Why are us bikies/bikers so one eyed?

[FROSTY]

In a kinda laid back mellow mood and I just can't work this one out.
Why have the majority of motorcycle riders totally one eyed about their brand of bike.
The recent garbage posting by Honda got me thinking about it.
Harley riders looking down their noses at jap crap riders.
Sport bike riders thinking cruisers are crap
Euro riders not even looking at jap bikes.
honda riders thinking susuki's are shite .
hown heck did this develop?

Maybee we should all swap bikes for a couple of days
i want first dibbs on Paul In NZ's guzzie -swap for my xj lol

[StoneChucker]

I don't want to be the one to trample on the sterotypes, but I would love more than one bike, the second being a big, loud Harley...

[Rback]

Honda's are the way to go (my opinion). But I ride a suzuki. I dont like or work on Harleys cos of the atitude of their owners. Plus I dont have any imperial spanners to work on them.

[James Deuce]

IDGAF so long as I have something ride.

<Shrug>

[Skyryder]

In a kinda laid back mellow mood and I just can't work this one out.
Why have the majority of motorcycle riders totally one eyed about their brand of bike.
The recent garbage posting by Honda got me thinking about it.
Harley riders looking down their noses at jap crap riders.
Sport bike riders thinking cruisers are crap
Euro riders not even looking at jap bikes.
honda riders thinking susuki's are shite .
hown heck did this develop?

Maybee we should all swap bikes for a couple of days
i want first dibbs on Paul In NZ's guzzie -swap for my xj lol

Good question. I can remember telling one of my friends that I was going to buy a Guzzi and the first thing he did was call it a spagghetti Harley. This from someone who had been a lifelong friend. No congrats or anything along those lines. Just slagging. Tend to think this has come from the Harley crowd and filtered down through other brands and rides. Mind you there are times on this board when I am as guilty as the next man on this. Might make one of my New Year reso's. No more slagging bikes: unless they start it. :ar15: :ar15: :ar15:

I like the old saying it's not what you ride it's 'that' you ride. Hell I'd ride with a pushbike if they could keep up.

PS

When I was in the Cali. a few years back I noticed that some of the biker drinking holes had parking reserved for Harleys, other brands had to go out the back. Might have something to do why I ride Guzzi.

Any shrinks on the board???

Skyryder

[Riff Raff]

I lust over Italian bikes, but I'm riding a Jap at the moment. I've also got a thing for classic bikes, so ideally if I had a bit of money to put a few bikes in my garage I'd have:
Ducati Monster (which is what I'm hoping to buy next)
MV Agusta Brutale 750 :love2:
Triumph Bonneville (modern)
Norton Commando (classic)
And some sort of Cruiser - probably Japanese

[MD]

why are us bikers so one eyed?
Because the other eye is permanently in search mode for Mr HP !

[dhunt]

I don't agree with you frosty. I started out on trail bikes (XL's and DT's) because that was the most practical bikes - gravel roads and mud and rivers ... :) A sports bike would have sucked big time for that. Then coming to uni in palmerston north I moved to a sports bike because it was more practical for the sorts of roads I needed to ride. Not too long a go I had a ride on Trumpy Thunderbird sport and was quite sceptical before riding it but after having a ride on it I was very impressed. I would love to own one - one day maybe.

For me my bikes suit my needs (Roads I ride, finances etc). I have moved from Honda's and Yamahas to a Suzuki cause that's what was available when I was looking for a bike. Maybe at some later date I'll move on to something else again.

[Kwaka-Kid]

i couldnt care less what brand i rode!

but imho generalisations are where the humour is at! so racism of bikes is all good by me because at the end of the day its all in jest!

One thing i will say is that in terms of feel, Honda gearbox/clutchs are my personal preference over anything, the gears snick in so silently and the blutches always have a nice broad grippy feel. But other then that of course they are all piles of crap that break down every 5 seconds! :@

[FROSTY]

I don't agree with you frosty.
For me my bikes suit my needs (Roads I ride, finances etc). I have moved from Honda's and Yamahas to a Suzuki cause that's what was available when I was looking for a bike. Maybe at some later date I'll move on to something else again.
I've got your attitude dhunt --I couldn't give a shit what it is someone rides -but I've just noticed recently more brand racism than there used to be :gob:

[Hitcher]

I don't care what I ride either.

We have to realise too that we are a very small minority of road users and should be looking for ways to draw strength from all who ride two wheels. I give not a fuck whether others ride Harleys, sports bikes or scooters. As long as it's got two wheels it's OK with me and will be cheerily waved at!!

