Stupid overheard motorbike related comments & sayings?

**haydes55** · 14th September 2012, 21:32

Originally Posted by BIG RED PETE

Blame the rider....not the tyre

Also...it pays not to 'presume'...you will end up sounding like a fool in the wrong conversation...

Hence the nickname Gubby haha.

I wouldn't think they are as safe as road tyres. Less rubber on the road and all, longer stopping distance. Not as safe=more dangerous?

I presume all the time, I presume every car driver will not see me.

**BIG RED PETE** · 14th September 2012, 21:40

''motorbikes aren't dangerous''

When I asked the lead rider in our group why he was riding at 90Km/h on his sports bike he said

''how fast does your trail bike go ?''

Aw 'bout 160' I said...

I led after that cos he couldn't keep up.....and YES I was on MX tyres...

**onearmedbandit** · 14th September 2012, 21:46

Originally Posted by BIG RED PETE

''motorbikes arent dangerous''

They're not. Left by themselves, they won't hurt anyone. But like guns, put them in the wrong hands and then you're going to see some tears. Or body tissue.

**BIG RED PETE** · 14th September 2012, 21:49

Originally Posted by haydes55

I presume all the time, I presume every car driver will not see me.

Yup, me too

**BIG RED PETE** · 14th September 2012, 21:53

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

They're not. Left by themselves, they won't hurt anyone. But like guns, put them in the wrong hands and then you're going to see some tears. Or body tissue.

...usually said when comparing to cars....

only the naive would disrespect a bike...... I know I have....OUCH !!!

**theseekerfinds** · 14th September 2012, 22:13

I have heard this so many times:

"I was trashing the bags off it and I think I broke the power band!!"

that one never fails to get a smile from me whenever I hear it being used to impress impressionable youth

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th September 2012, 08:24

Originally Posted by theseekerfinds

I have heard this so many times:

"I was trashing the bags off it and I think I broke the power band!!"

that one never fails to get a smile from me whenever I hear it being used to impress impressionable youth

you need to replace it with the black power band, that ones the fastest

**ellipsis** · 15th September 2012, 08:39

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

you need to replace it with the black power band, that ones the fastest

...i disagree...but we have all been here before...

**unstuck** · 15th September 2012, 11:09

Heard my mum and one of her friends talking about my bike and the saftey of riding one day, and mum was saying that I am a safe rider and dont take stupid risks. I left on one wheel about 10mins later, bullshit ma.

**FJRider** · 15th September 2012, 11:27

Originally Posted by ellipsis

...i disagree...but we have all been here before...

Everybody knows the red one's are best. Dam near unbreakable ... and yes we have been there many times ...

**BMWST?** · 15th September 2012, 11:39

My dad used to say...

..... there goes an accident going somewhere to happen.....

**lizardb0y** · 15th September 2012, 11:49

"You only need to counter steer when you're going fast."

**FJRider** · 15th September 2012, 11:55

I often get asked by a non-biker ... What do you do when it rains ??? How do you see where you are going ???

**lizardb0y** · 15th September 2012, 12:23

Originally Posted by FJRider

I often get asked by a non-biker ... What do you do when it rains ???

Get wet.

Originally Posted by FJRider

How do you see where you are going ???

Open my eyes.

**300weatherby** · 15th September 2012, 17:44

Originally Posted by ellipsis

...an unaware sprotbiker saying to me in front of his mates when I was at the Little River shop...I'll give you a two minute head start and beat your Sportster to the Hilltop...it could have been embarrassing for him, I would have had time to roll a smoke waiting for him at the top and I was also going the other way...

What provoked him to come out with that gem?

A 996, a 916, a ZX10 and a Busa parked at Akaroa, mates riding together- a harleytard declared that none of them could pull the skin off a rice pudding compared to his bike- I did tell him the local fishing boat wanted it's winch back..........

Which of us was right?