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I've had the following questions asked by non-bikers, actually, the first question was from a biker when we were sitting at lights!
"What is that?"
"Are you sponsored by Cadburys?"
"Did you win it?"
"Do you race that then?"
"You ride that?"
When I was on the SV and stuck at lights I had a biker pull up next to me and say "Nice Can", it sounded kinda rude :D
Anyone else had similar?
"Is that a Ducati?" oh how i laughed
Steve H
03-10-06, 08:33 AM
Yeah, "Why are you on a girls bike"? :wink:
'Why do you do it' (stupid question)
'Don't you get wet in the rain' (moronic question)
'you wouldn't catch me on that for a fortune' (er, no - i'd never let you get on it)
Alpinestarhero
03-10-06, 09:00 AM
I get comments like "thats a bit big for you!"
I also like the way people ask me what size my engine is, rather than asking how much power it produces. "645cc? blimey! thats gotta go fast!" me: "na, its only got 33bhp" **blank look on questioners face**
I do like the question "how do you go round corners and lean so far over without falling off?"
"well, my dear, come closer and i shall tell you a tale, all about the physics of spinning things....."
:D
Matt
Oh, and my freind couldnt beleive i got so much bike for £1450! He though my SV was at least 5k....i know what sort of people to sell my machine to...
"Have you got a CD player on it?"
"You only have to replace your helmet if you have a FATAL accident..."
(thats not a question but ****ed myself laughing, and dumped the girl who said both of them soon after!)
Alpinestarhero
03-10-06, 09:02 AM
LOL @ replacing helmet
I always tell people that a helmet should be treated like your head - dont smash it or knock it or damage it in any way unless you have no choice.
Doncha just love the way kids on scooters ride around with their helmets undone?
Matt
"That's a fantastic, good-looking bike, mister!"
"Is that a Ducati?" oh how i laughedI always thought your funniest question was "You working late tonight"
Bullwinkle
03-10-06, 09:15 AM
No - normally "oh isn't it too heavy for you? What happens if you drop it?"
Or if just in my riding gear in a shop - "oh do you ride a little scooter?"
Yeah mate - but the 'little' scooter is just a little too powerful for me to handle as I am a weak and fragile little female totally incapable of doing anything independently......
Grrrrr.............
"Have you got a CD player on it?"
"You only have to replace your helmet if you have a FATAL accident..."
(thats not a question but p*ssed myself laughing, and dumped the girl who said both of them soon after!)
Oh oh also had some little kid walk past and go "Mate, I LOVE that bike!"
Made me smile lol
Gazza77
03-10-06, 09:22 AM
"That silver thing on the side goes really well with the blue colour", just before reaching to touch the hot exhaust. :shock: :roll:
A colleague at work made the following comment to me the other day
"Caught a glimpse of you in your leathers the other day, very impressive"
I was flattered, shame she's old enough to be my mum ! (although she is a very nice lady) :D
Also a few months ago, I was doing my helmet up outside Morrisons when I became conscious of someone looking at me / my bike, I looked up and there was an old lady (must have been at least 80) there. She then winked at me and just said (in a kind of fast show style) "Niiiccce"
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Halonic
03-10-06, 09:42 AM
I have also received the "Is that a ducati?"
Whilst sat on my triumph
with triumph written on the tank
wearing my triumph goretex
my answer?
"why yes, and this is my light saber"
:roll: :twisted: :twisted:
Special Mike
03-10-06, 09:45 AM
I used to get "is that a 350?" all the time
zedleppelin1981
03-10-06, 09:55 AM
Whilst parking up my CB a few weeks ago in Camberley, a young kid about 10 came up and said the age old line: 'What will it do, mister?' Simply replied 'Its very very very fast!', though we all know its not!
Tell you what though, his mum was very very attractive :wink:
once, i went round my mates house, he opened the door to me in full leathers & my helmet under my arm & asked the question "did you come on your bike?"
Thats like at petrol stations when you are the only biker there and you go in to pay and they ask which pump are you at.
