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You just might be a "biker"

ob1ventura

ob1ventura

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Screw that. I'm a motorcyclist.
 
The term "biker" is for bad-ass Harley riders and bad-ass wanna-be's. I, too, am a motorcyclist.
 
I'm a motorcyclist. My motorcycle is bad-ass. :thumbup :laughing
 
This is like "lane splitting" versus "lane sharing." Regular folks call motorcyclists bikers. People have been calling me a biker since the eighties and I've never had a Harley or any kind of cruiser.
 
Me too, monkeyneck...I ride bikes..Thats what we call motorcycles...I'm a biker.
That doesn't make me every biker..I'm not a 1%'r or a long list of other styles.

I'm just a guy that is obsessed with riding bikes..With engines that make them move. :ride
 
Biker sounds like a life style thing that involves cruiser/bars/drugs.

Motorcyclist sounds like the old timers who ride and work on their own bikes.

I love to ride but have minimal desire to “work” on bikes so I’m as just a Rider. (In that sense I’m just a driver instead of a motorist.) :x
 
Gary856 said:
Biker sounds like a life style thing that involves cruiser/bars/drugs.

Motorcyclist sounds like the old timers who ride and work on their own bikes.

I love to ride but have minimal desire to “work” on bikes so I’m as just a Rider. (In that sense I’m just a driver instead of a motorist.) :x
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Really? I'm 73, I find it very rare to see a biker my age..more likely even the most seasoned riders were kicking the slats in their crib, when I was kicking my Triumph to life. And I work on my own bike(s)..just a continuation of what was necessity when there were no shops and dealerships... In the states I lived in.

I call myself a biker...it flows off the tongue easier than Motorcyclist..

Whipper-snappers can call themselves whatever they want though..
There is no right or wrong here.
 
With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy. . .

You just might be a biker if:

Your mother-in-law and your wife are interchangable.
The off-trailer milage you accrue is all tavern related.
The complete collection you have comprises the t-shirts gathered at Sturgis.
Your girth at the waist in inches exceeds your IQ point total.
No periodontist has seen you.
If reading this pisses you off, you might be a biker.
 
When people say "biker" it makes me think of ornery Tour-de-France wannabes wearing spandex.

If you want any proof that the media lies to you, just look at how Fox News says non-ironically they are "fair and balanced" in their logo :facepalm
 
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Abyss said:
When people say "biker" it makes me think of ornery Tour-de-France wannabes wearing spandex.

If you want any proof that the media lies to you, just look at how Fox News says non-ironically they are "fair and balanced" in their logo :facepalm
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maybe fair and balanced means they are white with out vertigo.
 
Abyss said:
When people say "biker" it makes me think of ornery Tour-de-France wannabes wearing spandex.
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In my mind, a biker is someone who puts a bike in a pickup truck or trailer to take the bike where they want to go, and then tools around on the bike at the destination.

A rider *rides* where they want to go.

It's like the difference between people who just want to be rich and famous and show up at the oscars with someone a quarter of their age on their arm, and people who want to make a good movie.
 
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