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Posted by John Hopkins
- October 13, 2014, 17:25:37 PMI don't think you can slot a "biker" into any category, or any perameters, many bikers ride because it is the only form of transport they can afford to get to work..
Motorcycle dispatch riders probably ride more than anyone else on the planet.
It really comes down to if someone owns a bike, and rides it, he can call himself a biker.
As far as I'm concerned we all "get motorcycling."
John.
Posted by gdrudd13
- October 03, 2014, 21:59:30 PMChief, very well put, I like it.
Sorry, this was kind of a mini rant. I actually deleted quite a bit of what I was originally going to say with the initial post. It just kind of rubbed me the wrong way from the start. It didn't end well either. A guy commented that he won't ride because he had two close friends die on motorcycles. Fair enough, I can't blame him, that sucks. The author took a different point of view and said they died because they were riding like idiots. Really? Yeah, that paints motorcyclists in a great light as unemotional a$$holes. He narrows down what he considers the "true motorcyclists" to the point where it includes no one. Only people on THESE motorcycles wearing super high dollar safety gear from head to toe "get motorcycling". That got me thinking about what my definition of a true motorcyclist is. Here's a not very organized definition.
I think a true motorcyclist is someone who rides because they truly want to, and enjoy it. They may ride alone to get away from people. They might ride with a group of friends because that's the only time they spend together. They may ride just to ride and don't care who with or where they end up. They may ride for the memories and stories of the open road. Whatever the reason though they all have one thing in common, they ride. They don't have to like every bike, or every rider, but they'll stop to help if they can if they see a rider in need. They may not ride year round, but they'll ride every chance they get. They don't ride for any one reason, and some of the reasons may not make sense. When someone asks they either can't find a way to put it in words or it takes so long to list all the reasons people think they're crazy (although in some cases that might be true as well lol). They ride however they're comfortable riding and accept the risks associated with that decision if that means not riding with certain pieces of safety gear. But no matter what, they enjoy it.
Kind of long, but you guys get the drift. I know everyone has they're own definition, but that's mine.
Posted by chief
- October 03, 2014, 17:35:29 PMPeople ride for a million different reasons. Those few who think they are the only true "bikers/motorcyclists" usually are neither.
Posted by John Hopkins
- October 03, 2014, 10:37:07 AMDon't get excited, it's just one mans rant probably written because he was paid for it, I skimmed all the way down to Harleys electric bike but I couldn't read it all..it was too boring.
Biking for most of us really started after the second world war, because the goverments had their usual cutbacks and sold off hundreds of thousands of motorcycles to wholesalers who filtered them down to the public..we all bought big ex army bikes because we could afford them and most of us still like the old twins..we had BSA's and Norton's, the Ruskies had Urals, the Nazi's had BMW's and you had Indian's and Harley's..all twins.
We have a joke question over here..
What is a biker?
John.
Posted by gdrudd13
- October 02, 2014, 16:24:46 PMI just read this. So irritating on so many levels. And as for the subject, if you read it you'll get to the part about how apparently only people on adventure bikes and sport tourers "get" motorcycling. If you weren't already irritated, read some of the stuff he writes in the comments.
Obviously I don't agree with him on a lot of points. Just thought I'd share.