On a similar tone, my brother said me when I had all my gear on...
"You going out then"?
I said...
"No I just like wandering round the house in my full bike gear".
Ceri JC
03-10-06, 10:30 AM
"Isn't a car safer?" (Probably not with this woman driving)
"So you ride to work then?" (As I walk into the office still wearing my leathers and lid)
"That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
"Is that a suzuki?" Seriously. Every time.
Not a question but something still pretty stupid:
Mate found out I knew how to wheelie and said he knew a nice quiet place where I could show him. He takes me to a GRAVEL car park, and when I sit there looking at him in disbelief, he says "what?"
ArtyLady
03-10-06, 10:33 AM
Pulled up outside a pub, got off the bike, took off lid, and there was a family group sitting outside, one of the kids said "Mummy, Mummy, look its a lady - what is she doing riding that bike" :lol:
Have had non biker friends say "bikes are so dangerous" to which I reply "Oh dear - is it hurting you now??" :lol:
My mother says "you look so scary in all that gear - like D'arth Vader" :lol:
Bullwinkle
03-10-06, 10:39 AM
I had that one too Need2ride......I was in a bike shop and this bloke came in with his little boy (about 4-5 years old) - the boy looked at me, looked up at his dad and asked him 'Daddy why is that lady in here'?
Needless to say it did make me giggle watching his father go bright red trying to explain that one! :)
northwind
03-10-06, 10:52 AM
I had "Nice bike", when riding a ratty GS500 loan bike. "No it's not!"
"Is that a Ducati" "Is that an R1" "Is that a Triumph" (get that all the time now with the dark green and no logos, I suppose it's fair enough)
From the GSX1400 rider down the road:
"Nice bike"
"Cheers"
"I wanted one of these but I was scared by the reputation"
"Doesn't bother me, I've surprised enough people on "proper" bikes"
"No, I meant for tankslappers"
"What? These are stable as a rock"
"Is that just journalists exagerrating then?"
"Hmm. Do you think it's a TL1000?"
"Isn't it?"
"Where's the battery" No idea what that was all about
"Can you do a wheelie" while testriding a Buell City X, I couldn't NOT do a wheelie
"Is it broken down" while pushing it up a hill. No, it's a downhiller.
"How many BHP? About 300?"
"How fast does it go" "About 130" "My mate's R6 does 210"
"Why are you filling it up at a car pump?"
Not a question, but a while back in the middle of a mod spree I found a post it note stuck to the tank when it was parked outside my work- "MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"
Ceri JC
03-10-06, 10:56 AM
Not a question, but a while back in the middle of a mod spree I found a post it note stuck to the tank when it was parked outside my work- "MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"
PMSL! :lol:
Whilst talking one of the directors in the office about the bike. Conversation was along the lines of:
Me: "The last service wasn't too bad, didn't cost as much as I think, but I need a new back tye & they quoted me £140"
Him: "£140? For both yea?"
Me: "Nope, one tyre, and they wont fit it to the bike, so I've got to hand over the money, remove my tyre, hand that over, let them fit the tyre, then me put the wheel back on"
Him: "Seems a lot of hassle, can they not fit any car tyre?"
DOH!
Special Mike
03-10-06, 11:24 AM
Thats like at petrol stations when you are the only biker there and you go in to pay and they ask which pump are you at.
maybe he didn't see you cos you weren't in hi-vis. :wink:
Its scary that we all get similar questions.
I get is it an R1. It seems to be the only bike it gets confused with!
Wow, your wheels change colour - After a long time between cleans, they went from black to orange and was from an 8 year old kid
Dont get get claustrophobic in that lid?
and the classic
Your not going to get there any quicker....oh, i think i will, Byeeeeeeeeee
SV1000s
03-10-06, 11:59 AM
Kate, why would they ask you those questions, do you have a race rep or something?
Next door neighbour asked
"How do you see through that shield over your eyes"
I've got a Caberg double visor lid.
DoubleD
03-10-06, 12:27 PM
I said...
