HOG China Qingdao Festival (October 3 -6 Jiaonan, Qingdao)
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HOG China Qingdao Festival (October 3 -6 Jiaonan, Qingdao)
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Cool people are into this and it's in Shandong, which is great to have people thundering around on legal big bikes in my local area. If someone lent me an XR1200 I'd go, but I don't think they import Harleys that aren't foot-forward comfort bikes.
The 883 Sportster isn't feet forward, but admittedly it isn't that comfortable of a ride so I keep getting reminded by a German mate about his time riding with me for 10 hours in the saddle, he on his 883 and me on my Dragstar 1100. Pity HD dropped the 1200 Sportser from the line up several years ago. I should have bought one when I had the chance from HD Shanghai.
A mate moved from HK to Suzhou recently and went to the HD Suzhou showroom yesterday and was told legal HD import bikes can be legally registered in Suzhou since August 2012, false or true?
good for a hard laugh, the HOG China trailer queens: http://hoghd.cn/viewthread.php?tid=1...age%3D1&page=1
now all you need is look the part and trailer your bikes, buy the MC gear via the Outpost Gangster MC Beijing website.....
Yikes! A lot of money sitting on those trailers! Each bike, plated in Beijing, is about $70,000 (US) out-the-door.
Gaining entry into HOG-China is becoming a comparable expense to joining a Golf Club. And then, of course, there are those who are members of both ...
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Hmmmm ... six guys, three bikes ... I wonder if their riding gear is modeled after these six guys ...
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All together now .... It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A ...
I bet those guys would laugh their asses off at me when I pull up in my HuangHai, Chinese copy of a Mercedes SUV, with my cheapo Yinhe "Galaxy" dirt bikes in tow. I bet one of those Hogs cost twice what I paid for the car, trailer and two dirt bikes.
Guess I'm just poor white trash.
Cheers!
ChinaV
Not really "HD in China" but ...
It is generally assumed that most HD riders deck out their bikes with skulls, bones, and passing references to Satan. For those other Harley riders who believe they are "closer to God", there now appears to be official validation that they have chosen the correct path in life. Harley-Davidson will be receiving a papal blessing in 2013 (Harley's 110th anniversary).
Yes, the Pope will bless Harley-Davidson.
Recently, the Pope and Willie-G Davidson met at the Vatican to formalize the deal.
http://i46.tinypic.com/35hr7o4.jpg
During this meeting, the Pope, Willie-G and Bill Davidson agreed to autograph two Harley gas tanks. One will be in the HD museum, the other will be auctioned off for charity.
To celebrate its 110th Anniversary, HD is issuing a limited number of Special Edition versions of its existing line-up. There is only one new model being offered during this anniversary/papal-blessing year ... the CVO Breakout ... available with Pagan gold graphics. Hmmm ... when something gets a blessing, is it sprinkled with holy water?
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You can't make this stuff up.
I wonder who, of similar stature to the Pope, might "bless" my China bikes? It would have to be someone revered in China ... someone close to God ... hmmmm ... maybe Kobe Bryant?
2nd. Annual H-D Sportster Meeting 22/12 (11:00am) at Vizcaya Clubhouse Pudong (Jinqiao) by HOG Shanghai
Vizcaya Club, 1988 Yunshan Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, Tel: 021-50304519
The Shanghai HOG's come to America
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/The_Sh...o_America.aspx
5th. HOG Anniversary China Event May 2013, 10-12 Chun'an County Qiandao Lake (Qiandaohu)
http://hoghd.cn/viewthread.php?tid=1...age%3D1&page=1
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.....I cannot be a HOG member ..... i have no trailer:taz:
do not forget, you need your pirate costume and lycra tattoo sleeves as well to look the part....
more HOG event info: http://hoghd.cn/viewthread.php?tid=11894&extra=page%3D1
They have trailers because otherwise they cannot come. Up to 3000 km on Chinese Countryroads are no fun. I am in, riding, no tattoos, elderly german woman, riding a BMW Sidecar. I am a freak alsoQuote:
..... i have no trailer
Trailers are great (although pickups are better IMHO) for moving off-road bikes around, as well as custom bikes to/from shows. Riding dirt bikes long distances is totally exhausting, and most custom bikes ride like shit. In China, one can also drag around their illegal bike, past the checkpoints.
