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You Know You Are A Biker When...
07-02-2008, 4:46 PM
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#1 | | I'm a bird.. NOT a bloke!!!
Join Date: 03-15-2008 Location: Everywhere.. via the interweb
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| You Know You Are A Biker When... You lean when playing bike games on games consoles/pc's..
You lean when watching bike racing (especially with on bike camera shots)..
You do shoulder checks even when walking...
Anyone else???
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07-02-2008, 6:04 PM
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Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 29 Posts: 167
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Your favorite cologne is exhaust fume de toilet
You walk around going baaaaa-waaaaaaa-waaaaa down the halls at work
If you are a true biker after a wreck the first words are " Hows my bike" |
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07-02-2008, 6:14 PM
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Join Date: 05-29-2008 Location: Portland, OR
Bike(s): CBR10RRL8 Posts: 104
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... ...you search high and low for a can to crush so you can park on something other than concrete in summer. |
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07-02-2008, 6:16 PM
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Join Date: 05-08-2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Bike(s): 2000 CBR929RR My own Erion Edition... Posts: 108
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... your hands and feet twitch and you look to see, when you hear a sportbike exhaust accelerate on a nearby highway... |
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07-02-2008, 6:22 PM
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Join Date: 04-16-2006 Location: Dallas, Tx
Bike(s): k6 GSXR750, 97 YZF1000, 05 600RR, 02 954 Posts: 1,188
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Quote:
Originally Posted by I_FLY_LOW your hands and feet twitch and you look to see, when you hear a sportbike exhaust accelerate on a nearby highway... | When you are always guessing what pipe that is that you hear. |
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07-02-2008, 6:36 PM
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Join Date: 05-21-2008 Location: conway, arkansas
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... i'm sorry but i don't understand why you would not want to park on the concrete, could you let me know? also what is a shoulder check.
sorry i'm a little bit of a noob
edit: found out what a shoulder check is. but still don't know about the crushed can thing... |
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07-02-2008, 6:48 PM
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Join Date: 10-15-2004 Location: kansas
Bike(s): 04 rc51, 07 KTM 690sm Age: 40 Posts: 478
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Quote:
Originally Posted by pkells1 i'm sorry but i don't understand why you would not want to park on the concrete, could you let me know? also what is a shoulder check.
sorry i'm a little bit of a noob
edit: found out what a shoulder check is. but still don't know about the crushed can thing... | to put under the kick stand as not to sink...usually a problem with asphalt more than concrete
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07-02-2008, 6:49 PM
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Join Date: 05-08-2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Bike(s): 2000 CBR929RR My own Erion Edition... Posts: 108
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... if on fresh asphault, or soft ground, the kickstand will sink into the soft surface... the flattened coke can, under the kickstand, will better disperse the weight across the surface, and lessening the risk of it sinking in... |
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07-02-2008, 7:05 PM
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Join Date: 05-21-2008 Location: conway, arkansas
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... oh wow, that's good to know, thanks. |
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07-02-2008, 7:11 PM
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Join Date: 04-08-2008 Location: Boynton Beach,FL
Bike(s): 2001 Honda CBR 929 Erion Edition Age: 21 Posts: 243
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Quote:
Originally Posted by I_FLY_LOW if on fresh asphault, or soft ground, the kickstand will sink into the soft surface... the flattened coke can, under the kickstand, will better disperse the weight across the surface, and lessening the risk of it sinking in... | Yeah i always wondered why everytime i went to cycle gear there were peices of wood blocks on the asphalt..my bike sinking in the asphalt never really bothered me. lol
The few times i've actually driven a car,i attempted to shift with my left foot and clentched the steering wheel like it was a clutch..not that i don't know how to drive a car,it was just a force of habit. lol |
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07-03-2008, 5:45 AM
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Join Date: 09-07-2007 Location: A Canadian in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bike(s): '88 Hawk GT; '98 Blade Age: 56 Posts: 390
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... ... you carry a hockey puck in your jacket pocket (far better than the crushed can routine) |
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07-03-2008, 8:00 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2007 Location: From England live in Thailand
Bike(s): 1990-92 Honda CBR 400rr Posts: 2,319
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You know you're a biker when:
you go to a restaurant (when someone else was driving), and then try to find out who stole your helmet from under the table when you leave! |
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07-03-2008, 8:18 AM
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Join Date: 04-10-2008 Location: London
Bike(s): 95 Urban Tiger and 954 RR3 Posts: 35
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... you own a bike ! |
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07-03-2008, 8:27 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2007 Location: From England live in Thailand
Bike(s): 1990-92 Honda CBR 400rr Posts: 2,319
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Quote:
Originally Posted by dr256 you own a bike ! |  and worth rep points  |
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07-03-2008, 8:33 AM
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Join Date: 05-08-2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Bike(s): 2000 CBR929RR My own Erion Edition... Posts: 108
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... you you're a single biker, when you can rebuild a 929 from the ground up...