"No I just like wandering round the house in my full bike gear".
I could quite believe that judging by your aviator :wink:
Not really questions but I get the same comments all the time:
"Some people shouldn't ride a bike, you're one of them"
"It'll kill you"
"It's bigger than you are"
friends/family/random strangers. Can't kill 'em all.....but you could have fun trying.
""That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
"My boyfriend rides a Triumph TT 600" - Someone
"Oh, that's a Yamaha Thundercat then?" - Er, me :oops:
imaleon
03-10-06, 01:13 PM
How do you reverse?
arrowgroup
03-10-06, 01:15 PM
"No I just like wandering round the house in my full bike gear".
Some people I know DO just like wandering around in full bike gear.. :D
northwind
03-10-06, 01:18 PM
"That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
Ah, that's not as stupid as it sounds...
http://www.motorsports-network.com/triumph/2001/images/rsr4.jpg
Sprint RS, there's a wee bit of a resemblance there. To the curvy at least ;)
JediGoat
03-10-06, 01:19 PM
Not a question, but I found it hard not to laugh....
Was parking in Holloway ( :shock: ) and wrapping the disk lock reminder around the bar end. A group of lads who were eying up my bike started talking to me.
Lad1 - "Is that stretchy thing part of the alarm?"
Me - "No, it's to remind me to take the disk lock off before pulling away"
Lad1 - "Oh"
Lad2 (obviously wanting to impress his friends with his bike knowledge) - "Yeah, it's really important you don't leave the the disk lock on. Cos if you do, by the time you get up to 20mph and above it'll catch in the forks and you'll come off."
WTF? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jo
Ceri JC
03-10-06, 01:22 PM
"That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
Ah, that's not as stupid as it sounds...
http://www.motorsports-network.com/triumph/2001/images/rsr4.jpg
Sprint RS, there's a wee bit of a resemblance there. To the curvy at least ;)
True, I'd not considered that!
Luckypants
03-10-06, 01:29 PM
"That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
Ah, that's not as stupid as it sounds...
http://www.motorsports-network.com/triumph/2001/images/rsr4.jpg
Sprint RS, there's a wee bit of a resemblance there. To the curvy at least ;)It's nigh on impossible to tell the curvey from the ST, from the front. Often spot one in my mirrors and think 'oh another SV' but it turns out to be a Triumph!
SV1000s
03-10-06, 01:30 PM
"That's a Triumph Sprint ST, isn't it?" (whilst pointing at my black SV650s without fairing lowers, which had no luggage on it, either)
Ah, that's not as stupid as it sounds...
Well, it is as the SV he was talking about wasn't the curvy, not if it was black anyway, looks nothing like he Trumpet.
northwind
03-10-06, 01:42 PM
OK then, actually extremely stupid :)
"Can girls ride crossers?" :roll: :evil:
It always seems to be the same stupid questions asked though :roll:
I pulled up at a services after being caught without waterproofs went into the ladies. whilst I was stood using a hand dryer to dry out each glove a woman walked past me and asked "Dont you get wet riding a bike in the rain?" :shock: :roll:
Kate, why would they ask you those questions, do you have a race rep or something?
Lol, I'm currently riding this whilst my GSX-R600 K6 is being fixed:
:D
http://static.flickr.com/84/259928901_1cac702e4f.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/98/259928902_9884e3391e.jpg
CoolGirl
03-10-06, 05:42 PM
I was trying to buy a pair of kevlar knuckleduster gloves and the shop assistant said
"you won't need those for riding pillion love" :twisted:
Also had bloke lean out of car window, shout
"look, a bird on a bike!" and he then produced a camera and took my picture!
And loads of:
"Mummy, that lady just got off that big bike"
I remember parking next to an old bloke on a beemer. He looked down his nose at me as I locked up and after a pause he said
"have you remembered to switch your lights off?". My reply -
"they swtich off automatically when I kill the power. did you check yours?"
guess what.... :lol:
I just get 'did you ride to work?' from my staff, as I arrive at my desk in full gear carrying a helmet & gloves, I reply 'no I just feel safer in the car in this gear...'
