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Blue_SV650S
25-01-06, 01:53 PM
I was telling people at work on our internal bikers newsgroup that I am the recent proud owner of a SV650S. Someone had this to say in response … (I am male BTW.)
You of all people, I did not expect to buy one of those. They are extremely popular with the female bikers because they are "sweet little motorbikes" ....as the lady owner quotes ;-).. Next stop a 600 bandit? Pink with ladybirds on the tank perhaps!!.. How are the linen curtains coming on?;-)
I didn’t take the bait and just jokingly inferred that he had small genitals if he felt he NEEDED anything more than a 650!! :D But is this a fair comment :?: , are SV650s seen by the general populous as girls bikes?? :?: ? :oops:
are SV650s seen by the general populous as girls bikes?? :?: ? :oops:
Yes.
Get a CBR! :lol:
sharriso74
25-01-06, 01:57 PM
Yes!!!!!
If a girl rides it it's a girls bike, if a blokes rides it it's a blokes bike.
So if I see women on a 999 does that make those girls bikes?
So if I see women on a 999 does that make those girls bikes?
They are girls bikes.
Get a CBR
Flamin_Squirrel
25-01-06, 02:03 PM
What does he ride?
Bet he wobbles round corners on a Gixer thou! :wink:
scooby2102
25-01-06, 02:05 PM
Blue, what type of bike does this guy have ?
Obviously he's also got a micro pencil tadger as well :P
the guy is obviously very insecure.
this argument is right up there with the "chicken strips" post
yep, plenty of people have told me my bike is a girls bike. not sure what their point is really. i've ridden with two girls on SV's who were a damn sight quicker than me, i dont have an ego that fragile i can't accept they ride/rode quicker than me!
of course i've not ridden since, and i've flogged the bike and subsequently bought a triumph rocket 111
sharriso74
25-01-06, 02:12 PM
i've flogged the bike and subsequently bought a triumph rocket 111
Don't you need an HGV license for those?
But is this a fair comment :?: , are SV650s seen by the general populous as girls bikes?? :?: ? :oops:
Of course not, what a stupid comment for him to make!
Blue bikes on the other hand most certainly are girlie bikes! :P
scooby2102
25-01-06, 02:21 PM
Cronos wrote
Blue bikes on the other hand most certainly are girlie bikes!
easy tiger :shock:
i've flogged the bike and subsequently bought a triumph rocket 111
Don't you need an HGV license for those?
yep.
i also went out and strangled a cow and ate it raw. built a bivvy and slept in it for a month, naked.
i think i'm ok now.
fizzwheel
25-01-06, 02:22 PM
:roll:
I've been told this plenty of times
TBH most people that are more knowledgeable about bikes, always give a positive response to the SV, its only weekend warriors or blokes with small todgers that seem to have a problem with them.
I dont really care what anybody thinks, I think its a great bike
Flamin_Squirrel
25-01-06, 02:31 PM
I dont really care what anybody thinks, I think its a great bike
It is! Good enough to wipe the floor with anyone who has a 'better' bike and no riding tallent!
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 02:34 PM
Fizz wrote:
blokes with small todgers that seem to have a problem with them.
No I dont! :?
speedygirl
25-01-06, 02:38 PM
I'd like to think that any girls riding SVs aren't wussy girlie girls anyway - but fiesty girls who enjoy the bike and the massive amount of fun they have with it... and any decent bloke secure in himself would be happy that anyone, girl or guy, is getting out there having fun on such a great all round bike :D
BTW several (secure in themselves) male biker friends who ride daytona 955, R1 have ridden my SV and pronounced it hugely fun and no mention of it only being suitable for the girls :P
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 02:40 PM
Oh no a girl was the first to reply after my referral to my lack of err hum size! :oops: :oops: :oops:
Last Action Pimp
25-01-06, 02:41 PM
my thinking - if girls like SV's that it will make me more popular with the ladies?
probally not
This guy sounds like he needs to make up for sumit, also he is probally a sunday rider - Ooooooh i cant stand them (Sorry Dad)
Oh no a girl was the first to reply after my referral to my lack of err hum size! :oops: :oops: :oops:
Don't worry Pedro, I'm sure it's just that you've got big hands! :lol:
my thinking - if girls like SV's that it will make me more popular with the ladies?
Hmmm... based on that logic you'll be rushing out to buy yourself a nice set of high heels and getting your legs waxed. Can't see it being a winner with the ladieees! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 02:49 PM
Cronos.Thx mate! :wink: Of course I forgot to mention about my hands! :lol: 8)
speedygirl
25-01-06, 02:50 PM
Oh no a girl was the first to reply after my referral to my lack of err hum size! :oops: :oops: :oops:
he he he he :lol: :lol: :lol:
Carsick
25-01-06, 02:52 PM
my thinking - if girls like SV's that it will make me more popular with the ladies?
Hmmm... based on that logic you'll be rushing out to buy yourself a nice set of high heels and getting your legs waxed. Can't see it being a winner with the ladieees! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Don't be so sure that it doesn't work. :wink:
Blue_SV650S
25-01-06, 03:06 PM
Oh no a girl was the first to reply after my referral to my lack of err hum size! :oops: :oops: :oops:
Hehe, not a strong move that fella, :D to be fair though dude, anyone who rides this time of year will be suffering from serious ‘shrinkage’ after a ride … so you can palm it off to the ladies as that … if you pardon the expression!! :D
Anyway, yep this guy owns a ‘thou, I am pretty sure he was mostly on the windup, but it did get me thinking, a bit like the 400s, (rightly or wrongly) perhaps they are perceived as a girls bike??
