Who do you become when you swap to your biker gear and jump on the bike?

[Conquiztador]

OK, so I know what the "sensible brigade" will tell me here...

But surely there is a change in you when you get out of your work gear (be that an overall, a suit or a uniform) and you get the leathers on and jump on the bike.

If nothing else, then at least there is a freedom that comes over you, nobody can reach you.

You might not become Captain America, Rossi or Ghost Rider. But surely there is a change?

Years ago before marriage and kids I used to go for looong rides (weeks). I just pack up the most important and take off. And I be honest, there was some Easy Rider'ish in what I did. As much as I had to get back to the grey daily thingy, for a short moment I was free. Today there is still a little of that when I jump on a bike. Even if only for a few hours. I become quite mellow actually, happy to see the world go by. No hurry.

[Maha]

Yes there is a change, I walk funny/differently than normal in my leathers, I noticed that the other day. I dont beleive I take on any sort of persona.

[Ixion]

Myself, I become Mrs Amelia Rowntree, 37, Laburnum Ave Hammersmith. Discrete disciplinary services for mature gentlemen.

[tommygun]

Freedom is a good word to use. I always feel free on the bike from the daily grind etc. So thats me then, a freedom biker....hahahaha:mellow:

[Ixion]

Yes there is a change, I walk funny/differently than normal in my leathers, I noticed that the other day. I dont beleive I take on any sort of persona.

Oh, is that why. I thought it was piles.

[Mikkel]

I become Sir Sweatalot as I swagger off to my trusty steed ready to run down foul dragons and road demons on the battlefields of Canterbury.

[Katman]

I'm the same person on or off a bike.

Anyone that assumes another persona when they transform into 'Motorcycle Man' is degrading Motorcycling.

[Gremlin]

... Gremlin ...

:whistle:

[puddytat]

I become very focused,as my earplugs start to block off the noise of the world & I slip into a zen like state of single mindedness or, is it mindlessness....

[MsKABC]

I change from being a 30-something stay-at-home-mum with a mortgage etc etc, to a young and carefree girl racer again. Well, sort of - I still ride like a nana, before you start jumping up and down Katman, but I feel like a girl racer, and it's wonderfully cathartic :D

[AD345]

I'm the same person on or off a bike.

Anyone that assumes another persona when they transform into 'Motorcycle Man' is degrading Motorcycling.

Your spiritual guardianship of the soul of motorcycling is humbling to behold.

[Katman]

Your spiritual guardianship of the soul of motorcycling is humbling to behold.

You missed out the capital M.

:msn-wink:

[AD345]

You missed out the capital M.

:msn-wink:

I had it in originally but figured then I'd have to capitalise Spiritual Guardianship as well and couldn't be bothered (true story)

[beyond]

I go from being a nearly 52 year old Warehouse manager, happily married man and Father to someone who thoroughly enjoys the freedom of motorcyling and every care of the world disappears as I prepare my entry, apex and exit of every corner.

I ride concentrating so fully on what I am doing that I don't need to worry about all the worries :)

I love riding.

Just to keep Katman happy, yep, I'm the same bloke but riding does change you. It has to because it's so enjoyable and so much fun. It releases you so much to be one with your bike, the road and your surroundings.

[piston broke]

:msn-wink:

i don't change,
a stoner of corsa

[vifferman]

I'm the same person on or off a bike.

Anyone that assumes another persona when they transform into 'Motorcycle Man' is degrading Motorcycling.
Don't be such a party pooper, Kat of Man.

I become (da-de-de-da-dah-TA-DAH!!) vifferdork!

Er..... man. VifferMAN. :o

[AD345]

Don't be such a party pooper, Kat of Man.

I become (da-de-de-da-dah-TA-DAH!!) vifferdork!

Er..... man. VifferMAN. :o


Of course

cos VM is fine but VD.......

[Conquiztador]

I'm the same person on or off a bike.

Anyone that assumes another persona when they transform into 'Motorcycle Man' is degrading Motorcycling.

