Back in the early 90's the whole Lawyer on an HD thing started. All those that I rode with or Dad's old Bro's hated it. I remember Laconia during those times. We hazed those DB's as though they were redheaded stepchildren. But I think the Chamber of Commerce got involved and the cops came down on anyone who looked unsavory. That meant me and mine had to be on our best. That wasn't an option so we slowly stopped attending. Now it's wannabe's and Tools who attend. With the odd legit rebel intermingled.
My old Knuckle idled just fine but the rad cam on my later Shovel's usually needed a little throttle on occasion to keep running. But I was never one of those that throttle bumped just to be noticed. I let the bike do that on its own. I had a rigid jockey shifted bike when Jesse James was still wetting his Pampers.