[FROSTY]

iblutches
Hmm I see -Your VFR has a Blutch does it --explains a lot really :shake:

[DarkNinja]

I chose a kwaka for my first bike coz my family used to own the bike shop near wellington motorcycles before they dumped a hotel or sumthing on top of it. the only reason i would choose not to get a suzuki is becoz my family would give me crap coz they are 'the enemy' no biggie tho, some suzukis look better than some of the new stuff coming out.
DN

[Storm]

Personally, I have seen good,bad, and crap examples of all the brands. Also, it would seem that in thier respective histories, all bike manufacturers have produced lemons, and they've all had rippers as well. I'm not fussed as to what brand is what, as long is it is in good nick and goes well

[inlinefour]

I'd rather keep on riding what I've got then ride some one elses bike. We are all different and this is displayed clearly in what sort of bike we choose to ride. There is nothing wrong with it, except when people react poorly to peoples' opinions if they differ from their own. Yes I like Honda motorcycles, nothing wrong with that, but I do respect the fact that others prefer different rides to myself. I am a true believer that it does not matter one iota what you ride, as long as your riding. I did expect a response like I recieved to my own personal views and have found it amusing how wound up other have become over them. This does not make any of us wrong at all, but merely human. :rockon:

[onearmedbandit]

Its human nature, get over it.

[Her_C4]

I don't care what I ride either.

We have to realise too that we are a very small minority of road users and should be looking for ways to draw strength from all who ride two wheels. I give not a fuck whether others ride Harleys, sports bikes or scooters. As long as it's got two wheels it's OK with me and will be cheerily waved at!!

I agree entirely Hitcher... I wave at cheerily :wavey: (or nod) at every biker I come across (although I get strange looks as I sometimes wave to them from my car .... forgetting<doh!!!@!> that I am not on my bike). :thud:

I was just commenting to someone yesterday that I had ridden up to Palmerston Nth and back for a day ride, and I saw HEAPS and HEAPS of bikes on both legs of the journey who ignored my wave :shake: ... (probably only about 6 riders waved back) .

I have found that when I rode the Suzuki (when I could get it on the road!!!) generally, most riders (including HD riders but excluding big sports bikes), waved back. :doobey:

When I was riding the Honda, generally most riders (excluding HD riders), waved back. :2thumbsup

Now I am riding the Ducati and it seems as though only other Italian bike riders or people I know wave back :eek5: weird eh!?

[scumdog]

Me? don't give a toss, they're all o.k., just prefer Harleys, a shrink would say "just because it winds up all the "other brand" owners :2thumbsup :Pokey:

[KATWYN]

I don't want to be the one to trample on the sterotypes, but I would love more than one bike, the second being a big, loud Harley...


Yea I really wouldn't mind riding a Harley & owning one if it suits - as well
as owning a sports bike

[crashe]

A bike's a bike.... and I can only ride certain bikes due to duck's disease... yep I'm a short arse. :innocent: So I am kinda stuck with owning my baby.

Sure, I am sure that we would all love to own a better bike... but then we can only get what we can afford. :scooter:

[NC]

I like pina colodas and getting caught in the rain...

:laugh:

[James Deuce]

I like pina colodas and getting caught in the rain...

:laugh:

That's it!! If I EVER get to meet you, I ain't talking.

[warren35]

Is it the bikes that people dont like or the arseholes attitude on the bike.Personally its shit heads that dont make a jesture when passing by that get me going as we are meant to be brothers on two wheels.But thats just my wee opinion.

[Bonez]

Is it the bikes that people dont like or the arseholes attitude on the bike.Personally its shit heads that dont make a jesture when passing by that get me going as we are meant to be brothers on two wheels.But thats just my wee opinion.
Clint Eastward once said "opinions are like arseholes-everybody has one"

[Motu]

You lot obviously haven't been around long enough - some of us have had our favorite bikes disapear off the face of the earth...given time you will be telling the young kids how much you used to like Hondas,they were better than all the rest...wonder where they all went?

You'll get it in the end,but we have to put up with it in the meantime.

[Racey Rider]

Why have the majority of motorcycle riders totally one eyed about their brand of bike. ...


Beats me!
And it happens so often.
If only everyone had a Kawasaki for there first bike, then the age old question would be put to rest. We would all know the Truth, and be free from the oppression of "mine is better than yours" isum.

"You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you Free!" - Jesus

Can't argue with the big J!
Definitely a Kawasaki Man!!

:done:

[Jackrat]

Is it the bikes that people dont like or the arseholes attitude on the bike.Personally its shit heads that dont make a jesture when passing by that get me going as we are meant to be brothers on two wheels.But thats just my wee opinion.

