Ok, what is a Biker?

[UKRobKLR650]

Is there a dress code to be a proper biker? Is there a certain type of bike to be a biker? So on so forth. I'd like to know as i dont consider myself a biker, i consider myself as someone who likes motorbikes to the point of riding them all the time, got the scars, arthritis, weathered face, aches and pains to prove it but is this enough to be a proper biker or is there more?

[Scottie]

Jez not that old chestnut.

I think if you don't know by now if I had to explain you wouldn't understand.

[UKRobKLR650]

Nice cop out Scottie. Guess im one of them clueless eejits then. No matter :rolleyes:

[Zeek]

Fact is & with respect Rob, we have been down this road many times afore..............

[Pollypooface]

we all are................. except 'them' ROFL! :p

[Zeek]

U been on the Tequila already Pat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heh heh heh :D :D

[Scottie]

Hey what happened to the Pixie?

[davesatan]

fur may be worn optionally

[Scottie]

Whatever turns turn you in

[Tim750]

you find the real bikers in pubs and rallies tattered leathers and patches and not a bike in sight :D

[W@nkel]

i dont consider myself a biker
:confused: errrr...WHY? :confused:

[Dusty]

the reason these age old dinosaur posts keep coming up is because we keep answering them. i vote we ignore stupid questions :confused:

[Bosun]

Whatever turns turn you on


thigh boots custard and rugby tops but has little to do with why we are bikers ;)

[UKRobKLR650]

the reason these age old dinosaur posts keep coming up is because we keep answering them. i vote we ignore stupid questions :confused:
Sorry for being so tedious im sure :rolleyes:

[Mrs Reject]

Well this year me and Mitch are considering ditching the beards, leather waistcoats, rally badges etc and trying a new image.
We are going for the "Goth biker" look as featured in the film underworld.
Mutton dressed as lamb I hear you say? Yes! and loving it!!!! :p
Goths - coming to a rally near you - don't laugh ok, it's all part of the mid life crisis!

[Jim]

Having regularly read the Bikersweb I don't think you could ever be accused of that.

Controversial and outspoken sometimes but definately not tedious.

Between you and Suzukiron I'm sure things will bubble along quite nicely.

[Bosun]

[QUOTE=Mrs Reject]Well this year me and Mitch are considering ditching the beards, /QUOTE]


so go on how big was your beard...

goes off mumbling "Him..Himm,,, in pythonesque again :D

[mr.chaz]

Well this year me and Mitch are considering ditching the beards, leather waistcoats, rally badges etc and trying a new image.
We are going for the "Goth biker" look as featured in the film underworld.
Mutton dressed as lamb I hear you say? Yes! and loving it!!!! :p
Goths - coming to a rally near you - don't laugh ok, it's all part of the mid life crisis!

Will that be .. " Goths with Specs" eh?

Got your New Rock boots on order then?
eh.eh, eh? :D

[UKRobKLR650]

Having regularly read the Bikersweb I don't think you could ever be accused of that.

Controversial and outspoken sometimes but definately not tedious.

Between you and Suzukiron I'm sure things will bubble along quite nicely.
Dont know quite how to take that but as its Friday i'll take it as a compliment. Thank you very much kind sir :D

[Jim]

Your welcome.

[Jim]

you find the real bikers in pubs and rallies tattered leathers and patches and not a bike in sight :D
from Hucknall !

anywhere near Park Drive or the Byron ?

[Tim750]

from Hucknall !

anywhere near Park Drive or the Byron ?
No top end near Malt shovel

[Mrs Reject]

Will that be .. " Goths with Specs" eh?

Got your New Rock boots on order then?
eh.eh, eh? :D


:D The specs aren't the problem, got prescription sunglasses on order, it's trying to get my arse into the leather catsuit that's the trouble - Mitch has tried the shoehorn, getting the zip up with a coat hanger and alsorts and I think we may have to admit defeat or ask the marquee company whether they could make a leather one :D

[mr.chaz]

:D The specs aren't the problem, got prescription sunglasses on order, it's trying to get my arse into the leather catsuit that's the trouble - Mitch has tried the shoehorn, getting the zip up with a coat hanger and alsorts and I think we may have to admit defeat or ask the marquee company whether they could make a leather one :D

Got just the thing for you!

We use a product called shrinkwrap on boats. It's like placcy that we cut to shape and cover you in. Then blast you with a little hot air and it'll shrink into all your bits and pieces.

