How much public attention do you get?

[EJK]

A friend on KB "Babyblade250RR" (Hmm havn't seen him for a while... where you at?) who rides an R6 once told me that he recieves alot of public attention when he is with his bike...

Me: "So whats it like riding an R6? It's a good looking bike isn't it?"
BB250RR: "*snip*...the bad thing is that you get alot of public attention..."

*Someone walks by saying to him "Nice bike!"*

Me: "Alot?"
BB250RR: "ALOT!"

So is it true? Tell us your story.

[NOMIS]

A friend on KB "Babyblade250RR" (Hmm havn't seen him for a while... where you at?) who rides an R6 once told me that he recieves alot of public attention when he is with his bike...

Me: "So whats it like riding an R6? It's a good looking bike isn't it?"
BB250RR: "*snip*...the bad thing is that you get alot of public attention..."

*Someone walks by saying to him "Nice bike!"*

Me: "Alot?"
BB250RR: "ALOT!"

So is it true? Tell us your story.

I get "what the F*** is that" lol sometimes i get... "nice bike". No way near as often as what is it?

[musicman]

Yeah, the whole reason I ride a motorcycle is to get girls to notice me. :yes:


But I ride a 250.

[EJK]

When I borrowed the Hyo GT250R, I got some people saying "Nice bike! how much is it?" Things like that...

Oh yeah I remember, Hyosung DID got some attention... :yes:
Probably the best "Chick magnet" 250? hahaha...



Yeah, the whole reason I ride a motorcycle is to get girls to notice me. :yes:


But I ride a 250.

Get a Hyosung ;)

:laugh:

[Boob Johnson]

If im out by myself the bike gets a lot of attention, bloody hard to miss it, the noise it makes is intoxicating, but if im out with a certain mate who has a brand new Moto Morini Casarro then they walk right by my bike & ogle his.....





Ill miss being mates with him lol :bleh:

[breakaway]

Guy at the local subway asked me to take my helmet off. Apparently they find me 'intimidating'

[007XX]

My bike gets a fair amount of attention, especially due to how it sounds...I haven't yet seen another VTR250 with the custom twin pipes system I have. It also makes her look more like a Baby Ducati than a Honda.

The other day I was gearing up again after perving into Holeshot at a Street Triple, when an older couple walked past, and the gentleman nodded appreciatively at my bike, and said "Niiiiice!!" ...His wife didn't appear that impressed, but eh, their problem, not mine! :whocares:

[Mikkel]

The other day I was gearing up again after perving into Holeshot at a Street Triple, when an older couple walked past, and the gentleman nodded appreciatively at my bike, and said "Niiiiice!!" ...His wife didn't appear that impressed, but eh, their problem, not mine! :whocares:

Good thing you haven't got your avatar plastered to your bike then :rofl: :niceone:

Personally I hate attention and I tend to not note when I attract it. But I've been told that the 'tard draws a few looks here and there...

[deanohit]

My bike gets a fair amount of attention, especially due to how it sounds...I haven't yet seen another VTR250 with the custom twin pipes system I have. It also makes her look more like a Baby Ducati than a Honda.
Seen a guy here in Tauranga with a baby VTR with twin pipes, I don't think they were carbon though.

The other day I was gearing up again after perving into Holeshot at a Street Triple, when an older couple walked past, and the gentleman nodded appreciatively at my bike, and said "Niiiiice!!" ...His wife didn't appear that impressed, but eh, their problem, not mine! :whocares:
Did he go "Niiiiice bike" or "Niiiiice!" :blip:

Me, i tend to get a lot more of the "WTF is that thing?".
Black rat bikes rule! :headbang:

[Dooly]

In the last few weeks my Ducati has been sitting in the offices at work here.
Everyone who comes here comments on it, all ages.
The chicks just go gaga!!!

[Number One]

I get alot of attention on my bike as it is loud - and I love it when people hear me coming down the road and turn to see and then follow...I get to feel cool! (shut up don't ruin my delusion)

Do get more attention when I get off it and people realise I'm a chick... It's NOT THAT exciting SURELY!!! Girls have been riding for ages and there seem to be so many of us out there now.

Actually it makes me a rather self conscious...as a Murphy's Law believer I know it is moments when people are watching that I have to concentrate really hard and think to myself 'just don't do anything embarrassing and drop the bike'!!! :lol:

[nodrog]

i get shitloads, especially when i am lane splitting down the footpath.

[BOGAR]

i get shitloads, especially when i am lane splitting down the footpath.

:lol::lol::lol::2thumbsup
Thats what i must be doing wrong. I ride an R6 and don't get much attn at all.:weep::oi-grr:

[Mikkel]

I get alot of attention on my bike as it is loud - and I love it when people hear me coming down the road and turn to see and then follow...

Yeah, the noise of the 'tard is good in a way... Unless I'm coming home to an empty house the garage is usually open by the time I've made it down the driveway. :2thumbsup

[Badjelly]

Middle-aged, middle-sized bloke wearing a black riding suit and a high-vis vest, riding a Scorpio: how much attention do you think I get? :crybaby:

Actually, when I've been parked one or two people have said how shiny and new the bike looks. But no-one has said anything nice about me. :weep:

[Number One]

When hubby takes my bike to work late at night (if a still night) I can hear him all way into Newlands from our place!!!!

[xwhatsit]

I mostly just get old farts saying `Oh, nice Superdream!', whereabouts I get shitty and snarkily tell them it is not one of those!

Several girls at uni have called my bike `gorgeous' and `cute'. I'd be happy if they were talking about my arse or smile, but when a girl says that about your motorcycle, one's thoughts turn to matte black paint and straight-through silencers.

[Big Dave]

Best attention getters / conversation starters are classic styled Harleys and Triumphs.

People wind their windows down to talk/ask about the bike at traffic lights occasionally.

[NOMIS]

My bike gets a fair amount of attention, especially due to how it sounds...I haven't yet seen another VTR250 with the custom twin pipes system I have. It also makes her look more like a Baby Ducati than a Honda.