In the wind BRO, :killingme

[Bazza]

I have owned 1 kawasaki, 1 Montessa, 3 Hondas, 5 yamahas,5 suzukis (ok there are some trials bikes in that mix..) so am not one eyed on brands, just like to mix it up abit..:)

Now, wheres the ducati catalogue....

[Hitcher]

Now, where's the Ducati catalogue...
Lynda Blair has got it.

[Teflon]

I'm bias towards Suzuki. Build quality maybe little below honda, but those engines, gearboxes rock.

Buying a GSXR11 next year as a second bike, prefibly air cooled, hopefully 91 model.

[Yamahamaman]

I like pina colodas and getting caught in the rain...

:laugh:
I like 2 pina coladas - one for each hand!! :yes:

[merv]

IDGAF so long as I have something ride.

<Shrug>


I'm with you on this and particulary as far as what others ride. I like my bikes and if they like theirs fine I'm not going to complain and I don't look down my nose at any bike and I wave at all riders - even surprise the ones on scooters at times but not you Deb, that wasn't me as we discussed.

As for a Rocket 111 or V-Rod as per the other thread, they'd be too bloody big to squeeze either one into my garage without leaving something else outside. Moral of the story - buy what suits you for whatever reason and stuff what anyone else thinks.

[Motoracer]

Nothing is better than a Suzuki!

:Oi: :Oi: :Oi:

[loosebruce]

Nothing is better than a Suzuki!

:Oi: :Oi: :Oi:

Amen to that brother :stoogie:
EVen though i have a Honda :mellow:

[Sniper]

There is nothing wrong with it, except when people react poorly to peoples' opinions if they differ from their own. Yes I like Honda motorcycles, nothing wrong with that, but I do respect the fact that others prefer different rides to myself. I am a true believer that it does not matter one iota what you ride, as long as your riding. I did expect a response like I recieved to my own personal views and have found it amusing how wound up other have become over them. This does not make any of us wrong at all, but merely human. :rockon:

I think Honda is on sedatives?? :niceone: :beer: Kidding

I dont reallt care what I ride, I know what I prefer though! I used to own a CG125, fantastic bike, did me year of good service until... well we wont go into that :whistle: Im on a Honda CBR250 to get my skills back up after the accident. Im perfectally happy on that but I wouldnt mind another bike, I dont like Harleys but then again, Ive never ridden one so my opinion is worth Jack in a conversation about them.

Generally I keep my opinions to myself unless there is a dickhead who is talking Shite and is just generally wasting my precious air is when I get involved, talk shite to piss him off and then slag him to get him to shut up.
PS: this never works :laugh:

Thats my 2c anyway. Have a good one :niceone: :done:

[Firefight]

Don,t care, like all bikes, have had 7 Hondas, 1 Suziki, 3 Yams, next one , Who Knows ??....

F/F :wavey:

[Fryin Finn]

It's a defensive mechanism to insult other brands or models of motorcycles that we own. After all, we spend so much money on our purchases, that we must defend our fiscal integrity. If we have owned several brands and types of bikes then we become more tolerant of other makes and models.
I ran my first bike into the ground after only 3 years and could easily have called it a shit heap. But I still retain a warped affection for it and subsequently have remained a loyal Yamaha rider :banana:

[Wellyman]

I learn't to ride on Honda motorcycles and fun days hiring them out. but in the end i brough other brands! now i have finally got a good old honda.

[Firefight]

I learn't to ride on Honda motorcycles and fun days hiring them out. but in the end i brough other brands! now i have finally got a good old honda.


hey Dan, good to see you posting on KB, did you tell them how you got your bike !!

F/F :sunny:

[Wellyman]

Yea i'm back again just been really busy with school for the last few weeks but now i'm finished :). For anybody who doesn'nt know i won my 230 last year at the Blue Wing Honda Trail Ride Series.

[Sniper]

Yea i'm back again just been really busy with school for the last few weeks but now i'm finished :). For anybody who doesn'nt know i won my 230 last year at the Blue Wing Honda Trail Ride Series.

Congrats sound in order bro. Good one :first: :ride: :)

[Paul in NZ]

I don't think it is any accident that apparent brand loyalty is highest amoungst riders that own bikes that require some commitment to ride or own.. I love my old Trumpy and Guzzi and parts are bloody cheap but jeeze... There is always something to do on an old vehicle...

Add in that you have to connect with a bike to get the best out of it. You utterly have to trust it 100% not to spit you into a ditch and so you tend to bond a little...