The Basket
03-10-06, 05:59 PM
Always get the "isn't it dangerous bit?".
Yeah...it is. :D
bikerskez
03-10-06, 06:00 PM
I've had the usual but the best was with one of the officers on my ship. It went something like this:
Don't you get wet when it rains?
No, My SKIN is a breathable membrain, it lets moisture out but not in.
Wow that's quite good, i bet it costs a fortune.
I have to try and sleep at night knowing he's driving the 5000 ton warship.
weazelz
03-10-06, 07:35 PM
it has gears?!?
followed shortly by:
you change gear with your *feet*!?!!?
& then quite often something about a handbrake
wyrdness
03-10-06, 07:35 PM
I was trying to buy a pair of kevlar knuckleduster gloves and the shop assistant said
"you won't need those for riding pillion love" :twisted:
Did you punch him with them?
wyrdness
03-10-06, 07:36 PM
once, i went round my mates house, he opened the door to me in full leathers & my helmet under my arm & asked the question "did you come on your bike?"
I get that one quite often. It's funny when they realise how stupid they've been.
I was trying to buy a pair of kevlar knuckleduster gloves and the shop assistant said
"you won't need those for riding pillion love" :twisted:
I tried to buy armoured winter gloves and gave up. I had several shops tell me that girls don't need armoured gloves. Put it this way, I wasn't impressed with this and I possibly let that be known (to the point one of the guys remembered me 8 months later :oops: )
Get the "what pump are you on" all the time :evil: My most common is just as I get my helmet on my wife asks "how long are you going to be?"Or"where are you going?"
Been told my headlights are on in the day after I've turned the ignition but not the engine on yet. They look confused when I nod and say yes I know.
Red ones
03-10-06, 08:02 PM
In the winter I get the guys in the office saying "It was cold this morning - had the heater on full" I usually think of 2 words, the second being "off", but answer "Really? These gloves are great!"
The others are:
"Can you hear with earplugs in?"
like I think "no dog poo Sherlock" - then I answer "No"
"Why do you wear them?"
"So I can't hear that twit in the Astra banging on about his mirror yet again!"
I also get visitors to the office asking if I ride to work. My PC desktop has a 'busa on it, the filing cabinet has a Spiderman lid on it, the hat stand has a Dainese jacket, and Dainese trousers on it, with Dainese boots under it - the guy who sits next to me has his Arai on the filing cabinet, his Yamaha jacket and trousers and his boots under the hat stand. I am always tempted to say "No, we murdered the last bikers who came into the office!"
My biek got moved by someone a few weeks ago - they had wheeled it across the car park - I went ballistic when I couldn't get anyone interested in it, though I was adamany that if the boss' car was moved all the stops would have been pulled out. The manager in charge of car parks asked "Why didn't you have the handbrake on?" the answer they got was a less than subtle, "Because the guys at Suzuki seem to have a better understanding of bike design than you!"
ArtyLady
03-10-06, 08:03 PM
I remember parking next to an old bloke on a beemer. He looked down his nose at me as I locked up and after a pause he said
"have you remembered to switch your lights off?".
Ive had that one too ! :x except it was an psuedo harley rider on a virago or similar - he a red bandana and a denim cut off anyway :lol: :lol:
I get kids asking me to pull wheelies just after its ****ed down with rain or on the shortest road you've seen.
And my fav...
"Do you know how fast you where travelling"?
Which is normally followed by "No officer".
DarrenSV650S
03-10-06, 10:00 PM
I tried to buy armoured winter gloves and gave up. I had several shops tell me that girls don't need armoured gloves. Put it this way, I wasn't impressed with this and I possibly let that be known (to the point one of the guys remembered me 8 months later :oops: )
Please elaborate :shock:
philipMac
03-10-06, 10:32 PM
I also get visitors to the office asking if I ride to work.
Yeah. That's always a cracker.