The other day I was gearing up again after perving into Holeshot at a Street Triple, when an older couple walked past, and the gentleman nodded appreciatively at my bike, and said "Niiiiice!!" ...His wife didn't appear that impressed, but eh, their problem, not mine! :whocares:

Mines not a vtr but I have the twin set up, and mine was loud as hell untill i got the silencers, Its still loud but ohwell

[CookMySock]

When I borrowed the Hyo GT250R, I got some people saying "Nice bike! how much is it?" Things like that... Oh yeah I remember, Hyosung DID got some attention... :yes:I have lost count of the stunned looks and raised-eyebrow questions I have got. I have people get off harleys and come over and ask WTF sort of bike is THAT?!?.. and watched them stand and stare and ask questions for some minutes while I refuel. Strangely, they looked sort of perplexed when they rode away - maybe they weren't having a nice day? I was..

I think its the curiosity value - no one has really seen a GT650R before. There is one thing about the hyo's and that is they are widely TALKED about (one way or the other) so when theres one to be seen in the flesh, even seasoned bikers will gather around and evaluate it. ALL bikers IRL ask "whats it like?". GT250R riders sit on it and marvel its just like their 250. NO PERSON has ever dissed it in real life, only on this forum is it widely despised.

So in answer to your question, in public the hyo is widely waved at, admired, and generally gets me lots of love. In almost any forum on the Internet, it is widely and rudely despised - I wonder if would have bought it, or got into biking at all if I had known.

DB

[Magua]

I sometimes get people coming up to me and reminiscing about the days of old, when they owned a cb400. I had a chat with a man in his eighties about my bike, he told me he got himself a gn250 on his 81st birthday.

My exhaust gets plenty of attention, sets off the odd car alarm.

[martybabe]

The wife talked me into Golding ownership some years back, I only went in the shop for some gloves damn it.

I ain't knocking the bike here, what it does it does very well but it was short lived, I just couldn't live with the attention, good and bad. A non bikers favourite yet seemingly hated by many bikers. I used to roll up into a car park and park as far away from everyone else as I could, always drew a crowd but I felt real uncomfortable with that, grannies and kids all over it and always the same question ( how much) :rolleyes:

Conversely, I was running one of the first ZZR 1100s at the same time and this was totally shunned by Joe public but always drew a small crowd of bikers and always the same question (how fast).

I prolly got the best bike I've ever owned now and it don't get so much as a second glance but that's OK by me. :beer:

[scumdog]

Best attention getters / conversation starters are classic styled Harleys and Triumphs.

People wind their windows down to talk/ask about the bike at traffic lights occasionally.

I bought mine for the quiet subtle anonimity it gives me....:msn-wink:

[Switch]

I used to get alot of attention about my Hyosung (GV250), dont get as much now. Most kids ask if its a Harley, or just tell their parents "Look dad theres a Harley!"

It is kinda cool getting some attention, But on the open road trying to pass, looks pretty silly.
When its all shiny and all the chrome is reflecting on a sunny day i have to admit, it is a nice looking bike :love:

[Magua]

I mostly just get old farts saying `Oh, nice Superdream!', whereabouts I get shitty and snarkily tell them it is not one of those!

You just wish it was.

[Ixion]

Best attention getters / conversation starters are classic styled Harleys and Triumphs.

People wind their windows down to talk/ask about the bike at traffic lights occasionally.

Nope. Best attention getters / conversation starters is a kettle. Everybody over a certain age either owned one or had a mate who did, and has to tell you about it. Everybody under the certain age wants to know 'what the hell is that ?'.

[wybmadiity]

The only strangers who have commented on my bike (only been out on it twice since I got it) was 'Did you buy that bike of a chick in Rotorua?! Man she could ride that thing!' Go Gobs!

[Big Dave]

Nope. Best attention getters / conversation starters is a kettle. Everybody over a certain age either owned one or had a mate who did, and has to tell you about it. Everybody under the certain age wants to know 'what the hell is that ?'.


There is a difference between attention and sympathy.

[vifferman]

I get absolutely no attention at all.

[Ixion]

There is a difference between attention and sympathy.

I even had the fire brigade turn out for it a while ago. I hadn't started it for a while so I was running it in the drive to clear the crankcases. Neighbours thoiught the house was on fire and called the Trumptons. Everybody notices a kettle.

[Boob Johnson]

an older couple walked past, and the gentleman nodded appreciatively at my bike, and said "Niiiiice!!" ...His wife didn't appear that impressed, but eh, their problem, not mine! :whocares:
Was probably lookin at your ass :clap:



I prolly got the best bike I've ever owned now and it don't get so much as a second glance but that's OK by me. :beer:
Hey that's not true, I oggled your bike :hug:

She is a real looker :sunny:

[007XX]

Good thing you haven't got your avatar plastered to your bike then :rofl: :niceone:

Personally I hate attention and I tend to not note when I attract it. But I've been told that the 'tard draws a few looks here and there...

I actually thought about having a tank protecter with a lovely lady on it, but thought better of it.


Seen a guy here in Tauranga with a baby VTR with twin pipes, I don't think they were carbon though.

Did he go "Niiiiice bike" or "Niiiiice!" :blip:


Nah, he was just commenting on the fact that he appreciated seeing a female taking up biking I think...Insecure sour puss next to him seemed to take it the other way though, but they often do :rolleyes:


Middle-aged, middle-sized bloke wearing a black riding suit and a high-vis vest, riding a Scorpio: how much attention do you think I get? :crybaby:

Actually, when I've been parked one or two people have said how shiny and new the bike looks. But no-one has said anything nice about me. :weep:

Try the following (see pic)

[Big Dave]

Everybody notices a kettle.

Yes - and they are literally putting it on for you.

What they are really thinking is it's more like a milk bottle next to it - leave it out.




