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<blockquote data-quote="debeguiled" data-source="post: 1280357" data-attributes="member: 7867">This is really a stretch as another reason to hate boomers, if by boomers you mean self absorbed, fake radical, selfish babies.Harleys, to upper class people, were a sign of lower class, and even criminal lifestyle, like tattoos, and the two even went together back then, because the kind of people who rode them often also had a Harley tattoo, which is a marketer's dream, and a fool's brand loyalty.When I think of Harleys, it instantly conjures up images of Hell's Angels, who could be a terror on West Coast highways back then. It was an outlaw aesthetic.When I think of boomers, that is, people my age on a bike, I think of someone&nbsp; on a comfy bike, with all sorts of padding and a windshield more storage than you would know what to do with. A bike as close to a car as you can get.&nbsp; That seems like a more Boomer aesthetic, going to their jobs during the week and then getting together on the weekend, in leather jackets, on their comfy bikes, tooling around for a couple hours, feeling fake tough.Maybe the cliche boomer is now just anyone that age, but I thought the cliche boomer was more of an upper class poseur who made things comfortable for himself, and then had the nerve to act like he had earned it and was a bit of a rebel.That doesn't fit my idea of the typical Harley rider of that age, who were a legit rough crowd, or at least working class and not the typical soft boomer.Might be different in the rest of the country. This was California.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="debeguiled, post: 1280357, member: 7867"] This is really a stretch as another reason to hate boomers, if by boomers you mean self absorbed, fake radical, selfish babies. Harleys, to upper class people, were a sign of lower class, and even criminal lifestyle, like tattoos, and the two even went together back then, because the kind of people who rode them often also had a Harley tattoo, which is a marketer's dream, and a fool's brand loyalty. When I think of Harleys, it instantly conjures up images of Hell's Angels, who could be a terror on West Coast highways back then. It was an outlaw aesthetic. When I think of boomers, that is, people my age on a bike, I think of someone on a comfy bike, with all sorts of padding and a windshield more storage than you would know what to do with. A bike as close to a car as you can get. That seems like a more Boomer aesthetic, going to their jobs during the week and then getting together on the weekend, in leather jackets, on their comfy bikes, tooling around for a couple hours, feeling fake tough. Maybe the cliche boomer is now just anyone that age, but I thought the cliche boomer was more of an upper class poseur who made things comfortable for himself, and then had the nerve to act like he had earned it and was a bit of a rebel. That doesn't fit my idea of the typical Harley rider of that age, who were a legit rough crowd, or at least working class and not the typical soft boomer. Might be different in the rest of the country. This was California. [/QUOTE]

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