GaTeach, I enjoyed your "thundering herd of water buffalo" remark and have endured the HD guys' comments also, living here very near Destin/PCB where 9 of every 10 bikes is a Harley ridden by a fat old guy. (I'm not fat.) I've got a good friend who had a GL1800 picked out at the EagleRiders shop in Orlando, and when he got there, at the last minute he decided on an HD ElectraGlide. Now he tries to put a good face on it but I know he regrets it heartily. I asked him why, without rubbing it in like the HD folks do, and he said, "I wanted to fit in finally!" Other than that he's a really great guy! And now, here's the irony: he's the only HD in our group of Honda folks, and never rides with the HD guys..