"Real Biker" question
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From: Taylortucky, MI
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Everybody thinks everyone else is a poser.
The 1%er's think most all of you are posers, and try to mimic their lifestyle, which even cops do...
The blue collar guys that ride their bikes every day think the white collar rich doctor/lawyer weekend types are posers.
The weekend riders think the Victory/Goldwing/BMW/Indian guys are posers.
The guys on here with 20,000 posts thinks all of you are posers.
It never ends...
The 1%er's think most all of you are posers, and try to mimic their lifestyle, which even cops do...
The blue collar guys that ride their bikes every day think the white collar rich doctor/lawyer weekend types are posers.
The weekend riders think the Victory/Goldwing/BMW/Indian guys are posers.
The guys on here with 20,000 posts thinks all of you are posers.
It never ends...
And what the hell, I'll throw in my 2 cents. When I was a kid, "biker" referred to what we would call a 1%er these days, whether they were in a club or not.
That's still the definition as far as I'm concerned. The rest of us are motorcycle riders.
I can't believe I just posted on one of these.
who cares??? and whos got the popcorn
im a biker, dirty greasy grimey 90% of the time. i ride when its sunny and when its rainy hell even when its snowy. my biek is my main transport, i wear a full face when its cold and a halfie when its hot. im crude lewd and unshaven most of the time. i dont care to much what any person thinks abotu ym bike, my clothes or my attitude. cause the only ones that i give the time of day when it coems to opinions are my kids, and those close enough to me to know what i have tattooed on my *******.
im a biker, dirty greasy grimey 90% of the time. i ride when its sunny and when its rainy hell even when its snowy. my biek is my main transport, i wear a full face when its cold and a halfie when its hot. im crude lewd and unshaven most of the time. i dont care to much what any person thinks abotu ym bike, my clothes or my attitude. cause the only ones that i give the time of day when it coems to opinions are my kids, and those close enough to me to know what i have tattooed on my *******.
Last edited by NSCoyote; Sep 2, 2013 at 02:56 PM.
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You beat me to it.
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It's not horrifying, it's humorous. Men don't care what other people wear. Adult boys are the ones that care. I'm always curious to know what those that ridicule leather, fingerless gloves, bandanas or skull caps and the like think is appropriate attire for motorcycle riding. They call them posers, pirates, whatever, yet those items of clothing are really very practical. I almost always have a skull cap to protect my bald dome. Ball caps don't want to stay on for me. I wear fingerless gloves in the summer to. Guess I'm a poser, but I've been doing it that way for 45 years. I find them very comfortable without getting my hands hot and sweaty. Leather, whether a vest, jacket, gloves, or even chaps or pants are really useful if you ever hit the pavement, yet if they see someone wearing them, they peg them as a poser, etc. Maybe they're just gossipy women in male bodies. I'm not sure.
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One of my buds is a big boy. About 6'-2", 280 lbs. A couple of weeks ago he came down from N. Oklahoma on his Victory. I met him halfway for a burger, then some cruising. He just bought the Victory after a long hiatus from riding. He pulls up to the burger joint, people are streaming in. He's wearing these brand new fingerless gloves, and for the life of him, he couldn't get the Goddamn things off of his big ol' meat hooks.
He's tugging, and tugging, and can't get em off. All the while people are streaming in ahead of us. After a second, the hilarity of it just hit me, this big man tugging at these little gloves, and for some reason it cracked me up.
I was laughing my *** off as people kept streaming by, getting ahead of us.
He wasn't too thrilled with me, so to keep him from whooping my *** i bought him lunch...
I only know 1 "real biker"
He had the first Harley in this part of Ms. When it was still dirt roads here.
He dang sure don't know how to use a computer or know what a hdforum is
He had the first Harley in this part of Ms. When it was still dirt roads here.
He dang sure don't know how to use a computer or know what a hdforum is
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They bother me because it makes me realize that I share the road and the activity with a lot of people who's egos are so fragile, that the only way they can feel better about themselves is to ridicule other people for the way they dress, how much they ride, what accessories they put on their bikes etc.
To those of you who do this (and you know who you are) I implore you. Please get the help that you so desperately need. We are sorry that you were bullied in school or that your parents didn't pay enough attention to you or you were always the last ones to be picked for the team. Or maybe you were just fat. We understand. Kids can be the cruelest people on earth. They didn't know that you would be emotionally burdened with this for the rest of your pathetic lives. Just take a deep breath and just let it go. The people that you are constantly going online to ridicule probably aren't the ones that did this to you.
In my travels I have met some great people. People that are members of the local HOG chapter, as well as members of the local HA chapter. They all wear Harley shirts and dress in ways described here. People that have taught me a lot about life, riding and friendship. If I had had judged them by their appearance or their ride pins or patches, I would not have had the gift of their friendship.
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