Stereo systems are like Harleys


You'll never see two exactly alike. They are an expression of the owners ideas on design and performance, usually within the construct of a budget. Often put together over time with new and used parts.

I love that about this hobby. How boring would it be if we all had the same ideas of how a system should sound or look?

When you go to any kind of a rally, be it a poker run, charity ride or whatever.... it's customary to just walk around, checking out other peoples rides and chatting it up. It's a great way to meet people and have fun. Oddly, those bikers who's stigma is to be rowdy and obnoxious, are the nicest people I've met. Never once have I ever heard comments like DUH you should done this or that with your bike. Everything and everybody is accepted as is.

Perhaps some folks around here could learn a thing or two from the bikers. 


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And then there are the Ural hack riders like me, with a Thorens TD124. The 60 year old Thorens needs less work! 
Unfortunately, I can't not agree that you can blanket all "bikers" into the category of "the nicest people I've met".

I've been riding for 40 years, non of those on a HD but Japanese, Italian and English.  I heard and seen plenty of comments and gestures from HD riders towards me, because I'm not riding what they deem as the only motorcycle brand that matters.

Your comment about "rowdy and obnoxious" definitely holds true where I live, with every HD in my neighborhood with strait pipes that have no regard for speed limits, and just love to blast their stereos which can be heard blocks away.

I love motorcycles and motorcycling - I have three bikes in my garage, but I'll never strike up a conversation with another "biker" who is rowdy and obnoxious to an entire neighborhood.
I’ve never heard of a hi-fi rally- maybe car stereo stuff though; you can meet other peeps on your motorsickle but you can't drag your monoblocks to a car park
When most Harley riders looked at my airhead BMW or Guzzis they'd scoff or say something smart like this actual example, "they must be good because they're awfully ugly".  The ones who were real motorcyclists and in the know admired the machines and knew their capabilities.

There used to be a T-shirt I saw occasionally at BMW rallies that read "if Harley Davidson built an airplane would you fly in it"?   LOL