Where has common sense gone?

[Sable]

You miss my point. You also ride for enjoyment, which makes you a biker. It's those whose only interest in motorbikes is cheap commuter transport that often (not always, but often) give us a very bad name. I've talked to several who have zero interest in even buying any protective gear above their battered open-face helmet, as "I bought the scooter to save money, I don't want to spend more money!"

Still, I'm sure their view will change after a visit or two to the local medical centre.

They're not bikers, they're scootfags. It's called extreme ignorance. Answering the phone: "Hi, I'd like to get my scooter fixed" Sure, what's the probem? "It won't start" What brand of scooter is it? "Uhh, let me check" ..... "A red one." And the retards that think topping up the 2 stroke oil is an optional extra designed to make bike shops money, and the ones that park in spaces between parked cars (Happened to someone I know, they coudn't get out of the park so they just drove through the scooter). The idiot that I regularly see on the way to work wearing a bicycle helmet and the dicks wearing shorts and tshirts. Saw a scoot change lanes into a cage once, that was funny. Usually happens the other way round. The riders are the main reason I loathe scooters.

[simpy1]

...the ones that park in spaces between parked cars (Happened to someone I know, they coudn't get out of the park so they just drove through the scooter).

Jeez, park rage! They weigh about 50kg, should have just picked it up and put it somewhere else. Preferably somewhere hilarious and confusing.

[avgas]

Jeez, park rage! They weigh about 50kg, should have just picked it up and put it somewhere else. Preferably somewhere hilarious and confusing.

Like a swimming pool

[varminter]

I claim the moral high ground. No particular reason, just like the view up here.

[Toaster]

I find it difficult to believe that a person sitting in traffic in their toyota corolla will use less fuel than someone riding a nifty 50 down the bus lane to the same destination.
Same goes for a rider & pillion making progress through traffic would use considerably less fuel than 2 people sitting in a cage.
A fair amount of bikes DO have catalytic converters, it is only a small minority of us that replace them with aftermarket pipes for performance or other reasons.

I managed 800 kms on 40 litres in my Hybrid....

[Rogue Rider]

Sorry, it's gone lol. No common sense here.

[DMNTD:Me]

I managed 800 kms on 40 litres in my Hybrid....

You put an effin big battery in that 'Busa fulla?

[swbarnett]

I managed 800 kms on 40 litres in my Hybrid....

The last car I drove displayed fuel usage in l/100km. According to it I could do 100km on no fuel at all if I idled all the way.

The real answer, of course, is that an idling car will take an infinite amount of fuel to do 100km (unless you're coasting downhill). Can't think of anything less efficient than an idling engine (car or bike).

[Woodman]

They're not bikers, they're scootfags. It's called extreme ignorance. Answering the phone: "Hi, I'd like to get my scooter fixed" Sure, what's the probem? "It won't start" What brand of scooter is it? "Uhh, let me check" ..... "A red one." And the retards that think topping up the 2 stroke oil is an optional extra designed to make bike shops money, and the ones that park in spaces between parked cars (Happened to someone I know, they coudn't get out of the park so they just drove through the scooter). The idiot that I regularly see on the way to work wearing a bicycle helmet and the dicks wearing shorts and tshirts. Saw a scoot change lanes into a cage once, that was funny. Usually happens the other way round. The riders are the main reason I loathe scooters.

Why should they give a shit what brand etc the bike is?? To them its just cheap transport.

Also can't see an issue with parking between 2 cars, that is what scooters are good for e.g. not bunging up parking spaces.
You need to chill a bit, they just scooters.

[avgas]

I managed 800 kms on 40 litres in my Hybrid....

I've done 1000km on 45L of Diesel. Lowest its ever done on that tank was 800.
Car is 2009 Ford Focus 1.8 Turbo Diesel.

Its a POS and I hate it. (company car)

[avgas]

Can't think of anything less efficient than an idling engine (car or bike).

A Politician?

[davereid]

They're not bikers, they're scootfags. It's called extreme ignorance. Answering the phone: "Hi, I'd like to get my scooter fixed" Sure, what's the probem? "It won't start" What brand of scooter is it? "Uhh, let me check" ..... "A red one." And the retards that think topping up the 2 stroke oil is an optional extra designed to make bike shops money, and the ones that park in spaces between parked cars (Happened to someone I know, they coudn't get out of the park so they just drove through the scooter). The idiot that I regularly see on the way to work wearing a bicycle helmet and the dicks wearing shorts and tshirts. Saw a scoot change lanes into a cage once, that was funny. Usually happens the other way round. The riders are the main reason I loathe scooters.

Scooters aren't a problem as Joe average doesn't think they are bikers either, so it doesn't affect us.

The real problem is young fellas who think they know everything.

They normally ride crappy sub-bikes from asia.

These guys ride shitters under 600cc. They don't really count as bikers, they are just wannabees, with big mouths.

Even ACC don't think they are real bikes.

These guys get flash helmets with graphics, and race replica leathers.

The trouble is, that to Joe average these guys LOOK like bikers.
But they aren't. They don't even have proper bikes, and they are all piss and wind.

They shit themselves when they meet the bikers they have abused on-line in real life, and go away crying about being assaulted for no reason.

They just ride their tiny jap shitters, try to look like real bikers and piss real bikers off.

The main reason I loathe these small bikes is the riders.

[MSTRS:Me]

I managed 800 kms on 40 litres in my Hybrid....

Pffft! my 3.8L Commode will only use about 60L for the same distance.

[st00ji]

whats a proper biker then davereid? or are ya just attempting to carve out an exclusive little niche for you and your buddies

[davereid]

whats a proper biker then davereid? or are ya just attempting to carve out an exclusive little niche for you and your buddies

Sigh...

It was tongue-in-cheek.

A little bit of light-heartedness at Mr. Sables expense.

If you had read my profile you would have seen my daily ride is a TGB Scooter.