from what I've seen there's just a few, mostly serving drinks and making money

Hate Posers you get arrested for doing a burnout on Main Street, and the cops are everywhere down there

next year stay home

Blades 22 speak for yourself. Been riding since I was a kid in the early 70s, still going strong

I guess it depends on what you consider a "real" biker. I own a car, on paper, but I never drive it. I ride all year round... unless there's ice on the road. That's amounted to 2 days in the past 3 years. I've got 70k miles on my 2013. I've got another 3k on my Sporty.. my standby bike. Still not enough? I've got a '72 ironhead basket case that I'll be putting together after I get back from my Joshua Tree trip... so I'm building a bike. I live on the east coast so I'm looking forward to riding (and camping) in the California desert. Rigid. Kicker. Magneto. The Ironhead, not the desert. I know guys (some of them friends) who have spent their lives riding and wrenching. I'm not sure what you're definition of a real biker is.

Chris & Steve, Blades22 is simply seing that most of the guys drag their feet on the ground, or doing the kid bicykle rydeing with no pedals. I think as a real rider u should keep ur feet on the pegs or the floor, period. When u ride and have to help urself with ur feet than ... This is only mine opinion. Peace. Regards from Great Poland. HD MC Independent.

Perhaps. And perhaps I had a moment of being oversensitive to _another_ comment that there are no real bikers anymore. It is, inherently, an insult. Honestly, it's an insult that I shouldn't worry about. I've been called worse... by loved ones. But I believe it's important that people are allowed their opinions, which is why I didn't say anything derogatory about Blades. I merely offered contrary information. Either way, we need more peace makers. Be safe!