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RantyDave
6th May 2006, 10:17
Yes, town. As in, a place where people live.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20060501/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_georgia_biker_town

Dave

XTC
6th May 2006, 10:40
Bet they won't have a boulevard boulevard.....

Motu
6th May 2006, 10:55
Oh,fucking choice eh man! A permanent 4 ring dog fighting pit....rape rooms,all the stuff a biker town needs....


Oh,hang on....it's the 21st century,these guys are only bikers on their days off,they'll hold dentist conventions there,real estate seminars,and you'll be able to keep an eye on the stock market from the bar.Finn will love it - right wingers bikers town.

Ixion
6th May 2006, 11:02
Yep. You got it.

From the article



Motorcyclists, once thought of as outlaws and renegades, have moved into the American mainstream, Smith said.

"The old stigma of the biker is gone," said Smith, known to his friends as Wayne. "It's corporate America. It's lawyers, bankers, all kinds of people. They put their leathers on and when they're here drinking a beer together, they're all brothers."


Oh, the BAD ASSES ! (Sorry Mr Hitcher, but needs must)

Ichabod, Ichabod. No wonder bikers get no respect these days, people think we're all posing plonkers.

XTC
6th May 2006, 12:37
We are all posing plonkers......

Ixion
6th May 2006, 12:38
Perhaps some are instead plonking poseurs ?

XTC
6th May 2006, 13:04
Yeah - Finn

vs04
6th May 2006, 13:07
We,re all bikers on our day of[think about it]i,ve got the impression reading some of the posts here that there,s a few kb,rs that work in a office,i doubt that they would sit at work all leathered up saying check me out i ride motorcycles i,m a hard ass,but come the weekend their doing no different from what the other corporates are doing.Sure there,s posers but then there,s a shit load that are,nt also.I think the town,s a good idea i,d like to see something like that here but with the amount of regulations and other bullshit thats fucked this country it would be highly unlikely.

Ixion
6th May 2006, 13:13
Well of course, it is still quite possible to work in an office and still ride to work. Many bikers are bikers 7 days a week. Or, at any rate miss only the odd day.

oldrider
6th May 2006, 13:24
When the old NZED hostel in Omarama became available for sale at reasonable $$$$ I had a thought of buying it and establishing a sort of Mecca for motorcycles.
Kind of like a permanent rally or cafe stopover for bikers!
Still like the idea and the increase in value would have made it worth while just to have a go, don't think I would have lost money even if it didn't work.
20/20 hindsight again, just lacked the balls to do it. Cheers John.
PS: It is a Motel complex now.

XTC
6th May 2006, 13:25
I wear leather gloves at work, does that help?

Storm
6th May 2006, 13:56
Working in the brothels bondage room? :bleh: :bleh:

Oakie
6th May 2006, 13:59
When the old NZED hostel in Omarama became available for sale at reasonable $$$$ I had a thought of buying it and establishing a sort of Mecca for motorcycles.
PS: It is a Motel complex now.

My God. I used to do audits of that place a few years back when I was with Electricorp... err, ECNZ... err Meridian... err they must be due for another change. 1988 to about 1992. I suppose it's the same place. Just off the left of the main road as you come in from the Kurow end?

vs04
6th May 2006, 15:04
Well of course, it is still quite possible to work in an office and still ride to work. Many bikers are bikers 7 days a week. Or, at any rate miss only the odd day.
Many, but not the majority i would think.That dose,nt make the ones who leave there riding till the weekends any less enthusiastic.

Ixion
6th May 2006, 15:08
No, though perhaps less exposed to the mercies of commuting cages. But you are quite correct that some bikers are proscribed.

Though I wonder how many bosses would have to nerve to lay down a strict "no motorcycles for commuting" rule. I would dearly have loved to have one of them try that on some-one when I was a union delegate. Wherez me flat cap. All out bruvvers, until management apologise for their their truculent antiworker aggression.

