I watched the 6 minute "trailer" for the TV show...and honestly...I didn't know you metric-sexual types had your own low-mileage pretty boys messin' things up just like the peacocks that have ruined the harley™ scene for me and my ilk. I've always had an altruistic tendency to wave more at oncoming metric riders than at pose-fest harley™ riders cos I've always figured youse guys to have a deeper enjoyment and finer appreciation for "The Ride"...remember the ride??  Whereas modern day harley™ riders...well...let's just say our gene pool has been dilluted over the past decade with Willie G™(™=Too Much) under-roo models with staggering credit scores that didn't get enuff attention from mommy as children....and what's worse is, they don't even enjoy riding! Sure, they'll talk about the "freedom" of riding when interviewed by a TV NewsCrew, but when it comes down to paying dues or making a contribution to an MRO to preserve that freedom, they'll quietly slip into the shadows and let somebody else pay for it. Modestly rapping their modified pipes, of course, as they escape the scrutiny of their illegal apes by lanesplitting on down the road to the waiting HOV lane. 

 

I think this tv show highlights an affliction, a migration, a widening chasm of ego driven self love hypnosis, and I want youse guys to be aware of it's implications to the sport. No matter how much money your factory tries to bilk & milk outta ya....as HD (Hundred Dollar) did to my breed....never forget....it's supposed to be about "The Ride." The Wind. The Rain. The Setting Sun. The Bumble Bee Up Your Pant Leg and The Blisters On Your Butt. It was never supposed to be about the chrome glitter doo dads and fancy paint schemes pushed on us by the non-riding staff from the boutique showroom which is all conveniently funded by the great bunch of guys down at "first-born finance".  But, DAMN! You sure look good! You oughta be on TV!  Got a motorcycle endorsement on your license?

 

Soap-box hastily kicked from beneath me by yet another greedy opportunistic tv producer...and his sponsors...and the mindless sheeple who follow blindly. But I'll tell ya what, I'll give Metric TV a chance to prove me wrong.  Besides.....anything beats that Biker-Build-Off crr-ap that the Discovery Channel has mercifully axed.

 

I'm going out for a ride now, and I'm not bringing the spokesmodel back! 

~splatt