7 Things ONLY Bikers Will Understand Part 5
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- There are things that only bikers will understand and here are 7 more of those things.
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Never ride faster than your Guardian Angel can fly.
I’d say you hit the nail on the head. As far as myself, I have started avoiding group rides, two or three bikes tops.
I used to really get into group rides. After I went cross country I didn't find them interesting. I prefer a couple good friends, or alone.
@@albertharper9048 Pretty much this for me too, just a few friends I've known for years on a ride only. We know what we're gonna do and aren't going to do anything stupid.
@ Too many potential issues
My Mother bought me a Guardian Bell.
She passed away in 2018.
That is a cherished item now.
Thank you, Mom!
Love and miss you everyday!
⚘️🙏⚘️
Saying a prayer ain't superstition, brother.
The gremlins are though. Paganism. Prayer one minute and then then throw the belief out the window.
I think he was saying that the prayer before or during the ride every time is the superstition. Not the prayer itself. He said he does his every time about a mile down the road. The specific time, not the thing is the superstition.
@christopherw4527 indeed
@austinjudkins8346 prayer, anytime, is no superstition.
@dwaynestomp5462 I'm not trying to say it is. But if it's something you do before a ride every time or you feel like something might happen then it might be.if you pray every time before a ride but don't feel off if you miss a time then it's not really a superstition. If you do feel offbecause you missed the prayer, Its' not a prayer to honor God at that point. It's a prayer to satisfy a superstition itch. It is not automatically a superstition but it can be in certain situations.
I rode for over 30 years alone and with other non-Harley riders, with no gremlin bell. I hadn't ever even heard of a gremlin bell until in 2009 I started riding with a group of Harley guys and got pretty deep into the Harley culture for several years. One of the guys bought me a bell and installed it. At some point it fell off... likely years ago. Guess what? No gremlins in the 30+ years before I had a bell, nor any gremlins when the bell was on the bike, nor any gremlins since it fell off.
I'm starting to think the whole gremlin bell thing was just all made up to sell a bunch of bells...
Lmao. The tradition came from the old WWII vets. Many began part superstition part humorous explanations for failures of equipment during critical moments, creating catastrophe for soldiers to make it home from their tour. It held that these “gremlins” were destructive agents of horrible mischief. Apparently driven mad by bells…this carried home with them and they began hanging bells on their bikes to keep the gremlins out of the works.🤓🙏🤘🏽🤣Great tradition and history. Rubber Down, friend!🤘🏽🙏🤓
I do a safety check and make sure everything is tight, fluids right and tires at the proper pressure. Not every time, but once a month or so.
My ritual is getting into the zone, kicking back and enjoying the sound of the Bassani 2/1 exhaust.
See y’all on the road! Spicewood, TX.
Funny you mention the prayer thing, I’m like you at beginning of my ride whilst riding! 👍
Hi Hegshot Rides, Always say prayers and one routine is I pat my RoadGlide on the top of the front fairing like you do to a Horse, before & after saddling my Harley 🙏🏽
Just like my firearm, I know the status (condition, last gear selected, etc.) of my motorcycle. Both are my extensions 👊
I never say a prayer for myself. I pray the lord guide my family and loved ones if something should happen to me. All prayers go to my wife and kids.
Lol I cannot agree more about the pre-ride ritual every single time I go out riding I watch MotoGP no matter where I am if I'm out on a road trip somewhere I have a couple of races saved on my phone lol and I also tell my bike every day I love her also I absolutely do not believe that you have to put the bell on the lowest part of your bike. I keep mine on my keychain so it's always with me.
In the 1980s Harley used a metallic dark green paint, it was discontinued because the plastic parts never matched the metal parts the mismatch was caused by the electrostatic paint system used on the fuel tank and fenders that caused the metal flakes to stand instead of laying flat as on the plastic parts.
Always, every time, no exceptions, at the end of a ride, "Thank you Lord for a safe ride. We appreciate it every time."
Oh, far as I know the green bike being bad luck is. During the first few wars with motorcycle, scout bikes were green, and the enemy would shoot at them to stop them from reporting their position. So, it was bad luck if you rode any green bike back then. and it stuck to this day.