Jees Kman. Either you have taken on a persona on here who is so dry that there is a fire-ban around you, and you are secretly sitting there in your hideout laughing your azz off. Or perhaps you really are who you portray on here....nahh, nobody can be such a dick IRL...can they???

[McWild]

I become one with the motorcycle. We are frail apart but together...

UNSTOPPABLE.

[AD345]

I become one with the motorcycle. We are frail apart but together...

UNSTOPPABLE.

Intersections must be challenging

[nivram]

I become useless on corners!

[Katman]

Jees Kman. Either you have taken on a persona on here who is so dry that there is a fire-ban around you, and you are secretly sitting there in your hideout laughing your azz off. Or perhaps you really are who you portray on here....nahh, nobody can be such a dick IRL...can they???

Motorcycling is fundamentally a form of transport (albeit, probably the most spiritually rewarding form of readily available transport).

Anyone that feels the need to become someone else simply because they throw their leg over a motorcycle thinks more of themselves than they do of Motorcycling.

[McWild]

Intersections must be challenging

Oh once you get the timing right you can usually just slip through, Frogger-style.

[Sparrowhawk]

As work finishes & I head to my locker, I magically transform from mild mannered banking consultant to..... Super Commuter!! Able to split long lines of traffic in a single bound! Faster than a speeding Lada!

Nah, I don't really change much, but once I get out of the jafa-land traffic and in to the midly twisty roads I use as a 'short-cut', the stress of the day bleeds off, and a smile appears behind the bug splattered visor.

Just to reassure you Katman, I'm careful on the twisty's, and stay below the posted speed limit as much as I can (every now and then my right wrist sort of... twists... all by itself) :msn-wink:

[Crisis management]

I don't think I become someone else, (except when I crash and then I'm a fuckwit) but I know my voice improves, cause I can sing as loud as I like and no one complains.


Hmmm, maybe a rockstar then?

[AD345]

Oh once you get the timing right you can usually just slip through, Frogger-style.

I was looking for the vid that shows a car doing that (its in here at 2:02) when I found this:

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its a crack-up

[Dean]

I become godfather the cars respect me i am feared as my gn250 roars through town.I fell free even the ginger cunt wont pull me over hes to afraid i can see it in his eyes my staunchness, my prowess over the prey.




No i actually feel like an idiot , going 80kph in a 100kph zone slowing down all the cars, and my fat arse cheeks scraping the rear tyre.Oh well eventually ill upgrade

[McJim]

Myself, I become Mrs Amelia Rowntree, 37, Laburnum Ave Hammersmith. Discrete disciplinary services for mature gentlemen.

Really? I become Ivy Lykes, the Cockwell Inn, Tillit, Herts. :rofl:

No but seriously I'm mostly either a commuter or enjoying the countryside when I'm on the bike..When I jump into the Falcon though I turn the stereo up to it's booming max and drag race the local boy racers - they don't seem to think it's fair that my $12,000 2003 Falcon with no modifications 1) blows their stereos away 2) Blows their little turboed Jappas away from a standing start (190Kw without any turbo lag and a seriously juicy and flat torque curve....):rofl:

[Conquiztador]

I was looking for the vid that shows a car doing that (its in here at 2:02) when I found this:

Here the VID was included, but I took aboard the advice of a caring fellow KB and got rid of it as I would hate to be outside the norms...
its a crack-up

Now THAT was cool! I love the bank robbers. Priceless!!!

[Voltaire]

When I don my flying goggles, pull on my 16 year old leather jacket, climb on board the mighty R50/5 and hear the sound of the flat twin roar into life and see the huge air cooled cylinders below me and think of the BMW roundel with the spinning propeller against the blue sky....I take on the persona of ...
The Red Baron...fighter ace......taking off into the early morning to..............
do the shopping at Pack and Save.

[AD345]

Quick quick - delete the embed vid outta yer reply or you're gonna be sorrrrrrrrrrrrrry (as I found out)

[Conquiztador]

Quick quick - delete the embed vid outta yer reply or you're gonna be sorrrrrrrrrrrrrry (as I found out)

Yeah, some ppl have no life... Cheers.

