Contender or Pretender
 

I'm just in from a quick 120 mile ride and had a gas station experience that made me want to start this thread. It is almost a guarantee that while stopped for gas or to take a quick stretch that someone walks over to me to talk about riding, my bike, their bike etc... I've actually met some great folks this way(Contenders) then I've also met some tools(pretenders) W/o doubt it seems that as someone is approaching I can sift out who can ride and who's full of shit.

Just wondering what visual, verbal, audio, cues let you know that it's time to put the tall boots on or to not accept that invite to ride along? Based upon your experiences

What weird or cool experiences have you had just kicking it at the gas station?

I have turbos on my bike bro

"Is that a Harley?"

I get "How fast does it go?" constantly.

with the DRZ, it's quite rare, but I'll get anything from "how fast does that go?" to "is that street legal?" to "what size is that" all honest questions with only the street legal one seeming like a stupid question

when I had my RR... it was 90% "how fast does that go" with the other 10% being "how fast have you gone... I'd kill myself on one of those"

now I tend to not pay people any notice while at the station... well... actually the DRZ is dead ATM so... LOL

Pretty much the same experiences with me, and add:

on the CBR - Can you wheelie/will you wheelie/how far can you wheelie

on the KLR - does that do highway speeds?

I hate the wheelie requests.... From kids I don't mind though....

People don't know what the hell my vfr is. I just laugh when I see their face expressions just know they're trying to figure out what it is.

ooohhhh, and burnout requests

I love how people think that a burnout = pure raw power. Golf carts can do burn outs.

see those, I got while riding... not while stopped... they'd put their hand out the windows and kinda give a open hand wheelie motion...

uh.. not so much dude

smh

I get those too, but if still at the station I get, "hey dude, put it up on the back tire when you leave"

I recall a guy talking with me, I was on the F4I at the time, I told him its a 600, he said well mine is a 1100 (it was a Shadow) you should get something like that with more power.... Yeah ok...:lol

yeah, my airmen always talk to me about motorcycles, as they know I ride... can't count how many times they mention a 1000cc because they "don't want to out grow it" or that a "600 is a girls bike"

SMH

Most don't say much too me.... which is fine with me. Then I don't have to listen to the BS.

Anyone familiar with Jamie James R1 productions? I met a guy about a month ago at a motorcycle dealership/bike night promotional event. This older guy had a Jamie James R1 (05 if I'm not mistaken) said it was the one featured on the magazine cover back then, said he was a mechanic and friend of Jamie's. We sat and talked forever it seems, man this guy had some stories, he had also been drinking and you could smell it on this breath, so at the time I was skeptical about some of his stories and accolades, but found out later that evening that he was legit, can ride the wheels off a motorcycle. I can't remember his name, google Jamie James R1 and there's a nice story about the bike being tested at the Gap. Bike is like 405lbs WET, carbon fiber wheels etc....

I member the James Editions. Had the little crawdad decal and a ton of post factory add ons. I think Yamaha saw its popularity and then brought out the R1LE in 07 which kinda one upped him.

They don't look at you and say, "You ride that bike?" I say, "No, I fucking pushed it here". :lol:

I get talked to everytime I pull into someplace. Between the bright yellow paint, chain maille, spikes and god forbid a women riding the thing, the conversations are endless. :D

I get that too. Since mine is debadged and repainted nobody knows what it is. "What is that, is that an old BMW???" (Read in 'Mater's voice from Cars :lol:) I think its because of the slats on side of the bikini fairing. But then there is your middle aged guys that wanted one of these Intercepters when they were teens and know exactly what they are. You can see it in the way they look over the bike and smile, but they'll never say anything. I wish like hell mine still had the stock RWB or BWR paint scheme. Wish I knew what mine was actually....

I hate when people use horsepower to measure your manhood. When people ask about mine, I say it puts out about the same horsepower as the SV650. I've gotten the usual, "you should buy a gixxer 600. Those are so fast!!!" And I proceed to tell them that I previously owned an R6 and that it is not what I want on the street. So no...

If their under 18 - "I wanna get one"
If their in their 20's - "Yeah I just crashed mine"
If in their 30's - "I just sold mine"
If in their 40's - "I had one"
If in their 50's - "Just got a Road King"
If in their 60's - "Riding up Maine for some breakfast and then we're going to head down to North Carolina for dinner"
If in their 70's - "I had Triumph and boy that thing was fast"
If in their 80's - "Sure beats spendin time with the missus"

Nope. I get the little ones who "stare" in their own innocent way. Had a little boy who wanted to sit on one (I was with a group). Being the only girl, I was paying attention to him, so I put him up on mine. Then he wanted down. He walked away just looking.

I get a lot of comments about, "I like your bike". But that is the extent of it. I guess I have "the look" in "don't talk to me".

:dthumb:

They can also do wheelies. :lol:

My absolute favorite gas station moment was out with Moira in Wimberley. Some lady walks out of the store, stops to look at us, then our bikes. She says, "Those are your bikes? Oh, I bet you two get all the boys!"

We laughed so hard. :rofl:

This is about the only scenario I wouldn't mind having a vag just so I could hear people's comments.

I'll get people asking me what size (because that's all that matters, duh) and after I say it's an 800 I'll either get a, "huh" and that's it or, "so it'll beat a 600." I just reply with, "Nope. The engine built like that." Of course that makes their small brain seize up.

Come on people. Just like 4 wheel vehicles, their are different purposes for 2 wheels. You don't buy a diesel to haul ass. Yes I know you can "make" a diesel fast but how many people do you think actually do it?

Ya. I have a problem with mine being a dong magnet. :lol I was on another forum and laughing my ass off with these guys talking about how much ass they get with their bikes. I've been around a lot of bikers and I being one and I've never seen a woman just come up to one of us and just wanna fuck because we're bikers. :bsflag:


Must be a lot of pea brain women in their area.

I don't think my bike will get me much ass, but it does make me hotter to some men. Of course they're someone I wouldn't sleep with in the first place, but it does make a middle aged, over weight woman feel good. :D