The stupid things bikers do.

[Pjay]

Whilst we all like to think of ourselves as the masterrace, I believe that we are not all perfect. With this in mind I think we should have a slightly self mocking thread discussing the stupid things that bikers new and old do.

I shall start:


They tend to buy the same model bike they trained on.

They buy matching leathers to their bike.

They only ride in the summer.

They think they are in the MotoGP whenever they are on a big roundabout.
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[stinkwheel]

They assume other road users have seen them and know they are there, even when proceeding at double the traffic speed, then get butthurt when it turns out they haven't.
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[Pjay]

[dydey90]

Anybody who claims innocence on the roundabout one can no longer be trusted.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

[Liam_]

[arry]

They arrange a group ride of them and their 3 friends to a biker cafe, and the day then consists of 28 minutes riding there and back, and 3 hours of them being snooty in their clique looking down the noses at younguns whilst drinking coffee and smoking fags like boring old wankers.

[Pjay]

[notbike]

Old man thread is boring.

[Rogerborg]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[mkjackary]

Old biker guys who think they are better than everyone else. Ride a range of bikes, usually a 3/4 or flip up lid, refuse to nod to anyone, refuse to say hi or be friendly to anyone. Think of everyone else as reckless and anyone under 45 is a dangerous yuuuve that you should treat like shit.

(Obviously there are exceptions, also worth noting im not talking middle aged riders either, they are usually nice and love a chat.)

[Beehive Bedlam]

This applies across the board but mainly to middle aged fags.

Buying a bike thinking they become part of the 'brotherhood'.

[stonesie]

Buying a Harley Davidson and all the branded gear to wobble around on a handful of rides a year. Has to be the worst thing a new rider can do?

[doggone]

Something that gets much worse every spring weekend is groups of riders on sportsbikes trying to keep up with each other through traffic.
These are typically immaculate clean bikes and one piece suits look like bought yesterday - don't give the impression of being terribly experienced.

Last time I was out a bunch just had to force to front of queue at lights but there wasn't space for them all to tuck in which briefly delayed an ambulance in full emergency mode trying to get through from other way - they seemed to be unable to hear or see it like everyone else

Most likely he was off to pick up another biker from similar group.
This all looks bad enough when on a bike yourself.
If you read comments after inevitable carnage reports in local online press next day, it's easy to find "organ donor season" remarks.

Bikes are vulnerable even when not taking pointless stupid risks.
At weekends a lot of the car drivers are distracted, semi-lost and inexperienced - or consider themselves god-like immortals too.
Even a slight incident where you don't get hurt, the insurance procedure will mess up most of the year and make you lose the will to live.

[M.C]

[Suntan Sid]

[Freddyfruitba...]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Old Git Racing]

[Bubbs]

Ask for advice on a motorcycle forum but ignore all responses because they don't agree with your pre-decided choice. EVERYTIME!!

"No don't buy a 125 on finance, get a cheap 125 do full test and get etc. etc."

EVERY FUCKING TIME.
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[Pjay]

[Beehive Bedlam]

[Pjay]

[Andy_Pagin]

Making friends and meeting people ...

... by steering hard right and braking hard at the same time at a junction,

new friends being the nice couple who helped me get the bike upright and hung onto it while I got it on the side stand.
Lady also handed me some bits of broken plastic 'I might need'
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