Standing, in the lift, me fully leathered up, boots, leathers, Jacket, gloves in one hand, full face lid in the other.
Dude staring intently at you...
I can feel it coming... I can feel the question brewing... and.. and...
"Do you drive a bike?".
No mate. This is just my keyring.
At *least* three times a week.
21QUEST
03-10-06, 10:37 PM
I also get visitors to the office asking if I ride to work.
Yeah. That's always a cracker.
Standing, in the lift, me fully leathered up, boots, leathers, Jacket, gloves in one hand, full face lid in the other.
Dude staring intently at you...
I can feel it coming... I can feel the question brewing... and.. and...
"Do you drive a bike?".
No mate. This is just my keyring.
At *least* three times a week.
Hopefully never more than once by the same person eh... :? :lol: .
Cheers
Ben
Getting a hair cut today - bike parked next to shop window - side view.
Barber dood questions:
What make is it? Oh I see that.
How fast is it? Oh really.
Its all Titanium isnt it? Oh right.
The guy that invented those things sticking out the side is clever isnt he? (R&G's)
Does it have an electric start? Oh I thought bikes have both :?
And why is it little kids walking past just want to touch the shiny bits - whilst their mummys stand there and let them.... "Watch out for the..." to late - crying 3 year olds burnt their fingure on the exhaust.
Flamin_Squirrel
04-10-06, 06:41 AM
"Do you know how fast you where travelling"?
Which is normally followed by "No officer".
:lol: Excellent
lukemillar
04-10-06, 07:49 AM
Not at all bike related, but after I had finished the NY marathon a few (many!) years ago I was walking down the street, with the standard silver medal everyone gets round my neck. 2 very excited Americans came running up saying:
"Oh my god, did you win?"
to which I replied
"No, I came second!"
Scooby Drew
04-10-06, 08:41 AM
Pedestrian - 'Those new then?' as he points at my knee sliders :oops:
Cheeky barsteward :evil:
Most annoying question I get asked is
"Aren't you a bit short/small to ride that bike?" :evil:
Luckypants
04-10-06, 12:06 PM
Most annoying question I get asked is
"Aren't you a bit short/small to ride that bike?" :evil:Well aren't you? :P
Kilted Ginger
04-10-06, 12:14 PM
Our street had a power cut and as I was getting off the bike i was asked by a neighbour
"how are your lights working when the electricity's off?? :roll:
I politely suggested she tried the ones on her car
Often get "Have you fallen off/crashed yet?" :: Do I ask you if you have crashed your car/fallen off your bike/tripped up?
Now got a new answer for the following:
Random Person: "Do you ride a motorcycle?"
Me (Fully kitted out in leathers): "Nope, the Tube is very dangerous these days".
I had the misfortune of using the tube yesterday in my full leathers with a tank bag and my lid. Lady sitting opposite me says to her man, "Look! He's a biker!" :roll:
weazelz
04-10-06, 03:07 PM
I had the misfortune of using the tube yesterday in my full leathers with a tank bag and my lid. Lady sitting opposite me says to her man, "Look! He's a biker!" :roll:
<derail>
I know your tyres were bad, but really ;-)
</derail>
I had the misfortune of using the tube yesterday in my full leathers with a tank bag and my lid. Lady sitting opposite me says to her man, "Look! He's a biker!" :roll:
<derail>
I know your tyres were bad, but really ;-)
</derail>
Tube gets me home from garage - can't park the car there. :( Seriously, I would have prefered the tube to the sliding I did in Holoway! I almost hit a bus!
Blue_SV650S
04-10-06, 03:35 PM
Not a silly question as such, but when people find out I ride a bike they ALWAYS come up with a story of someone in their family or they know or whatever that has had a bad accident/fatal on a bike.
I mean, what makes them think I want to hear/know about that?!!? And what am I supposed to say in response?!?!? :roll:
It has happened so often now that really p1sses me off if/when they say it!! :lol:
northwind
04-10-06, 04:09 PM
Not a silly question as such, but when people find out I ride a bike they ALWAYS come up with a story of someone in their family or they know or whatever that has had a bad accident/fatal on a bike.
