m out in the rain with the Grom guy and others. I may catch a bit of back talk from the other guys who I ride with but I don’t care and give it right back. Especially the ones that I pass in their warm and dry cages.

Right on, man. Right on.

I ride a ‘68 Schwinn Lemon Peeler. I also have a ‘70 Grape Krate. I took it to Lansdale Bike Nite, and it got quite a bit of attention.

My first 2 Harley's were sporters and I loved them, I ride a bagger now only because my wife hurt her back and couldn't take the beating anymore!! I should have kept one but I didn't so I'm looking for a sporty to have d-raked! I also love choppers.. H&R

I'm with ya dude. The bike world is filled with these macho man morons who equate penis size to engine size. In their peanut mind, if your bike is under 1400 cc, you're riding a girls bike. Bullshit! Lets see one of those macho man fucks ride a bare bones sporty cross country with no air ride, no bags, no GPS and no fancy fairing filled with a stereo and instruments. They are basically riding a 2 wheel car...who is the little girl??? Would I love to have a bagger? Sure, but that doesn't mean I would piss on other bikers riding smaller bikes. When i ride, I run across guys riding everything from Honda Rebels to full dress Cadillac's on two wheels and I wave to any rider I pass. We are all in the wind, that's what matters, not what you're riding. Save the macho man ego trips for the 1 percenter clubs where it belongs.

@@drippinglass In the 60's I wanted one the the Krate bikes so bad! A couple of the kids in my old neighborhood had them and they were every kids dream bicycle back then.

ive been club free 10 years now and happy to forge my own path. i miss the friends i made but surprising they all disappeared after i left the club. guess they were not friends

Well said

No bikes in front of a psychiatrists office except his own!

Put. Very nice ly sir. To me, no chains round my mouth,I can say the fuck I want..no comeback. Go left right up down round n round n round. Even de ocky cokey. The secondary type of issues, for free. Sights sounds smells , all for free. I won't bore ya. Here's my favorites.Early ,morns clissning dew. Drops shocked dear faces orange sun spears through de trees all de birdies only one in de city birds butts legs boddies will just kill ya. Whatch out boys.

Amen.

Did you just unironically refer to yourself as a lone wolf?? Lol

@@demiurgeobzen327 right? So cringy.

@@demiurgeobzen327 lolololol

Lone wolf FFS lol.

I'd ride with ya any day :)

You hit the nail on the head with that one. I’m 67 now, and I suppose that has something to do with it, but I too am done with rules, politics, and structure of almost any kind. I’ve been riding motorcycles for just over two years now, almost 29,000 miles. I haven’t planned any of the trips other than just having a general direction in mind. It’s the freedom to have an adventure, and a $2,500, 15 year old, motorbike is just my current tool of choice.

Indeed we are our father cares and watches over us each and every one of us , some more than ever (l do keep the shepherd busy ba ha) god bless from this old school biker

Apparently we have an army of Christian soldiers and like military soldiers not always outwardly visible, we have a cloud of witnesses with us who know and love Jesus. Did my heart good too. We never ride alone. God bless you and yours bro. Cya in Heaven.

"Almost weeping" Really guy? Why would you be weeping over a guy riding his motorcycle talking about his religion? You need to be a little tougher than that man.

@@woodsrunner7102 Yup! It'll be cool to see what His victorious Church looks like. I bet there'll be plenty of tattoos.

I get the brotherhood not the rules and club politics

It's the alleged BS brotherhood. It is BS.

Wild horses are in a club

MC brotherhood is fucking fake.

Amen!!

About the same situation here. Semper fi

Richard Sharrer mine is a 2005 sportster 1200 custom. I love it and i will never get rid of it

got my 2005 roadster inn 06, 60k later still loving it. bought a superglide thinking i'd sell the sporty, yeah, not likely.

@@pcontiman I plan on getting a bigger bike as well. I will always have a sportster though. They are great hit the road bikes.

Amen

Amen means "I believe". See, you learned something new today!

😂

Amen

Fairy tales are the only way! 🤣

Yeah, it's like asking a dog why he sticks his head out of the car or truck window when going down the road. His smile says it all!

So you're a club hopper who still has to wear some type of cut for self satisfaction even though you are now a solo rider?

@@NdaKeekz first club I joined was in 91, that club broke off into two separate organizations with the same idea, I stuck with the original members until it eventually just faded away into practically the end of its existence, went independent, joined another organization that was more about themselves and getting recognition than anything else, not for me , went independent again and will stay that way...I don't need a patch on my back for any kind of self recognition, as a matter of fact I very rarely even wear one anymore unless I need to carry extra cigarettes... I've been riding for 38 years, I ride professionally, and basically pay no mind to any of the clubs out there unless they may need some assistance if broke down and/or have some sort of charity run....so to some this up, I really don't need to wear something to make me feel I have to belong...thank you for responding to my post a year later with your concerns about my apparel that I wear and hope to maybe catch you on a run or the road someday, I'll buy the coffee.

@@tomhoffer9734 the last statement helps with clarification. I appreciate the response.