Problem is , if you leave it on too long , you'll get Osmosis and Gel blistering. I know , I know ... there's always a downside. :o

[ROBBIE]

Well this year me and Mitch are considering ditching the beards, leather waistcoats, rally badges etc and trying a new image.
We are going for the "Goth biker" look as featured in the film underworld.
Mutton dressed as lamb I hear you say? Yes! and loving it!!!! :p
Goths - coming to a rally near you - don't laugh ok, it's all part of the mid life crisis!YOU HAVE A BEARD????? ;)

[Sir Ewok]

According to Suzukiron (the 4 wheel-drive rider) I'm not a biker either. I rode two/three wheels for 37 years until I was smashed off my bike by a BMW driver. I can no longer ride a bike or sidecar outfit, so I choose to ride a trike. This doesn't qualify me in some peeps eyes. Perhaps I should keep riding, though in intense pain until I die, or take a few other bikers out with me. We can't all die in the saddle, nor do we all want too. The time will come when some of the younger riders will reach old age (god willing) and then they will know.
If you feel like a biker and ride as much as possible, then you are a biker. Who cares what anybody else thinks. A lot of the critics that say they are the only real bikers are sometimes less of a biker than you are.
I've had my say, as far as I'm concerned, that's it. :p

[Mrs Reject]

YOU HAVE A BEARD????? ;)

Of course!! I'm a proper biker. And as for you Mr Chaz - shrink wrap!!! BRING IT ON!:D

[ForestFred]

Of course!! I'm a proper biker. And as for you Mr Chaz - shrink wrap!!! BRING IT ON!:D
COR!! can I have the piccies please please aw gawon I'll luv ya forever.well until i get the ones back of Flossie in that nice red PVC basque :D

[Mrs Reject]

COR!! can I have the piccies please please aw gawon I'll luv ya forever.well until i get the ones back of Flossie in that nice red PVC basque :D

I didn't know your missus was called Flossie, she don't look like a flossie!!!!
:p

[ROBBIE]

According to Suzukiron (the 4 wheel-drive rider) I'm not a biker either. I rode two/three wheels for 37 years until I was smashed off my bike by a BMW driver. I can no longer ride a bike or sidecar outfit, so I choose to ride a trike. This doesn't qualify me in some peeps eyes. Perhaps I should keep riding, though in intense pain until I die, or take a few other bikers out with me. We can't all die in the saddle, nor do we all want too. The time will come when some of the younger riders will reach old age (god willing) and then they will know.
If you feel like a biker and ride as much as possible, then you are a biker. Who cares what anybody else thinks. A lot of the critics that say they are the only real bikers are sometimes less of a biker than you are.
I've had my say, as far as I'm concerned, that's it. :pas long as we are all enjoying what we ve got who cares?,2,3,4(if altered)who cares?,why do people remark on what others ride?,its not WHAT you ride,i think its HOW you ride,everyone knows that if you have say..a hot hatchback,more than likely youl drive like Michael ****ymarker(minus the skill)as do race rep riders cos they can go very fast,so u use the performance,accidents happen,chops look cool,stylish,trikes cool,stylish,i think style is more important than speed,its not mines beter than your s its i ride more responsibly(if this makes no sense its cos im pissed ) :)

[Friar Tuck]

A biker is someone who enjoys jumping on their machine and riding it! Be they an old grannie on their step-thru, a spottie oik on a scooter, a power ranger, a custom bike rider, or a classic bike duffer!

It's as simple as that.

[Rabid]

Bikers show respect for other bikers they look after their own if one of their own they will help out as best they can. it is a state of mind as opposed to what you wear and how you look. ive been riding bikes for 22 yrs now and am proud to class myself as a biker. Although i dont have the usual long hair etc. just remember help others when they need it and look after your own.

[ForestFred]

I didn't know your missus was called Flossie, she don't look like a flossie!!!!
:pNow come on Mrs R .i know your knocking on a bit but surely your memory isn't that bad. Flossie is Jim's pet goat :) .But she loves me best.

Yes! she does,.Jim dont start :p

[UKRobKLR650]

Bikers show respect for other bikers they look after their own if one of their own they will help out as best they can. it is a state of mind as opposed to what you wear and how you look. ive been riding bikes for 22 yrs now and am proud to class myself as a biker. Although i dont have the usual long hair etc. just remember help others when they need it and look after your own.
I think thats a great philosophy, pity so many people dont follow that idea. The reason i asked this question is cause it seemed quite a lot of people were knocking power rangers as they call them. As far as im concerned theyre not the kind of people i would rely on cause they seem just as fickle as everyone theyre knocking. I find it comical and somewhat hypocritical that you have someone saying that they are a biker, live to ride, ride to live, freedom this, freedom that yet as soon as someone doesnt suit their blinkered little world they moan like the people they despise. I dont and never well do like double standards so before you knock all Power rangers, all righteous Bros, all dirt bike riders so on so forth just take a moment to reflect on the people you have been having a go at for tarrng you all with the same brush. Then rethink your stance cause it all seems a bit pathetic to be honest. We all ride motorbikes, we all suffer the same victimisation and last but not least a machine and the colour of your leathers does not dictate your character, if your a prick your a prick no matter what your attire and mode of tansport.

