My post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I call my bike many things including scooter and POS. They are loving terms. If the bikers from the '70s can call 'em scoots and scooters, by golly, so can I.

The people weren't being mean, they just think every cruiser bike with a loud exhaust is a Harley. And speaking of names, we (my "inner circle") use the term scooter trash affectionately as well. When my buddy got his HD, I stopped at DQ and picked up an ice cream cake that read "Got Scooter Trash?".