@@NdaKeekz hey, no problem, I actually still have the membership plaque they gave me back in 91 hanging on my wall, and tons of run pictures I bring out sometimes to relive the old days, the kids they look at them also seeing me younger and then kinda laugh at me and call me a BOOMER!!😂😂 have a good one and stay and ride safe buddy..

Awesome! Thank you!

You thinking in terms of Jesus or MC's?

Same

M R True! And no matter what group or tribe we join there's always that one or two guys puffin their chests out tryin to play big boss. I enjoy my solitude

Me too

I hate everyone the same lol I enjoy riding myself. Who gets people killed

Same here

Thanks, man! Yes He is!

You weren't a fucking Sgt at arm's if you're thinking like that lmao

LOL you said it all, without saying too much. The truth is, the business is all drug business. And if you call yourself a Christian and join a MC drug business, then you surely do not know Christ. The leader of MC's is Satan. Hell, everyone knows that.

Not all MC’s sell dope.

@Cris Topher I understand Sir, Christianity is always hated by those who love their sins more than they do God. And those who are atheist or Satanist love themselves and their sins more than God. Which always leads to the same tragic outcome, early death and an empty life. It's freedom of choice & I'm down with that.

@@unchained20000000 what about Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist riders? Do they know God or are going to hell

Thanks, man

I knew a guy years ago who rode cross country on a Honda 750. No bags, no fairing, nothing, a bare bones totally stock bike. This was in the 70's. He rode from Chicago to Seattle and back. Only issue he had was a tire. I guess that made him a pussy too since he only rode a 750.....eyeroll.

Ya Rich I had a 1969 1st year cb750 and a couple of Triumph Bonneville's from the 60's a Yamaha 650 all of these before my first Harley and rode them for weeks cross country.

I rode a 600 shadow through 3 states 👍

@@robsmith6403 I had a 1988 Shadow VLX 600 and it I loved it. Unfortunately, my lower back couldn't take the punishment from slouching with the forward controls. I had to sell it to get my current Sporty with mid-controls. The Shadow is still going strong, though. It's being ridden regularly by the friend I sold it to. I have a standing invitation to ride it any time I want. It's power is almost as much as my XL883. The Shadow engine is way over-engineered. It's the same as the Shadow 750 except for the bore & stroke. Fantastic bike.

Right on, man. Tell it like it is.

Sportsters are the last true proper air cooled harleys

Thank you as well. It's encouraging to me that you and others enjoy them.

Words of gold

Thanks for coming along, man.

If you're running a CV carb, you should be fine. They self adjust according to air pressure.

Do like I do, I ride my bike to the bowling alley with my bowling league shirt on ! Colors and all, I even got my nickname on the front. They call me Ten Pin ! lol, ride on !

To be honest I've always seen clubs as Cosplay for Dads. 🤷‍♂️

Thomas Haha that’s a good way to put it. Nice.

Thanks for following, Amigo.

I'm born again Christian looking for somebody to ride with

I don't wear gloves either unless it's cold out

In the summer time.

SaddleTramp if you go down your hands will prob hit ground first, be safe out there.

Check out Icon Pursuit gloves. They fit...like a glove.

I rode from Chicago to Flagstaff, AZ and back on a Sporty! So much fun!

Both you guys ROCK!!!

I also have a Sporty 883 with mid-pegs and it's the most comfortable bike I've ever owned. I'm 70 years old and this is by far the best bike I've ever had for my back which has a herniated disc that presses on my sciatic nerve. Most of you guys already know the extreme and constant pain this causes. Forward controls limit my rides to 30 minutes max. My mid-controls let me ride as long as I want regardless of highway cruising or screaming through the mountain twisties. I don't pass judgment on forward controls, they just don't work for me. As far as the 883 being a smaller engine and running at higher revs at the same speed as a 1200, that doesn't bother me a bit. My riding buddies have a Sportster 1200 XL custom and a Road King Twin Cam 88. I don't have any problem keeping up with them anywhere. I've owned a bunch of motorcycles in the last 56 years from different countries and in different styles. My 2005 XL883 standard is by far the most fun bike I've ever owned and I get more "smiles per mile" from it than from all the rest combined. There isn't a day that doesn't go by that I don't check the weather to see if I will go riding. The best part of this video is the sound of the Tramp with its 883. Love the tramp. It's not my style but it ain't my bike. I still love it because it makes its human accessory happy. Extra comment on my Sporty: it's the last year the Sportster had the straight-cut gears in the transmission before going to helical-cut gears. H-D says they did it to reduce the "noise" of the transmission. Really? That is not "noise" to me. That sound is just as important as the engine and exhaust sounds which are all music to my ears. And who doesn't love the Harley "clunk" when going into first gear. It's never missed a shift. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I've done a lot upgrades and changes to my silver-gray and black bike (Soon to be known as "Old Gray" or "Hi-Yo Silver" -- not sure which, yet.) but she still looks 99% stock. It has very little chrome with its flat gray engine and black frame which is perfect for me because I don't like "bling". I don't polish it because it interferes in my riding time. The only thing I clean is the bugs on my windshield. (Yeah, I'm one of those guys.) However, I'm a fanatic about maintenance and fluids.