It probably didn't help that when encountering the majority of the wanna-be-outlaw Harley riders I was basing my experience on, I was riding Japanese bikes at the time. If anything though, the reactions and comments I had to put up with usually only reinforced the apparent idea those commercialized Harley riders had that unless a person rode a Harley they were automatically un-American. (After all, fear of being considered un-American was a powerful tool being used by some in U.S. society at the time).
I also probably didn't help build any bridges at those times either when I'd start listing all of the parts on their "American made" Harley's that had actually been made in the same country as my bike that they were ridiculing at the time: their Showa suspension components, Denso electrics, Keihin carbs, etc, etc, etc.
I WAS always able to stop short of suggesting that owners of the Porsche-designed V-Rod could by their own logic then possibly be considered Nazi's though, since I always liked those bikes...and it's not like they could help who bought them.
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Originally Posted by Y33TREKker
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Good one! Cracked me up!! 
