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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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You seem to be insulted that they don't think you are a "Real Biker". Just WTF is a "Real Biker" anyway?
I know what a RUB and a Poser is.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Please!!! How does a tat make a person a real biker??? None for me, and I don't plan on any. They can be cool to look at, but I've just never fancied one on my body.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Never even considered it.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jag1886
>> or someone hasn't pissed on your vest<<
Good grief!
What's the proper procedure for asking somebody to do that!?
I mean, do you have to know them? Or does it have to be a stranger to be official?
Homeless people pee on each other all the time.
Are they real bikers?

Guess I'd better get a vest...
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:12 PM
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I have friends who ride with tats and without. Same for friends who don't ride.
I have quite a few and they have nothing to do with riding just a personal expression of me. That and I just love going under the needle, gets the endorphins pumping. My record is almost 8 hours straight under the needle.

I never could understand the whole biker/poser thing.
I guess if you get down to the hard core 1%er crap, they would be considered the origins of the term biker.

Its just another adjective to describe what you enjoy to do like motorcyclist.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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I don't put anything on I can't take off when I want to!!!
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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....... no tats, but a couple'a scars.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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I am amaised.
"tats" - the first time I heard the term was on Wild Hogs - and while its obvious what it means, all - and I mean all the people I know with Ink, call it - er well - Ink.

I don't have one. But I am ready to get one, if I find the right, experienced, artist.

“Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!”

On a scroll over my heart.
...gene
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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Been ridin since I was a kid....no tats. Not opposed to them but I haven't seen one yet that I would want to look at for the rest of my life.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by suey
got told today im not a real biker since i have no inc.... i scoffed at the guy and said i know many without tats and walked away....

then riding home, i thought, damn, i AM the only one i know without tats...

any other inkless riders out there?
Nope, no tats and dont plan on getting any, I am the one that stands out now
 
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