(it's a beautifully maintained veteran if you don't know us)

[007XX]

Was probably lookin at your ass :clap:

Nah...was facing them and wearing my Corduras, which are less than flattering, unless you're into Baggy Arse the Elephant :lol:

[NOMIS]

Nah...was facing them and wearing my Corduras, which are less than flattering, unless you're into Baggy Arse the Elephant :lol:

So do you ever where skin tight leathers???

[Swoop]

The F-117 gets plenty of comments:shifty:

I think its the curiosity value - no one has really seen a GT650R before.
I have to admit, the few that I've seen have looked nice, BUT sounded BLoody fabulous! Dunno if it was a standard pipe or aftermarket (strongly suspecting standard), but it sounded...:Punk:

[Devil]

Nah...was facing them and wearing my Corduras, which are less than flattering, unless you're into Baggy Arse the Elephant

Nice arse :buggerd:

Both the Triumph and KTM get heaps of attention. Lots of people check out the Triumph (cos it's always nice and shiny) and have had plenty of people already checking out the KTM, I think they're mainly bikers though with the KTM.

[007XX]

So do you ever where skin tight leathers???

Not on my bike I don't :shifty:

Seriously though, I'm an ATTGATT girl...no point looking pretty when your arse hits the deck eh!

[Lissa]

I dont really get MUCH attention on my bike. I do ride a 250 afterall.

I get looks and comments from people when I get off my bike and they see I am a chick. Ive had people on bicycles nodding at me, or guys in cages mostly, had some guys in a car follow me to the service station once. Actually to come to think of it I think I got more attention when I had the GN250, and most of that was people laughing at me. :pinch:

[Insanity_rules]

The vtz of doom doesnt look that flash but it sounds the business so I get comments on that.

My new object of lust and hopefully my next bike is a triumph street triple, those always get my attention.

[skelstar]

I might get less attention when I put on my motorbike gear these days. Walking through the mall in austentatious mc gear usually draws looks too.

[MadDuck]

My latest bike gets way more attention than the SV ever did. Scraming Eagle pipes help though I must admit.....

and if I want even more attention I just flash my tits

[martybabe]

Hey that's not true, I oggled your bike :hug:

:sunny:

:laugh: I know mate but we were in the middle of nowheresville which gave you a simple choice of ogling me or the bike. You made the right choice :lol:

And for the record your bike was impressive too, mind you if there had been a moto morini there..............:2thumbsup

[Morcs]

I generally scare people.

Cant imagine how. a loud big twin and a thumper... and lots of wheelies...

[fireball]

i get plenty of questions about the 2 bikes i ride and plenty of looks from all sorts of people, the type of look depends on what bike im on.....

the boys at work always tell me to ride safe etc etc and that i have bigger balls than them because i ride everyday in all weather types

and then there are the girls who go wow you are like the coolest chick ive met you ride a bike... can you teach me? take me for a ride? can i buy you a drink?

so bikes = chick magnet

[Boob Johnson]

:laugh: I know mate but we were in the middle of nowheresville which gave you a simple choice of ogling me or the bike. You made the right choice :lol:
:rofl:


mind you if there had been a moto morini there..............:2thumbsup
*strikes Marty OFF the Christmas card list*



:laugh:

[Number One]

so bikes = chick magnet
REALLY?!!! I've never had chicks hit on me...actually I've never had guys hit on me either :weep:

[nodrog]

REALLY?!!! I've never had chicks hit on me...actually I've never had guys hit on me either :weep:

did your man win you in a raffle or somthing???

[shafty]

...........you're sitting at the lights on a beautiful sunny day, and car drivers stare with jealousy, - you don't look back, but can just 'tell' that they are staring, ---- then you hit the electric screen button and they just about fall outta the car in disbelief as the screen glides up! lol:lol:

[Dave-]

I've had the checkout chicks all "nice helmet, does it have a nice bike to go with it?" "....ahh yeah it does...hey your face looks like mince"

i also note it gets a lot of looks from people passing by, or people in cars at lights, the boy racers usually want to race....

it's a hard life having a sexy black bike.

[fireball]

REALLY?!!! I've never had chicks hit on me...actually I've never had guys hit on me either :weep:

i just ignore it nowdays i dont have time for that kinda stuff so ill give all the girls your number eh?

[nudemetalz]

The Guzzi gets quite a bit of attention, a lot of the time is "how big is it?"
There's quite a few astonished looks when the Mrs jumps off it when she rides it. Don't people know that females can ride Guzzi's too !!

[martybabe]

did your man win you in a raffle or somthing???


:laugh: Well he's a lucky fugger if he did, I'd hit on the li'll cutie if I knew what it meant. :laugh:

[gijoe1313]

Nope, thats why I wear my red ninja camos, get to blend in when I'm next to Vodafone billboards, red cars and The Warehouse.

The two stroker smokers always attract a few bit of attention ...

It's when I'm riding as Boba Fett that really puts the fox in the chicken coop! Cagers pull up close to see if they are really seeing what they are seeing .. and then drop back very quickly when they see the ammo belt, grenades and rocket pack on me! :rofl:

[Lissa]

If I could wheelie my bike I reckon I would get lots of attention!!!! When I fall off!

[chrisso]

I get ''What is that?'' a lot.Or ''Is that a Triumph''WTF?:blink:

[nodrog]

:laugh: Well he's a lucky fugger if he did, I'd hit on the li'll cutie if I knew what it meant. :laugh:

yeah hes a looker alright, but hes not really my type.

[Mikkel]

Middle-aged, middle-sized bloke wearing a black riding suit and a high-vis vest, riding a Scorpio: how much attention do you think I get? :crybaby:

When was the last time you actually saw a biker wearing a high-vis vest? - who wasn't a cop mind...

High-vis vest = camoflage! :yes:


I bought mine for the quiet subtle anonimity it gives me....:msn-wink:

Yeah, in bogan country you need a harley and tassles if you don't want to draw undue attention...

If you want ot blend in in Christchurch you need to buy an old primer coloured RX3 with no muffler and a big stereo... and of course make sure to drive neither competently nor sensibly, then you'd draw attention very quickly.