[piston broke]

its a crack-up

so,who and where is the extremely lucky dude at about 59 seconds?:eek5::shit:

[vifferman]

Now THAT was cool! I love the bank robbers. Priceless!!!
Didja notice the Noo Zilund clip?

[piston broke]

Didja notice the Noo Zilund clip?
yep,
the tree did it's best eh

[Conquiztador]

yep,
the tree did it's best eh

Don't tell the Greens... U get an infraction...

[Dean]

The bank robbers was one of the funniest bizzare clips ive seen i wonder why the onlookers or citizens didnt tell the cops where the robbers where.

[mstriumph]

Yes there is a change, I walk funny/differently than normal in my leathers .........

mebbe need a larger size ......?:innocent:

[Boob Johnson]

I'm the same person on or off a bike.

Anyone that assumes another persona when they transform into 'Motorcycle Man' is degrading Motorcycling.
lol he's never far away from these threads :clap:

Saw you a couple of weeks ago Steve, on the Saturday of the A1GP riding near the Woolworths towards the lake. If indeed you are the same person on or off the bike how do you explain the whale of a pillion you had? Struth the back end looked strained under the load :bleh:

[Trudes]

I go from being a slightly insane 32 year old to a leather clad granny on an old man's bike.:msn-wink:

[Number One]

Oh once you get the timing right you can usually just slip through, Frogger-style.
THAT takes me back - used to play that for hours as a youngun :lol:

As for - who do you become...just me...but I do start to sweat, rustle and squeek more - that bloody SIDI vertebrae system how do you stop it squeeking :lol:

[Katman]

Saw you a couple of weeks ago Steve, on the Saturday of the A1GP riding near the Woolworths towards the lake. If indeed you are the same person on or off the bike how do you explain the whale of a pillion you had? Struth the back end looked strained under the load :bleh:

Considering my bike never left the workshop that weekend I'm intrigued to know who you saw that you thought was me.

[James Deuce]

I go from being a slightly insane 32 year old to a leather clad granny on an old man's bike.:msn-wink:

The last bit's wrong. An unmodified Hornet is an old man's bike. You just ride your work of art like it's an old man's bike. Granny.

[Trudes]

The last bit's wrong. An unmodified Hornet is an old man's bike. You just ride your work of art like it's an old man's bike. Granny.

Owwwwwww, I felt that burn!! :laugh:

[Boob Johnson]

Considering my bike never left the workshop that weekend I'm intrigued to know who you saw that you thought was me.

Now now Steve, put the bourbon bottle down & don't be so bashful, nothing wrong with having a morbidly obese wife :rofl:

[Number One]

Owwwwwww, I felt that burn!! :laugh:
You want I can go round and take care of him....:whistle:

[Trudes]

You want I can go round and take care of him....:whistle:

:girlfight::whistle:

[Number One]

:girlfight::whistle:
Anyway - I don't know where he lives and I suspect there might be a street brawler under that soft exterior of his :whistle:

[Katman]

Now now Steve, put the bourbon bottle down & don't be so bashful, nothing wrong with having a morbidly obese wife :rofl:

The day a size 10 is classed as morbidly obese is the day our society is in deep shit.

[Boob Johnson]

The day a size 10 is classed as moridly obese is the the day our society is in deep shit.
Mate her right leg may have been a size 10 but im talkin about the WHOLE package :blip:

[Katman]

Mate her right leg may have been a size 10 but im talkin about the WHOLE package :blip:

There's a number of people on this site that have met my wife that will confirm that you're sucking your own cock.

[MyGSXF]

Didja notice the Noo Zilund clip?



the tree did it's best eh

Yep.. Nelson to be exact!! :2thumbsup thought it was puuurdy cool seeing that clip in amongst all those big international acts! ;)

As soon as I get my gear on, I go from being a stressed out solo mum :crazy: to, being at peace with the universe :calm:

I :love: my bike

[Boob Johnson]

There's a number of people on this site that have met my wife that will confirm that you're sucking your own cock.
With the number of times you request to have others do just that I am surprised to hear you are married at all :laugh:

[Katman]

I am surprised to hear you are married at all :laugh:

Just goes to show there's hope even for you Boob.

