Who is giving bikers a bad name?

[CBR97]

I have read that someone is giving bike riders a bad name, :who is IT"

I have asked alot of people, "Why do you think us bike rider,s are bad"
everyone of them didnt know what the fuck i was going on about,

"but" i said,
I have read on a web site that we"Bikre rider,s " keep getting a bad name, because of others,"bike Rider,s" doing bad things.

but still they have no idea waht im talking about,

there was only 1 person who knew what i was talking about, my Nana, she told me in the old days, there used to be bad bike rider,s. she saw them at the movies, they wanted to root all the girls, and beat the men up, and do wheelies,

Im still not sure , but can you tell me who you have talked too, and why they think us bike riders are bad,

as i cant find any fucker who gives a fuck:headbang:

im at work and looking for a fight:niceone:

[DingoZ]

:gob:.....Really, are there people out there like that...?

:bash: The Bloody lot of em I say..

Public lynching coming up

[skidMark]

**Steps out of the thread slowly backwards trying to be unnoticed**

:innocent:

[onearmedbandit]

Excellent post. Everyone I speak to (non-motorcylists) never has a bad word to say about bikes (at least not to my face), rather they express a desire to ride one or re-tell a story about a bike they saw doing a wheelie or whatever. There are of course those that hate motorcyclists, and no amount of flouro-vest wearing or kids-toys rides will change their perception. For the most part however the majority are either fascinated or plain not interested in motoryclists.

[Stampy]

I think the majority of people who dislike bikes are people who have lost friends/loved ones in motorcycle accidents etc, A lot of people dislike them because we are able to filter thru traffic and lane split, Most older guy's dislike them because they are pissed off they never learned to ride and have had a lifetime stuck in the car with mum and the kids:2thumbsup:2thumbsup

[Sully60]

I think the majority of people who dislike bikes are people who have lost friends/loved ones in motorcycle accidents etc, A lot of people dislike them because we are able to filter thru traffic and lane split, Most older guy's dislike them because they are pissed off they never learned to ride and have had a lifetime stuck in the car with mum and the kids:2thumbsup:2thumbsup

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[Gubb]

"bike rider,s" "Bikre rider,s" "bike Rider,s""bike rider,s".

You know that commas and apostrophes are different?

[madandy]

I think the majority of people who dislike bikes are people who have lost friends/loved ones in motorcycle accidents etc, A lot of people dislike them because we are able to filter thru traffic and lane split, Most older guy's dislike them because they are pissed off they never learned to ride and have had a lifetime stuck in the car with mum and the kids:2thumbsup:2thumbsup

Yup - or that they used to ride and wish they still did. In that case they are envious of the rider rather than against bikes in general.
I work for a rather conservative Golf Glub. My apprentice rides a ZX6R as well as my well known indulgence and I've seen & heard nothing but admiration for our machines when they're parked up at the shed.
Some of the early morning starters are convinced we're temporary Kiwis, of course but that's because the bikes look fast when they're on their sidestands :headbang:

[HDTboy]

she told me in the old days, there used to be bad bike rider,s. she saw them at the movies, they wanted to root all the girls, and beat the men up, and do wheelies,

It's me!

I love doing all of the things you have listed. Sorry guys, I'll pull my head in now. Words on my computer screen have made me see the error of my ways and I shall undertake a full attitude readjustment because of it.

Sorry

[idb]

It's me!

I love doing all of the things you have listed. Sorry guys, I'll pull my head in now. Words on my computer screen have made me see the error of my ways and I shall undertake a full attitude readjustment because of it.

Sorry

HDTboy's a pretty bad name...it all adds up now!

[HDTboy]

Does IDB stand for "I Do Boys"?

[idb]

Does IDB stand for "I Do Boys"?

No, there're no capitals!!!

[scumdog]

You know that commas and apostrophes are different?

Kinda ripped into my eyes too.

Maybe bad grammar and punctuation was part of being a bad image biker??

[Bren]

my first girlfriends mom used to warn her about me...and ya know what....she was right...I was a bad boy:spanking:....but she was a naughty little slapper,:girlfight: and not the angel her mom thought she was

[scumdog]

I love doing all of the things you have listed. Sorry guys, I'll pull my head in now. Words on my computer screen have made me see the error of my ways and I shall undertake a full attitude readjustment because of it.

Sorry

If you ride a GSX-R 600 I should think so too!!