It does sound like others have received some stick about it to, so this really only reinforces that this may be the general opinion???
northwind
25-01-06, 03:08 PM
The best thing with owning a bike that's seen as a girl's bike, is when you wipe the floor with someone they have no comeback :) If you're on a 636, then people expect you to be fast- but if you're fast on an SV then people are surprised.
Flamin_Squirrel
25-01-06, 03:17 PM
Anyway, yep this guy owns a ‘thou
Ahha! :takeabow:
The best thing with owning a bike that's seen as a girl's bike, is when you wipe the floor with someone they have no comeback
I'm very proud of riding my 'girls bike' round the outside of someone on a 998 at brands hatch 8)
I'm very proud of riding my 'girls bike' round the outside of someone on a 998 at brands hatch 8)
abso-bloomin-lutely
i had the pleasure of "doing" a 636, a cbr and, albeit a fairly old, gixxer.
not much made me smile more that day!!
YOU LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT SCORPION DO YA? EH? EH?
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 03:34 PM
Flaming Squirrel wrote:
I'm very proud of riding my 'girls bike' round the outside of someone on a 998 which had broken down at brands hatch
way to go fella! :wink: :D
Flamin_Squirrel
25-01-06, 03:39 PM
Flaming Squirrel wrote:
I'm very proud of riding my 'girls bike' round the outside of someone on a 998 which had broken down at brands hatch
way to go fella! :wink: :D
Yeah, those unreliable Ducatis 8)
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 03:46 PM
Flaming Squirrel wrote:
Yeah, those unreliable Ducatis
Oh yeah I know all about that! :lol: :lol: Glad I have a "9" series! :) :)
rwoodcock01
25-01-06, 03:59 PM
IF the SV is considered a girls bike than so be it! I love her and she takes care of me when I am riding her.
The guy reminds me of an idiot I came across a few weekends ago, he was a Sunday rider on an GSX-R750. I came across him while I was filling up after having a blast out at the petrol station and he was insulting me to his mates arround that I was on a girls bike.
Completly ignored him filled up, walked back to the bike after paying and he had left. A mile down the road, he must have been going home on his own, but he really was taking his time doing 40 in a 60 zone! :?
Any way, I am no ace rider, but I know the bends well on the A509, came to a stright and went to overtake and he suddenly sees me and twists his throttle and actually pulls over in protest to me over taking him so much so that I had to go back behind him due to a fact I saw a car coming in the opposite direction doing a fair rate of knots.
Not normally one to bite but this made me lose my rag a little, came to the next corner and he just could not handle the corner at high speed, he hits his brakes and takes the corner very wide!
Me.... I pull the bike into a lovely tight line and over took him on the inside and twisted the throttle coming out of the bend.
Not proud about taking the bait, but I think the bike did me proud, his face must have been a picture.
Needless to say I won't be repeating that stunt agan mind you!
Cheers
Rich
Blue_SV650S
25-01-06, 04:51 PM
I don’t disagree that a well ridden SV can outperform a poorly ridden 600, 750, ‘thou or whatever, but then who would put money down on beating Mr Rossi round a track, them riding their bike, Mr Rossi in a shopping trolley?!?!? :D
We are talking about the bike being seen by the general populous as a girls bike. I haven’t really seen any arguments against this yet.
How many girls actually ride them?! Lets face it Speedygirl being female (or presumably a close approximation!?! :D) is in a minority set to start with, so it can’t be down to number of male verse female owners as by numbers I bet more males own SVs than females?? So it is percentage of female bikers that own SVs as opposed to say GSXR thous. So of the female bikers you know, (if any) how many of them ride SVs? And how many other bikes?
I know 3 female riders (4 if you count the ‘virtual’ speedygirl :) ) they all ride different bikes, so no definitive bike-babe correlation could be made.
How about everyone else?
Well by that standard, for me the sv is not a girls bike out of about 15 bikers at our place 3 are girls, me on my sv one o a zxr400 (i think) and one on a gixxer600 All the other people i know that ride svs are blokes
Only 2 those wi phallic fixations! :lol:
tinpants
25-01-06, 10:03 PM
Its not about what you ride. Its about HOW you ride it. End of story. 8)
Biker Biggles
25-01-06, 10:04 PM
Surely it's only the pointies that are girl's bikes? :roll: :roll:
And yellow ones.And red ones.
21QUEST
25-01-06, 10:54 PM
Harsh but fair?
Yes
Love the bike though and I bet the guy on a fireblade was quite surprised when I went round the outside of him today. (dual carriage) :lol:
Cheers
Ben
Peter Henry
25-01-06, 11:34 PM
To be honest the attitude if it occurs would appear to me as just another extension of the Yobbish culture in the U.K. How f*cking rude for anyone to suggest such nonsense.
What ever happened to the mutual respect between fellow bikers? The kindred spirit? This is all f*cked up! There are bikes I would not be seen dead on, but if one pulls up when I am having a coffee I will acknowledge the owner and very possibly have a chat with him.
All this peeing up the wall,nursery school idiocy is quite frankly pathetic! :evil:
Blue Flame
26-01-06, 12:14 AM
Its got nothing to do with girls......... or boys for that matter.......
...Its the typical response to seeing something that is not classified in the 'sportsbike' category. 'Girl's bike' is just another (sexist) way to say 'not as cool as mine as it isn't in the mags every month'.
The fact that the bike is recommended in the bike mags for riders who have just passed their test (which is part of the reason why I bought it two years ago) also probably explains the comment.
As the other peeps have alluded to.... this sort of comment will generally only come from weekend bikers who have more money than common sense and have probably never quite figured out how to go round corners.
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