Real story... From an old colleague of mine, who was not (despite appearances) a halfwit.
"Bikes are awful dangerous. A friend of mine once accepted a lift off her friend on the back of a bike... No helmet, but they were only going a few miles so you don't really need one. But he hit a van on the bypass, and she lost her baby. She was 8 months pregnant, did I forget to say? Anyway, it turned out he was drunk, and he ended up in jail because he was already banned and the bike wasn't his. So I wouldn't go on the back of a bike"
Flamin_Squirrel
04-10-06, 05:40 PM
Not a silly question as such, but when people find out I ride a bike they ALWAYS come up with a story of someone in their family or they know or whatever that has had a bad accident/fatal on a bike.
Real story... From an old colleague of mine, who was not (despite appearances) a halfwit.
"Bikes are awful dangerous. A friend of mine once accepted a lift off her friend on the back of a bike... No helmet, but they were only going a few miles so you don't really need one. But he hit a van on the bypass, and she lost her baby. She was 8 months pregnant, did I forget to say? Anyway, it turned out he was drunk, and he ended up in jail because he was already banned and the bike wasn't his. So I wouldn't go on the back of a bike"
Yeah when you're ****ed driving a stolen vehicle you're ok as long as its a car.
A notice the one question EVEYONE with a sv must have heard/been asked hasnt had a mention..
"Sv650..thats a real girls bike isnt it" :evil: :evil: :evil: :roll:
(to which my reply is,"i also ride a zx9-r") usually shuts them up.
A notice the one question EVEYONE with a sv must have heard/been asked hasnt had a mention..
"Sv650..thats a real girls bike isnt it" :evil: :evil: :evil: :roll:
(to which my reply is,"i also ride a zx9-r") usually shuts them up.
I got that said to me once by another biker. :evil:
most people always ask me "what happens when it rains"
i tell them that mostly people start putting up their brollys, taking there clothes in ect ect.
I get 'Do you rid ethe black Ducati parked outside' (Followed by me going to look at the black Ducati - you'd think I'd learn... :oops: )
In full leather the (seemingly normal) 'On your bike today then'. I just say 'No, I just love dressing in leather' That even managed to shut up the maiuthiest guy in the office :)
'Do you know how dangerous it is on a bike' No I'm dressed top to toe in leather, kevlar, carbon fibre, titanium etc etc because I think it's the safest thing in the world.
And yes, I also get the whole 'I knew someone who was seriously injured so I'd never ride'
Oh, and from the cowards 'I'd be a great rider, but I know I'd ride that fast I'd kill myself' WTF?
What do you do when it rains? Get wet normally.
'Don't you get cold' in winter (whilst I can't move my fingers and am shivering)
ArtyLady
04-10-06, 08:11 PM
Our street had a power cut and as I was getting off the bike i was asked by a neighbour
"how are your lights working when the electricity's off?? :roll:
I politely suggested she tried the ones on her car
:smt046
ArtyLady
04-10-06, 08:16 PM
And yes, I also get the whole 'I knew someone who was seriously injured so I'd never ride'
Doesnt it get on your nerves!! - I knew someone who got run over crossing the road but it doesnt stop me doing it :roll:
Blue_SV650S
04-10-06, 08:17 PM
"Bikes are awful dangerous. A friend of mine once accepted a lift off her friend on the back of a bike... No helmet, but they were only going a few miles so you don't really need one. But he hit a van on the bypass, and she lost her baby. She was 8 months pregnant, did I forget to say? Anyway, it turned out he was drunk, and he ended up in jail because he was already banned and the bike wasn't his. So I wouldn't go on the back of a bike"
Sounds like Darwinism in action to me!!! :wink:
And yes, I also get the whole 'I knew someone who was seriously injured so I'd never ride'
Doesnt it get on your nerves!! - I knew someone who got run over crossing the road but it doesnt stop me doing it :roll:
Doesn't make me tell everyone who crosses the road about it either....