Some other person diss's your ride by daring not to wave and you can take it awful personal...
Paul N

[Yokai]

There's a lot of choice of motorcycles out there for your varied tastes. When you've gone through a chunk of bikes looking for the one for you at the start of your bike riding career you tend to think that brand x is the best because they offered what you thought was the best bike at the start.

Same thing happens with cars - how many Holden drivers out there would frown at a Mitsi Evo VII and vice-versa.

I'm a prime example - I like Yamahas. Actually that's not true - I LOVE Triumphs (Bonneville and Thruxton) but I can't ride them. The nicest most reliable thing that came close was my Yamaha. Now I get exposed going to the dealer etc to lots of Yamahas, and a smattering of other brands.... What comes to mind as soon as someone says "sporty bike"??? R1 of course. I have to look up what a ZXRQZZPY is ... you know?

Over exposed to my Yammy, but looking to move to a Triumph for style. Are these the best bikes in the world? For me, yeah - but my criteria are completely screwed! I can imagine Rossi winning MotoGP on a cafe racer style triumph - hehehehehehe!
:killingme

Oh - and another reason that we are becoming more one-eyed? Because we are all dicks.

[Funkyfly]

Its the same with cars, boats, RC cars, almost anything!

People have different preferences, thats cool because if everyone rode a ducati it would be boring.

What is a shame though is when people slag off other bikes without any other reason than "i heard they were crap".

These people are fools, and there are plenty of them, they often like to make brash statements without so much as thinking.

Personally i like to quiz them why they think that and then watch them squirm as they try to come up with a good reason.

I rode a TL1000s that i had problems with, clutch, water pump seal, suspension, but i felt more affinity for it than my gsxr!

Logic would dictate the gsxr is the better bike, but like a fellow mentioned in a previous post it not alway the "best" bike that we love.

[vifferman]

I dunno. :spudwhat:

I'm not a 'true blue' (or should that be, 'true red' ?) Honda fan, yet I've only ever owned Hondas (7). Except cars: Honda cars suck.
But it's not a conscious decision to buy only Hondas - it's just that every time I go to buy a new bike, I ride a few, and end up choosing the Honda. Some of that may be due to now being used to the Honda 'feel', so that Suzukis etc. just feel wrong somehow.

I bought my first Honda by chance: a lady who worked with my father was taken out by a brain-dead serial stop sign runner. Her bike was fixed up (much easier than fixing her 'broken in 6 places' leg), and I bought it.

My second Honda was bought because a friend had one, and I rode it, liked it, and one came up for sale.

Honda #3 was given to me by my brother-in-law in exchange for painting his roof and helping with his guttering. I would've liked a Ducati, but he had only the Honda.:mellow:

Honda #4 was nearly a Ducati 750SS, but I was too slow. Then it was a choice between a VF500 and an RZ350, but the salesman talked me out of the Yamaha. Good decision: I had the VF for 7 years, and it was a very good bike.

The VFR was bought after riding a Triumph Daytona 750, Honda VT750, Suzuki B1200, VTR1000, and a couple of other bikes I can't remember. The VFR instantly felt right, a sign perhaps that I'd become too used to Hondas by then?

When I replaced the VFR, I rode a Suzuki RF900, an SV650, a VFR800, and also looked seriously at a GSX750. I decided to buy the VFR800, but my wife decided otherwise. I bought a VTR1000 instead.

I think if I'd spent more time looking at bikes and test-riding them, my wife may have persuaded me to buy a Ducati ST2 or 4, or a Triumph ST, or maybe a Yamaha. But I didn't, and the wife narrowly misssed out on convincing me to buy the VTEC VFR. So the VifFerrari it was.:niceone:

And next? Maybe if Honda replaces the VFR800 with a V5-something-or-other, I might buy another Honda. Otherwise, this may be my last bike. :spudwave:

[guzzi_nz]

all bikes have there place and my self i had jap bikeS and injoyed then but

:headbang: GUZZI IS MY TRUE LOVE :2thumbsup :

[vifferman]

all bikes have there place and my self i had jap bikeS and injoyed then but

:headbang: GUZZI IS MY TRUE LOVE :2thumbsup :What's that third one? VERY nice... :niceone:

[guzzi_nz]

newzealand 2 :first: made in norway

[bear]

Each to their own, just about having a personality and an opinion. Some of it's subjective anyway - rose tinted glasses at times.

[inlinefour]

Nothing is better than a Suzuki!

:Oi: :Oi: :Oi:

Nothing, except for a Honda :2thumbsup

[James Deuce]

What's that third one? VERY nice... :niceone:

I'm with him, plus the round head in the 2nd photo is gorgeous.

