Quote: See that's why I asked. On my way back from the noreaster 05, I slowly came up behind 2 HA's only cause I happened to be going maybe 5 mph faster, I slowly went by, kinda gave them the nod/wave, subtle, but figured I wouldn't ignore them, and the second my front wheel got even with theirs, they took off FAST. A while later I could see a large group of bikes off in the distance, I took the next exit and got gas. Didn't feel like finding out who they were. This is why the whole thing perplexes me, not sure what I did wrong...
If I may throw out a theory...
If you passed them and were between them and a larger group of their brethren, you would be either splitting their group or riding within their group, technically. I think they get rather anal about maintaining riding formations and decided to speed up to rejoin the group.
Or, knowing how jingoistic they are about Harleys, possibly they saw they were being passed by one of them thar foreigner bikes (regardless if they may have had one 'back in the day') and couldn't allow it. Maybe it was Harley pride.