I think I might start a poll on this.

vs04
6th May 2006, 15:09
When the old NZED hostel in Omarama became available for sale at reasonable $$$$ I had a thought of buying it and establishing a sort of Mecca for motorcycles.
Kind of like a permanent rally or cafe stopover for bikers!
Still like the idea and the increase in value would have made it worth while just to have a go, don't think I would have lost money even if it didn't work.
20/20 hindsight again, just lacked the balls to do it. Cheers John.
PS: It is a Motel complex now.
There,s a place up here in woodville just outside palmerston north called boots n braces,a bar come cafe type place for bikers,been there a couple of times.Biggest hamburgers i,ve ever seen.

oldrider
6th May 2006, 15:29
There,s a place up here in woodville just outside palmerston north called boots n braces,a bar come cafe type place for bikers,been there a couple of times.Biggest hamburgers i,ve ever seen.
I grew up in Woodville, last time there I went and had a look but was with people who didn't appreciate the atmosphere.
I thought it looked good. I used to think it was a HD (HOG) club!
I think it was Bonze (KB'r) who enlightened me about it. Cheers John.

Bonez
6th May 2006, 16:02
I grew up in Woodville, last time there I went and had a look but was with people who didn't appreciate the atmosphere.
I thought it looked good. I used to think it was a HD (HOG) club!
I think it was Bonze (KB'r) who enlightened me about it. Cheers John.Murry, the owner is, always willing to have a feindly natter. Usaully something on the notice board re up and coming events. And I second the nosh is good value for your hard earned...............

vs04
6th May 2006, 16:53
Murry, the owner is, always willing to have a feindly natter. Usaully something on the notice board re up and coming events. And I second the nosh is good value for your hard earned...............
Have,nt done the breakfast yet but plan on doing so next ride through to hastings.

Timber020
6th May 2006, 23:26
A biker town in the US, imagine after they have $30 worth of $2 beers and then crash there asses on there way out of town. Guys lying on the ground with his leather vest, fingerless gloves and chaps ripped up, bleeding everywhere and sobbing. A guy stops "are you okay bud?"
"Im a orthodontist, look at my hands, I'm ruined!"
"You could sue the guy who sold you the beer or the guy who made the town"
"great idea, I need my smart jewish lawyer"
"I can find him for you, where is he?"
"hes about a mile ahead wearing a german helmet and riding a west coast choppers jacket on a tassled, loud and overchromed harely"
"You idiot, we'll never find him, we all look like that!"

:nya:

vs04
7th May 2006, 07:53
A biker town in the US, imagine after they have $30 worth of $2 beers and then crash there asses on there way out of town. Guys lying on the ground with his leather vest, fingerless gloves and chaps ripped up, bleeding everywhere and sobbing. A guy stops "are you okay bud?"
"Im a orthodontist, look at my hands, I'm ruined!"
"You could sue the guy who sold you the beer or the guy who made the town"
"great idea, I need my smart jewish lawyer"
"I can find him for you, where is he?"
"hes about a mile ahead wearing a german helmet and riding a west coast choppers jacket on a tassled, loud and overchromed harely"
"You idiot, we'll never find him, we all look like that!"

:nya:
Would,nt be a german helmet,it would be a stars n stripes bandana.Still like the idea of it though.

Timber020
7th May 2006, 22:22
yeah I used the german helmet thing to point out the irony of a jewish guy wearing one.

Finn
7th May 2006, 23:29
Yeah - Finn

I'm sitting here on the deck looking at my $2 million view, smoking a cuban cigar, drinking the finest cognac and being hand fed caviar from two high class hookers I flew over from Australia, thinking what the hell are you talking about?

vs04
8th May 2006, 07:21
yeah I used the german helmet thing to point out the irony of a jewish guy wearing one.
Sorry did,nt pick up on it,very clever i thought.

RantyDave
8th May 2006, 07:53
looking at my $2 million view, smoking a cuban cigar, drinking the finest cognac and being hand fed caviar from two high class hookers
And still posting on KB? Mate, your priorities are messed up :)

Dave

vs04
8th May 2006, 12:27
I'm sitting here on the deck looking at my $2 million view, smoking a cuban cigar, drinking the finest cognac and being hand fed caviar from two high class hookers I flew over from Australia, thinking what the hell are you talking about?
Shit finn,all that wealth and you still have to pay for it.

Finn
8th May 2006, 12:32
Shit finn,all that wealth and you still have to pay for it.

I'm also short, fat, bald and ugly with bad teeth.

vs04
8th May 2006, 12:50
I'm also short, fat, bald and ugly with bad teeth.
That explains it then.

mstriumph
8th May 2006, 13:00
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"You idiot, we'll never find him, we all look like that!"

:nya:
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