most people would argue it's kindof hard to care when i currently ride a GN, but that is totally beside the point. if it aint yours, keep your mits off. i apply the same rules to myself, if i see a nice bike i will go and have a good look and drool next to it (not on it!), but will not touch or straddle it without the owner being there and approving. i have very occasionally taken pictures, but try to avoid the numberplate. on the couple of occasions i have got the plate in the photo, i grey it out when i load the photo's onto the 'puter, as i never know where they may end up.
i've had little kids wander up and drool over my bike (yes, even GN's are cool to little kids!) when i pull up, and have asked a couple of the cleaner looking ones if they'd like to sit on it (after checking with mum, of course). Had one or two sit on it and give the throttle a mild twist (after my encouragement, heheh), and i dont mind it at all (as i am there and keeping a careful eye on them). It makes the kids day, and gives me a little smile. but i always make the point of showing them a couple of hot things not to touch, and when they're done i always squat down on their level and tell them "now you know to always ask before you touch, dont you?"
i figure a little friendliness and training now might go some way to stopping that same little so-and-so going and messing with an un-attended bike, potentially burning or crushing himself, damaging the bike, and earning a whoopin from the owner.
of course many of them are probably too young or dumb to take it in, but i figure it cant hurt.
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Originally Posted by Lucy
get off my bike" Needless to say they did move but laughing their heads off. Thankfully the spray paint was able to be removed without damaging the surfaces, but honestly to say I was pissed off is an extreme understatement.
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...it is better to live 1 day as a Tiger than 1000 years as a sheep...
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