r/BoomersBeingFools • u/CyanShadow42 • 1d ago

What is it with boomers and Harleys?

Some background: I am a lifelong motorcyclist, who likes to do lots of different kinds of riding, so I have a few different bikes. I'm also a bad influence and people who spend much time around me usually end up riding too, so my wife now rides and has a bike of her own. Between us we've got 5 bikes in the garage, all different types, and none of them Harleys because all of them together don't add up to the price of a new Harley and if I wanted that kind of bike I'd rather buy a Royal Enfield for all the 1940's tech without the $25,000 sticker on the gas tank.

The other day my MIL, the boomiest baby boomer to ever boom, upon seeing our garage, comments that she's "never seen so many motorcycles" with disgust almost dripping from the words. I point out that in her own neighborhood, I've seen a few garages with several Harleys that look almost identical except for color and a few accessories and suddenly having multiple bikes seems okay in her mind. I wish that was the only case of boomers being like "motorcycles bad but Harleys good" I've experienced, but it's just one of the more obvious and recent instances. Make it make sense please.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 Boomer 1d ago

with today's drivers there's no way I would be out on the road on any kind of motorcycle

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u/CyanShadow42 1d ago

K. Nobody's telling you to. Ain't gonna get me to stop riding though. My safety record speaks for itself.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 Boomer 1d ago

it would be nice if it was all up to the skill of the motorcycle driver.

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u/LongConsideration380 1d ago

Go Boom, Boomer.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 Boomer 1d ago

go play in traffic.

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u/LongConsideration380 1d ago

I do, all the time, on two wheels. Go Boom, Boomer.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 Boomer 1d ago

play stupid games win big prizes

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u/LongConsideration380 1d ago

Sounds like something I’d say after the road rager in the jacked up Boomer truck misses hitting me.

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u/CyanShadow42 1d ago

More than you realize, it is. Don't be where the danger is. Nobody is telling you to ride, you don't have to. But you're not gonna get me off two wheels and if you try all you'll get is an "ok, boomer" for your efforts.