[Patch]

my first girlfriends mom used to warn her about me...and ya know what....she was right...I was a bad boy:spanking:....but she was a naughty little slapper,:girlfight: and not the angel her mom thought she was
that explains half the southern population :laugh:

[Bren]

that explains half the southern population :laugh:


actually, i was born in auckland...and that incident occured in norfland...i have only been in the souf 21 years

[NighthawkNZ]

that explains half the southern population :laugh:
as well as the norths...

[Usarka]

My mum gave a biker a bad name. Percival. i'll never forgive her. :lol:


guy at work hates bikers 'cause the filter past him at the lights. He's an otherwise nice enough guy. You can see his blood pressure rise as he tells what happens. i wind him up all the time.

[Blue Velvet]

Some oarsome wanker called me scum in a supermarket carpark last night.

Maybe we could ask him? His preconceived ideas are obviously sound.

[The Stranger]

I'm sure dipshit, our resident self appointed authority on this matter will be along presently to enlighten us.

[CookMySock]

I think the majority of people who dislike bikes are people who have lost friends/loved ones in motorcycle accidents etcyears ago I hooked up with a family of ladies - nan, mum, toddlers.. separated I assumed, so I announce to them with glee that I just got my aeroplane license. THUDDD, pin drops, someone coughs... "oh my dad and my hubby were killed in a plane crash". Ewwwwwps!! Very sobering moment. All their lovely boys dead. Nasty.

I have never seen animosity toward bikers. These days its common for the bikie to be someones' middle-aged mum or dad, or someones' girlfriend.

There is a new threat on the road now, and that is the boy racers - and even they are not widely seen except in the media, and really just want to go have their own fun, like we do. They are just young and their feelings are felt very strongly and they are provoked easily.


DB

[snot]

If you ride a GSX-R 600 I should think so too!!

I hear its more like a large pile of shit, rather than a motorcycle

[Trudes]

It's all jealousy. That and the old stereotyped image of motorcycle gangs and criminals riding Harleys.

[MSTRS]

It's all jealousy. That and the old stereotyped image of motorcycle gangs and criminals riding Harleys.

True. As well as the other historical theory that motorcycles were for people who couldn't afford cars...and we all know that poor people are scum.
Actually, I think it boils down to jealousy. Motorcycles represent freedom, and some (many?) people don't have the cojones to grab a bit of that freedom for themselves, so transfer feelings of inadequacy into 'hatred' of bikers.

[idb]

I think it's more from the smug-looking pricks that sweep en masse into a cafe with their shiny Cordura and flip-up helmets with bike communication microphones fitted, their cellphones to their ears while ordering their lattes, laughing loudly and taking over two seats each.

Grrrr!!!!

[SVboy]

I hear its more like a large pile of shit, rather than a motorcycle

Skidmark MK2? Hope not......

[MIXONE]

**Steps out of the thread slowly backwards trying to be unnoticed**

:innocent:

:niceone::rofl:
I know you aint the most popular person on KB however I still appreciate someone who can take the piss out of themselves!

[Daffyd]

You know that commas and apostrophes are different?

And that neither should be used in that context.
Apostrophes should only be used, [1] where a letter or letters are missed out, eg. "It's for it is." [2] denoting ownership, eg. "I binned Dad's bike."
The exeption to the rule is; Its (without apostrophe) for ownership, eg. "The cat got its tail caught in the mincer."

[Number One]

my first girlfriends mom used to warn her about me...and ya know what....she was right...I was a bad boy:spanking:....but she was a naughty little slapper,:girlfight: and not the angel her mom thought she was

REESSPECT!!!!

Have to say I'm a bit disappointed as I am clearly NOT one of the bikers giving us a bad name - not only can I not do wheelies but I don't want to root all the girls:shutup:...oh well

[Blue Velvet]

I just heard an oarsome bike thunder past my work. It sounded cool.

That is all.

[Stampy]

Wasn't me, wish I was riding though!!:cry::cry:

[FROSTY]

Keep in mind folks theres a shit load more of them than there is of us.
Why do they hate us -mostly they don't --they just actually don't give a shit,
Those that do--some just hate the world-period!!!
Some have had freinds killed or badly hurt on bikes.
Some have had fuckwit riders carving em up

[jrandom]

I think it's more from the smug-looking pricks that sweep en masse into a cafe with their shiny Cordura and flip-up helmets with bike communication microphones fitted, their cellphones to their ears while ordering their lattes, laughing loudly and taking over two seats each.

