Italy or Japan?

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Sev · #61 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:20 pm

Car != Bike

And used car != new car.

Pound away.

Wizzard · #62 Unread post by **Wizzard** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:27 am

2006schoolbusyellow250R wrote: It comes down to xenophobia, IMHO (Disclaimer...).

Just exactly how does this sentence fit ?
Since what it means is as follows;
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Regards, Wizzard

bikeguy joe · Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:40 am

Schoolbus- so who is it you fear, the Italians? The Japanese? Harley riders? I'm confused....as for the chest pounding, pound away, I hear your good at that kind of thing.

I'm guessing you are a displaced easterner living in Texas, which makes you a westerner who is defending you eastern bikes which are so far east they are almost west.

None the less, you are rooted in the right town.

2006schoolbusyellow250R · Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:26 pm

bikeguy joe wrote:Schoolbus- so who is it you fear, the Italians? The Japanese? Harley riders? I'm confused....as for the chest pounding, pound away, I hear your good at that kind of thing.

I'm guessing you are a displaced easterner living in Texas, which makes you a westerner who is defending you eastern bikes which are so far east they are almost west.

None the less, you are rooted in the right town.

Xenophobia also means a bias against foreign things. (Pounds chest)

And, for the record, I am white.

And, also, i fear no one. When I spoke of xenophobia, I meant that those who prefer Italian bikes over clearly superior Japanese ones, did so because of their xenophobia.

And, HELL NO! I would not use a Ducati electric razor...I would not get half way through a single shave before the wiring shorted out on it.

You call it beating my chest, I call it making a point to those who refuse to hear it. (*beat* *beat*)

jmillheiser · Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:17 pm

you sound just like some harley riders I know. they are soo convinced that their hogs are better than everything else that they refuse to listen to any other opinion.

To me bikes are bikes. Quality and reliability are consistantly high in pretty much any bike made today. An '06 harley or ducati made is just as reliable as an '06 Kawasaki or Honda.

I ride the bike I like, who gives a "fudge" what anyone else thinks.

Sev · #66 Unread post by **Sev** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:27 pm

But he's so much fun to egg on! I'm enjoying this ever so much.

I think yellow is a girls bike color.

jmillheiser · Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:45 pm

Sev, have you checked the color of your bike lately LOL

TechTMW · #68 Unread post by **TechTMW** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:38 pm

Most of us who own European bikes also own, or have owned, Japanese bikes. I fail to see your logic. (If there is any?)

There is a Very tiny minority of poeple who would only own one make (or nationality) of motorcycle. These seem to be the people you are fighting against. Yet you also seem to be one of them since you would not consider anything other than a Japanese bike. Are you schizophrenic perhaps?

sapaul · #69 Unread post by **sapaul** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:46 pm

jmillheiser wrote:you sound just like some harley riders I know. they are soo convinced that their hogs are better than everything else that they refuse to listen to any other opinion.

To me bikes are bikes. Quality and reliability are consistantly high in pretty much any bike made today. An '06 harley or ducati made is just as reliable as an '06 Kawasaki or Honda.

I ride the bike I like, who gives a "fudge" what anyone else thinks.

Now that's the kind of opinion I like to hear.

I used to be schizophrenic but I am OK now and so am I

Gummiente · Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:49 pm

jmillheiser wrote:you sound just like some harley riders I know.

You should introduce them to schoolboy, I bet they'd get a kick out of him saying his sig line in person.