Discrimination at a M/C shop - Horror.

**mbazza** · 29th July 2007, 17:15

I was in my usual Dunedin M/C shop Saturday morning and suffered the second most wounding discrimination I've felt as a biker!
My last bike an XT600, traded in about this time last year was on the floor. On the sales ticket were the usual details and a lowered price. Also written was . . . . . . "One Senior Owner" . . . . !
Senior! How dare they! I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth! Ridden bikes for 35yrs plus!
My wife was convulsing with laughter and I worried for her as she staggered about the showroom!
Worse, was that the usual sales people weren't about so I couldn't complain.
My wife made matters worse by pointing out that if I was a "One Senior Owner", she'd better start looking for a more 'JUNIOR" owner!
"One careful owner, only ridden on sunny Sundays or owner now Sazuki convert", I could handle! But 'One Senior Owner' . . . . oh!
I'll be ringing them first thing Monday morning! The insult!
When were you last discriminated against as a biker, rider, whatever!Cheers

lol

**Karma** · 29th July 2007, 17:17

There was that time that two of us were late for work, we both blamed the traffic, the other guy got let off and I got a finger wagging because they knew I rode a bike and cut traffic

**Jantar** · 29th July 2007, 17:25

If your usual shop is the one that sells VStroms, then make sure you go in when Bill is there. Dean or Jason will simply change the wording from senior to elderly.

**McJim** · 29th July 2007, 17:31

Maybe their spelling was rubbish and they thought you were a bloke from Spain? One Señor Rider - like the spanish pervert - Señor Balls

**Leong** · 29th July 2007, 17:31

Originally Posted by mbazza

I'm as old as my nose and a little younger than my teeth! ...............

Actually you're probably around 5 years OLDER than your teeth.....!!!

Don't know how old you are but when I come to trade my bike in I'll be happy for them to refer to me as a senior PROVIDED they give me a good price accordingly...

**Mekk** · 29th July 2007, 17:33

Cheers for that, mbazza. Cracked me up.

**JimO** · 29th July 2007, 17:44

you are going to the wrong shop, MCR is where you want to be

**Karma** · 29th July 2007, 17:47

Originally Posted by McJim

how do you get those little squiggly things over the n?

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**mbazza** · 29th July 2007, 17:47

Thanks so far for comments, all have given me a giggle! Cheers

**merv** · 29th July 2007, 18:23

If you admitted on here exactly how old you are instead of not showing your birth date on your profile then we might have some sympathy for you.

It reminds me of a time a few years ago when a biker came to grief and crashed on Ngauranga Gorge and a guy I know at the time wasn't pleased to see the guy referred to in the newspaper as an elderly gentleman of 56 when my mate was about that age himself at the time

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