Spyders not for real men

[Bob Denman]

Count the number of droplets.

:shocked: :barf:

Glad to have you back!! :thumbup: nojoke

 

[Bazeel]

Try being under 40 and on an RT. I hear quite a few strange things. I just give them the "your stupid" look and they walk away feeling that way.

Oh man, I get that. I'm 28 and I run with a pack of sportbikes one day and a pack of Cruisers the next. A few freinds joke with 'You shoulda gotta Harley', but I've not had anyone say any -real- smart.

(On a side note, I did have a gentleman in a beat-up farm truck tell me to 'Get a real bike'...Which is pretty funny coming from someone riding about in their truck. )

 

[lwrydr]

Clowns

Some clowns (Harley Riders) that I know had a reservation cop put a ticket on my :spyder2: saying that it was not supposed to be
parked in a mororcycle only area. I had a lot of fun with that one and at the time was not real happy.

 

[Bob Denman]

 

[Dan McNally]

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[retread]

To the "real bike" question, I ask if I've been riding my imagination for 6 years, then tell them if my imagination is that good, I'll try thinking a few million into my bank account and see what happens. The first one I said that to had to have it explained to him.

john

 

[zrc]

Operative words: Too much.

if drinking does not mess up your life, then it probably isn't too much.

IM BACK IN THE GAME BABY, OH YEA!

 

[missouriboy]

Trying to reason with someone who already knows everything is like talking politics with a Liberal...

Hmmmm.... I know we're not supposed to mention politics, but didja know the Quote of the Year was attributed to Vladimir Putin?

It was reported that he said, "Negotiating with Barack ***** is like trying to play chess with a pigeon: first he knocks over all the game pieces, then he poops on the board and struts around like he won the game."

:yikes:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: We're gonna get in trouble if one of them complains...

 

[spydaman60]

Real men don't worry about being real, or being manly.
...and to start a list of what real men don't do, let me go first:
1. Real men don't disrespect other people, for any reason.
2. Real men don't hit women or children.
3. Real men support their families.
4. Real men don't drink too much, and don't use drugs.
5. Real men don't lie.
6. Real men earn their living.
7. Real men don't fail to aid those in need, whether asked or not.
8. Real men are not obese.
9. Real men don't steal.
10. Real men don't fail to compliment their spouses.
11. Real men don't need approval of everyone.
12. Real men don't need to join gangs to feel that they belong.
13. Real men don't expect others to bail them out.
14. Real men are not afraid to show love, compassion, or kindness.
15. Real men Ryde Spyders, drive cars, and even walk.

14 out of 15 on your definition of a real man! I resemble #8 to some degree! :roflblack: maybe not obese, but on the heavy side!:roflblack::roflblack:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

14 out of 15 on your definition of a real man! I resemble #8 to some degree! :roflblack: maybe not obese, but on the heavy side!:roflblack::roflblack:

Can you walk?
Can you bend over?
Can you climb stairs?

If so, then you might be overweight but not OBESE.
The reason I put that on the list is because truly obese people show to the world that they have no self-control, and therefore cannot be self reliant.

 

[spydaman60]

Can you walk?
Can you bend over?
Can you climb stairs?

If so, then you might be overweight but not OBESE.
The reason I put that on the list is because truly obese people show to the world that they have no self-control, and therefore cannot be self reliant.

yes, yes and yes!!guess i'm fifteen for fifteen!! man I feel better now!!:roflblack:

 

[OJ UK]

TBH I have not had any derogatory remarks from anyone in the UK....more like:
"What is it?? It looks great....can you drive it on a car licence? Wow!"
When I explain that Yes, you can drive on a car or 'full' bike licence and then I
give the person a card from my dealer, they generally walk off shaking their heads and
looking back at my pride and joy!! The hard nosed Harley brigade do tend to say very little
but I often catch them taking a sneaky look at it when I've out accelerated them and
then gone into curves way faster than they can!!
Horses for courses I suppose.

 

[SNOOPY]

Real men don't worry about being real, or being manly.
...and to start a list of what real men don't do, let me go first:
1. Real men don't disrespect other people, for any reason.
2. Real men don't hit women or children.
3. Real men support their families.
4. Real men don't drink too much, and don't use drugs.
5. Real men don't lie.
6. Real men earn their living.
7. Real men don't fail to aid those in need, whether asked or not.
8. Real men are not obese.
9. Real men don't steal.
10. Real men don't fail to compliment their spouses.
11. Real men don't need approval of everyone.
12. Real men don't need to join gangs to feel that they belong.
13. Real men don't expect others to bail them out.
14. Real men are not afraid to show love, compassion, or kindness.
15. Real men Ryde Spyders, drive cars, and even walk.

Whoa, good thing I a dog, I'd never be able to live up to all of that.:shocked:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Whoa, good thing I a dog, I'd never be able to live up to all of that.:shocked:

Dogs do all of that naturally. Thank you for being a dog. So do Spyder Ryder's!

 

[belowme29]

My wife has the Spyder and I a Kaw Voyager. Here's what I recently posted on a Kaw forum about JP Cycles. This was a guy who drove a 'real bike' and was a salesman.

A couple of months ago we had the chance to finally go to JP Cycles in Daytona. Been wanting to see what all the hoopla was about. It was a nice store but definitely geared to Harleys. The wife picked out a few things for her Spyder and was carrying them while she continued shopping. She went over to one of the salesmen and asked if they had any items specifically for a Spyder. His very condescending reply was, 'No, I drive a real bike, I have a Harley'. I was in a different part of the store and didn't hear him. When she told me what happened I asked, was he being funny or what? She said he was a real jerk. So I told her to put the stuff she was carrying on the shelf, and out the door we went. There's plenty of other suppliers out there that will get our money.

Good for you. But I would have made it a little more public. Go to the area where you would pay for the items and just drop off all of the items - even include a big ticket item that you were not going to purchase, just to make it a point for them to put them back away. And say sorry, but I don't want them anymore.

I have been "snubbed" by some harley riders when filling up at a pump, say hi they stuck their noses up in the air. Other then that everyone is curious and only ask questions because they want to know what it is.

Sorry to hear that people have had problems with other riders.

 

[gnirtsnod]

When I hear: "It's not a bike." I agree, as the route words from Latin and Greek mean two wheels . . . Its a trike. I also don't care what they think . . . I haven't worried about what rude strangers think for most of my life! nojoke

It has struck me that those who would poke fun at or otherwise criticize a Spyder rider would probably never make a similar comment to an HD or Wing trike rider. It's a choice we make for ourselves, not for them.

 

[sadeeky]

My spyder doesn't fall

Them children will think back on things they say about Spyder riders when they lay their bikes down and get road rash.

 

[jaherbst]

I think this thread has hit a nerve. It is not the Harley riders, or anyone else. It's your own sensitivity or whatever, that's getting your Goat. Get over it! These things we ride are "strange looking beasts" and folks do not see many of them. Don't take every thing you hear as a put down or if Joe Harley does not wave, wave to him any way then you will at least feel good about yourself.
Regardless of what you think these things are still a novelty and not main stream. (Yet) Have fun with it, join in the fun. Whether you are on two, three or one wheel---what the hell do you care what other people think. Above all be friendly, yes even to Vespa riders.:joke:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Above all be friendly, yes even to Vespa riders.:joke:

I like Vespas.

even in big font.