You've met the Hitchers too, then?

[Ixion]

Is 'cause I is black, eesn't eet ?

[Trudes]

Oh and who is giving bikers bad names? Our parents are, there are quite a few Nigels, Franks and Richards out there riding bikes.

[MotoGirl]

I work with a guy who genuinely hates bikes and loves pointing it out to me. I think his reason is because we're (generally) law breakers who, in his eyes, put everyone else on the road at risk.

[Hitcher]

You've met the Hitchers too, then?

Hmmm. Thank you for those words of encouragement, Daniel.

[jrandom]

Hmmm. Thank you for those words of encouragement, Daniel.

:hug:

In all truth, good sir, I could not imagine a more opposite pair of riders to idb's caricature.

I'm just jealous of your flip-up helmets.

:weep:

[Weaver]

This old bastard I work with hates bikers because the always pass him when hes doing 20k's over the Rimutakas towing a caravan ,and not pulling over because, " I pay to use the roads, so I don't have to".
Its people like him that are giving all the old people a bad name.
If you saw a someone wrapping up another colleges tool box in wrapping plastic, would you laugh, or give a disappointed look to the wrapee?

[Str8 Jacket]

This old bastard I work with hates bikers because the always pass him when hes doing 20k's over the Rimutakas towing a caravan ,and not pulling over because, " I pay to use the roads, so I don't have to".
Its people like him that are giving all the old people a bad name.
If you saw a someone wrapping up another colleges tool box in wrapping plastic, would you laugh, or give a disappointed look to the wrapee?

Well if it was the companies property then I would have to give them a warning for destroying company property.... :nono:

[DingoZ]

If you saw a someone wrapping up another colleges tool box in wrapping plastic, would you laugh, or give a disappointed look to the wrapee?


Give him a round of applause and help him finish before said owner of tool box arrived back...:)....:done:....:innocent:....:first:

[Weaver]

Well if it was the companies property then I would have to give them a warning for destroying company property.... :nono:

I wouldn't put that past my boss. But the plastic was being thrown out anyway. Also I wasn't destroying the companys property, the owner of said toolbox would be. :cool:

[Str8 Jacket]

I wouldn't put that past my boss. But the plastic was being thrown out anyway. Also I wasn't destroying the companys property, the owner of said toolbox would be. :cool:

Help the guy then, quickly!!! I happen to know koba has done something similar and got a very funny reactio! :sunny:

[CBR97]

And that neither should be used in that context.
Apostrophes should only be used, [1] where a letter or letters are missed out, eg. "It's for it is." [2] denoting ownership, eg. "I binned Dad's bike."
The exeption to the rule is; Its (without apostrophe) for ownership, eg. "The cat got its tail caught in the mincer.":bleh:I"ll try::; to remmmmmber the speeling next time, and the grammma'',
but i only went to school to root the girls"";; and beat the goys up''
so if its ok;;;; with you ,,, i might need to learn some more gramma;;;,
instead of rooting and doing wheeliies",'';;.,..,,;;,;.,,;;;;..,, and beating nerds up;;;;;;;;;,,,,,,.'',..


:niceone:

[Hitcher]

:bleh:I"ll try::; to remmmmmber the speeling next time, and the grammma''

You may find correct grammar saves you some embarrassment should you ever be required to help your uncle jack off a horse.

[Katman]

Oh and who is giving bikers bad names? Our parents are, there are quite a few Nigels, Franks and Richards out there riding bikes.

Shit, next you'll be telling me there's motorcyclists out there called Justin.:msn-wink:

[Daffyd]

:bleh:I"ll try::; to remmmmmber the speeling next time, and the grammma'',
but i only went to school to root the girls"";; and beat the goys up''
so if its ok;;;; with you ,,, i might need to learn some more gramma;;;,
instead of rooting and doing wheeliies",'';;.,..,,;;,;.,,;;;;..,, and beating nerds up;;;;;;;;;,,,,,,.'',..


:niceone:

I wasn't trying to be pedantic, but I had an English teacher at school who was very strict on that sort of thing and it just stuck. :spanking:

[bikerboy011]

**Steps out of the thread slowly backwards trying to be unnoticed**

:innocent:


ahahaha :jerry:

[Mikkel]

This old bastard I work with hates bikers because the always pass him when hes doing 20k's over the Rimutakas towing a caravan ,and not pulling over because, " I pay to use the roads, so I don't have to".
Its people like him that are giving all the old people a bad name.
If you saw a someone wrapping up another colleges tool box in wrapping plastic, would you laugh, or give a disappointed look to the wrapee?

