Bike snobbery

[pepperami]

Hmmm? Some people disappoint me and they’re bikers?

I was talking to some people I know about bikes.
They all have large modern bikes: ie a large MV, a GSXR 750, ZX9r, A TDM 850 and I can’t remember the other two.
They spoke about power commanders, re-mapping, carbon wheels and so on.

They were okay with the fact I have a ZX6R.
However as soon as I mentioned, British, Chinese, older/vintage, or smaller cc bikes , they turned their noses up.
We all have different views of what floats our boat, but their derisory attitude towards anything not large cc exotica was appalling.
I had the same thing when I did LE-JOG, when some twat on a large Adventure bike looked down his nose at my mighty little Hyosung GT250R and made snotty comments about Chinese shit bikes being in the same place as ‘proper adventure bikes’



Does the fact that you ride an old Ariel or a R3 rather than a 750cc+ bike mean that you’re not a ‘proper biker’ ?
Personally I think that if you enjoy being on two wheels, then good for you and you are a biker of some form or other.


What do you consider to be a ‘biker’
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Who gives a fuck. It's your bike. You bought it, you maintain it, you ride it. If they want to "pose" on a £20K bike, let them get on with it. Most of the twunts either can't ride or are suicidal. A bit of banter is one thing, but actual condecension is a dick move.
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People self-identifying as 'A biker' is what made me dislike identify politics before it was fashionable to dislike it .

If you're going to group people into a specific category and give it a label, other people will have different ideas of what that should include.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I think that's why borg used to dislike nodding and being nodded at.
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[ScottT]

[GSTEEL32]

you can thank most of the mainstream motorcycle magazines for that ... some of the horseShit they come out with is truly remarkable..

They think the average Joe has at least £15k to spend on a brand new bike with kit, sat nav & luggage .....

..... and of course, this years model is infinitely better than last years , obviously ....

What a crock of $hit ....... bunch of homo's ....

[recman]

Yeah I'm not too bothered what folk think of me or what I ride, i hadn't realised that it might almost be considered to be exotica though.
I say this because I'm often surprised that I have to explain exactly what it is to so called bikers.
Not sure I've ever encountered snobbery as such, a lack of interest in my bike maybe or far eastern fanboys sometimes but i don't think I've ever met anyone who considers one brand better than another.

[kgm]

A guy I work with is a bit like that. Not full on, but can tell he looks down on anything that isn't 1000cc plus, real proud of the fact he's only ever owned 1200s and considers my 800 a small bike. He rides a couple of thousand miles a year if lucky, mainly one euro trip almost entirely on motorways. Keeps his bike so immaculate that if a panel gets so much as a stone chip he will replace the panel or have it painted. Never rides in the wet.

He was horrified when I turned up to work yesterday after a 100 mile ride in the borders with so much salt caked onto my bike it looked like a rock. I told him he's missing out, some of the best rides I've had have been on little bikes.

Each to their own,, I'll ride anything and enjoy it.

[Cookiemonster...]

I do not understand this snobbery either.

I have a number of bikes from a 125 commuter to a full on sportsbike and some in between.

1) Are these people the Honda/Kawa/Ducati Engineers who refined these beautiful machines? No. I doubt they have too much of a clue about motorcycle mechanics let alone the engineering and physics that goes into these things.

So not if not 1) then and they are not the pioneers who've developed these high powered 150+ bhp machines maybe at least owning them means they are the following:

2) excellent skilled motorcyclists? These people ride these bikes like Marc Marquez? Rossi? Michael Dunlop?
Of course not. We all know girls who buy these bikes and ride in the most wimpy wimpy manner around the corners of real twisties if they ever went to the Chilterns or Wales or Bridgnorth etc.

All we know is that they had 8-15k in cash and then they decided to allocate that cash to an expensive bike. Or maybe not even that. Just financed probably?

Lol to these ordinary ordinary geezers acting like they're in some super exclusive club They've done nothing

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[Sister Sledge]

I look on it this way: I see some people owning some seriously nice stuff. It's like anything though - some people will own them and others not. It's life.

My last ride out saw me pass in the opposite direction to a group of fast bikes. 4 bikes and riders that looked immaculate. I gave a friendly slight tip of helmet to them and got nothing back. It was almost a 'how dare he speak to us' attitude from them. It did surprise me because everyone used to acknowledge each other once upon a time. My surprise lasted 3 seconds and then I got back to enjoying my ride. I think it's a sign of the times thing too? Used to be so friendly up here but now people don't chat back half the time. F*ck them.
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[linuxyeti]

Not come across bike snobbery in person, obviously plenty on here, perhaps hiding behind an online persona?? Can't say it bothers me personally, other than when I see 'advice' being given.

1 advantage of course, like someone else has mentioned, I don't have to get in a tizzy when one of my bikes gets caked in road salt etc...
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[ADSrox0r]

Generally I've found that people who are snobbish about bikes, tend to actually know fuck all about bikes.
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[recman]

[Kentol750]

That Dippy Twat, if it's a harley, it's shit. Ftfy
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[Polarbear]

I suppose there is another form of snobbery (if you can call it that) where why you bought a bike rather than what it is.

If you ride a bike because you like bikes and riding or if your bike is just a tool to get you to work cheaply and doesn't see the light of day any other time.

Although thinking on it those people would probably be permanently on L plates and ride a twist and go so not proper bikers

As for brand snobbery, well Harleys goes without saying. BMW GS riders as well, especially earlier on but they are not so exclusive now.

Old men in tweed caps were much more likely to come over and chat when I had Triumphs than Suzukis or Hondas, does that count as snobbery?
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