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mbazza
29th July 2007, 17:15
I was in my usual Dunedin M/C shop Saturday morning and suffered the second most wounding discrimination I've felt as a biker!
My last bike an XT600, traded in about this time last year was on the floor. On the sales ticket were the usual details and a lowered price. Also written was . . . . . . "One Senior Owner" . . . . !
Senior! How dare they! I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth! Ridden bikes for 35yrs plus!
My wife was convulsing with laughter and I worried for her as she staggered about the showroom!
Worse, was that the usual sales people weren't about so I couldn't complain.
My wife made matters worse by pointing out that if I was a "One Senior Owner", she'd better start looking for a more 'JUNIOR" owner!
"One careful owner, only ridden on sunny Sundays or owner now Sazuki convert", I could handle! But 'One Senior Owner' . . . . oh!
I'll be ringing them first thing Monday morning! The insult!
When were you last discriminated against as a biker, rider, whatever!Cheers:dodge: lol
Karma
29th July 2007, 17:17
There was that time that two of us were late for work, we both blamed the traffic, the other guy got let off and I got a finger wagging because they knew I rode a bike and cut traffic :(
Jantar
29th July 2007, 17:25
If your usual shop is the one that sells VStroms, then make sure you go in when Bill is there. Dean or Jason will simply change the wording from senior to elderly. :dodge:
McJim
29th July 2007, 17:31
Maybe their spelling was rubbish and they thought you were a bloke from Spain? One Seņor Rider - like the spanish pervert - Seņor Balls
Leong
29th July 2007, 17:31
I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth! ...............

Actually you're probably around 5 years OLDER than your teeth.....!!!:dodge:

Don't know how old you are but when I come to trade my bike in I'll be happy for them to refer to me as a senior PROVIDED they give me a good price accordingly...
Mekk
29th July 2007, 17:33
Cheers for that, mbazza. Cracked me up. :D
JimO
29th July 2007, 17:44
you are going to the wrong shop, MCR is where you want to be
Karma
29th July 2007, 17:47
how do you get those little squiggly things over the n?

ņ alt + 0241
mbazza
29th July 2007, 17:47
Thanks so far for comments, all have given me a giggle! Cheers :scooter:
merv
29th July 2007, 18:23
If you admitted on here exactly how old you are instead of not showing your birth date on your profile then we might have some sympathy for you.

It reminds me of a time a few years ago when a biker came to grief and crashed on Ngauranga Gorge and a guy I know at the time wasn't pleased to see the guy referred to in the newspaper as an elderly gentleman of 56 when my mate was about that age himself at the time :shit:.
paturoa
29th July 2007, 18:55
"One Senior Owner"

So you skipped your mid life crisis and went straight to Senior? Thats just not fair!

Us young-uns will still respect you....
Skunk
29th July 2007, 20:04
ņ alt + 0241
ņ 'option n' then 'n' on a Mac.
mbazza
29th July 2007, 20:17
If you admitted on here exactly how old you are instead of not showing your birth date on your profile then we might have some sympathy for you.

Profile sorted. And I thought nobody cared! Cheers :scooter:
mbazza
29th July 2007, 20:20
So you skipped your mid life crisis and went straight to Senior? Thats just not fair!

Us young-uns will still respect you....

Cheeky bugger! Still, did the Brass Monkey fromm OOOkland on a GOOD sports bike. Will get to senior owner pretty soon. Cheers. :cold:
Skunk
29th July 2007, 20:40
Profile sorted. And I thought nobody cared! Cheers :scooter:
Mmmm, you're older than me so that means you're Senior Seņor.
DougB
29th July 2007, 20:57
That is also discrimination against 'Senior riders'.I am 75 soon and dont think my style of riding has changed much in the last fifty years. I expect that many riders of my age, and older, would say much the same.

The tag 'senior rider' does not mean a thing to any thinking person, perhaps a young guy would be tricked into thinking us oldies are more gentle with our bikes. I dont think it is so.
BigRed2007
29th July 2007, 21:04
lol thats funny!
merv
29th July 2007, 21:09
If you admitted on here exactly how old you are instead of not showing your birth date on your profile then we might have some sympathy for you.

Profile sorted. And I thought nobody cared! Cheers :scooter:

Now I see you're just a young one close to my age.
oldrider
29th July 2007, 21:27
I was in my usual Dunedin M/C shop Saturday morning and suffered the second most wounding discrimination I've felt as a biker!
My last bike an XT600, traded in about this time last year was on the floor. On the sales ticket were the usual details and a lowered price. Also written was . . . . . . "One Senior Owner" . . . . !
Senior! How dare they! I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth! Ridden bikes for 35yrs plus!
My wife was convulsing with laughter and I worried for her as she staggered about the showroom!
Worse, was that the usual sales people weren't about so I couldn't complain.
My wife made matters worse by pointing out that if I was a "One Senior Owner", she'd better start looking for a more 'JUNIOR" owner!
"One careful owner, only ridden on sunny Sundays or owner now Sazuki convert", I could handle! But 'One Senior Owner' . . . . oh!
I'll be ringing them first thing Monday morning! The insult!
When were you last discriminated against as a biker, rider, whatever!Cheers:dodge: lol

You got off lightly, they probably didn't know how to spell "senile"! :weird: :rofl:
fireliv
29th July 2007, 21:44
Hehehehe.......

Well at least when you walk into a bike shop they dont think you want to buy a scooter like they do with me.... or assume I know nothing.......

To be fair a lot of bike shops are getting better, and a few even heave female employees which is even better
Drew
29th July 2007, 21:56
Mate, at least I'm sure they talk to you in the shop, when I walk into a bike shop, (other than TSS, great folk down there) I'm totally ignored, I'll admit, that being self employed, work is slow right now so I'm not in a position to buy, but I make a handsome living, and get snobbed for my appearance.
Dutchee
29th July 2007, 22:43
I gave a scooter I had when I was a teen to my dad (when in my late 20's). Dad phoned up his insurance & said he wanted to insure the scooter (Honda 250). The young female on the other end told him it was covered under his house & contents.
He thought about it a bit, then phoned back and spoke to her supervisor. The first person he'd spoken to about the insurance had looked at his age & presumed he meant a mobility scooter (the supervisor wet herself at this point).
Dad was not impressed (he was in his 60's back then).
Youngsters these days (damn, that's scarey). :)
CM2005
29th July 2007, 23:15
your not old!! haha, i'm 18, i get ignored in some bike shops too. also, someone on here mentioned MCR, they're cool.
Boob Johnson
30th July 2007, 03:42
Senior! How dare they! I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth!LMFAO!!!! Bazza :laugh:


Hope I didn't wake the flatties with the burst of laughter just then. Great post mate :niceone:
Draco
6th August 2007, 00:47
I've met with discrimination in the motorcycling world on many occasions. I took my leathers to be repaired after crashing on the track and the person asked me when "He" needed them back. Any idiot could have seen they were made for a curvy midget and no bloke would even get one arm in em. I recently bought a bike on trademe and was told I couldn't test ride it, however when I turned up with Death (my partner) to test ride it, there was suddenly no problem. I've been ignored in bike shops on too many occasions to count and now too many occasions to care. I've finally learnt not to take it to heart. It's just an advertising ploy in your case mate.
scumdog
6th August 2007, 02:46
Mwahaha ya old bastid, that'll teach you to trade to a bike shop.

Private sale = no comments about 'senior owner!