Are you a REAL biker?

[yod]

A biker is someone that rides for the hell of it & has no idea were the hell they are going till they are there

*sigh*

i guess that counts me out

ohwell

[dipshit]

A biker is someone that rides there bike rain or shine
A biker is someone that spends more time riding there bike than polishing it
A biker is someone that rides for the hell of it & has no idea were the hell they are going till they are there

A 'motorcyclist' would also cover that definition.

[Jantar]

Anyone who rides a motorcycle is a motorcyclist. Then there is the subgroup of motorcyclists called Bikers. They are the ones who prefer motorcycles to cars and who will use their bikes much more than cars. There is another subgroup called Bikies. These ones are usually gang related and use their bikes and riding gear as a form of intimidation. Some bikies are also bikers although that is not universal.

[The Lone Rider]

MY answer found here:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...6&postcount=40

RUBs piss me off, motorcyclist only slightly but I guess if they just want to putter around thats cool. Better than RUBs who spend more time with turtle wax and a cloth.

Bikes are there to ride. RIDE THEM!

[yod]

A biker is someone that rides for the hell of it & has no idea were the hell they are going till they are there

Ride hard live free

According to this guy I'm not a biker

Anyone who rides a motorcycle is a motorcyclist. Then there is the subgroup of motorcyclists called Bikers. They are the ones who prefer motorcycles to cars and who will use their bikes much more than cars. There is another subgroup called Bikies. These ones are usually gang related and use their bikes and riding gear as a form of intimidation. Some bikies are also bikers although that is not universal.

According to this guy, I am!


Help!! please! I don't know which neatly packaged category I'm part of!

whatever will I do!?

[cowboy]

A 'motorcyclist' would also cover that definition.

So you get my point then

[Pumpkin Pie]

I'm a person and I ride a bike. I'm a piker! I hope they can fit me in somewhere.

[Lissa]

Anyone who rides a bike is a 'biker' as far as I am concerned, whether they ride because they just love it or because they like the bling and attention. I dont have the luxury as some people have of being able to ride their bike everyday as I have children who need to get to places and picked up. I also cant leave them at home alone to go for rides when I feel like it, still I think of myself as a bikerchick when I can fit it in, and I ride because I love it.

[Cary]

Alway good to see threads like this statrted again. not everyone saw the last one or the one before that..........I've been slamed before for doing the same thing yet most people who looked at the thread hadn't seen it before!

Me, I've been riding for over 20 years, the first 10 my only transport was a bike. I'm a motorcyclist.

[vifferman]

Anyone who rides a bike is a 'biker' as far as I am concerned, whether they ride because they just love it or because they like the bling and attention.

But y'see, there's another subset you haven't mentioned: those who ride a bike just because it's cheap transport. To them, that's all it is, and there are no other ramifications/aspects/implications to it. They ride to work, and ride home. It saves them money, and that's that.
I doubt whether there's very many of them, which is just as well, because they're probably zombies. If you ride a bike (or even a scooter) and fail to appreciate the thrill of it, then you're a commuter who travels by motorcycle, not a biker.
Many scooterists are like that, treating their scooter just like a glorified bicycle.


EDIT: Oh - and bring back GoatFood (I saw one of his posts in here, under my name) - I miss him!
EDIT(2): Looking at some of my earlier posts, written as "firestormer" or "Goat Food" or whoever, I can't believe I wrote them.
My brane has really deteriroroeted determinaortated despterminetered fukt out in the last few years...

[Swoop]

whatever will I do!?

"Worrying about it" shouldn't be on the list...

[alanzs]

I ride, therefore, I am. Been riding for about 40 years now. It's in my blood...

[Rodney007]

eeek, changed

[vifferman]

if you own a bike , and ride it, your a biker.

i dont ride in wet, i dont ride to work everyday, my bike stays in my garage as a toy for me to thrash to my liking when a hot day comes or a trackday,

There's stuff you're not saying here, like why do you actually ride it?
Wouldn't a car or go-kart give you the same thrill?

although i do work on it alot, adjustments, lubricating and services when need to.. gives you an andrenaline rush that you become addicted to .

This reveals a bit more.
Unless, of course, you could very easily sell it and take up other 'adventure sports'. If the answer is "Yes, and I wouldn't miss the bike", then you're not a biker.
If it's: "No, I wouldn't want to sell it - I'd really miss it!" then you ARE a biker. (One who changes his posts...)

[Rodney007]

sry about changing my posts, gota be careful wat i say

yes like hell il miss it , done it before, just gota have a bike there to stay happy

because im not good at anything else..(not exactly good at riding but better than i am at other things)
i have a car i use for work, warm, radio etc...

prefer to keep kms on my bikes low... means there tight for the track.
after so many trackdays the road doesnt "do it" for you
although i will go for the occasional ride with friends to the pub etc..