"Helmets are for wusses!!"

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Just though I would post up some of the crazy things my dad has said to me since I got my bike because they are so ridiculous and I think, very funny. Besides the helmet comment, he told me I should never wear sandals when I ride because I will hurt my feet when I kick cars that get too close. He is an "expert" after all, because in 1955 when he was 21 him and my uncle went and got their M licenses and then bought a 250 suzuki and drove it from Vancouver to Windsor, Ontario with just sunglasses and boots for gear. He also told me his best friend rode a 50cc scooter from Antigonish, Nova Scotia to Winsdor Ontario, but he was a wuss and wore a helmet. A couple other good stories about always wear a t shirt in case you land on gravel and how you know your girlfriends a keeper when she will pick the gravel out of your back, hahaha!!

Needless to say, we are buying my dad a retro 3/4 helmet for his birthday for when he flies around the farm on his atv because he clearly cannot afford anymore head trauma.

Seems like there are endless amounts of people who like to give opinions and tell me stories about when they used to ride which is great. Yesterday my italian father in law came by and had a look at my duc and then asked me why I didn't get a "real" bike which he describes as having to be a harley and a cruiser.

Anybody else ever get any "pearls of wisdom" about riding from well meaning family of friends?
 
Multiple comments from co-workers (non riders) openly questioning me on how I'm able to handle a bike as 'big' as mine. I guess they think they're flattering me, because I'm just such a small fragile female, how could I *possibly* handle a big 'ol Harley?

*barf*

The guys at work who DO ride don't have stupid questions for me. They seem to get it.
 
Red695 said:
Yesterday my italian father in law came by and had a look at my duc and then asked me why I didn't get a "real" bike which he describes as having to be a harley and a cruiser.
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Not real Italian if he's advocating that - more like Italian Light or Italian Calorie-wise.

Sorry, carry on with the regularly scheduled discussion.
 
"you know you're going to kill yourself". I guess that's the exact opposite of "helmets are for wusses" now that I think about it.
 
What I hate is when someone sees my bike and walks up to me saying stuff like "Hey nice bike, I saw in the news the other day this guy rode his bike into a tree" or "Do a wheelie as your leaving the parking lot, thatd be soo cool". My whole family thinks Im going through some sort of mid-life crisis with the bike and keeps asking me why I didnt buy a sportscar:dontknow:?! Everybody thinks they have million dollar advice when what they got dont even equal a buck fifty. I never realized how many people I would have to learn to tune out after I got my bike, even one of my "reasonably sane" family members for some reason remembers that girl who fell off the back of that SS on the highway last year and have asked me more than once(I dont think they realize they already asked)if I remember that. I keep telling them "You think my wife is stupid enough to fall to her death and not take me with her?" I have no idea what that story has to do with me at all

My biggest work peeve is Ive had my bike warming up sometimes before I leave work (carbuerated) and Ill be talking to someone, next thing I know I hear someone revvin an engine, I turn around and some dimwit co-worker is working the throttle! This happend to me twice, both times I flipped out and the person was looking at me like I was the one doin something stupid, like revving an engine like that is supposed to be "good" for my bike. I understand curiousity but for christsakes ask first! I could never imagine laying on hand on someone elses bike (or cage for that matter) without their permission! I cant wait for the day they buy their own bikes, I'm gonna rev the s*#t out of their engines first chance I get.
 
The one that bugs me is when they see that I have a SS, oh your going tto kill yourself. I guess Harley's Cruisers and other bikes don't get involved with accidents.

The best one I've heard is, I don't wear gear cause I don't plan on crashing. Gear is for people that plan on crashing.
Lol I'm sure everyone has heard the same thing.
 
Isnt that common sense to not rev someones elses property? Although common sense is just uncommon these days...
Can you picture someone with a car idling, and the guy decides to just get in the car and give it 2-3 revs?
He'd think you're stealing the faakin car lol.
Lol @ italian not realising what a duc is.
It's like saying "you have a ferrari? weak, you should get a real car, a cadillac xts"
 
"You're gonna kill yourself on that thing!"

"I'd kill myself on that thing"

"Anything under 600cc is a girls bike"

"Thank god! You don't look like a power ranger in all your gear" (this quote was originally much more offensive, edited for PG content)

"How fast does it go/ How fast have you gone on it?"

"Have you filled out your organ donor card?"

"My ford mustang is faster"
 
Just today, co-worker was talking about someone he knows and yadda yadda yadda... 'scooters are safer than bikes'.
Sure, most scoots generally don't make it on the highway but in the city what's the diff? Wiping out at 60 km/h or getting nailed by a left-turner would have pretty much the same consequences on a scooter or a litre bike would it not?
 
One day I had my helmet sitting on my desk, co-worker came by this is the conversation:

Co-Worker "you ride in today"
Me "nope just like to wear the helmet"
Co-Worker "when you drive?"
Me "Yup"
Co-Worker "uh-huh" walking away as if they get it...

Sweet baby Jesus, I tell ya...
 
I think the OP was looking for something along the line of "***** my dad says" etc.
funny stuff the old timers did in their day.

OP-i think that's hilarious. and no doubt true.

sadly i don't have any stories such as yours. wish i did though.
 
...at any fast food place, "For here or to go?"

Hmm, yeah, let me try to cram that burrito through my full face helmet while riding...
 
rawr said:
...at any fast food place, "For here or to go?"

Hmm, yeah, let me try to cram that burrito through my full face helmet while riding...
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It's 100% routine, man. They're not even psychologically present, they're on a mental vacation on an island somewhere. It's not easy to break them out of it, because they are used to seeing all manner of weirdo walk into their fast food establishment. The only time I was *ever* treated any different anywhere, was when I walked into a Tim Horton's wearing my old beat-up Joe Rocket textile jacket. I'm a skinny guy and I hadn't shaved, so I guess they figured I was a starving hobo or something - they gave me a lot more food than I ordered lol.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
They're not even psychologically present, they're on a mental vacation on an island somewhere.
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Nailed it... I use to work at a Tims, and would, on occasion, ask cars in the drive thru if it was for here or to go. Mental vacation, absolutely.

JonnyWyshbone said:
My biggest work peeve is Ive had my bike warming up sometimes before I leave work (carbuerated) and Ill be talking to someone, next thing I know I hear someone revvin an engine, I turn around and some dimwit co-worker is working the throttle!
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I would lose it if my non-biker friends got touchy with my bike when I wasn't looking. I'm lucky, they all seem to be very afraid of it, and ask me a million times for permission before they touch anything
 
My father had a word of wisdom:

"Why do you have to go out and get that f'ing thing???"

He said I need to get out of that phase and get rid of the bike
 
RockerGuy said:
My father had a word of wisdom:

"Why do you have to go out and get that f'ing thing???"

He said I need to get out of that phase and get rid of the bike
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My mother's words of wisdom were: "I don't give a ****..you just better be able to pay for the ****ing thing!!" :-D
 
Had my Ninja parked outside work and a dude with an eyepatch comes in and randomly starts talking **** about how his Harley would eat that little Ninja..and starts swearing up and down about it. Lol I told him it was mine and just smiled and asked him if he enjoyed paying 2012 prices for 1930's technology. That seemed to make him even more angry..

However, in the end, people should remember the golden rule: Do NOT **** with the people who handle your food. That is all.:D
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