[Maha]

mebbe need a larger size ......?:innocent:

Larger size what???.....:shifty:

[piston broke]

Larger size what???.....:shifty:

belt meebe?
or ya rekon a codpiece

[Maha]

belt meebe?
or ya rekon a codpiece

Knowing mstriumph I would say codpiece but, ya never know, I may have it wrong, it has been known...:baby:
Personally I think its the orthopedic boots we have to wear.

[Number One]

belt meebe?
or ya rekon a codpiece
OMG have you SEEN Maha? Definitely a bigger codpiece required eh big fella :blip: ;)

[The Pastor]

<img src='http://www-personal.umich.edu/~thyliasm/Stig.jpg'>
The Stig

[Number One]

Knowing mstriumph I would say codpiece but, ya never know, I may have it wrong, it has been known...:baby:
:lol: ooops SNAP!

[Maha]

OMG have you SEEN Maha? Definitely a bigger codpiece required eh big fella :blip: ;)

Haven't found yet that will take the job on....:crybaby:

[piston broke]

I would say codpiece but, ya never know, I may have it wrong, it has been known...:baby:


:cold:sounds like wishful thinkin to me

[The Stranger]

Myself, I become Mrs Amelia Rowntree, 37, Laburnum Ave Hammersmith. Discrete disciplinary services for mature gentlemen.

Sounds like a go. How much do you charge?

[piston broke]

OMG have you SEEN Maha? Definitely a bigger codpiece required eh big fella :blip: ;)

yeah,but is he part japanese?
it looked like his feet had been bound as a child

[Katman]

Sounds like a go. How much do you charge?

Mature doesn't just mean old, Noel.

:msn-wink:

[The Stranger]

Mature doesn't just mean old, Noel.

:msn-wink:

Why thank you.

[Boob Johnson]

Just goes to show there's hope even for you Boob.
Too true mate, hell if a Neanderthal like yourself can bag one then there is hope for all mankind :2thumbsup

[dipshit]

Cool, calm, and collected.

[Mom]

Cock. 10 of them things too.

[Katman]

Too true mate, hell if a Neanderthal like yourself can bag one then there is hope for all mankind :2thumbsup

Difference between you and I though is I'm happy to use a clear plastic bag.

[piston broke]

Cock. 10 of them things too.

?huh?

p.s.hi mom and maha

[Mom]

?huh?

p.s.hi mom and maha

Hi back at you!

I just wanted to say cock is all, I sometimes do that for no reason at all :lol:

Cock! See :first:

[piston broke]

Hi back at you!

I just wanted to say cock is all, I sometimes do that for no reason at all :lol:

Cock! See :first:

you were a problem child weren't you :msn-wink:

[Jerry74]

strange people on here i just become a person on a motorcycle

[pixc]

I put on my gear and i start to freak. I sweat and i start shaking. I wonder why I do it. It gets worse when i start the bike. Its not until Im heading down the driveway that a wave of calm comes over me. 2 mins in and Im in my element. Nothing worries me, and all of my concerntration goes on the task at hand. This still happens even tho 2 years have passed since my wee prang. Im a big sap and maybe its time to give it up.

[Number One]

Cock. 10 of them things too.
You turn into COCK when you ride Mom???? :gob: We never have ridden together have we :lol:

[Shadows]

Difference between you and I though is I'm happy to use a clear plastic bag.

Necrophiliac

[Jerry74]

Necrophiliac

hahahahahahahahahaha thats a good one... gross but good

[portokiwi]

Ricky Martin lol..... He Moves He Moves and no one hears me sing.:banana::lol: Riding my bike I lika

[Boob Johnson]

Necrophiliac
lol you beat me to it :2thumbsup

[mctshirt]

Hi back at you!

I just wanted to say cock is all, I sometimes do that for no reason at all :lol:

Cock! See :first:

Tourette's of the keyboard?