It would be a better world if we ate (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=oldppl) all the old people. Or perhaps launch (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=glenn)them into the sun.

[Blue Velvet]

ate (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=oldppl) all the old people

Eeew. Old people are tough and stringy :sick:

[jrandom]

Eeew. Old people are tough and stringy.

I'm mildly bothered that you know this.

[Mikkel]

Eeew. Old people are tough and stringy :sick:

Well, learn from the irish and cook the for 8 hours straight. There is no meat so tough and stringy you can't make a goullash out of it.

Also, cooking them for that long would make it unnecessary to remove the bones first. Nobody thought of that benefit to ostheoporosis.

[P38]

I have read that someone is giving bike riders a bad name, :who is IT"

there was only 1 person who knew what i was talking about, my Nana, she told me in the old days, there used to be bad bike rider,s. she saw them at the movies, they wanted to root all the girls, and beat the men up, and do wheelies,

im at work and looking for a fight:niceone:

Yeah Nana!:yes:

Good on Ya

You got it in one.:niceone:

Nothins changed much either, except the bikes got faster an movies come on DVD's.

[The Pastor]

A lady at my work doesnt like bikers becuase of the way we lanesplitt.

[madandy]

A lady at my work doesnt like bikers becuase of the way we lanesplitt.

Tell her to use her rear view mirror and move aside. Then it's overtaking :done:

[Hitcher]

Eeew. Old people are tough and stringy

But we've got really good memories and tried and true strategies when it comes to wreaking our rewenge on disrespectful young folks. Did somebody say beer?

[CBR97]

I wasn't trying to be pedantic, but I had an English teacher at school who was very strict on that sort of thing and it just stuck. :spanking:

I didnt take what you said in a bad way, ,,,,,,,,,,,:bleh:

i had a English teacher at school ,,... and she was very hot, all i did was look at her tits, didn't learn a Adams apple in her class, but i have the memories ,


so she sort of stuck with me aswell.:niceone:

[Pwalo]

Eeew. Old people are tough and stringy :sick:

But we know all the tricks.

[Luckylegs]

I AM :devil2:

.... I hit a wing mirror this morning when filtering up to a set of lights... :crybaby:

[huck farley]

It's all jealousy. That and the old stereotyped image of motorcycle gangs and criminals riding Harleys.

Most the criminals stole them, and a good few of the rest are poofters, along with Doctors, lawyers, Dentists, and the misinformed. :banana:

[MIXONE]

Most the criminals stole them, and a good few of the rest are poofters, along with Doctors, lawyers, Dentists, and the misinformed. :banana:

There's two types of bikers.Those who ride Harleys and those that wish they did:jerry:

[Swoop]

But we've got really good memories and tried and true strategies when it comes to wreaking our rewenge on disrespectful young folks. Did somebody say beer?
No, there hasn't been a mention of beer yet. It must be feedback coming from your hearing aid.

There's two types of bikers.Those who ride Harleys and those that wish they did
Well, you could not be any more wrong than that statement.

[Weaver]

.... I hit a wing mirror this morning when filtering up to a set of lights... :crybaby:

I did that for my first time yesterday, wasn't very hard though, my mirror came out of it alright. Couldn't care less if the cage wasn't.

[Trudes]

That's one of my biggest fears of lanesplitting, hitting or damaging someone's car by trying to squeeze through a gap that I shouldn't have tried squeezing through. I figure a little bit of patience goes a long way and I'd be pretty pissed off if someone on a bike scratched my car because they were trying to get a little further ahead. Wonder if this is why you often see cars squeeze up next to other cars at the lights so there's no gap for bikes to lanesplit through?

[James Deuce]

Wonder if this is why you often see cars squeeze up next to other cars at the lights so there's no gap for bikes to lanesplit through?
No it isn't. They don't know you're there, nor can they conceive of a conveyance able to halve their commuting time.

[jrandom]

No it isn't. They don't know you're there, nor can they conceive of a conveyance able to halve their commuting time.

Almost every day while commuting, I have one or two cars use the metre or two of space in front of them to move aside for me in stopped queues of traffic so that I can fit through. Two distinct occurrences thereof this morning on the way to work, f'rinstance.

I always make sure to give them a little wave or a nod of the head as I go past.