Nope. Best attention getters / conversation starters is a kettle. Everybody over a certain age either owned one or had a mate who did, and has to tell you about it. Everybody under the certain age wants to know 'what the hell is that ?'.

I dunno what a kettle is - but the way you talk about it brought another attention magnet to mind: the mighty Velo Solex (http://www.askanowner.com/_upload/1_2/attachments/velosolex-bud%20004_0.jpg). :Punk:


My new object of lust and hopefully my next bike is a triumph street triple, those always get my attention.

You are going to blend in nicely on a street triple - everyone are getting one these days :D

[Number One]

did your man win you in a raffle or somthing???
HA! No he was the one on the bike and I picked him up...wasn't till we were well macking on each other that I was riding.

[Number One]

:laugh: Well he's a lucky fugger if he did, I'd hit on the li'll cutie if I knew what it meant. :laugh:
Aww you are a sweetheart mwah mwah :love:

[Str8 Jacket]

I get a bit of attention with my RG as it has race numbers and is all 'stickered' up as well. I get loads of attention when I ride the A100 (when its actually going!)

[EJK]

Middle-aged, middle-sized bloke wearing a black riding suit and a high-vis vest, riding a Scorpio: how much attention do you think I get? :crybaby:

Actually, when I've been parked one or two people have said how shiny and new the bike looks. But no-one has said anything nice about me. :weep:

Aww what about Scorpios? ;) They are awesome bikes!

Well, truely I didn't recieve that good comments from pedestrians...
But Scorpios comes out awesome in photos tho! Thats why I'm having it as my avatar and my profile pic :niceone:

Always!

[martybabe]

I dunno what a kettle is - but the way you talk about it brought another attention magnet to mind: the mighty Velo Solex (http://www.askanowner.com/_upload/1_2/attachments/velosolex-bud%20004_0.jpg). :Punk:



:D

Les kettles por Mikkel

[captain_andrey]

Hyos always get noticed.
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/71396325@N00/1957759447/in/set-72157603075882845"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2184/1957759447_f1a11a301f_m.jpg"></a>

[EJK]

Hyos always get noticed.
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/71396325@N00/1957759447/in/set-72157603075882845"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2184/1957759447_f1a11a301f_m.jpg"></a>

Haha Another reason why people call Honda Gay :dodge:

[Number One]

did your man win you in a raffle or somthing???

This is like the 2nd or 3rd time you have inferred that my relationship exists due a raffle...HOW RUDE! <_<

[musicman]

Aww what about Scorpios? ;) They are awesome bikes!

Well, truely I didn't recieve that good comments from pedestrians...
But Scorpios comes out awesome in photos tho! Thats why I'm having it as my avatar and my profile pic :niceone:

Always!

What about your signature pic? Is that a Scorpio with an R1 badge on it? :p

[EJK]

What about your signature pic? Is that a Scorpio with an R1 badge on it? :p

:o

Well I'm now riding a Hornet at the moment (Thanks GIJOE!), and yet I'm not getting any..... <_<

[McJim]

My bike always turns heads coz of the noise.

When it's parked it gets loads of attention coz it's red and Italian.

The general public aren't aware it's only worth about $6,000 - they just see the word Ducati and go "Oooooooh."

[nodrog]

This is like the 2nd or 3rd time you have inferred that my relationship exists due a raffle...HOW RUDE! <_<

what you on about woman? :eek:

[Number One]

what you on about woman? :eek:
I didn't win my man and he didn't win me...I'll have you know I payed handsomely for him :eek: Hense I am now broke!

[Pussy]

How much for the little girl?.........

[HornetBoy]

Both my bikes get attention when im riding them

: HDSporty with the stupidly loud pipes,2thumbsup: more than likely people are telling me to piss off tho
:The recently aquired gixxer gets alot of glaces too,mind you i live in wanganui and those glances are probably people schemeing on how they are going to knick it . ;)

[Number One]

How much for the little girl?.........
EH???? What thread you think you in Pussy.....

[nodrog]

How much for the little girl?.........


EH???? What thread you think you in Pussy.....


spankme's asian girly thread?

[Pussy]

I always like the reaction from people when Gassit Girl pulls up on her bike and removes her helmet.... surprised looks!

[Toaster]

My previous bikes the GSXR750 and GSXR1000 got many nice comments, but the big M109R leaves them in the dust. I get comments, compliments, waves from cars. People regularly walk up and ask about it.

[Number One]

the big M109R leaves them in the dust. I get comments, compliments, waves from cars. People regularly walk up and ask about it.
oooooooooo yeah. A guy went past us out west on one of those burnt orange ones....:drool:

[mstriumph]

i usta get a lot of attention when i rode the triumph bonne ....... mostly greybeards saying "I had a bike JUST like that when ................."

[Big Dave]

This is like the 2nd or 3rd time you have inferred that my relationship exists due a raffle...HOW RUDE! <_<

I met the Co-pilot 28 years ago in Sylvania Waters Pub when she was selling Raffle Tickets.

[Number One]

I met the Co-pilot 28 years ago in Sylvania Waters Pub when she was selling Raffle Tickets.
28years :clap: nice one cyril!

[Pussy]

Well, Number One, you and Gassit Girl should attract some attention when you're out burning up the tarmac together. Two HAWT chicks on HAWT bikes...

[Swoop]

...it's a hard life having a sexy black bike.
I guess someone has to do it...:blip:

[vifferman]

I met the Co-pilot 28 years ago in Sylvania Waters Pub when she was selling Raffle Tickets.
Was she the prize, perchance?

[Ryan432]

The SV gets a fair bit off attention, probably mostly due to the exhuasts, and the occaaaaaasional wheelie here and there :nono: it is sexy, black and naked tho so its a bit of a triple threat!

[gunrunner]

All the guys want to ride it as soon as they hear it , the ladies just want to sit on it

[LittleAngel]

I get alot of attention on my bike as it is loud - and I love it when people hear me coming down the road and turn to see and then follow...I get to feel cool! (shut up don't ruin my delusion)

Do get more attention when I get off it and people realise I'm a chick... It's NOT THAT exciting SURELY!!! Girls have been riding for ages and there seem to be so many of us out there now.

