Silly bike questions you've asked/been asked.

[TOTO]

"So what'd you do this weekend?"

"I did the Coromandel loop"

"Oh.. why?"

hahahahahahahaha


Bloooody funny . hahahahahaha

[Mikkel]

its not easy being stupid/ignorant

Yeah, being ignorant takes a lot of practice I sometimes think. Guess it's because people are acting like they do it for a living.

Im a mechanic and i had a bloke that just couldnt help but stick his beak into what i was doing to his car, I have a "mate that fixes cars ", "i once new a guy that taught me all about cars and trucks" . He was annoying me badly so decided to spice up an an otherwise slow day.
I was under the car on a hoist , I called a workmate over and gave him a wink then said , hey Brent , look at that shining a torch up towards the engine , the water fuse has blown.
Brent couldnt handle it but walked away stiffling the laughter till out of sight. The plonker is now frantically asking , whats a water fuse ? will the car still go ? .
Hell i had that pillick going for almost half an hour with possible causes and remedies for that one.

"You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later."

[Balding Eagle]

With reference to the Nitrogen in tyres - I understand that it is because Nitrogen is an almost inert gas and therefore more stable than straight air. It is used in commercial aircraft tyres. 747's and the like. Pretty sure that racing bikes and cars are very likely to use nitrogen or similar gas and not straight compressed air.

[Mully]

With reference to the Nitrogen in tyres - I understand that it is because Nitrogen is an almost inert gas and therefore more stable than straight air. It is used in commercial aircraft tyres. 747's and the like. Pretty sure that racing bikes and cars are very likely to use nitrogen or similar gas and not straight compressed air.

Wrong thread, Fella.

[Motu]

About 15 years ago the most stupid question I was asked frequently was - ''Did you used to be a Bikie?!!'' Black leathers,grey beard and pony tail,and 40 years of weathering does give you a certain look.But I wished they would of thought that about me when it mattered.

[Big Dog]

Arriving at work looking like the proverbial drowned rat (but warm and toasty under my gear) "why do you smell like a motorway?"

[bert_is_evil]

"What bike do you ride?"
"a Yamaha Thunderace YZF1000R"
"so a scooter then?"

actually my faves are non bike related from ex flatmates:
"hey, in the olden days, did they only see in black and white?"
"you know when they built the channel tunnel, how did they stop the water from filling it up all the time"

[Weaver]

Friend - "What do you do when it rains?"
Me - "Get wet"


Another one
Workmate - "What did you get up to in the weekend?"
Me - "Rode over the Rimutakas about five times"
Workmate - "Why?"

[trump-lady]

OK - before I tell here are the excuses.
1. I was really really tired.
2. I hadn't ridden a bike for ages.
3. It was early in the morning
4. I didn't have the bike for long.
5. I was completely surrounded by loud revving motorcycles.

My problem - tried twice, not once but twice to start the bike. A guy next to me puts his helmet next to mine and yells so I can hear "The starter is on the other side - thats the horn"
Embarrased? Hell yes!

EDIT: Damn - it was silly questions - not silly things you have done.
I have shamed myself once again!!

awww...I went red just reading that!

Mines always
Is that your bike (as I get off it) Thats a big bike for a girl.......

[Mom]

Funniest one I think I have ever been asked was a the supermarket. Maha man and me were both on bikes and went in to buy a few supplies. We got a trolley to carry the helmets in and picked up what ever it was we needed. Got to the checkout and the girl there asked us if we had ridden down to the shop?

That would be a no I guess, we get dressed like this and walk around with our helemts all the time

[Usarka]

That would be a no I guess, we get dressed like this and walk around with our helemts all the time

Well i hear maha does.......

[90s]

A few weeks ago it was seriously hot, and being an ATGATT kinda guy who also wears a full back protector and fox shin & knee guards under enormous fox boots I was pretty much melting when I stopped by the supermarket to pick up some bits & pieces.
Dripping with sweet like I was in a shower I get asked:

"Do you get hot in that gear?"

Got that a lot this summer. Answer I never said, "No, its air conditioned inside".
Another guy in the carpark to mitre 10 sees me getting on the bike in a hot state, and says "I wish I was you, it must be so cooling to ride a bike in summer ..."

[Insanity_rules]

This isn't so much a silly question as silly comment as quoted from one of my earlier threads. It'll give you a good laugh as to ignorance though.

So imagine this, I'm outside pak n save putting my purchases in my tank bag and a guy behind me says "nice bike mate" so I turn round and say thanks. His wife (girlfriend, pet retriever???) said in a no it all tone "Oh I'd never let you ride a motorcycle".
So bloke says to me "I bet your not married" to which I reply "yeah I am actually but the Missus is making me get rid of it. Bloke says Oh I see... And heres where I really twist the knife.... She want's me to get a bigger bike so she can inherit this one.
Bloke looks like I just slapped him, his missus looks like I just told them I was Charles Manson and I ride off with a good chuckle.)

[Trudes]

Sometimes these silly questions and comments are just people's way of trying to make conversation, I'm just glad they say something silly than "bloody motorcyclists are the biggest wankers on the roads".

[motorbyclist]

I had a customer tell me he wanted a new set of sprockets.
He then proceed to ask if he could get sprockets with the number of teeth being prime numbers, so the same piece of chain never uses the same tooth on the sprocket???????????

I thought that was pretty "out there"!

that doesn't even work! with x number of sprocket teeth and chain links you must eventually run on the same tooth/link within the several thousand kilometre lifetime of the chain

The most typical dumb question I get asked is, "Oh - so what kind of bike do you ride?" Almost invariably, it's someone who has no f'kn idea about bikes, so I just say, "A blue one."

ditto, except my bike is red, white AND blue

then people tend to say "well that's pretty american"

...

"it's actually a combo of british, australian, NZ and french"


then there's the "do you ride a bike?"
"no, i just wear the helmet in my car to feel safe"
or "i wear it in my car to feel like im on a racetrack"

"are you ok?"
"oh no don't worry, my bones broke my fall"
though to be fair i'm usually more concerned about my bike bleeding oil a few metres away while the engine is still running