in your kitchen.... |
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07-03-2008, 8:35 AM
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Join Date: 05-08-2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Bike(s): 2000 CBR929RR My own Erion Edition... Posts: 108
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You now you're a biker, when you wake up in the morning to a hint of gasoline odor, from parking the bike inside your digs...
We ought to have our own jingle... "The best part of waking up, is premium in your tank...."
Instead of Folgers, it's 93 octane... |
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07-03-2008, 9:06 AM
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Join Date: 01-16-2008 Location: Scranton Area PA
Bike(s): 2005 CBR 1000RR Posts: 409
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You are a real biker when you smoke one of the motorcyclists on a Harley.  |
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07-03-2008, 9:29 AM
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Join Date: 03-23-2008 Location: Banbury UK
Bike(s): 1995 CBR900rr, 2000 Ducati 748, 1990 GSX-R 750 Age: 39 Posts: 761
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... ... All your friends say "I Used to have a bike, when i was a teenager" as if it was some nasty infection that eventualy cleared up! |
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07-03-2008, 9:30 AM
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Join Date: 01-31-2006 Location: Johannesburg
Bike(s): 2007 Repsol & 2004 Mille R Age: 46 Posts: 267
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... U take your bike up 4 floors in a lift to service in your living room. |
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07-03-2008, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: 02-24-2008 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Bike(s): 2005 RC51 Age: 27 Posts: 315
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... When good weather is more important than cheap gas! |
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07-03-2008, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: 08-22-2006 Location: Midgard
Bike(s): 2003 CBR954rr Posts: 696
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You ride your little 600 cc bike on a 1000 mile round trip because doing it in a car would be too boring. |
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07-03-2008, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: 11-09-2007 Location: Long Island NY
Bike(s): 1999 CBR 900RR Age: 27 Posts: 383
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... ....when you buy new shorts, sandals, and oakleys to match your bike!
oops wrong thread. |
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07-03-2008, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: 02-24-2008 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Bike(s): 2005 RC51 Age: 27 Posts: 315
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You never have to rotate your tires
No one recognizes you without your helmet hair. |
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07-03-2008, 11:45 AM
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#24 | | A Skinny
Join Date: 05-21-2008 Location: Rochester, NY
Bike(s): 2001 CBR 600 F4i/2000 CBR 929RR Age: 28 Posts: 91
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... : When every single pair of boots and sneakers have that mark on them..
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07-03-2008, 1:21 PM
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Join Date: 04-08-2008 Location: Boynton Beach,FL
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... Quote:
Originally Posted by ghbzorro ... you carry a hockey puck in your jacket pocket (far better than the crushed can routine) | thats just because you're canadian..i'm italian so i carry pizza all the time. ;D |
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07-03-2008, 1:29 PM
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Join Date: 11-09-2007 Location: Long Island NY
Bike(s): 1999 CBR 900RR Age: 27 Posts: 383
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... I'm italian too.......pizza won't hold up a bike....unless it's stale...then maybe....but probably not.
I actually like the hockey puck idea. |
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07-03-2008, 2:20 PM
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#27 | | Abandon All Hope
Join Date: 10-04-2007 Location: Gaithersburg Maryland
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You know your a motorcyclist when you wear leathers , your helmet and drag knee to play Suzuka8 at the arcade. Yeah, I did that.
You know your a motorcyclist when you complain your car leans the wrong way when you corner. |
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07-03-2008, 2:35 PM
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Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 29 Posts: 167
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You give the biker wave when passing a fellow biker and you're in your car.
Did this the other day and my wife was like "Do you know him?!?"  |
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07-03-2008, 4:10 PM
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#29 | | I'm a bird.. NOT a bloke!!!
Join Date: 03-15-2008 Location: Everywhere.. via the interweb
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| Re: You Know You Are A Biker When... You do shoulder checks in a car.....
......and you are the passenger!!!!!
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07-03-2008, 4:11 PM
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#30 | | I'm a bird.. NOT a bloke!!!
Join Date: 03-15-2008 Location: Everywhere.. via the interweb
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