green bikes

[thekid]

so i been on here for sometime now and seen a lot of green bikes now someone once told me never paint your bike green its bad luck has anyone heard that i love the greens in bike its shape and stands out i am just wondering what you have heard

 

[shadow]

Old wives tale,i remember as a kid 30+ years ago i used to hear the same thing,never once ever heard and good reasoning behind it.I call Bullshit on the "it's bad luck" tale.

 

[Opunui]

Shadow..I kinda have to agree with you bradda.growing up I never would of painted my bike green just becuz..now 40+ years later who cares.

Be interesting to find out how this wife's tale started.

 

[shadow]

Someone probablly got beat up by a Vago 30 years ago and didn't want to have anything to do with green after that.lol

 

[Opunui]

Or the tree huggers laid claim to all things green.

 

[RainmanCS]

I was told never paint a bike green because it will blend in with scenery and the people in the cages
won't be able to see you. But unless you only ride in Ireland, I don't think that logic makes any sense.

 

[Opunui]

That's a good theory to start with..

 

[Gary H.]

After putting some miles on my green machine, the only explanation I heard was concerning the guys from World War 1.

Apparently, the life expectancy for the guys that rode the early bikes was not very long. The Germans put quite a hurt on them. I had heard more stories about the guys that drove green bikes would have less people mess with them??

 

[slothy]

my old green bike meet its fate with a moose 2 years ago...



and the bitch that killed it..



3 hours before....last picture of it before it totaled out

 

[Opunui]

What was the moose thinking?

 

[slothy]

i think he was trying to race the chicken across the road....

 

[808Bagger]

That's crazy!! Good thing our moose's here are mongoose's....

 

[BIG TIME BAGGER]

I was told not to paint my bike green because statistics showed emerald green to be involved in more accidents that any other colored harley, just the story i was told. I wrecked the bitch when it was black so why not paint it green!

 

[thekid]

hahahahahaha thats funny and your bike looks sick

 

[Bagged64]

Same thing goes for custom cars too. When I painted my '64 Cadillac green everyone told me it was bad luck. I think I just have bad luck and it has nothing to do with the color going onto the car or bike.

 

[BIG TIME BAGGER]

Amen to that! If it wasn't for bad luck!

 

[BLACKIZZLE]

I feel like I have super bad luck then because the day that this got posted was the same day that I just got done spraying my bike green. I feel like this is a bad sign..

 

[Legacy Baggers]

I am starting to believe it... 2 months ago, bike fell off the lift...


fell over by lickmstickmman, on Flickr

and then on the way back from MB Bike Week, a buddies bike fell against mine in the trailer... Either there is something to the "dont go green" thing or someone above is telling me to not ride my bike... or I will just keep covering up the scratches/scars with bandaids!


Print by lickmstickmman, on Flickr

so i been on here for sometime now and seen a lot of green bikes now someone once told me never paint your bike green its bad luck has anyone heard that i love the greens in bike its shape and stands out i am just wondering what you have heard

 

[BIG TIME BAGGER]

Maybe they want u to ride it if it's got damaged while being towed or worked on hah

 

[KUSTOMBAGGERS]