Dicky Ticker
04-10-06, 08:20 PM
"Aren't you hot in all that leather gear?"[sweat pouring off me]
Stupid questions deserve stupid answers
"No ---its to keep me warm while I melt"
I hate...
"Is that a single?"
"Why doesn't it have a full fairing?"
"How much did you pay for it?"
I love...
"It sounds like a plane"
"Is this really only a 650 twin?"
"Never seen anything like it", well I did some work on mine to achieve that :)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/zunkus/SVX_low.jpg
A notice the one question EVEYONE with a sv must have heard/been asked hasnt had a mention..
"Sv650..thats a real girls bike isnt it" :evil: :evil: :evil: :roll:
(to which my reply is,"i also ride a zx9-r") usually shuts them up.
I got that said to me once by another biker. :evil:
Hun, the response to that is to say what i do..usually works aswell;
ask them which bike is theirs, and when they point it out just say..
"Well itl be on its side in a min and i'll be jumping up and down on it" :twisted:
Serious quezzie: How can we educate these morons to suspend their prejudices and give it a go?
philipMac
05-10-06, 03:24 AM
Serious quezzie: How can we educate these morons to suspend their prejudices and give it a go?
I dunno Ed mate.
Its sort of, in you, or not. Biking is something that you always want to do, or you wont do it. If you want to do it, you will be the one that sells it to yourself.
If you dont, you probably shouldnt.
That's what I think anyway. :roll:
I hate...
"Is that a single?"
I forgot about that one. I think it gets worse when you have *prove* it to them by showing the second cyl trhough the frame :roll:
ArtyLady
05-10-06, 08:29 AM
I love...
"It sounds like a plane"
Ive never had that, but would love it too 8) :D
This morning I walked in, completely soaked, so hadn't bothered to take anything off before I got into the office.
As I walked in, the receptionist asked "Did you ride to work in this weather?" Erm. She's actually pretty cute, so I wasn't overly sarcastic.
One of the guys in the development dept saw me & came over asking "I was behind you on the way in this morning, man you've got balls riding one handed" [traffic was slow, I was bored mindless in the rain] he said, "oh yea, and I saw you flicking your left foot as well, I know enough to know that's the gear lever, but how the hell were you changing gears without the clutch? You had a race clutch fitted to it?" At which point I was doing all I could to stop myself wetting the floor (and not because my clothes were soaked), so I answered "Yea mate, racing clutch, and I use The Force".
Came into the office, and some bright spark (you know there's always one) turns around to me "Raining is it?" ... No, I just felt like I'd have a shower with my gear on!
Have all of you guys never heard the term of a rhetorical question? :roll:
Have all of you guys never heard the term of a rhetorical question? :roll:
What's that then?
DanAbnormal
05-10-06, 12:57 PM
I usually get...."Is this your bike Sir?"
Shortly afterwards I get, "Is this a LEGAL can Sir?"
:oops:
ArtyLady
05-10-06, 02:20 PM
Have all of you guys never heard the term of a rhetorical question? :roll:
Yuk - hate rhetoric - I like plain simple and to the point :roll: :lol:
Well perhaps not too blunt though, maybe a little subtlety 8)
And for the last two days as I stroll into the office without my bike gear and my hair not sporting helmet hair I've had the "so, no bike today then?". I've been told I'm a little sarcastic when my answer is "what gives it away?"
fullstop102
05-10-06, 03:04 PM
Have all of you guys never heard the term of a rhetorical question? :roll:
Have you?? :lol:
I just get a lot of folk looking at my bike. I get the odd few kids giving compliments but i dont think ive had any girly bike comments yet.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/zunkus/SVX_low.jpg
That looks very nice, Zunkus. Very, very nice.
Jester666
05-10-06, 10:51 PM
As a soggy courier the most common comment is "Is it raining?" as I drip water in the nice foyer!
My fave however was "Is that a 1200 coz I couldn't keep up with you." from a CBR600F rider to me on a Bandit 650S. I smiled all the way home! :lol:
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