MOTO-MISCONCEPTIONS!!!

[tachito]

Hey Everyone. Been awhile since my last post. But I came across a good article from www.motosavvy.com. They ran an article on moto-misconceptions and how motorcyclists are seen in society. It's pretty interesting and a few people posted their comments in the reader's review section at the bottom of the article. Some people are just plain ignorant and others are trying to shed a positive light on the industry. Here's the link if your interested.

http://www.motosavvy.com/fusebox/dsp_1c ... age_id=233

Mike

[2wheel]

If you dress the part of a "bad-a$$", people are going to assume you are one.

[Jamers!]

So what can we as riders do about the persistent characterization of the intimidating, heavily tattooed, large man in leather chaps and the new bad boy image?

well, we can not be that if thats not what you want. I think riding to get any image is dumb. I ride cause i like it, not cause i wanna look cool or anything, though it is a plus :-p. I dont care about people what people think about bikers or their image. If they want to argue about it ill get into it with em but if they want to judge people for riding or what they wear ill let em cause its not my problem. I wear a riding jacket, helmet, gloves and jeans or dickies when i ride, i have one visable tattoo. NOt really a hard "O Ring" look. If people wanna claim that im a bad "O Ring" or watever, ill kindly tell em they are mistaken and carry one with what im doing. Hope that made some sense



JWF

[scan]

I can't keep up with the posts, blogs, and stories on this website. I think I'll pass on the big read - but I also can't worry about how I'm perceived. I try to be a courtious motorist and leave a good opinion of bikers with those I meet. I hope that helps.

[Loonette]

So what can we as riders do about the persistent characterization of the intimidating, heavily tattooed, large man in leather chaps and the new bad boy image?

well, we can not be that if thats not what you want. I think riding to get any image is dumb. I ride cause i like it, not cause i wanna look cool or anything, though it is a plus :-p. I dont care about people what people think about bikers or their image. If they want to argue about it ill get into it with em but if they want to judge people for riding or what they wear ill let em cause its not my problem. I wear a riding jacket, helmet, gloves and jeans or dickies when i ride, i have one visable tattoo. NOt really a hard "O Ring" look. If people wanna claim that im a bad "O Ring" or watever, ill kindly tell em they are mistaken and carry one with what im doing. Hope that made some sense

Made sense to me. I also have tattoos (all for me and nobody else), I wear a black leather jacket (because it's warm in the winter and will hopefully save me some skin - in the Summer, however, I wear a mesh jacket). I also wear a full-face helmet, which isn't very consistent with a bad-azz image, eh? If people want to avoid me because of their (mis)perception of my "image", then fine - they're not the kind of people I would want to know anyway. Now, if I'm riding my motorcycle like a maniac and terrorizing folks on the street, then they can judge away. I don't care about the whole "image" factor though. And it's not my job to enlighten people who can't open their minds on their own.

Cheers,
Loonette




JWF

[Loonette]

So what can we as riders do about the persistent characterization of the intimidating, heavily tattooed, large man in leather chaps and the new bad boy image?

well, we can not be that if thats not what you want. I think riding to get any image is dumb. I ride cause i like it, not cause i wanna look cool or anything, though it is a plus :-p. I dont care about people what people think about bikers or their image. If they want to argue about it ill get into it with em but if they want to judge people for riding or what they wear ill let em cause its not my problem. I wear a riding jacket, helmet, gloves and jeans or dickies when i ride, i have one visable tattoo. NOt really a hard "O Ring" look. If people wanna claim that im a bad "O Ring" or watever, ill kindly tell em they are mistaken and carry one with what im doing. Hope that made some sense
JWF

Made sense to me. I also have tattoos (all for me and nobody else), I wear a black leather jacket (because it's warm in the winter and will hopefully save me some skin - in the Summer, however, I wear a mesh jacket). I also wear a full-face helmet, which isn't very consistent with a bad-azz image, eh? If people want to avoid me because of their (mis)perception of my "image", then fine - they're not the kind of people I would want to know anyway. Now, if I'm riding my motorcycle like a maniac and terrorizing folks on the street, then they can judge away. I don't care about the whole "image" factor though. And it's not my job to enlighten people who can't open their minds on their own.

Cheers,
Loonette

[pinger05]

Intresting article but it seemed to me that the author was attempting to generate more hits for their website than to actually "solve" or to "shed light on the problem".

After who amoung us doesnt realize this hipocrism <excuse the spelling and bad english>?