Boss Hog bikes.. what a JOKE

[Jaws]

Just watched an interview with a total bell end from Hog motorcycles

According to him the bikes do everything every other bike can do..
Ok, you expect a company man to speak the speak, but then he went on to say it was not only a cruiser but a sports bike too

Soooo.. what sports bike weighs in at 500 kilos and has the ground clearance of a sausage dog with flat feet !

 

[AV8TOR]

So if over weight people can chuck darts in a pub & call it sport the guy has every right to call that fine piece of engineering a sport bike John p0pc0rn41

 

[Jaws]

So if over weight people can chuck darts in a pub & call it sport the guy has every right to call that fine piece of engineering a sport bike John p0pc0rn41

Yesssss.. but would they be able to chuck darts round corners .. Thats the question ? 8rfl@

A Bird with Reefer on it?

Or me or you !!!

 

[DLN1965]

I remember quite a while ago there was someone challenging anyone to 'race' around a track he would ride a Hardley and you could use your own bike

Cant recall where this was (or even when)
But apparently not many took him up on the offer as he was a demon on his Harley and could beat most folks ....


Or was it a dream / nightmare I had ????:dunno:

 

[Jaws]

I remember quite a while ago there was someone challenging anyone to 'race' around a track he would ride a Hardley and you could use your own bike

Cant recall where this was (or even when)
But apparently not many took him up on the offer as he was a demon on his Harley and could beat most folks ....


Or was it a dream / nightmare I had ????:dunno:

really unsure if this was an urban myth or not, but it was often quoted ( mainly by Hardly Moving owners ! )

 

[gerryc]

Used to have a 1200S Harley that'd give a lot of sports bike riders a scare up to a ton on the twisties, but it had had a ton of money spent on it to do so, uprated brakes shocks fork braces wheels tyres and engine, remember an old hand and major Harley fan saying to me once if you want to beat a ricer why not just buy a ricer, bought my bird a few months later@tu*

 

[Centaur]

I remember a certain photographic mad member on here riding a Hog on a trackday. He was moving on very well!:bow:

 

[Punchy]

I saw a youtube video a few months ago with a old guy on a ratty HD chop taking on a Gixxer from a standstill.

He beat the gixxer not once but about 3 times in a race to the end of the street.

Don't forget how we laughed when Cal Rayborn brought a HD over for the Easter Match races.
It wasn't even a factory bike and he was the top scorer that year!


Roy
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[Dickiebird]

I remember quite a while ago there was someone challenging anyone to 'race' around a track he would ride a Hardley and you could use your own bike

Cant recall where this was (or even when)
But apparently not many took him up on the offer as he was a demon on his Harley and could beat most folks ....


Or was it a dream / nightmare I had ????:dunno:

I remember this. The bloke in question was Paul Lewis, an Australian G.P. racer, also known as Loopy Lewis ! If I remember correctly, he rode for the Skoal Bandit Suzuki team, with moderate success in the 70's. Can't remember anyone taking up the challenge, though. When he packed up racing , he opened up a Harley dealership in Southampton, called Dockgate 49, or something similar. I think the main idea of the challenge was to drum up publicity for the shop. He also used to do demo wheelies on a full dress Harley Electraglide ! Don't think the shop exists anymore , or whether he still lives here , or if he went back to Oz .:dunno:

 

[Artemis]

Or me or you !!!

Sorry, guys but neither of you quite measure up to Reefer!

 

[Boggymarsh]

It was called Dockgate 20, just off the Millbrook Byepass. Used to pop in there for a coffee if I was working down in the container port.

 

[Rheumatoid]

I have just been to a furniture shop and in the back was a HD of some description in a temperature and humidity regulated HD branded polythene tent like they used to keep bone marrow transplant patients in - says it all really. Thought I was a bit protective by polishing mine.


does anyone know where you can buy these tents with big H branding p0pc0rn41

 

[Boggymarsh]

Here you go...

 

[Rheumatoid]

That's the one he had but is there a Honda one?

 

[Boggymarsh]

You could always find a big sticker to cover the HD one!

 

[Cougar377]

I remember this. The bloke in question was Paul Lewis, an Australian G.P. racer, also known as Loopy Lewis ! If I remember correctly, he rode for the Skoal Bandit Suzuki team, with moderate success in the 70's. Can't remember anyone taking up the challenge, though. When he packed up racing , he opened up a Harley dealership in Southampton, called Dockgate 49, or something similar. I think the main idea of the challenge was to drum up publicity for the shop. He also used to do demo wheelies on a full dress Harley Electraglide ! Don't think the shop exists anymore , or whether he still lives here , or if he went back to Oz .:dunno:

Paul Lewis = "The Angry Ant"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpyWzT7DZeI

Rode for Skoal Bandit among others and on various big twins in The Battle of the Twins series.

Used to be the Manager at the Southampton branch of Hein Gericke (where Peter Williams Kawasaki used to be) before opening Dock Gate 20.

He had a standing ?20k bet that he could beat anyone on any UK circuit - their bike vs. his Harley (XR1200 or something similar ).

 

[noobie]

By American standards a 500kg bike IS a sports bike

 

[Jaws]

By American standards a 500kg bike IS a sports bike

Ahh.. possible true !! @tu*