What is "character"?

[nudemetalz]

I like my Guzzi's, because when you are riding them and you get it right though a set of corners you know it, but when you get it wrong you know it right away.
Not that the bike will throw you to the tarmac, it just does not feel that good.

I'm also getting to know that more and more as I learn about the Italian beauty.

[Skyryder]

So do you mate - in buckets...

As in slop buckets.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Charecter? Shit that 'is' an interesting question.

1 There needs to be respect.
2 Off the mainstream.
3 Consistancy.

Anything that comes into those values not necessarly in that order

Skyryder

[T.W.R]

Every bike has character to a certain degree IMO

It's the quirks & idiosyncrasies that each bike has that makes it unique, the things that you learn to live with, how it likes to be started, the way it delivers feedback to you, the faults you know are there but you live with.
Because when you click with the bike on the road the feeling is pure magic.
And that's what seperates certain bikes from the rest because when a lot of bikes will take you into the zone regularly, a bike with character comes alive

[Skyryder]

As in slop buckets.

Skyryder

Guess I forgot it's Xmas day. Peace and goodwill etc. Ride safe Finn etc.

Guess all this slops talk is making me all mushy.

Skyryder

[SuperDave]

So character is just a pseudonym for a piece of shit?

[Nutter34]

Lets face it, some of us are quite logical when it comes to buying our bikes and some of us are more emotional. We compare between makes and riding positions and engine configurations etc. Most likely, during the research, we'll find out that certain machines have quirks and tendencies.
To call that character, mmmm, not so sure....

Surely you wouldn't say the grumpy old bastard living down the road, who never helps anyone, or goes out of his way to annoy people, has character? Rather, it would be the person who's always there for anyone needing anything at any time....

And when it comes to women, we all like different ladies... Some of us like the firey red-heads, dominant, submissive, blonde, brunette, etc... We makes our choices.... Personalities maybe but character, not so sure...

Maybe character would be something that develops over time... Those old bikes that leave oil or have wiring issues but only because they've survived and are totally different than todays offerings. Maybe in 20 years when we are 'riding' hover bikes, we can say todays bikes have character. They'll say the Gixxer was this and the ZX10 was that, the R1 and CBR another..... Then there was also the Z1000, which wasn't all covered in plastic.......

[BarBender]

A bikes character,(like a man) is its fate.:slap: