Where I’d rather be.
I don’t generally fall back on these humorous things except in winter when there’s no riding, but we’re leaving on a really big trip soon, with lots to do to get ready, and there’s still a huge amount of stuff needing to be resolved following Charley’s death. So I’m taking the easy way out.
What are some of the most stupid things people ask you while you’re on your bike? Here are some more from this thread on Adventure Rider.
- Came out of the store the other day, and there was a guy standing next to my KLX250, and said he had a few questions about my bike. He wanted to get one like it. And he actually asked, “how many CCs is the klx250, 450?”
- Overheard from another patron at a small town gas station where I stopped to each lunch …”Can’t believe someone would spend 12-15,000 dollars on a motorcycle just to save a little money on gas”
- A guy was dropping parts off at work as I was putting on my Stitch to leave. He said “Aren’t you hot in that?” My stock answer is “I’d rather sweat than bleed.” He told me that he’s one of those guys that wears a wifebeater and jeans doing 105 on his sportbike. :huh I just said “Let me know how that works out for you.” as I walked out the door.
- Tuesday morning, I come dripping and sloshing into the office (it seems my jacket zippers have become non waterproof and it was raining cats and dogs the whole way) as I’m stripping off the sopping wet dripping mess no less than three people came up and with an amazed look asked me if I really rode today. Nope. Log flume.
- Went to Cabela’s in Hamburg, PA. yesterday and as I was pulling on my helmet a man walking by and asks are you wearing a helmet? You know in PA you don’t have to wear one. You must be from Jersey. I responded that no I was not wearing a helmet but was encasing my head to protect me from the covert microwaves that the government is sending out to control all of us and that if he lived in Jersey he would know this. The look on the dude’s face was priceless. Needless to say our conversation ended at this point. May be it was a sign!!!
- I was going round Lake Michigan and stopped at a gas station for gas and a drink. The clerk asks me why I was wearing a snomobile suit in summer….. I was wearing my one piece Areostitch suit.
- A co-worker known for smart-assed replies walked into my office, notices my helmet and asks, “Do you ride a motorcycle?” My obvious answer: “No, I’m just a really bad driver.”
- “Do you race that?” Made more funny by the fact that the bike had a full set of hard luggage fitted at the time.
- The patio was full of folks and one yelled out “Hey why don’t you buy a “real bike” you can pretty much tell what he was riding. I was on an old BMW R1100rs: My mouth got ahead of my brain… I blurted out; My wife rides an Ultra Classic, why would I want to ride a chick bike. I got a few seconds of dead silence followed by his friends giving him crap that she rides a bigger bike than he does. I’m thinking I did not make any friends that day.
- Him: Why don’t you ride a Harley? Me: I can’t drink that much beer….
OK. Hope you got a bit of a chuckle. Next time I hope I’ll have some riding to write about.
Biker Quote for today
No one has ever said, “I wonder where that intersecting freeway goes.” — Eric Trow
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