Actually it makes me a rather self conscious...as a Murphy's Law believer I know it is moments when people are watching that I have to concentrate really hard and think to myself 'just don't do anything embarrassing and drop the bike'!!! :lol:

I have the exact same thing happen... will be following hubby on his HD that gets everyone's attention due to the loudness and then they look at me and they do that .... double neck cracking look thing and :eek5::gob: and say OH MY GOD ITS A CHICK RIDING!!!!

Its like I've invented the idea!!!!! Always cracks me up!! Disappoints my man when he realises I stole his attention! :rofl:

I just fear the potential :doh::Oops: moment while everyone is staring at me...

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Yeah cops pay too much attention to me. When I had my BMW K100RS I had a hicktown cop stop me - just a road block - he got the shock of his life when I took off my helmet and found out I was a woman - said he'd never known a woman to ride a bike before (??!!) he was in his 50s. Big Bike for a woman - as he looks up at me - well hello I'm not pint size by any means - he also asked me how I could afford a beemer.

One of the scariest moments I've had was on a loan bike gn250 riding from the Hutt into Wellington. No power - light, too small for me, it was windy. I take my hat off to people that can ride them.

When I've been on my camping tours and I'm having a coffee break I get alot of old guys reminiscing about their own bikes. I enjoy listening to them.

Teenage girls are interesting - usually in awe - I fully encourage them and say you too can ride - get your licence and work your way up to a bike you are comfortable with.

God I miss my bike. 3 more months and I WILL get a Dr's clearance lol.

[MVnut]

How much for the little girl?.........


EH???? What thread you think you in Pussy.....

Obviously 'The Blues Brothers' thread ......'I want to buy the women?':banana: Belushi at his inimitable best

[MVnut]

[QUOTE=Mikkel;



I dunno what a kettle is - but the way you talk about it brought another attention magnet to mind: the mighty Velo Solex (http://www.askanowner.com/_upload/1_2/attachments/velosolex-bud%20004_0.jpg). :Punk:



:D[/QUOTE]

A Suzuki 750 two-stroke triple........boring and slow, ....also (usually??) called a Waterbus ....................(the retorts from W-Bus lovers should be good):calm:

[Nagash]

I get a surprising amount of attention on the rebel actually..

I've had people try to squeeze in next to me at intersections to ask if it's a Harley or to just generally comment on it.. that I find annoying.

And then during the period where my battery was dead.. Leaving work I start putting my gear on and a mother and her child stop beside me and the mum asks if she can watch me take off cause the little kid is interested.. fair enough I say. I get on the bike and start legging it down the road just to push start the damn thing!

Bet I looked cool.

[Number One]

I get a surprising amount of attention on the rebel actually..

I've had people try to squeeze in next to me at intersections to ask if it's a Harley or to just generally comment on it.. that I find annoying.

And then during the period where my battery was dead.. Leaving work I start putting my gear on and a mother and her child stop beside me and the mum asks if she can watch me take off cause the little kid is interested.. fair enough I say. I get on the bike and start legging it down the road just to push start the damn thing!

Bet I looked cool.
My dad had a rebel - he loved it and used to get asked about it all the time too.

Is yours also canary yellow too

[McJim]

A Suzuki 750 two-stroke triple........boring and slow, ....also (usually??) called a Waterbus ....................(the retorts from W-Bus lovers should be good):calm:

I'm trying to fit 2 stroke, boring and slow into the same sentence in my mind.......sorry..can't do it. :rofl:

[rachprice]

I used to get plenty when I had sugaya mufflers...dam it was rowdy!
But much quieter now...
not so much now except 'is that yours?'
I give a lot of attention though...every bike I see I stare at haha

[MVnut]

I'm trying to fit 2 stroke, boring and slow into the same sentence in my mind.......sorry..can't do it. :rofl:

A little difficult, but not impossible. ........ Kawasaki H2s on the other hand ... fast, excitng, and I still ride mine, and my other old Kwakas. Best of the Suzukis imho of that era was the ever reliable Titan 500. A really nice bike.

[Nagash]

My dad had a rebel - he loved it and used to get asked about it all the time too.

Is yours also canary yellow too

Indeed it is,

Able to be seen from miles away on bike tours. Bloody brilliant bike, and damn near invincible too.

[HungusMaximist]

Red's a pretty fast and hot colour so everywhere I go I attention...

[Angusdog]

Cruisers seem to get more attention, the non-biking public seem to enjoy them more. Mind you I got *555'ed the other day for winding up a bitch in a Rav4 for looking at her, but I'm just waiting for the police to write so I can rant about her driving...

My XR600 may as well have been invisible, likewise the CBR600F but my old VFR700 Interceptor used to get comments. I figure it's all about the overall look (it was a pretty bike), but my black jacket, helmet and bike are a little intimidating for people to come up and chat even though I'm a wimp at heart.

[Sellout]

The RZ draws her fair bit of attention, everyone seems to recognise it and either had a RZ250/250 or RD themselves and come over to reminisce. But you can't possibly expect to be inconspicuous on a 2-stroke now can you! And anyone who recognises the RZ comments on the YPVS as well! Ahh, apparently I have bought myself "a piece of history" or so I'm told....

Although the missus thought I was playing around with the lawnmower the first night I had the RZ in the garage...

[Ixion]

If they can see the bike through the smoke, your oil pump needs adjusting.

[TOTO]

I get a surprising amount of attention on the rebel actually..

I've had people try to squeeze in next to me at intersections to ask if it's a Harley or to just generally comment on it.. that I find annoying.

And then during the period where my battery was dead.. Leaving work I start putting my gear on and a mother and her child stop beside me and the mum asks if she can watch me take off cause the little kid is interested.. fair enough I say. I get on the bike and start legging it down the road just to push start the damn thing!