I have gremlin bells on all my bikes and they’ve all been given to me. I enjoy them for the gimmicky nature of them but if I didn’t have one on a bike my reaction would be “meh”.
When my wife and I go for a ride, we say short prayers. As soon as we leave the driveway, she says “God bless our trip” followed by me saying “Lord, please let this be a good day”. I like it because it’s a just a little reminder to me that it’s not just me on the bike and I have to ride accordingly.
I don't do anything, I don't even let the bike warm up. I just turn it on and go. I check the tires once a month, and I wash it whenever it's absolutely necessary. I wear a helmet for wind comfort, and gloves because my knuckles get super dark. I ride a 2022 Road King Special, and I love it.
Allways check tire pressure before a ride! check gas, oil, coolant, clean windshield and mirrors.
25 years of riding. Have no pre or post ride rituals. Unless forgetting gloves inside after locking my door and walking out to the bike and uncover it and start it, then figure out i forgot gloves. 😂
The Tire Shine story reminded me of a story my now late ex-father-in-law told me one time. Now Bill raced hillclimb motorcycles and he ran a Triumph Bonneville 650 with a big-bore kit in it making it a 750. It was a beast! My now ex-wife, when she was a younger child was cleaning it a one race and she put Armorall on the seat to make it look "pretty". bill didn't realize this until, at the line, revved the motor and dumped the clutch. He watched his bike shoot up the hill while sitting on his ass on the ground. The bike left without him. Prior to his second run he was seen rubbing dirt onto the seat. On that run he took top-time of the day.
Check gas, look at tires to see if they look low, clean windshield, make sure you have clear glasses if out after dark, have warmer gloves in bag, pack or roll up jacket, make sure you have wallet and phone. and extra bandanas. That`s my list.
I just fire my bike up and ride. I used to always check my tire pressure first. Now my bike does it for me.
Actually, I forgot about something i always tuck my shoe strings in. Back in the 90s, I had my shoe string wrap around my shift peg pulled up to a light. I couldn't put my foot down and just about dropped my bike. I was lucky it was light, and I barely saved it. I bet the car next to me was thinking wtf if that's how you ride, you might want to consider not riding."
I guess my superstition ritual would be I say a prayer before I take off and draw a cross with my finger on my gas tank.
One thing ive been doing and always remember to do is Make a prayer to the Creator of everything to keep me safe and come back in one piece and return home to the Family.
I have a quartz crystal electrical-taped to my left mirror post for protection. I'm still alive, so obviously it works. :)
I also wipe it down & check all lights ie.. brake, turn signals etc... p.s. I want that O.D. Green S&W on your right hand side =)
I don't believe in the bells, but there is one, somewhere, on my bike. One of the coworkers at the shop was like, "You don't have one?" Then bought one and told me he put it on somewhere I wouldn't find it. Cause he knew I'd take it off. And if it means that much to him, I'll just not go looking for it.
On the matter of the bell. Gremlins are a fable. The bell is for the spirits brothers or sisters lost on the road. The brutal violence of their ending can cast their spirit far enough from the road that they wander lost, unable to find their way home. The clear, crisp ringing of the bell helps to guide them in their journey.
Passenger pegs, and this is one I feel everyone should be aware of. "Pegs Down" is meant to signify the loss of a fellow rider. Regardless the circumstances of their death. You can liken it to our version of the Air Force missing man formation. If you're not riding two up, keep the pegs up.
Never roll without inviting Jesus along and my kook is that on my RoadStar the turn signals are controlled on one switch and you press to disengage them. After a turn they disengage automatically or press it. As I ride on long straightaways in rural Michigan, I find myself frequently pressing the button. Just taaaaappin’ away while I’m in the breeze.🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, I have my way of getting dressed and walking around the bike before I ride.
Washed my bike this morning after 6 months, shorts, t shirt, flip flops & a lid, jumped on n rode. Yeah its over 450lbs all up but what can i say? It's jumped dead kangaroo's at highway speed at night. What helps is riding everything your whole life.