Maybe they're nice to me because I'm quite large and visible as I approach in their mirrors, but am neither a toothpaste-tube squid on a sprotbike nor a scary be-tassled Harley rider?

[James Deuce]

nice to me because I'm quite large and visible as I approach in their mirrors, but am neither a toothpaste-tube squid on a sprotbike nor a scary be-tassled Harley rider?
Almost without exception they will be, a. foreigners and therefore able to be courteous when piloting a vehicle, or b. motorcyclists, either past or present.

[jrandom]

Almost without exception they will be, a. foreigners and therefore able to be courteous when piloting a vehicle, or b. motorcyclists, either past or present.

One of today's courteous drivers was a middle-aged, coiffeured woman in a Mercedes SUV; the other was a hippy chick in a clapped-out Starlet.

:confused:

[Luckylegs]

That's one of my biggest fears of lanesplitting, hitting or damaging someone's car by trying to squeeze through a gap that I shouldn't have tried squeezing through. I figure a little bit of patience goes a long way and I'd be pretty pissed off if someone on a bike scratched my car because they were trying to get a little further ahead. Wonder if this is why you often see cars squeeze up next to other cars at the lights so there's no gap for bikes to lanesplit through?

Yip, totally agree... I have to say I didnt feel grand (This time or the one other time its happened). I would stop except given the very nature of where you are when splitting, especially if the light then turns green its not a nice place to have a conversation. (Id be stopping somewhere if I actually broke the mirror rather than just clipped it).

Instead I just spend the next few k's repeating the "I hit a mirror" mantra... "Oh Shit, damn, dumbass, sorreeee.... Oh Shit, damn, dumbass, sorreeee.... Oh Shit, damn, dumbass, sorreeee.... Oh Shit, damn, dumbass, sorreeee.... Oh Shit, damn, dumbass, sorreeee...."

I tried justifying it to myself as no different to the millions (A very slight exageration) of dents and chips in my car doors from other peoples doors in parking spaces for which other cage drivers are responsible... Didn't really help as I reminded myself that I am often heard to make like Jim2 and say "Burn them" which is no doubt what the driver this morning was saying.

[Mikkel]

One of today's courteous drivers was a middle-aged, coiffeured woman in a Mercedes SUV; the other was a hippy chick in a clapped-out Starlet.

:confused:

Foreigners for sure! :yes:

Nah, good to see that there are some people out there who pay attention and are willing to help speed things along. And I must say that I get that much more often than people trying to be assholes.

What is a common occurance and irks me is the amount of incompetent drivers who are struggling just to handle rush hour traffic so they sit at 10 km/h below the speed limit in the right hand lane because they have to turn in 5 kms time. I'm sure they don't do it to piss me off (or anyone else for that matter) - but they still manage to do that quite succesfully though.

[jrandom]

... the amount of incompetent drivers who are struggling just to handle rush hour traffic so they sit at 10 km/h below the speed limit in the right hand lane because they have to turn in 5 kms time.

Perhaps there are cars doing that, but I don't even notice; I just blast on past them through a gap. The only vehicles that get in my way are buses and trucks taking up enough space that I don't have a way of getting around them, and that usually only lasts a few seconds, anyway.

Filtering for the win!

:niceone:

[Mikkel]

Perhaps there are cars doing that, but I don't even notice; I just blast on past them through a gap. The only vehicles that get in my way are buses and trucks taking up enough space that I don't have a way of getting around them, and that usually only lasts a few seconds, anyway.

Filtering for the win!

:niceone:

Sounds like your roads are either wider up in Orcland or that people are better at keeping left. Certainly not often possible to pass a car on the right while staying inside your own lane all the time down here.

But yes, commuting on a bike is much more fun than being in the cage... When the weather is good.

[Badjelly]

But yes, commuting on a bike is much more fun than being in the cage... When the weather is good.
And, for me, when it's not.

[jrandom]

pass a car on the right while staying inside your own lane...

Oh. There are riders who actually observe that rule?

:o

[Steam]

Oh. There are riders who actually observe that rule?

If I am filtering and see a copper, yep. That way it's all nice and legal.

[Mikkel]

Oh. There are riders who actually observe that rule?

:o

Yeah - it's to do with being a n00b and having no confidence whatsoever...




... that being confidence in the competence of the average kiwi driver.

[jrandom]

If I am filtering and see a copper, yep.

Well, obviously one changes one's behaviour in the presence of members of the constabulary. I was speaking more to the general case.