Bet I looked cool.


hahahaha I can just see the look on their faces :killingme

[Griffin]

Since getting my new bike I have had a lot more people come up to 'talk' to me about my bike, but its big black and shiny with lotsa chrome so it kinda screams "look at me" :love: On my old bike I had to toot my horn to get people to look at me... yeah ok - Im a show pony :laugh:

[Gremlin]

so bikes = chick magnet
somewhere... I'm fucking up :oi-grr:

cb900 is almost invisible, do get the occasional person asking about it, normally non-bikers/returning bikers, and possibly interested in one. zx10... plenty normally wanting to race it or asking for a wheelie. Ironic really, as the tiny chance they have is actually against the cb900... go figure. :pinch:

[Forest]

I get a surprising amount of attention on the rebel actually..

I've had people try to squeeze in next to me at intersections to ask if it's a Harley or to just generally comment on it.. that I find annoying.

And then during the period where my battery was dead.. Leaving work I start putting my gear on and a mother and her child stop beside me and the mum asks if she can watch me take off cause the little kid is interested.. fair enough I say. I get on the bike and start legging it down the road just to push start the damn thing!

Bet I looked cool.


I'll bet dollars to donuts that it was the mum who wanted to watch you.

[Patch]

the only attention I seem to get is the wrong kind.

Can't really seem to put my finger on why that is.

[buellbabe]

Best attention getters / conversation starters are classic styled Harleys and Triumphs.

People wind their windows down to talk/ask about the bike at traffic lights occasionally.

hmmmm a few years back I was touring in the Sth Is on the Buell with my man who also had a Buell, both old models by todays standards... we pulled up at this bar where a nice looking Heritage Nostalgia was parked outside in the prime pose spot and the owner was preening himself not far away... Well by the time we had got a beer and wandered back outside ya couldn't see our bikes for the crowd gathered around them.
No-one was interested in the Harley. They all wanted to know about the Buells.
Its like that EVERYwhere I go.

And now that I've blinged the old girl I get people hanging out car windows at intersections giving me the thumbsup.

(Oh yeah I think it helps that I'm a chick too...)

[fatzx10r]

um duno, havnt been getting to much attention from the plod lately, so im not complaining :shifty:

[nivram]

I just get snigger's and comments like 'mid life crisis' I have no idea what there talking about?

[Patch]

(Oh yeah I think it helps that I'm a chick too...)
nah, its those big boots u wear :woohoo:

[Trudes]

cb900 is almost invisible, do get the occasional person asking about it, normally non-bikers/returning bikers, and possibly interested in one.

I find that too, or people that own one and come over to admire and ask about my mods and talk about what great 'do everything' bikes they are.

I don't mind, I don't get picked on by the cops, I don't often have toss pots try to race or kill me, I don't get people plonking their snotty nosed shitty nappied kids on it, I don't come back to my bike to find finger prints and drool marks all over it, I don't get stared at and best of all when the hubby and I stop somewhere, I can go off and get my lunch and coffee and get the prime seat while he and the other guys are off wanking over his bike.:shutup: Bliss!!!! And the main thing is I love my bike, and that's all that matters!:love:

[Pwalo]

I've had a couple of younger blokes say that the SV looks really cool (obviously non bikers), but most of the time it's like a stealth jet. No one even seems to notice it (perhaps it's the grey/blue colour), which is just the way I like it.

[klyong82]

I think people look at me thinking a small short kid riding a 1000cc. How does he manage that blah blah....that's just what I think...

[Toaster]

oooooooooo yeah. A guy went past us out west on one of those burnt orange ones....:drool:

Mine comes back this weekend after its been repainted..... very black, pimped and almost finished. Just a few parts to come from the USA in the next week and will post it up.

[Trudes]

I find that too, or people that own one and come over to admire and ask about my mods and talk about what great 'do everything' bikes they are.

I don't mind, I don't get picked on by the cops, I don't often have toss pots try to race or kill me, I don't get people plonking their snotty nosed shitty nappied kids on it, I don't come back to my bike to find finger prints and drool marks all over it, I don't get stared at and best of all when the hubby and I stop somewhere, I can go off and get my lunch and coffee and get the prime seat while he and the other guys are off wanking over his bike.:shutup: Bliss!!!! And the main thing is I love my bike, and that's all that matters!:love:

HOWEVER...... after saying this, out on Sunday, bike parked beside the gixxer and #1's SV, other bikes parked along the street a little including a yummy looking tri-colored 1098, wander towards our bikes after lunch and here are three youngsters (young adults/teenagers) looking at my bike, my first thought is 'better not be dripping your ice creams all over my bike', but could hear their admiring murmurs as I got closer and then they commented on #1's alarm on her bike when she blipped it off.
So we buggered off and ended up catching up to them as they were driving along up the road, so I gave them a appreciative slip down a gear and ring it out as I passed them (I could see them looking out the back window as we approached), I would've pulled a wheelie for showboat purposes, but alas, can only do accidental power wheelies at the moment.
Anyway.... I was quite chuffed that my bike got some admiring attention from people who aren't old enough to need a mobility scooter!:laugh:

[Number One]

HOWEVER...... after saying this, out on Sunday, bike parked beside the gixxer and #1's SV, other bikes parked along the street a little including a yummy looking tri-colored 1098, wander towards our bikes after lunch and here are three youngsters (young adults/teenagers) looking at my bike, my first thought is 'better not be dripping your ice creams all over my bike', but could hear their admiring murmurs as I got closer and then they commented on #1's alarm on her bike when she blipped it off.
OI are you implying they weren't admiring my or Niges bikes?! :lol:

Ok well they probably weren't admiring mine but I do recall an appreciative eyebrow being raised when I started it up. Looks plain and is just an SV but it's sure got a shexxxy growwwilll :blip:

[NighthawkNZ]

Years a go on my black beast... XJ 650 Special with added touring fairing and Givi Side panniers and top box (as well as kited RT for beign a Courier so had a 9 foot wip ariel and cell phone ariel as well as am/fm for radio)

Riding along between Napier and Hastings...then full lights and sirens... looked at my speedo 90kph (to much traffic to go much faster)

Pulled over and the cop just wanted to look at the bike... well I swore and cursed at him and asked showed WOF Rego, and asked are you issuing me with any form of infringement... He said no... So I just rode away with out saying another word and left the cop standing there...

