why bikes\bikers are cool

[obanite]

I always nod!

Most people nod in a very sideways manner, it's quite funny really Up and down damnit, you can do it!!

Seriously thinking about taking the ZZR to a track day... not sure if I can be bothered though, need to buy a 1 piece and fork out a shit load of cash for a couple of hrs... hmmmmm.

 

[rasrave]

I nod/wave when passing anoher bike, either in the opposite direction or overtaking (yeah, I know, could be misconstrued when overtaking...).
Starnge thing here in the US is the Sportbike versus "cruisers" versus Harley riders.
I get a wave half of the time from the Cruisers ("cos we are both riding Japanese bikes"), and about 20% of the time from the Harley bunch...it's all about the "coolnes", you see...
I do stop every time for bikes on the side of the road, especially if I am in the car.

 

[djbombscare]

I always nod!

Most people nod in a very sideways manner, it's quite funny really Up and down damnit, you can do it!!

Seriously thinking about taking the ZZR to a track day... not sure if I can be bothered though, need to buy a 1 piece and fork out a shit load of cash for a couple of hrs... hmmmmm.

You should be able to do track days in 2 piece suits, I know I have.

And as much as I hate to say it. Fleabay is great for leather suits. There;s always someone whos had to much cahs flogging a decent set of hardly used leathers cos they've either scared themselves, its not the latest version, or they've got too fat for em.

I go down the local shop try em on to get me size then get oin fleabay.

Cant help with rasisng the cash for the trackday though. BUT get some bobbins and mushrooms on that ZZR Just in case.




Oh and I always nod to the side its just the way I've always done it

 

[obanite]

You should be able to do track days in 2 piece suits, I know I have.

And as much as I hate to say it. Fleabay is great for leather suits. There;s always someone whos had to much cahs flogging a decent set of hardly used leathers cos they've either scared themselves, its not the latest version, or they've got too fat for em.

I go down the local shop try em on to get me size then get oin fleabay.

Cant help with rasisng the cash for the trackday though. BUT get some bobbins and mushrooms on that ZZR Just in case.




Oh and I always nod to the side its just the way I've always done it

Yeah I think the guy at my local shop said two pieces that zip together are ok. Cool, I'll definitely try that, thanks for the advice

 

[djbombscare]

yeah that'll do it. the only people I've heard of being even slighlty snobbish about leather are the Ducatti experience things, but thats only ever been rumours.

So if you got an idea of who you wanna go with give em a call to double check. Oh and if you can do Brands Hatch

 

[Cloud]

I've ridden bikes since the age of 9, owned over 30 bikes and tbh after coming back to biking after a few years off I'm pretty ashamed to be a part of it.

It's full of guys who weren't allowed to play out as kids. Rich mans play time. I dunno how it ever developed into the way it is.

Honest I just despair at what biking has become. "oo dear i must wear two grands worth of protective bling cos it's safe and of course nobody notices", it's like david beckham drove in or summat.

Shitty laws and lack of common sense just promote the wankish nature of the biking industry atm, it's turned into yaughting.

 

[djbombscare]

Cloud, I totally agree with you, However I have to disagree as well.

Yes the two grands worth of leathers all the gear no idea people exist out there. Without being rude to any particular make or model usually these type of people ride Italian or US twins. Thats not saying everyone that ride them is that type.

You aksi find that there is a breed of ignorent car drivers who know nothing about bikes and pruchase them like they do cars as status symbol. These guys usually ride German metal or the obligatory enduro style Paris Dakar thing. Cos something that can cross a desert is obviously the best thing for the commute around Reading

As much as these people exist, and they are complet and utter pricks. Its sort of a good thing. Firstly because for years the Biking industry has had that if you ride a motorbike your a hooligan rebel hell bent on destroying a world that doesn’t understand, an organ donors or a Hells Angels

There has pretty much always been that segregation Hog riders don t mix with sports bike riders cos they think they look like power rangers, and BMW riders are all old men and every on hates moped riders.

But now that is sort of going, Its shaken off a lot of this hooligan negative imagery. And the segregation isn’t so defined. I only ever here the negative stuff from the older generation who don’t really understand that just cos its making a fair bit of noise doesn’t mean it’s doing 180 on the roundabout. And yes these flashy cunts are fucking annoying, but it’s like that screaming kid behind you at a footie match. If it still had the old skool image of hooliganship and lunacy they wouldn’t be there. So the fact that they are there, means the image is changing for the positive if ya see what I mean.

It means I can turn up at work on my bike and no-one thinks oooooh nutter. I don’t get turned away at pubs (I have been in the past) by a wee don’t want your sort in here. Stuff like that doesn’t happen as much these days. And as these knob jockeys are usually the ones in flash cars who are usually totally unaware of other road users a few near misses riding means they drive better.

It’s a while since I’ve said this but it doesn’t matter what you ride as long as you ride. The knob jockeys etc don’t stick around for long, they either bin the bike cos there over inflated ego makes them think they can ride like Rossi ( what a race last night) Or they give up when the new fad of. . .er. . . . track days cars comes into play.

Then we bikers manage to pick up full sets of 2k leathers for £200 on fleabay. So positives all round I think.