Aflundi's thread inspired this rant

[Heimdall Einherjar]

I can't stand fake riders.

Fake riders usually fall into two categories: the ones on sportbikes who just ride to stunt and look like morons and the ones on cruisers who just ride to cruise around the boulevard.

They are very separate crowds but have much in common.
They both seem to confine their riding to nice days, and wear really lame getups while riding, be it the gay biker (Rob Halford) look or the phony racer look.
They both ride vastly impractical machines with ridiculous riding positions, either the hunched over "take-it-in-the-tookis" position or the "look how cool I am because I can lean back" position.

Now, of course I like plenty of sportbikes and power cruisers but that's not what annoys me, not the bikes themselves.
I hate fake riders!

I ride wherever whenever and during any conditions you can imagine.
I went out, bought a piece of junk old Honda and make repairs with borrowed tools when something goes wrong, and if it rains, I wear snowboarding pants.
I'm not some spoiled little rich wigger whose mommy and daddy bought him a brand new CBR-600 so their little boy could go stunting with all the other jackasses.
Hell, today I had a job interview so I rode 20 miles in a business suit, and the other day it was pouring rain but I had to go somewhere so by God I did, even though I'm new and the conditions would cause even some experienced riders to soil themselves.

THIS is why I like naked bikes.
It's the kind of bike meant for real riders... dudes who want a good time on their bike, but have to use it for real life and don't want to spend their long drives bent over.

So Aflundi... the reason that normal, practical bikes are not popular here is because most of our riders don't ride because they are real riders... they ride because they have small wangs and need to know what it's like to have something useful between their legs.

[Shiv]

What's the original thread in question?

And I feel a debate coming on about the 'naked bikes for real riders' comment.

[Heimdall Einherjar]

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BTW is your sig from "Whose Line Is It Anyway"?

[dr_bar]

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BTW is your sig from "Whose Line Is It Anyway"?

Even I know the answer to that...

Arlo Guthrie, the son of that famous folk singer Woody Guthrie.

The quote is from the "B" side of Alice's Restaurant,

The Motorcycle Song
words and music by Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS:
I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
I just want to ride on my motorcy...cle

It was late last night the other day
I thought I'd go up and see Ray
So l went up and I saw Ray
There was only one thing Ray could say, was:

CHORUS

Just last week I was on my bike
I run into a friend named Mike
Run into my friend named Mike
Mike no longer has a bike. He cries:

CHORUS

[High_Side]

GOOD fer YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU!

"If there is one thing I can't stand it's intollerance for other people and the Dutch"........Goldmember

Get over yourself.

I like to ski, have all brand-new equipment and didn't even get out this year. I'm probably a great pretender in the eyes of someone when I get out there but I don't need to live the lifestyle of a hardcore skier to have fun. So what if someone has a nice cruiser that they only take out on sunny saturdays and only have it wrenched by the dealer. How special do you make yourself feel when you cut 'em down about it? How does it hurt you?

[skinnyjoint]

the same can be said about cagers as well. but there isnt "poo poo" that you can do..... so just live with it

[paul246]

Heimdall Einherjar, you are clearly narcissistic. Get some help.

[Sev]

WAAAAH WAAAAAAAH SOMEONE HAS A BETTER BIKE THEN ME, BUT THEY DON'T RIDE IT AS OFTEN!!!

This thread makes me sick! The words I have in response to this are going to be edited by the profanity filter. So I'm NOT going to use them.

Rather, I'm going to ask why you get to look down upon people. Who gave you the right to judge and assume and make assumptions about who people are, and how they live their lives.

First glance, I guess I'm not a real biker either, I mean... I'm a young kid (22), on a really nice bike (in my opinion). I don't have a LOT of miles on it yet, and I've only been riding for 2 years now. I look really young, so it's easy to assume I'm 16 or 17, which basically makes it appear that I fall into the category of a fake biker. Oh, and my biker jeans are baggy, so I MUST be a wigger.

So, according to you:
I must be a wigger 16 year old who got his mommy or daddy to buy him a bike so he could ride around a look cool, and do stunts, and generally just impress his friends.

You go on to brag about your ability to ride in"extreme" conditions. So you've done like Gummi and gone across Canada when there was still snow flying? (Yeah, I remember that story, still makes my toes tingle) You bought a Ural and were out in January?


How about this, like I said, I'm 22. I bought my bike by MYSELF, I had to work in a steel mill all summer to afford the bike AND school. I was doing 12 hour rotating shifts, changing back and forth every two days.

You've ridden in condtion's that'd make a "real biker" "poo poo" himself? So that's what... light rain? Maybe a it hit 40 degrees in the morning when you left?

I've been out in rain so heavy that it was sheeting off the highway deep enough to push against my rims. I've left for a 500km trip (one direction) in Oct when the weather didn't get above 35 degrees the whole day. I've put 500km on my bike JUST for a cup of coffee.

I've taken my bike to a wedding because I didn't have a car, and I've taken it down gravel roads that would make some car drivers flinch.


How do I politely say that maybe you should stop judging OTHER people and start looking at yourself? People who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around naked.

[VermilionX]

i bought my bike on my own too. i also look like im only 19 but im already 25.

but i sure wish my parents were rich enough to buy the bike for me and then buy me all the stuff i posted on the wishlist thread.

and yeah, you need to stop judging other people.

[kabob983]

Get over yourself.

+1

Who made you the authority on who's a "genuine" bike and who's a poser? And even so, why does someone who only wants to go ride on nice days instantly become a poser? Maybe...just maybe...they don't feel as safe on bad weather days. So...wanting to be as safe as possible while on 2 wheels...that must make you a poser as well...

There are MANY different types of bikers. Don't try labeling them just because you're feeling angry...