You must be mates with Paul in NZ. Your bikes all have that "lovingly stripped to components every weekend and licked clean" look that his Mk II does.

[Sniper]

all bikes have there place and my self i had jap bikeS and injoyed then but

:headbang: GUZZI IS MY TRUE LOVE :2thumbsup :

Oooohh, aaaahh, I want one, If I could ride them. Damn nice though!! :eek: :niceone:

[AMPS]

The most vociferous bike haters have often never ridden the ones they slag off.
(I'm guilty of this too)
Lou

[Mars]

My bike chose me. Must be a chick thing.

[inlinefour]

My bike chose me. Must be a chick thing.

More to the point the last owner was happy to part with it very cheaply. I did not think I was going to like it at first. Was considering selling it for a profit and moving on to something else. Turned out that the bike is perfect, slightly underpowered now I'm used to it, but I complained about the cb750 that I had eventually also. Hopefully through a lack of accidents one day I'll still own it once its a classic and vintage. :banana:

[Stevo]

Tis not one eyed.........just friendly banter I reckon........... or have we just lost our sense of humour (like other nations). Maybe we not such a young country any more and becoming boring old farts................... I hope not.

By the way.................... Long live :Punk: Honda :Punk:

[inlinefour]

we all had the same bike and the same views on bikes, would it not? I only ride Honda, BUT will ride with ANYTHING at all no matter what. Another thread got me thinking about bike riders. We are a minority on the road, lets all stick together no matter what we ride. Jokes are merely jokes and thats all they are supposed to be when I gloat about Honda. They are my preferred ride! :ride: I have been surprising many a scooter rider lately, waiving out to them, some of their facial expressions are classic!!! :scooter: Well worth the wave :)

[Sniper]

Honda makes a good point. Well done mate.

[James Deuce]

we all had the same bike and the same views on bikes, would it not? I only ride Honda, BUT will ride with ANYTHING at all no matter what. Another thread got me thinking about bike riders. We are a minority on the road, lets all stick together no matter what we ride. Jokes are merely jokes and thats all they are supposed to be when I gloat about Honda. They are my preferred ride! :ride: I have been surprising many a scooter rider lately, waiving out to them, some of their facial expressions are classic!!! :scooter: Well worth the wave :)

Who are you and what have you done with our Honda?

[Sniper]

Who are you and what have you done with our Honda?

I miss the old Honda. But I do say young chap, its good to have a bit of variation. :shit: :)

[inlinefour]

It is me, the same Johnny Rotten, just been pulliing my head in to give my neck a rest. I've been riding with some people who in the past would not have even considered riding with a "jappa". Now if they can do that, I can chill out also. One of my best mates rides a scooter and I'll ride with him. Although it does get frustrating at times doing 80km/h :shit:

[SPman]

Because the other eye is permanently in search mode for Mr HP !
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Ill ride anything. anywhere, any time - except maybe a Honda...or a Harley...or a BMW.....or a Ural...or a ......
O F I

Just gimme a bike!

[guzzi_nz]

i use to ride a xv 1000 with a mate beside me on a trump we got to a patly one night and he turn anti jap :angry2: ever before i got my helmet off in front of a hd rider
i said f__k u and lelf next day he come round to see me ask whats up
imform him to f---k off :finger: i known this guy 3 years but anti jap bike riders are not needed i am a :Punk: VERY MUST BE GUZZI RIDER NOW :Punk: but love all bikes

:Oi: point is pick your love of brand but be freinlds to all bike rides and there pick of brand

[inlinefour]

i use to ride a xv 1000 with a mate beside me on a trump we got to a patly one night and he turn anti jap :angry2: ever before i got my helmet off in front of a hd rider
i said f__k u and lelf next day he come round to see me ask whats up
imform him to f---k off :finger: i known this guy 3 years but anti jap bike riders are not needed i am a :Punk: VERY MUST BE GUZZI RIDER NOW :Punk: but love all bikes

:Oi: point is pick your love of brand but be freinlds to all bike rides and there pick of brand

Could vote for this dude if he ever ran for parliment
:ride: :first:

[scumdog]

i use to ride a xv 1000 with a mate beside me on a trump we got to a patly one night and he turn anti jap :angry2: ever before i got my helmet off in front of a hd rider
i said f__k u and lelf next day he come round to see me ask whats up
imform him to f---k off :finger: i known this guy 3 years but anti jap bike riders are not needed i am a :Punk: VERY MUST BE GUZZI RIDER NOW :Punk: but love all bikes

:Oi: point is pick your love of brand but be freinlds to all bike rides and there pick of brand

Hells bells guzzi nz, I just hope none of you old english teachers ever read this!! :o