I pray at least once a day when riding, usually every time I get back on my bike.
The bell that came with my bike from the previous owner fell off a few months back, but luckily the prayer I say to my Lord Jesus before I ride counters any ill effects from not having a bell haha.
I've been riding since 1970. I've never thought about my rituals and never thought I had any. Well, I always look at the sky, where the sun is, what the skies look like. And I always check my pockets. Since 2015, I usually tap my Gremlin Bell with the toe of my boot.
I'm 69 now with well over 500k motorcycle miles on my butt. Being in the wind and weather long enough, you learn how to foresee any weather changes without looking or listening to a weather app.
extremely accurate. I carry a voodoo doll for my cbr and on my street glide i have a raven's skull on my keys. plus i always put my left glove first.
I almost bought a 2024 road glide in green/ chrome. It looked so nice lol
OR... you have an innermost rubber ring missing or broken on one of your back pegs to where it stays down no matter what, problem solved. No decisions needed. 🤣🤣
I don't mind riding a dirty bike I do have a problem riding a DUSTY bike. Is that weird?
Yes. 😄
No... dusty looks worse than dirty, I think. The Hot Citrus (bright metallic orange) paint on my 2012 CVO Street Glide is very shiny and shows dust more than it shows dirt!
Only practical use of saying a prayer before riding is to remind you that it is risky.
Just my thought.
Tyre shine! you may as well grease your tyres!!! ok on a cage but NOT on a bike unless you hate someone and want them to drop their bike. In that case make sure you use the spray on crap and grease up the tread real shiny.
Those ww2 bikes absolutely were on the front line
my routine IS EXACTING!!!!
put on jeans shirt socks THEN THE HOODIE !!!..go to the bike start it to warm it up put on leather chaps zip them up...put on jacket UNZIPPED ......THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THESE LAST FEW STEPS IN PROPER ORDER for the ULTIMATE EXPIERIENCE ....START THE BIKE TO WARM IT UP......NOW PUT ONTHE GLOVES THEN THE HELMET...now...NOW is when you realize the jacket is STILL UNZIPPED AND YOU CANT LACE THE HELMET STRAP....take the gloves BACK OFF!!! ..zip up jacket....THE AND THEN ONLY PUT THE GLOVES BACK ON!!!....then...AND ONLY THEN ReaLiZe you STILL CANT LACE THE HELMET WITH THE GLOVES ON!!!...TAKE GLOVES BACK OFF!!!!...THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN REMEMBER!!!...tell yourself "Well even if i switch to GOLF .....YA STILL HAVE GLOVES TO DEAL WITH!!!" ....NOW ....lace the helmet AND PUT THE GLOVES BACK ON!!!....NOW ....carefully sit down on the bike AND REALIZE YOUR PHONE IS IN YOUR JEANS REALIZE ALSO IN CONJUCTION WITH THAAAT YOU CANT GET TO YOUR PHONE IN YOUR JEANS BECAUSE OF THE CHAPS!!!......TAKE BLASTED GLOVES BACK OFFFF!!!! DIG OUT YOUR PHONE put it where you wont hit a bump and shatter the screen....NOW PUT THE GLOVES BACK ON!!!! ..NOW THE BIKE IS WARM ENOUGH TO FORGE 2 PIECES STEEL TOGETHER.....kickstand up AND YOUR OFF TO THE GAS STATION TO MEET THE BROTHERS....then come the HARD LINES OF QUESTIONING...."HEY BRO''.....WHAT TOOK U SO LONG!!!!....."NONE OF YOUR DARN BUISNESS...CLUB STUFF!!!..... then through out the day...and THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE DAY OF RIDING EXPIRIENCE....REPEAT ALL THE SAME STEPS AT EVERY RESTURAUNT, BAR GAS STATION OR SIGHT SEEING STOP!!!!
then your Brothers will TRUELEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT CLUB STUFF MEANS!!! .
GREASY SIDE DOWN...FUZZY SIDE UP AND OPEN PIPES!!!!
SEE YA IN THE MIDDLE!!!
