What Stupid Question Have You Been Asked?
Just out for some fun.
It turns out that I have drawn from this Adventure Rider thread more recently than I remembered. Oh well, there’s a lot more where this came from. The idea is, what stupid questions have people asked you when you’re on your bike and stop somewhere? Here are some of them.
- Who makes Triumph? (I get this one a lot at gas stations).
- Stupid woman: “Motorcycles are dangerous!”
Me: “Don’t you mean ‘riding motorcycles is dangerous’?”
SW: “Yes.”
Me: “Most people die in bed. So, where do you sleep?” - In ’64 my buddy and I rolled up to the ranger’s hut at the Wildrose Station entrance to Death Valley on a pair of Vespa 125s on our way from San Jose to the Grand Canyon. Hard to mistake those Vespas – floor board / fairing front end with “VESPA” in big letters. The ranger leans out and comments,
“Hondas, huh? How do they take the hills?” - Got the Classic again last week.
Nitwit “What is that?”
Me “KTM 950 Adventure”
Nitwit “Who makes it?”
Me “KTM”
Nitwit “Oh Its a Kawasaki”
Me “Uhm,,,,,, Yeah”
Pulled my helmet on and rode away laughing - Stopped at a stop light in ATGATT. Crotch Rocket Guy pulls up next to me in T-shirt, shorts, and sneaks.
CRG: “Planning on falling down?”
Me: “Nope. Planning on getting up if I do.” - Had a girl ask me not long ago how I was able to get my pipes such a pretty blue color!
- Riding to work each day in winter, other employees getting out of their cars in the parking lot without coats or jackets would ask me, “Aren’t you cold?”
Nope, I’m the one with the warm coat. - The receptionist has asked me if it’s hard to keep the motorcycle upright and if I can go as fast as a car.
- I stopped at a deli the other day and this woman looked at my jacket & boots and asked me if I was going skiing.
- A guy walks up from the rear of the bike and asks “How far of a trip are you on this time” I am less than 5 miles from the house, no luggage, tank bag, or anything strapped down on the tail rack, and I have Indiana plates on the bike in Indiana.
- Does that jacket make you hot?
Nawww… but my wife thinks it does.
Biker Quote for Today
You know you’re a biker if you own more black T-shirts then underwear.
