Biker discrimination...

[SARGE]

Fair call,any chance you have a 36mm ring,sick of axle nuts and a big crescent.

yea man.. think i got one on board if ya wanna gimme a ring(spanner) Monday im sure i can hook up with ya..

if not i have a 36mm 1/2 drive socket.. or i can order anything in within 24 hours

[wbks]

Well you just sucked the fun out of that one. Most people just get all worked up... Good on ya. You don't happen to have the tools you need to adjust shock preloads, do you? Hookwrenches or something?

[SARGE]

Well you just sucked the fun out of that one. Most people just get all worked up... Good on ya. You don't happen to have the tools you need to adjust shock preloads, do you? Hookwrenches or something?

yep.... in stock

[98tls]

yea man.. think i got one on board if ya wanna gimme a ring(spanner) Monday im sure i can hook up with ya..

if not i have a 36mm 1/2 drive socket.. or i can order anything in within 24 hours

Even better in the break between posts i was reminded (few of us here) of how many sockets are missing......always the ones i need....after helping a few mates out in the last year or so,pm me a price for a small mm socket set (with drive) and a 36 ring.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Good on you - wait long enough and you get your opportunity. Sounds like she totally deserved it.

I must admit I have had positive experiences with my workplaces. In fact I worked for the Secretary of Transport and 2YC and often in introductions they would mention I rode a motorbike. And they would mention it was a BMW. Trouble is I only had the bike 3 hours and got a massive speeding ticket - the cop just about wet himself when he found out I worked for his boss'es boss. I had to keep that one bloody quiet.

Work for lawyers still took the bike and changed into corporate gear. Yeah at the end of the day there were some raised eyebrows but not in a negative way. I would think also because I'm female.

Only once did I have an odd reaction from a woman in a dairy in the wop wops of the East Cape - I was travelling on my own as usual - packed up with tent and panniers and walked in - she just waited looked towards the door as I stood there and then she said 'where's your husband' are you on your own. Yes I said - oh you are brave. I actually think I did make a derogatory comment that time about I have yet to find a man with balls to join me on a trip like this. It's too far for them or they can't hack tenting. Bit of humour. Anyway I'm used to travelling on my own and I love those trips.

[SARGE]

i for one dont ride for anyone else but me.. if someone thinks im a filthy biker.. so be it..saves me 5 minutes of talking to an ass


i ride for me.. you dont like bikers.. ?freedom is awesome innit?

[wbks]

How much............

[SARGE]

How much............

if ya have to ask ya cant afford it...

[Lucy]

Meant to post this yesterday,

I was out and about yesterday morning and bumped into an ex employer at the servo.

She was a total 'zilla to work for and I was gald I told here to shove her job where 'No Man Will Ever Want To Go'.

Anyway, forced pleasantries exchanged and she noticed the bike.

..

This sort of behaviour disgusts me. "Forced pleasantries"....? I don't even know what that phrase means. Presumably it means talking of some sort, and if you really were at a gas station, shouldn't you have been eating a pie and therefore rendered unable to speak?

Sigh. Noob.

[Swoop]

"Forced pleasantries"....? I don't even know what that phrase means.

Essentially, being polite even though you do not want to be.

"Hello! Haven't seen you in ages!" While really thinking "fuck. I go out of my way to avoid this pencil-dicked, shit-for-brains, fucktard".

[Sparrowhawk]

To be fair, most of the responses I get are positive. Occasionally I get called a temporary nz'er. I just say 'nah, can't be bothered moving to oz'.

My works all good about it, my boss used to ride. I too get the comments 'my wife would never let me'. I laugh & tell them my wife rides too, and has her own bike Their reaction is always priceless

[madbikeboy]

ABout blardy time I was able to change it too! I hate being stuck on one thing. Glad you like it...though I did get some strange looks when I stripped on the beach and posed for them shots

Well, you scrub up really well, and such a nice beach and sunshine for Wellington...

You crack me up BTW.

[Oscar]

I had a boss who was forever bringing in newspaper clippings about dead/injured bikers.
It took me ages to find a report of someone who got struck by lightning on the golf course..........

He is a really nice guy who has a genuine concern for my safety, he just couldn't understand why I would want to ride.....

I play cricket with a Doctor, who delights in telling me tales of gore to do with motorcycles. The one that really got me was when he described the noise a freshly amputated leg makes when he drops it in the bucket...

[Oscar]

i for one dont ride for anyone else but me.. if someone thinks im a filthy biker.. so be it..saves me 5 minutes of talking to an ass


i ride for me.. you dont like bikers.. ?freedom is awesome innit?

Occasionally I wear an England Rugby shirt (I was born there) and it brings out some interesting comments. Several conversations with drunken Kiwi and Aussie Rugby fans were along the lines of:

Idjut: "Waz that fuckin' shirt ya got on yer dickhead...?"

Oscar: "This? It's a fuckwitdetector..."

Idjut: "A waa...?"

Oscar: "A fuckwit detector...(pause for effect)....and it's worked again!!!"

[madbikeboy]

Occasionally I wear an England Rugby shirt (I was born there) and it brings out some interesting comments. Several conversations with drunken Kiwi and Aussie Rugby fans were along the lines of:

Idjut: "Waz that fuckin' shirt ya got on yer dickhead...?"

Oscar: "This? It's a fuckwitdetector..."

Idjut: "A waa...?"

Oscar: "A fuckwit detector...(pause for effect)....and it's worked again!!!"

So much for English reserve...