What's your attitude on biker image?

[Winter]

I think subconsciously we do make a choice either way with the selection of bike and gear we choose.

I think this is probably the answer I'd agree with most.


Sure, I don't care what others think, overtake where i shouldn't, push in, etc etc..

But of course my leathers match my bike and I always wave to the pretty girls.

I think most of us probably care what others think a whole lot more than many would care to admit here.

[Grahameeboy]

We are 'Motorcyclists' not 'Bikers'

biker (noun)

Definition:

motorcycle rider: somebody who rides a motorcycle, especially somebody who belongs to a gang of riders

Definition

motorcyclist (noun)

Definition

ride on motorcycle: to ride or travel on a motorcycle

[Usarka]

gang (noun): A group of people with similar interests who like to spend time together.

[jrandom]

biker (noun)

Definition:

motorcycle rider: somebody who rides a motorcycle, especially somebody who belongs to a gang of riders

'ang on... now you're telling me KB isn't a gang?

[gijoe1313]

Oh! The humanity of it all! Won't someone think of the children and dolphins? And somewhere, an unridden motorbike waits...

[90s]

I refuse to vote either way here.
What do you mean anyway by 'biker image'? The image shared (and refuted) by many sport bikers is totally different to the harley rider. And where do scooters and mopeds fit into 'biker image'?

Ask people what they mean by "biker image" and 9/10 will probably describe Hell's Angels, with the word greasy thrown in. Dirty too.
Ask most people to describe motorbike riders and only about 4/10 will default to the Angels before they ask "what type?" or latch onto the fast thing (which couldn't apply to Harley's ... - ducks)

[Krusti]

Makes me laugh at times when the odd person states that maybe a group of us Kiwi Bikers should turn up at some persons place and intimidate them etc.

Turn up at my place and I would piss myself laughing!

Seems some people thing if you ride a bike and there is a group of you then you are a force to be reckoned with...

[Luckylegs]

I dont care what people think, and I can prove it.....

...I ride a Honda !!!

[Grahameeboy]

'ang on... now you're telling me KB isn't a gang?

Well it is sometimes a riot...............

I know your illusions are shattered...........

[jrandom]

Makes me laugh at times when the odd person states that maybe a group of us Kiwi Bikers should turn up at some persons place and intimidate them etc.

Yes, your standard KBer is either 20-ish, broke, scrawny and spotty, or 40-ish, with 2.4 kids, a picket fence, and a motorcycle that he bought 'to keep his licence on'.

We're a force to be reckoned with, I tell yer!

[TLMAN]

Yes, your standard KBer is either 20-ish, broke, scrawny and spotty, or 40-ish, with 2.4 kids, a picket fence, and a motorcycle that he bought 'to keep his licence on'.

We're a force to be reckoned with, I tell yer!

Is that the next poll....?

Which are you??

[jrandom]

Which are you??

I'm the happy medium.

[scumdog]

We ALL piss other road users off from time to time. None of us is perfect when it comes to creating a perfect public image for motorcycling.

Speak for yourself Paleface!!

Image? I ride what I ride/dress how I dress as I please for ME.

BUT I do try and show motorcyclists in a positive role - both at work, with the public and out riding.

At the end of the day how they perceive me is not the end result of my aim when riding, it is a part of the 'package'.

Oh, and jrandom has an uncanny resemblance to fact in his comment on KBers!

[scumdog]

Seems some people thing if you ride a bike and there is a group of you then you are a force to be reckoned with...

They wouldn't if the read KB and saw all the bickering, back-stabbing, slagging-off and general lack of cohesion.............

[Usarka]

almost every time a biker overtakes a car the cage driver sees another bloody biker flouting the law and/or riding like an idiot. regardless of whether the (rider believes the) maneouver was safe or not.

which is why the general publics reaction to the cheese cutters is that we all ride like idiots so serves us bloody right.