Are you a Biker or a Commuter?

[Conquiztador]

Reading the manual before you pick up a spanner is grounds for handing in your man-card alright...by the way, the word for someone who reads the manual for pleasure isn't biker, it's anorak

"an anorak is a person, typically a man, who has unfathomable interest in arcane, detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population, and who feels compelled to spout this information to anyone within earshot"

Not sure if I can agree with you there... If I have just spent $20K+ on a bike I have been dreaming about I will find out all I can about it so that I know what makes it tick. And if you find info re bikes boring then perhaps you are not a biker at all???

[Conquiztador]

If the person can't make their own mind up on what they are then there's no help

Well se, this all came out of ppl getting a bike and suddenly considering them self bikers. Perhaps a little like someone with a vegie patch considering them self a farmer.

[Bonez]

Well se, this all came out of ppl getting a bike and suddenly considering them self bikers.

Some probably are. For instance a teen whos spent all his spare time reading as much as they can about m/cing then finally get there full license and on to better things two wheeled. It comes natural to some but takes time for others just like gardening.

[dogsnbikes]

with the house littered with mags/books,vids and riding gear its a fair indication Im a biker or maybe Im just addicted to bikes As I get the DTs when I dont have anything to ride

having one bike parked in the house a side valve engine in the lounge one bike in pieces in the garage along with two project bikes and one hack bike

I ride my bike to work but wouldnt call a 400k round trip a commute

So you decide ..........

[Motu]

Im a biker but cant afford new bike mags

I used to go down to the local tip after work and dig out the the bike mags with the corner cut out of the covers.I'd read them and toss them away if I didn't want it.....then another local degenerate biker who looked like aqualung would snatch them up and put them in the saddlebags of his CB350 sidecar.Times can get hard at times,but you NEVER stop being a biker.

If I can't mentally strip my bikes down to the last nut and bolt then I obviously don't know much about it.....time to read the manual again or pull the damn thing down for verification.

[The Pastor]

I don't like reading bike mags - temps me to upgrade my bike when i need to get better at riding it first!

def a biker, but i love cars as well, just don't really see the point in them tbh

[Bonez]

I used to go down to the local tip after work and dig out the the bike mags with the corner cut out of the covers.

Just got some of those from dad on Sunday(nice article about the Bonney Thruxton in one), who got them off my uncle who kindly recycled them . A freind gets them from a newsagent when they are ready to be tossed out. I haven't bought one for years. This interwebthingy seems a better resource anyway.

[Motu]

Just got some of those from dad on Sunday(nice article about the Bonney Thruxton in one), who got them off my uncle who kindly recycled them . A freind gets them from a newsagent when they are ready to be tossed out. I haven't bought one for years. This interwebthingy seems a better resource anyway.

I just can't understand people who insist on paying good money for things.Inorganics here at the moment - I was going down the road to strip a washing machine and saw a motorcycle frame (XR200 I think,a white one) I figured I'd pick it up on the way back as it was only a 100 metres from home,but it was gone when I went back 10mins later.Fucking unemployed scum cruising the streets picking all the good stuff before I get a chance!

[Grinner]

I can just remember getting out the old tee shirts and giving my first bike a clean every week, making sure the chrome glistened. It took all afternoon just to get between all those wire spokes on the wheels.
Nowaday's my idea of cleaning is to go for a ride in the rain.
Don't know what made the differance me getting older or all that plastic they hide the bikes behind.

[Bonez]

I just can't understand people who insist on paying good money for things.Inorganics here at the moment - I was going down the road to strip a washing machine and saw a motorcycle frame (XR200 I think,a white one) I figured I'd pick it up on the way back as it was only a 100 metres from home,but it was gone when I went back 10mins later.Fucking unemployed scum cruising the streets picking all the good stuff before I get a chance!

Propably a relation of mine. Got given an old Celeron 500 PC today. It's going to take over duties as the families backup linux server. Personnally I love this throwaway society of ours.

[Petale]

I'd have to be somewhere between. I do 'commute' to work but it's because I enjoy bikes so much and ride every chance I get.

[Bonez]

I can just remember getting out the old tee shirts and giving my first bike a clean every week, making sure the chrome glistened. It took all afternoon just to get between all those wire spokes on the wheels.
Nowaday's my idea of cleaning is to go for a ride in the rain.
Don't know what made the differance me getting older or all that plastic they hide the bikes behind.

Cleaned mine regularly till I got Gerty. Then just sprayed her with WD40 then a quick squirt with degreaser, spray with a hose and a wipe with a rag with neopol whenever I thought it was needed. Repeat for 20 years.

[NordieBoy]

Magazines - Nope, got the internet for that.
Maintenance of the bike - Ride it 'till it starts making stranger noises than normal.
Riding - I commute on my bike all day every day. On my days off I go for a ride.
Manual - Don't drink, downloaded the manual. Only check it if something goes wrong and I can't fix it within a week.
Friends - What are they?
Bike - 4.5 bikes is enough for anyone.
The web - The web...
Attitude - I don't got no fcukin attitude
No bike - No bike?

[Ixion]

Propably a relation of mine. Got given an old Celeron 500 PC today. It's going to take over duties as the families backup linux server. Personnally I love this throwaway society of ours.

Oh yes. But you have to be quick the good stuff goes fast. I got a nice lot of angle iron the other day though which was exactly what I wanted.

The toff suburbs are the best, always worth a cruise in the Pajero. I'm a poor old man, I need to make ends meet.