[MsKABC]

Haven't found yet that will take the job on....:crybaby:

I asked a man once what it would take to get him into a g-string....he replied: "A whooooole lotta g-string baby" :rofl:

[Grizzo]

this guy........

[Number One]

:rofl: oh bless him! Nice answer

[Number One]

this guy........
Cool :sunny:

AAAAAANNNNNNNIIIIIIIIMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!

[swbarnett]

ME!

My bike is not a toy or a once in a while hobby, or even a weekend escape.

It's a part of who I am, a big part!

[sondela]

No but seriously I'm mostly either a commuter or enjoying the countryside when I'm on the bike..When I jump into the Falcon though I turn the stereo up to it's booming max and drag race the local boy racers - they don't seem to think it's fair that my $12,000 2003 Falcon with no modifications 1) blows their stereos away 2) Blows their little turboed Jappas away from a standing start (190Kw without any turbo lag and a seriously juicy and flat torque curve....):rofl:

Ooohh.. McJimmy wanna try taking on my Supra??
I can beat all the boy racers from a standing start..it's magic :clap:

[pritch]

Thanks to Ixion, McJim, Boob, and others for the laughs.

It's not quite the same thing, but if there was someone I would like to emulate it would be Alan Shepherd. He was quick but he had a very tidy riding style.

OK, the quick bit might be a problem, but I can at least aspire to a tidy riding style?

Then again when comunting on a sunny day listening to the soundtrack of the SJ50 I can be Hugh Anderson bombing down Bray Hill...

[DarkLord]

Most of the time I am a fairly quiet and reserved sort of person. I'm usually pretty patient and open minded.

When I'm on the road, I just feel like royalty for some reason. I feel like I own the road, and that I have the power to treat anyone else any way that I see fit. I'm not afraid of anyone or anything or anyone. I tend to be quite aggressive with my riding.

The bike tends to bring out the worst in me to be honest. However, as I am realising this over time and acknowleding it I am feeling more relaxed on the road and not quite so hostile. It is a process, but I'm getting there.

[Cheshire Cat]

the cheshire cat- :D

[R6_kid]

I become myself plus my bike gear. It's not like it's and act or something, you're putting on protective gear.

Who do you become when you put on your pyjamas?

[MsKABC]

Who do you become when you put on your pyjamas?


What pyjamas? :blip:

[Conquiztador]

I become myself plus my bike gear. It's not like it's and act or something, you're putting on protective gear.

Who do you become when you put on your pyjamas?

WOW! I really need to see that. You ride in your pyjamas!!!

[Ixion]

I become myself plus my bike gear. It's not like it's and act or something, you're putting on protective gear.

Who do you become when you put on your pyjamas?

I don't own pyjamas.

[sondela]

Yay a pyjama thread!! I always wanted to post in a pyjama thread :banana:
Actually, when I get on my bike, I just become very happy indeed..

[mikeey01]

Yay a pyjama thread!! I always wanted to post in a pyjama thread :banana:
Actually, when I get on my bike, I just become very happy indeed..

+1 I agree and a nice bike it is too :)

[kasper]

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That describes it fairly well I think.

--kasper

[=cJ=]

Usually a guy on his way to work...

[ducatilover]

when i hop on my bike im the guy on the gay honda. when im not on it im the guy fixing the gay honda :2thumbsup

[peasea]

I'm the same old same old, whether driving or riding.
Conan the Barbarian in a pink leotard. Don't tell me you haven't seen me?

[ducatilover]

i got told i had to pay to see you?

[PrincessBandit]

As soon as I get on my bike I become a very focussed old lady. When i put my gear on to get on the bike I become a sticky sweaty very focussed old lady.

ps Boob it is very uncool to diss someone's partner. Keep your shit for katman - it is possible he might deserve some splattering from time to time, but katwoman certainly does not!

[madbikeboy]

Who do I become when you swap to your biker gear and jump on the bike?

Icarus.

[Renegade]

Freedom is a good word to use. I always feel free on the bike from the daily grind etc. So thats me then, a freedom biker....hahahaha:mellow:

me too, sums it up.