Stripping off the business suit, and dressing up in a pirate costume with lycra tattoos is good for returning to our childhood Halloween memories. And acting like a redneck (it comes more naturally for some) can also be fun for a day. It helps one "fit in" at the local trash saloon (bad food, high prices, crotch-sniffing dogs roaming from table to table, and "attitude" that is thicker than those undercooked horse-meat patties laden with e-coli). Fake beards help too.
Anyways, scooters still rule! One can cram a lot of them onto a trailer! :icon10:
Here is my new project:
http://vimeo.com/62662539
How to ride in a group. At least I try to open their minds for safer riding. The hand sign part needs improvement. Next time I will capture videos for this.
Another reason I prefer to ride alone or having max. 2 other riders coming along..... The pirates going to be pretty busy doing the group riding thing this coming season......Quote:
http://vimeo.com/62662539
How to ride in a group. At least I try to open their minds for safer riding. The hand sign part needs improvement.....
Harley-Davidson Shanghai group event....
seems everyone in China is into signalling and Road Captains these days.....
http://hoghd.cn/viewthread.php?tid=11925&extra=page%3D1
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It is about safty and this is a good thing. There is not one school in China, which trains how to ride a bike this size and weight. There is nobody to teach how to ride in a big group.
I believe the Harley chapters need to teach the beginners.
What a cool poster. Is the sportster a Harley creation or custom?
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Stripping off the business suit, and dressing up in a pirate costume with lycra tattoos is good for returning to our childhood Halloween memories. And acting like a redneck (it comes more naturally for some) can also be fun for a day. It helps one "fit in" at the local trash saloon (bad food, high prices, crotch-sniffing dogs roaming from table to table, and "attitude" that is thicker than those undercooked horse-meat patties laden with e-coli). Fake beards help too.
i agree...HD are basically "no go show boats" that make noise and vibrate to the tune of 'showing off'
HOG already has plenty of free classes, of all different types (complete beginners to whatever you wish), with good instructors (everything in Chinese). But you need a legal bike and be a HOG member (first year free with a new HD purchase). Full info on the HOG website. BTW, HOG uses plenty of professionally done training videos from the USA (with Chinese subtitles).
No kidding.
Personally, when I get conned into a large group ride, I definitely prefer to be the very last guy ... too damn dangerous inside the group, IMHO ... and my ego doesn't need to be stroked by playing "Mother Goose", with all the little goslings trailing behind me. No fun at all.
Did several HOG rides (mostly back home - only a few here), and I never really found them relaxing.
Like you mention, 1 or 2 other riders is more than enough for me (spread far apart). It is easy to notice when a buddy has pulled over at a rest stop, or if I somehow manage to be out front, it is easy to pull over in a visible spot.
Back in the day, I learned the hand signals ... but now, I only remember one (yeah, that one) ... which I use for all circumstances.
mate, ya' better watch out with them road captains and the hand signals......
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Group fun at its finest! :lol8:
Damn, the guy on the right looks like Timmy (but no Duc?) ... the "guy" on the left, with his salmon colored pants (politically correct name for "pink"), should be the one in the middle with the stick-on pony tail.
PS: Surprised they are Jing'rs ... I would've guessed Shanghai.:poke
combined HOG rider and safety training without wonder woman and the cartoon movies....
http://hoghd.cn/viewthread.php?tid=11959&extra=page%3D1
My motto is: All Motorcycles are good Motorcycles
I am always happy to see expendable holiday or hobby funds/resources spent on any responsible motorcycle riding, meetings, and general clean 2 wheel fun in China. I am not a Harley rider but I am happy they are starting to see success. The more the better because that will bring on others to join in the fun. Add a few people with government guanxi to the mix and maybe some of the idiotic prejudices against all motorcycles will subside.
Yesterday evening we decided not to join in the national ride. I dont like the registration form. They even want to know the blood group. Pure data collecting