What is the Darkside and Why?

Muntz wrote:Ok heres my story. My wife bought me my VTX for Valentines Day this year( '07). After several months of buying stuff online and not liking it I ran across the "other" site. WOW tons of information. I wish I had found it before I got the bike. I woulda never bought that Corbin Dual tourer. Now I have an Ultimate, but I digress. Anywho, picking through the 1300 threads I saw.....DARKSIDE. Being raised in an ultra strict christian home I was sure that the DARKSIDE was nothing I dare read about. I thought DS was a Satan Worshiping Motorcycle Riders Gang. -- seriously!

After a few weeks skipping over it, curiousity got me. I start reading on page 1. I see MT & CT and I wonder what the hell these DS are talking about. Finally I decided to check out this Daniel Meyer guy. Being a newbie to street bikes I think these guys are off their rockers.

Then I see that Twin lives close by, so I PM him with a few questions...you know the kind...the ones that you don't want to post on the board, so that everyone won't know how dumb you really are. So this Twin fella invites me to lunch. I go and meet him still skeptical. Seeing it and crusing over to the restaurant, Twin barks the CT a few times. I'm thinking I kinda like this guy. Then we get there and he shows me the bottoms of his pegs and pipes. Looks like the thing has gone down a few times. He explains that he can turn so tight he drags them. "No way" I said.

Before we eat Twin asked if I minded if he said grace. (( What a satan worshiper saying grace?? )) This gives us an opportunity to discuss our faith.

After lunch, Twin takes me to an empty parking lot and says jump on and try it for yourself. I immediately notice that the C is alot different than my R. This CT turns on a dime and gives 9 cents change. Then he takes it locks the bars to the side and makes the smallest circles I seen. Now I'm impressed.

A month or so later I meet Smokey. He stops by my work. I tell my boss that my friend from Illinois drove all the way down here in one day on his motorcycle. She says looks like great weather for riding today. Why don't you take the rest of the day off and go ride with your friend. (THUD) LMAO. We go to have lunch, and meet Twin. Twin gives us a smoke show. Twin goes back to work and Smokey and I go carve up some twisties. ((Well actually Smokey carved them, 2 up I might add...I negotiated them badly)) Later we all team up for a tech session at Twins house. It was like the 3 of us knew each other from way back. Instantly friends. Twin shows us his Durometer (a device he uses to measure the softness of the tires for his sons racing cart.) His CT is softer than our MT's. We finish our mods and We go for a midnite ride through some nice sweeping curves, and blast by a cop at 115+. Im thinking ok now we did it. He didn't even move. We hit a few twisties and Twin drags his pegs for us. Provong the DS will hold the road. Smokey and I are sold on the DS. We get back laugh alot and part ways.

Smokey goes home and switches to DS right away. I'm in sales so I'm not a daily rider. The weather has to be right for me to ride to work, so I'm wearing mine out at a slower pace. But when I do...DS here I come.

Oh yeah....BTW... they are not a biker gang or Satan Worshipers....but if you're here you already know that.

twin1300 wrote:This is a story a lot of you can relate too and my most favorite story to tell.

I have belong to a lot of forums and a lot of different bikes (maybe not as many as some of you), but it's un-believeable that I have met so many friends and became friends with so many people of one silly tire mod that I did. And never been hated so much either. But it made picking friends easier.

Most of you would have never been my friend other wise or gave me the time of day. But what a ride it has been..... and the people I have talked to because of it. I have had guys ride for over 800 miles to see me and my car tire. That's another story, I will write soon, that ranks at the top of my riding experience with new found friends and a cop!....hehehehehehe

I am proud to be called a "DARKSIDER" and I will not change who I am for no one, nobody, or any amount of slander, or name calling.

Thanks to a car tire, good friends, new forum, and friendships to come from new guys and girls we will meet along the way.


...................bobby

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This is a story a lot of you can relate too and one of my favorite to tell.

I have belong to a lot of forums and a couple of bikes, but it's un-believeable that I have met so many friends and became friends with so many people by learning to ride and joining an MC. And never been hated so much either. But it made picking friends easier.

Most of you would have never been my friend other wise or gave me the time of day. But what a ride it has been..... and the people I have talked to because of it. I have had Sisters ride for over 800 miles to get together and party. That's another story, I may write soon. It ranks at the top of my riding experience with new found friends and sisters!....hehehehehehe

Even though I don't run a CT, I am proud to be accepted by the "DARKSIDERS" and I will not change who I am for no one, nobody, or any amount of slander, or name calling. Nor will I allow any surgery to be done to my body parts that would make me more macho in order to fit in.

Thanks to learning to ride, good friends, new forum, and friendships to come from new guys and girls we will meet along the way.

. . . . . . . . shebear

Sorry, Bobby, I just couldn't resist!

shebear wrote:

twin1300 wrote:This is a story a lot of you can relate too and my most favorite story to tell.

I have belong to a lot of forums and a lot of different bikes (maybe not as many as some of you), but it's un-believeable that I have met so many friends and became friends with so many people of one silly tire mod that I did. And never been hated so much either. But it made picking friends easier.

Most of you would have never been my friend other wise or gave me the time of day. But what a ride it has been..... and the people I have talked to because of it. I have had guys ride for over 800 miles to see me and my car tire. That's another story, I will write soon, that ranks at the top of my riding experience with new found friends and a cop!....hehehehehehe

I am proud to be called a "DARKSIDER" and I will not change who I am for no one, nobody, or any amount of slander, or name calling.

Thanks to a car tire, good friends, new forum, and friendships to come from new guys and girls we will meet along the way.


...................bobby

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This is a story a lot of you can relate too and one of my favorite to tell.

I have belong to a lot of forums and a couple of bikes, but it's un-believeable that I have met so many friends and became friends with so many people by learning to ride and joining an MC. And never been hated so much either. But it made picking friends easier.

Most of you would have never been my friend other wise or gave me the time of day. But what a ride it has been..... and the people I have talked to because of it. I have had Sisters ride for over 800 miles to get together and party. That's another story, I may write soon. It ranks at the top of my riding experience with new found friends and sisters!....hehehehehehe

Even though I don't run a CT, I am proud to be accepted by the "DARKSIDERS" and I will not change who I am for no one, nobody, or any amount of slander, or name calling. Nor will I allow any surgery to be done to my body parts that would make me more macho in order to fit in.

Thanks to learning to ride, good friends, new forum, and friendships to come from new guys and girls we will meet along the way.

. . . . . . . . shebear

Sorry, Bobby, I just couldn't resist!