The VTR has aways turned heads now it more often due to the extra noise and rumble... :P

[sidecar bob]

I bought my Katana 1100 at the end of '83 & the thing that sticks is people staring at it & kind of shaking their heads in disbelief & wandering off, probably more about the skinny 18 year old getting on it than anything else.
The best "friendmaker" i had was a '76 BMW R60/6 in about '95. I only had to clip the panniers on it & pootle down to McDonalds & everyone wanted to know how my circumnavigation of the globe was going & how many countries i had visited so far. Occasionally i had a bit of fun with the people for entertainment.
I remember one guy asking me expectantly, "so. . . how far have you come today"? I looked at the speedo thougthfully for a few seconds & replied, "hmmm, looks like about eight kays"

[slofox]

Most attention I got was delivering a parcel to an older gentleman who commented..."nice looking bike - looks like something out of James Bond!"
(I thought - yeah and I look as old as Sean Connery hey?)

And one of the young lady reps who calls on me who said..."THAT!!! You ride THAT??????? Phooooooooo!" (I think she thought I was way too old to ride a bike.....)cow!

Little kids always look on in awe...and my grandson (aged 2) calls me "poppa bike".......I think he's already an addict......

[slofox]

Most attention I got was delivering a parcel to an older gentleman who commented..."nice looking bike - looks like something out of James Bond!"
(I thought - yeah and I look as old as Sean Connery hey?)

And one of the young lady reps who calls on me who said..."THAT!!! You ride THAT??????? Phooooooooo!" (I think she thought I was way too old to ride a bike.....)cow!

Little kids always look on in awe...and my grandson (aged 2) calls me "poppa bike".......I think he's already an addict......

On the other hand, this morning as I pootled along the urban street, there on the side of the road, complete with political slogan signs and a small cohort of supporters, was one of the local election candidates (won't mention his allegiance since I am apolitical [=think they ALL stink]).....he was grinning and waving to each and every cage...but when I came along on the bike he turned his back on me.......goddam bastard!!!! I was tempted to run him over but I didn't want to get poo all over the bike.......

[vifferman]

On the other hand, this morning as I pootled along the urban street, there on the side of the road, complete with political slogan signs and a small cohort of supporters, was one of the local election candidates (won't mention his allegiance since I am apolitical [=think they ALL stink]).....he was grinning and waving to each and every cage...but when I came along on the bike he turned his back on me.......goddam bastard!!!! I was tempted to run him over but I didn't want to get poo all over the bike.......
Lolly.
Same thing this morning for me, except there was a veritable gaggle of them, inanely jiggling their party signs and waving. I ignored them behind my dark visor (had to concentrate on the 'tards I was sharing the road with anyway). As if I'm gonna vote for someone just because they and/or their cronies wave a sign at me! If anything, it encourages me not to vote.
I'd be quite happy if the local incumbent emailed me, or came around for a drink. He has my email address, from when I emailed him about the 'cheesecutters' (and he replied quite quickly), and I'm sure he could find my actual address. With 5 voters in our household, it'd be worth a visit.
As long as he brought the beer...

[babysteps]

Shitloads!!! :2thumbsup Everyone has a Vespa story

[Manxman]

A friend on KB "Babyblade250RR" (Hmm havn't seen him for a while... where you at?) who rides an R6 once told me that he recieves alot of public attention when he is with his bike...

Me: "So whats it like riding an R6? It's a good looking bike isn't it?"
BB250RR: "*snip*...the bad thing is that you get alot of public attention..."

*Someone walks by saying to him "Nice bike!"*

Me: "Alot?"
BB250RR: "ALOT!"

So is it true? Tell us your story.

Yeah, real chick magnet...can't shake 'em off. Want some?
<gotta go, wifey's just walked in>

Actually, the only person who's said "nooooice bike" is a 50y.o workmate, who looks like Jack Duckworth off Coro St.:crybaby::crybaby:

[Taz]

I don't ride around going "look at Moi!!" look at Moi!!!".... So I want and recieve very little attention.

[McJim]

I don't ride around going "look at Moi!!" look at Moi!!!".... So I want and recieve very little attention.

So you wheel around the 900FE with the engine switched off. Seriously - the sound of an aircooled desmodue is an attention grabber all by itself.

[KingJackaL]

Heh - well I get a fair bit, and just occasionally a stupid amount. Doesn't hurt that the bike's painted in harlequin ;).

And while bikers aren't overly interested in my bike, they can't help asking after a while. There are NO badges on it, so most don't know what it is (or even what brand it is), and then I open the boot to put my helmet in... love those 'WTF?!' looks :blink:.


Most insane moment was a couple of months ago when I pulled up at a set of lights... then next to me pulls up a bus with 'Timaru Girls High School' written on the side and a couple of netball teams inside. TBH that's about the only time I've seen so many girls hanging out a bus :niceone:. Twas a bit awkward though... :devil2:

[Sable]

Frequently when I park my bike and come back to it there's some guy looking at it and saying 'I had one of these' or 'I had a kettle' or H2 etc.

Once I broke down at traffic lights and this chap on a bicycle appears out of nowhere - "cool bike man", prods around a little, suggested all the things that I'd already done to try and start it, I bump-started it and then he disappeared with a thumbs up lol

[wybmadiity]

The only attention mine seems to get is :Police:

[MarkH]

Mine gets quite a bit of attention, both from bikers and from non-bikers. I think the scooters with bigger engines are still a bit of a novelty to many people, most are familiar with 50cc & 125cc scooters but haven't seen a 400cc scooter before.

[EJK]

Mine gets quite a bit of attention, both from bikers and from non-bikers. I think the scooters with bigger engines are still a bit of a novelty to many people, most are familiar with 50cc & 125cc scooters but haven't seen a 400cc scooter before.

