What is it with guys bout girls on bikes?

[torban]

I have never ridden with female riders before, but being one of the slower riders out there, I will probably end up embarrassed by them anyway.... What I wanted to share, happened in Wellsford this Sunday past. I was getting a coffee from a cafe, and incidentally overheard three gentleman in designer biking outfits remarking in very unsavoury tones on the attire and ride of a guy who just pulled up on an 80's GS1000 with period gear. They had 2 shiny Ducati's and some other naked thing which I could not identify parked close by, and if anyone of them is part of this website, I can only say, shame on you, you ignorant, upnosed bastards. I would comfortably look the other way if I should ever notice one of you lying bleeding in a ditch.

On the lady rider thing, I was trying to keep up with a long-haired rider on a CRUISER the other day, and I couldn't manage without scaring myself......... so I had to let him go!!!! Or her, perhaps... :confused2

[dangerous]

Well I have always had the up most respect for the female riders amongest us. I learnt this when living in Oz after a few times when I was cought up in a rather fast ride to the top of Mt Glorious (Brissie) and beaten there too only to take the hat of for a yarn and a coffee at the cafe to find that the other rider was a female.
I often ride with a few of the girls here in Chch and there riding is often more comendable than us guys.

[Stevo]

Me just new to the whole riding on the road caper. At least on something capable of more than 80km/h and riding with a helmet and all that. Have done about 1000 of my 6500kms with only my (much experienced g/f). Mostly ride by myself though which is cool. Can just go my own speed.

Very rarely do I go over 105 for fair of being pulled up cos of my 80 demerits all earned in my cage!

Think I'd rather ride with the g/f before any male,.................... cos she is just so sexxxxxxxxxxy. Hehe. Seriously though I wouldn't be a road rider if not for her. Great chicky that one!!!

PS: Hers is bigger than mine........................ hahahaahahahahaahahah

[Eddieb]

What I wanted to share, happened in Wellsford this Sunday past. ...... overheard three gentleman in designer biking outfits remarking in very unsavoury tones on the attire and ride of a guy who just pulled up on an 80's GS1000 with period gear. They had 2 shiny Ducati's .....

Ah well thats what you get on the wong side of the bombays

Ducati riders elsewhere are a lot nicer. :P

[Mongoose]

Fazer better then BMW?
Oh yeah? ;-)

I think you mean the bigger types? And big Harleys?

My baby, the Scarver, is a little nice BMW:
50hp/37kW, 62Nm at 5.500, 187kg, 650ccm.
Not the fastest bike in the world.
But:
He got a driving belt! And injection! And ABS! And heated grips! And a power socket! And a 400W alternator!
:-) Liv, and it's spring here in Norway!!

Power socket AND 400w Alt., must be for the hair dryer, yes?

[Paul in NZ]

It's not just non bikers (as a gentleman motorcyclist I detest that word) and male riders that give lady riders a hard time.. Lady riders give lady pillions a hard time too... Oh you must learn to ride and get your own bike so you get get out behind the oaf up front (all within my hearing)... Pish!

We think we are a big happy bike riding family! Ha!

It's not just the ladies, personally I destest all other motorcylists that are not exactly the same as me! Especially people that have bigger or faster or redder or more expensiver or cooler bikes than me... They are all horrible...

Don't get me started on car drivers...

or small dogs (other than ours)

As for kids and cars that go pisht... bah humbug....

Now... While the above may be written in jest.. We all do it don't we? We just can't help but try to establish a pecking order of some sorts can we?

I try hard not to get picky or judgemental.. However, I do draw the line some places... Thieves get no respect...

Paul N

[vifferman]

We think we are a big happy bike riding family! Ha!
.. We all do it don't we? We just can't help but try to establish a pecking order of some sorts can we?

Yeah, you're probably right.

Thieves get no respect...

Or should that be "Thieves have no respect"?
"Now look at that there bike. Now that's a classy bit of kit."
"Ooh yeah. Let's steal the fooker!"

[Mongoose]

Yeah, you're probably right.
Or should that be "Thieves have no respect"?
"Now look at that there bike. Now that's a classy bit of kit."
"Ooh yeah. Let's steal the fooker!"

Me, far to shallow for that, its more like " Look at that nice piece of .... and hell the bike aint so bad either"

[Paul in NZ]

Me, far to shallow for that, its more like " Look at that nice piece of .... and hell the bike aint so bad either"

You still got that full sized mirror in the garage then?



Paul N

[Mongoose]

You still got that full sized mirror in the garage then?



Paul N

Shhhhhhhh, you promised not to say

[moko]

I was getting a coffee from a cafe, and incidentally overheard three gentleman in designer biking outfits remarking in very unsavoury tones on the attire and ride of a guy who just pulled up on an 80's GS1000 with period gear.

You mean 80`s period gear`s out of fashion,shit,no-one ever tells me anything.I`m still trogging around wearing levis,cat boots and black leather jacket just like I always have,still quite a few of us greasy reprobate old-timers in the U.K.Thankfully mine is also the era when bikers were an un-wanted minority with a thug image,we didnt give a toss what anybody thought then and dont now.Un-like some of the prats that ignore me on the road I dont wear fancy gear,my bike`s nearly always filthy and it dosnt have half a mail-order catalogue bolted to it.Un-like them also I`m not afraid to ride it in the wet and cold,ride 3 times the average mileage according to RIDE survey(biggest in U.K.)stats and dont particularly feel the need to impress anyone,which is just as well really.

[KATWYN]

overheard three gentleman in designer biking outfits remarking in very unsavoury tones on the attire and ride of a guy who just pulled up on an 80's GS1000 with period gear.

Thats a bit sad to hear.

[moko]

Also back then the rougher you looked the cooler you were and most bikers had the grungy look before anyone had ever heard of Kurt Cobain,I had a really trashed leather jacket and people offered me fairly serious money for it a couple of times.These days it`s pretty bikes,pretty leathers and pretty boys and both our local patch clubs are basically winding down as their members get older and new bikers just dont want that image/lifestyle.One`s turned into a pure bike club,couple of runs and a show every year and the other`s mutated into the local mafia,you`ll see them in 4x4`s as much as on their bikes and they keep a very low profile.

[loosebruce]

It's a bit sad to hear other people putting down other riders, they're all out there and doing it, which is more than i can say for some people i know, even sadder when it's because they're female. I've got a girl who works for me, took her for a ride on the back of the TL she loved it, next week she sat her handling course, week after that she sat her theroy test and passed, hasn't even got her cage licence yet (the way it should be), next week her first bike turns up from welly, a nice ZXR250, she's over the moon.
And to add to that there are some seriously fast ladyee's out there i remember watching the euro superstock champs at nurburgring in 99, i can't remember her name (i have an issue with remebering 10mins let alone 5 or so years) but she was up in 9th worked her way to 6th passing boys riding R1's she was on gixxer750, respect!! She's be alot faster than what i'd ever be.

[Kwaka-Kid]

These days it`s pretty bikes,pretty leathers and pretty boys

yeah mate! but with that you see come pretty girls... ahh theres the bit you missed :P all the ones you old guys used to pickup wearing ur wrecked leather jackets etc... where were your standerds? cmon young guys! think about it... just take a look at your mothers youngens!..

I mean... No mum, dont do it, i dont want the wooden spoon!