{"id":11138,"date":"2022-09-15T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:46:29","slug":"what-stupid-questions-have-you-been-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/what-stupid-questions-have-you-been-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"What Stupid Questions Have You Been Asked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11142\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aerodynamic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11142\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aerodynamic.jpg\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aerodynamic.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aerodynamic-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>No, you wouldn&#8217;t get any questions if you were on this . . . would you? But you&#8217;d get good gas mileage.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite awhile since I looked at this thread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure Riders<\/a> but it&#8217;s worth checking out now and then. The topic is, what stupid questions have people asked you on your bike?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The steer horns I have on the front of my bike have gotten some nice questions that seem to be rather consistent by region. Texas\/Louisiana: &#8221;that&#8217;s from a hunt you went on right?&#8221; New England: &#8221;is that in case you run into any animals at night?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>You ride that all the way here? Yep, it&#8217;s too heavy to push.<\/li>\n<li>I ride a KTM 950 SM. when asked &#8220;what kind of bike is that?&#8221; I reply, &#8220;it is a KTM.&#8221; their reply, &#8220;Oh, I had a Kawasaki when I was younger&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When people ask me how fast it is I tell them I&#8217;ve had it to about 195. And most of the time they believe it.<\/li>\n<li>When I turned 16 and got my license, my dad let me ride his (then) R1100S up to the beach. I pulled into the motorcycle parking and took my helmet off, only to have a 21-year old on a CBR come up and ask &#8220;What are those things sticking out from the engine? Are they superchargers?&#8221;<br \/>\nI was dumbstruck until he pointed to the cylinders. When I told him that it was an opposed twin, a.k.a boxer engine, he told me I didn&#8217;t know what I was talking about and told his girlfriend that they were superchargers. She just laughed at him because of the face I made when he asked me.<\/li>\n<li>OP: Why&#8217;s your bike so dirty?<br \/>\nMe: Because I like riding it in the dirt.<br \/>\nOP: Yea, I get that, but why don&#8217;t you wash it?<br \/>\nMe: I do sometimes, but then it just gets dirty again, so why bother?<\/li>\n<li>I was running late Monday night so I walked into class ATGATT (&#8216;stich, boots, helmet in hand, etc.) At the end of the class, the guy next to me asks, &#8220;Schwinn or Huffy?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>My fav &#8220;goin&#8217; ridin&#8217;?&#8221; to which I reply &#8220;nope, Im taking a trip to the moon&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>At the grocery store, I usually get (whenever I&#8217;m ATG), &#8220;so, you&#8217;re on a bike, &#8216;eh??&#8221; And I usually respond with&#8230;&#8221; Nope&#8230;gonna get shot out of a cannon&#8230;..again!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>While wearing my Olympia mesh 1-piece during the Summer I often run out for errands at lunch and keep it on while I run in for a sandwich or at the farm stand. I often get asked if I fly a plane or if I&#8217;m in the military. Sometimes I get asked if I was skiing &#8211; yep that&#8217;s right&#8230;I&#8217;m skiing in 92 degree weather in NJ in July 150 miles from the nearest hill!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know I&#8217;m dating myself here but Art Linkletter used to have a section on his show called &#8220;Kids Say the Darnedest Things.&#8221; You know what? <em>People<\/em> say the darnedest things. And there&#8217;s your proof.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>Why motorcycles are better than women: You don&#8217;t have to convince your motorcycle that you&#8217;re a motorcyclist and that you think that motorcycles are equals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quite awhile since I looked at this thread on Adventure Riders but it&#8217;s worth checking out now and then. The topic is, what stupid questions have people asked you on your bike? 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