View Poll Results: How do the general public perceive motorcyclists?

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  • "Temporary NZers - ban the lot of them".

    35 16.67%
  • "I can see the attraction - but they do themselves no favours".

    96 45.71%
  • "That looks like fun - but I might get wet".

    32 15.24%
  • They love us - they wanna be us.

    47 22.38%
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Thread: Public perception.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    mmmmmmmm Tramadol...wanna share?
    Sure, they did a nerve block on me so it'll be a good twelve mmore hour before I even begin feeling again.


    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I'm off to shoot a dairy owner and steal a hundred bucks from his till, if he dies, it's the dumb curries fault for not wearing a bullet proof vest.
    Quote Originally Posted by maddad View Post
    New Zealand, where cows are happy, men are men, sheep are nervous and horses are fast because they heard about the sheep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    Sure, they did a nerve block on me so it'll be a good twelve mmore hour before I even begin feeling again.
    I'm pulling my boots and helmet on NOW! Where do I find you???? I really could do with a good nights sleep

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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    I'm pulling my boots and helmet on NOW! Where do I find you???? I really could do with a good nights sleep
    I'm just a little way up the motorway - turn right when you hit Auckland.


    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I'm off to shoot a dairy owner and steal a hundred bucks from his till, if he dies, it's the dumb curries fault for not wearing a bullet proof vest.
    Quote Originally Posted by maddad View Post
    New Zealand, where cows are happy, men are men, sheep are nervous and horses are fast because they heard about the sheep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    I'm pulling my boots and helmet on NOW! Where do I find you???? I really could do with a good nights sleep
    If ya serious though just flick me a PM and I'll mail some - I have boxes of the stuff lying around.


    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I'm off to shoot a dairy owner and steal a hundred bucks from his till, if he dies, it's the dumb curries fault for not wearing a bullet proof vest.
    Quote Originally Posted by maddad View Post
    New Zealand, where cows are happy, men are men, sheep are nervous and horses are fast because they heard about the sheep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    If ya serious though just flick me a PM and I'll mail some - I have boxes of the stuff lying around.
    Drug trafficking on KB??......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    Drug trafficking on KB??......
    Well the site already does porn and confessions of a myriad of traffic offenses - why not complete the trifecta?


    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    I'm off to shoot a dairy owner and steal a hundred bucks from his till, if he dies, it's the dumb curries fault for not wearing a bullet proof vest.
    Quote Originally Posted by maddad View Post
    New Zealand, where cows are happy, men are men, sheep are nervous and horses are fast because they heard about the sheep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    I'm just a little way up the motorway - turn right when you hit Auckland.
    Oh poohs - hubbies just headed off to work on my bike - DAMN

    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    If ya serious though just flick me a PM and I'll mail some - I have boxes of the stuff lying around.
    OOOo dats naughty - anyways you sound like you be needing them

    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    Well the site already does porn and confessions of a myriad of traffic offenses - why not complete the trifecta?
    TRIFECTA!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AD345 View Post
    ...............Try this: what opinion do you have of big, kitted out 4wds with 36 inch tyres and 4 inch lifts and snorkels and overclocked turbos and high-speed winches who love tearing all over the countryside?
    ..........................
    i think they are a menace to themselves, the environment and other citizens.

    Such gas-guzzling behemoths should not be permitted out in public unless respectably covered in mud --- the penalty for being seen POLISHED on a public road should be being beaten soundly with a muddy chamois [deer deer i hear you say]

    No-one, but NO-ONE should be permitted to drive one of these monsters unless they undergo a full course of recognised training and pass a specialised handling test/obtain a specialised licence.

    and - especially tiny wafer-thin blonde mommies should NEVER be permitted to drive their infants to kindergarten in them ..... the penalty for this should be death

    ........................... motorcyclists, on the other hand, are a sweet-natured, considerate bunch of environmentally-friendly folk who should be given - well - anything we want, really?
    ... ...

    Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of marble and it brings them down. This power of feeble life which can creep in anywhere is greater than that of the mighty behind their cannons....... - Honore de Balzac

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    Quote Originally Posted by PirateJafa View Post
    If ya serious though just flick me a PM and I'll mail some - I have boxes of the stuff lying around.
    Oh yes please mister

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixPackBack View Post
    Oh yes please mister
    Get in line behind me BIARCH!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Should we care what people think about the way we conduct ourselves on our motorcycles?

    I often read on here "I don't give a fuck what people think of my riding".

    How much harm is that doing to Motorcycling and is it likely to impact upon our motorcycling freedom?
    The answer to your question was answered on the next page. Fuck it!

    What you read on KB is not real life. If you met me in real life I wouldnt swear at you, but on here I can! So somepeople think they are the bomb and sprout off about how they dont care... they probably do.

    I am a person who drives a cage, I drove only a cage until I was 30 when I got my Motorcycle license. If I saw a motorcycle or someone on a bike pass me in the cage I thought Wow wish I could do that. To be honest as soon as I got my motorbike license I noticed bikes more, because they were an interest to me. Its like when you buy a car and then you suddenly find you are seeing the same type of car everywhere! The general public (which me and my family are part of) Just DONT GIVE A FUCK AND DONT REALLY THINK ABOUT US!!!!!!!!!.

    You katman have a bike, you care about biking and you care about people who bike, so you are constantly thinking about it, people who arent into biking just dont! I think you think too much.



    I care what cagers think about my riding about as much as they care what I think about their driving I would suspect.
    For the non-biking public motorcycling, as a discrete homogenised entity, or minority, simply doesn't exist. I hate to burst anyones bubble and I stress this is just based on my perceptions as a member of the non-biking public - but bikes and bikers just aint on the radar. For a few seconds when you actually see one or a group there will likely be a response, but that quickly fades. And this from someone who actually LOVED (and loves again) riding bikes.

    We aint that important

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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    Get in line behind me BIARCH!
    I offered him money twisted sister

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lissa View Post
    Its like when you buy a car and then you suddenly find you are seeing the same type of car everywhere! The general public (which me and my family are part of) Just DONT GIVE A FUCK AND DONT REALLY THINK ABOUT US!!!!!!!!!.

    You katman have a bike, you care about biking and you care about people who bike, so you are constantly thinking about it, people who arent into biking just dont! I think you think too much.

    Summed up just right I reckon.
    Its like when your walking down the road and you see someone wearing a ManC shirt, you know hes a cunt supporting a cunty team and you really want to stab him in the head, but since i know Manc fans are latte drinking scooter riding faggots, I notice them, others wouldnt have noticed.
    FINE. This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lissa View Post
    The general public (which me and my family are part of) Just DONT GIVE A FUCK AND DONT REALLY THINK ABOUT US!!!!!!!!!.
    There have been numerous threads on here where motorcyclists claim to have been subjected to aggression from car drivers.

    I suspect those aggressive car drivers may have been subjected to too many motorcyclists (a) cutting them off mid corner, or (b) appearing around a corner on their side of the road, or (c) dishing out a tirade of abuse for pulling out on the motorcyclist because they had the audacity to misread the fact that the motorcyclist was actually approaching at 200kph, or (d) having their wing mirror folded back on itself by a motorcyclist forcing his way through a gap that was never big enough or............

    I could go on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    There have been numerous threads on here where motorcyclists claim to have been subjected to aggression from car drivers.

    I suspect those aggressive car drivers may have been subjected to too many motorcyclists (a) cutting them off mid corner, or (b) appearing around a corner on their side of the road, or (c) dishing out a tirade of abuse for pulling out on the motorcyclist because they had the audacity to misread the fact that the motorcyclist was actually approaching at 200kph, or (d) having their wing mirror folded back on itself by a motorcyclist forcing his way through a gap that was never big enough or............

    I could go on.
    Or maybe, just maybe they're just that, aggressive car drivers. They'll chase a car that pulls out in front of them. They'll beat someone up on the street if they look at them.

    I bet there have been just as many cases of car drivers have been subjected to aggression from motorcyclists.

    Woop de fucken doo.

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