There would appear to be more than a few HUBB members who feel that varying degrees of dishonesty are acceptable; I don't know about towels, but I seem to read of theft, fraud and hooky documentation with recommendations about how to do it quite regularly.
I'm not sure generalizing about riders of particular marques is helpful; what you have written sounds like inverted snobbery or class envy (also quite prevalent on this site from time to time) and it has driven away at least one very interesting contributor who just plain got cheesed off with it.
I think Grant & Susan rode a BMW, Tiffany Coates rides one and also a number of other folk who would probably help a stranded rider. Have I made my point yet?
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Originally Posted by gatogato
One negative aspect of the Hubb I have noticed over the years is there can be a tendency for some members to get "high and mighty." It is easy to start projecting your view of traveling as the only right way to do it.
I think 99.9% of the members on here are not stealing towels from hotel rooms.
Note: I find it much more interesting to read a ride report about a 23 year old French guy working in China who illegally purchased a DR350, had a fake Chinese drivers license made up, and rode all the way back to France, than I do to read about a guy on an R1200gs who stayed in $200 hotel rooms every night.
If, I get a flat on the side of the road. I will put my money on the French guy stopping to help me versus the R1200gs guy who paid all the "proper" fees in every country.
It is easy to be petty.
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