I love Harley's Olive Pearl, common on Sportster Customs in the 2010s. Emerald Hard Candy on the 72s iis cool too.
lol. my pre ride
put in ear plugs
start bike
take out of garage
remove hat
put on helmet
put on gloves
good to go.
Rider's rituals, Superstitions, Precautionary habits, Routines. They all have a place, all except those superstitions ((bells)) as far as I'm concerned., But everybody is entitled to do or not do as they wish. My ROUTINE is to put the machine in neutral & start it off the bike, let it warm up for at least a minute or two. As it's warming up I put on a jacket, or hoodie, or my leather vest/cut. I never ride with only a T-shirt. Next I pull my CC from the wallet to be ready to fuel up, keeping it 1/2 full at a minimum all the tyme. Then I remove my glasses, put on my helmet, put back on my glasses, then my gloves., gloves in any sort of weather, of which I have 3 pair. These steps give enough tyme for the motor to be reasonably good to go. In very cold weather, my neck warmer goes on before the jacket. While many don't do this, I invariably give a 2 finger down wave, routinely out of acknowledging respect & reminder to 'ride safe'. There's a certain crowd, whose ID shall remain silent, that will not wave in return, but I always offer it anyway. Weather riding with another biker or not, his view of a safe pull out into traffic, a stop sign, or from a light is not my view of a safe way out. Riding with others is staggered for me, never axle to axle, never side by side. Better to be safe than sorry.
i do tend to say lets make it home safe to my bike even if i dont say it verbaly out loud i touch a sticker to say that about the only thing i can think i do
Prayer or no prayer, something bad can always happen 2:27
2013 cvo breakout, was red, silver, and green marble with sun glo gold trim
Years ago I worked for Honda of Jacksonville. We had mall show and one of the salesmen put tire shine on some of the bikes . That didn't go well
Wipe it down make sure it is clean before a ride then a minute down the road a small prayer 🙏 😌 👍
Harley yellow green with the eagle is the eagle eye my buddy has one. I think there was only 900 made
And the bell thing doesn't exist on this side of the pond, despite old classic British bikes being as unreliable as Harleys.
Guilty as charged on the shiney bike syndrome. I'm OCD like that about my bikes.
Check my tire pressure religiously before each ride... be it the Dyna or the WR
Tar snakes on road especially in curves during hot weather
Another reason for the green paint superstition is that in the bible one of the 3 horsemen rode a pale green horse and his name was death. And as far as the rear pegs go, I heard keep them them up, and that is for 2 reasons. First to keep evil spirits off. And the other is that if you come home with them down your wife might be asking you who was on the bike with you? Not good.
I reckon the predjudice against green bikes come from when British bikes were in racing green. They kept beating the yanks. Nothing against green bikes in Britain.
If you ride, your guardian does also .... on their own ride. There is no joy for your guardian to be riding as a back-pack.
Tire-Shine ...is a joke and something you would need to break a workers arm over if they put that on your tires after a bath. it's worse than the mould-release compound that you have on new tires.
Gremlin bells need to high enough up in the front of the bike so that they don't get knocked off by Gravelings..... never mind the height restriction of the bell-road distance .... meaning don't have it mounted where it will get knocked off by a speed bump or an odd rock, etc..
Riding ..... Side by side on the open stretch is ok,..... but in high traffic areas, the left side bike always takes the lead at intersections , and yeah, stagger your positions by 2~3 seconds at around 30 mph,, and around 4 to 5+ seconds when on the freeway at 60 + mph.
Here I digress
Stay Safe
I always ask my parents to watch over me. I like some green paint jods but my father would never buy one back in the day.
I never wash my bike, I like it dirty
No fun ridin with a gun
Opnion
Yellow Bikes Try to Kill me
Boring , commercials .😢
No lane splitting in California until mentally focused.
Ride side by side not staggered… the cops don’t even ride staggered
Green blends in with plants and makes it harder to see .
Dark/night time blends with black. Most Harleys are black. The green with the plants does not make sense.
I drink some whiskey from my flask and then point and laugh at grown men on scooters with flip flops 🩴 🛵
Pass the flask 😂😂😂