You've got some attention last night! haha

[Taz]

So you wheel around the 900FE with the engine switched off. Seriously - the sound of an aircooled desmodue is an attention grabber all by itself.

Only the cows care on the back roads....... Plus like any good Ducati it's in a thousnd bits at the moment.

[OutForADuck]

Middle-aged, middle-sized bloke wearing a black riding suit and a high-vis vest, riding a Scorpio: how much attention do you think I get? :crybaby:

Actually, when I've been parked one or two people have said how shiny and new the bike looks. But no-one has said anything nice about me. :weep:

Yeah, my bike attracks alot of attention but you can almost hear the audible sigh of dissapointment when I take my helmet off :pinch: Good job I have a strong sense of dillusional self image :argh:

[vgcspares]

Got a 2 year-old Black Bonneville that always (and I mean always) gets someone looking at it while parked, but as the comments are generally of the type "she's in good nick, how old is it?" I'm not sure it's a compliment

[Seraph]

so many people comment on my lil rgv at the bar, It sits outside the smokers area... So when i arrive and take any smoke breaks people always seem to have to say something..as incoherant as it might be...gotta love the "heyy...you ride a bike?!... wow....hott" comments....
Riding down the street people have a nice lil look too.....the cloud of smoke and 2 stroke rattle may be a large contributing factor....
and at lights....well...boy racers get the iridium stare of death.....:bleh:

[Dodgyiti]

because i pimp out my bikes they always get plenty of attention. not that i seek it, i pimp because i like it.:oi-grr:
oh, if you have ever heard a guzzi with lafranconi competitioni 'mufflers' on it... it is an ear bleading experience:2thumbsup

[Number One]

Well if you ride in a squid suit you get heaps more attention. Felt rather conspicuous but then I was soo much better protected than in my corduras so I just sucked it up.

BUT everytime I stopped in the last two days there was always at least one person wanting to chatter to me and being a good motorcyclist I was friendly and chatty back

[Blossom]

Well if you ride in a squid suit you get heaps more attention... I just sucked it up.


mmmm...Number one in a squid suit... :whistle:

I get far more people gawking from the side of the road or cars etc, at the bike while I am riding it than I do when its parked. Although recently after parking in the shade (on the bike parking footpath outside the warehouse) I did have one lady say to her 10 yr oldish daughter... "get out of the way of the oncoming vehicle darling, mutters which shouldn't be parking on the footpath anyway.
Is that attention? :lol:

[coffeejunkie]

Best attention getters / conversation starters are classic styled Harleys and Triumphs.

People wind their windows down to talk/ask about the bike at traffic lights occasionally.

Go the mighty trumpy:drool:, Old school and new i talk to all trumpy owners,

In my case i look at ALL bikes and talk to ppl if i wanna know somethng,

I go to the bike events and normally get a sore neck from looking all directions(afraid i might miss somethng), It's better than porn, hehehe,

Hay #1 your right ya know......ppl still do kinda go what the hell when they see chick riders, It's like come on ppl were not from another planet with 2 heads:shifty:,

My other half(balzybuell) gets alot of looks at his 1125r cuz it's only one down these ways,

His old TL had the meanest sound.....I could hear him caining it up witfordbrown and we live a fair distance from there, lol

[Big Dave]

Can-Am Spyder is the new run away champeen. Lapping the field currently.

[Dodgyiti]

Can-Am Spyder is the new run away champeen. Lapping the field currently.

oh yeah!
they look the biz, i want one bad so i can ride with this damn cast on me arm then flick it over to the missus when the gammyness has gone, she is keen as ever since the big boys toys show, she must have taken 50 pictures of it i had to endure looking at when we got home. saying 'yes i was there too' didnt cut it

[testastretta]

From all the bikes I've owned(jappas,harleys,ducatis),my hyper is the most attention grabbing bike of all of them.It seems the younger they are the cooler they think it looks and the oldies just think WTF is it.
In the end though only one persons opinion counts and I love riding my Hyper!:Punk:

[prettybillie]

A friend on KB "Babyblade250RR" (Hmm havn't seen him for a while... where you at?) who rides an R6 once told me that he recieves alot of public attention when he is with his bike...

Me: "So whats it like riding an R6? It's a good looking bike isn't it?"
BB250RR: "*snip*...the bad thing is that you get alot of public attention..."

*Someone walks by saying to him "Nice bike!"*

Me: "Alot?"
BB250RR: "ALOT!"

So is it true? Tell us your story.

This guy should be stoked people think his bike is hot.

My bike gets a bit of attention - however due to wearing a pink helmet, pink leathers, pink gloves and pink boots I probably ask for it :banana:

[short-circuit]

My bike gets heaps cause it's the shiz

[mashman]

They generally stand there drooling and then proceed to ask what the fuck an Aprilia is... Puts a smile on my face everytime!!!

[Ecclesnz]

My bike gets some attention, often at lights or if I wind it out a bit on the roads. But then it is a 650 single so that always sounds good.

[bigfoot]

Im sure this happens to a lot of bikers but have you had someone driving alongside perving at your bike, and then distracted by their own drool :drool:, proceed to drift into your lane :Pokey: . Thats when you chuck it down a gear and wwwwwwwwrrrrrraaaaaa

[Owl]

Mine gets a bit of attention because it looks so short (optical illusion)!

My Harley got more, especially when I parked it in the designated :Police: park at the Plaza!:laugh:

[MentalFacility]

i get quite a lot of people who ask to take pictures with the bike.
I also get some people who would come up and start chatting to me about bikes, and then instantly become full of them selves. Like that old guy the other day, 20 seconds in to "how r ya doin, nice bike" conversation went of talking about how he was a pro motorcycle trainer for 120 years, and got too much skill.
Im just standing there wondering WHY?! are the telling me this.
Usually after an epic story from their racing career they ask some stupid question like " you said it has a slipper clutch, whats that for? Reverse of some kind?".