# Harley Davidson Gang takes over Town

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 7, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363 "2017-06-07T15:40:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363/21 "2017-06-15T12:38:19Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> My dad probably would have thought that would be fun. But he was killed at the age of 85 while riding his motorcycle. Damn truck driver.

😕 I want to believe this is true; but then I think of my 85 year old dad who can barely walk across the room without his walker. ☹

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363/22 "2017-06-15T12:44:59Z")

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> [@Enright3](#):
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> 😕 I want to believe this is true; but then I think of my 85 year old dad who can barely walk across the room without his walker. ☹

My grandfather died riding his motorcycle.

He was turning left when an oncoming car ran into him.

He was 80 years old.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363/23 "2017-06-15T13:32:26Z")

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My 88-year-old dad still skis and only gave up windsurfing a few years ago. But he doesn’t ride a motorcycle.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-davidson-gang-takes-over-town/788363/24 "2017-06-15T13:40:29Z")

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> [@BobArrgh](#):
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> (Emphasis mine)
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> I always thought that was a feature!

Those were shovelheads. Pre-Evo days, when you didn’t have a puddle of oil under you you called your mechanic right away.

I’m not a fan of the current Mother Company (I really did like the AMF days better for a lot of reasons) but I like the promotion/stunt in the general sense. I’ll be curious to see if its reported how many are still riding a year from now ------ and how many have crashed.

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