[Tim750]

well said Rob

[Sir Ewok]

I think thats a great philosophy, pity so many people dont follow that idea. The reason i asked this question is cause it seemed quite a lot of people were knocking power rangers as they call them. As far as im concerned theyre not the kind of people i would rely on cause they seem just as fickle as everyone theyre knocking. I find it comical and somewhat hypocritical that you have someone saying that they are a biker, live to ride, ride to live, freedom this, freedom that yet as soon as someone doesnt suit their blinkered little world they moan like the people they despise. I dont and never well do like double standards so before you knock all Power rangers, all righteous Bros, all dirt bike riders so on so forth just take a moment to reflect on the people you have been having a go at for tarrng you all with the same brush. Then rethink your stance cause it all seems a bit pathetic to be honest. We all ride motorbikes, we all suffer the same victimisation and last but not least a machine and the colour of your leathers does not dictate your character, if your a prick your a prick no matter what your attire and mode of tansport.

Well said. My lady friends son rides a gsx-r 750 (till he blew the engine up). he rode evryday in all weathers, loves to go fast and has been riding since he was thirteen. Just because he and his missus wear matching leathers etc it doesn't mean they are less bikers than me or you. I don't (or at least try not to) discriminate against any biker, until I find out out if he/she is a w*nker. Some peeps claim to be a biker, but are as false as Long John Silvers leg, those are the ones that I dislike.
Ride free and screw the rest of 'em.....

[UKRobKLR650]

Cheers gents, glad someones got my point :D

[saxman]

Cheers gents, glad someones got my point :D
you can keep your point to yourself.



bloody poof


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[Mrs Reject]

Now come on Mrs R .i know your knocking on a bit but surely your memory isn't that bad :p

Er....yes I'm afraid it is - goldfish come to mind......who are you?
It's all the stress of being a student again
:p

[vonny]

from Hucknall !

anywhere near Park Drive or the Byron ?
Or anywhere near Sutton in Ashfield?

[vonny]

According to Suzukiron (the 4 wheel-drive rider) I'm not a biker either. I rode two/three wheels for 37 years until I was smashed off my bike by a BMW driver. I can no longer ride a bike or sidecar outfit, so I choose to ride a trike. This doesn't qualify me in some peeps eyes. Perhaps I should keep riding, though in intense pain until I die, or take a few other bikers out with me. We can't all die in the saddle, nor do we all want too. The time will come when some of the younger riders will reach old age (god willing) and then they will know.
If you feel like a biker and ride as much as possible, then you are a biker. Who cares what anybody else thinks. A lot of the critics that say they are the only real bikers are sometimes less of a biker than you are.
I've had my say, as far as I'm concerned, that's it. :p
Right on sir ewok. Couldnt have put it better myself.

[Jay]

I think people get a bit confused........

What was I gonna say again.......oh yeah um thats it....People get confused between Someone who rides a bike and the stereotypical 'Biker' lifestyle of black leather and party rallies, brotherhoods etc.

Frankly I don't think anyone can answer this question because there is no definitive BIKER which can be used to measure against and as I believe that no-one owns the right to decide who is and isn't, we should just do our own thing.

I like bikes, I generally warm to others who ride and I'll happily help where I can....Am I a biker....naa I am Jay.

[UKRobKLR650]

I think people get a bit confused........

What was I gonna say again.......oh yeah um thats it....People get confused between Someone who rides a bike and the stereotypical 'Biker' lifestyle of black leather and party rallies, brotherhoods etc.

Frankly I don't think anyone can answer this question because there is no definitive BIKER which can be used to measure against and as I believe that no-one owns the right to decide who is and isn't, we should just do our own thing.

I like bikes, I generally warm to others who ride and I'll happily help where I can....Am I a biker....naa I am Jay.
Nice one Jay, i agree 100% mate.

[guyver1]

Well this year me and Mitch are considering ditching the beards, leather waistcoats, rally badges etc and trying a new image.
We are going for the "Goth biker" look as featured in the film underworld.
Mutton dressed as lamb I hear you say? Yes! and loving it!!!! :p
Goths - coming to a rally near you - don't laugh ok, it's all part of the mid life crisis!
If Mrs Reject is dressing up as Kate Beckinsale then i want the pictures heheheh :cool:

[BlackPig]

If clothing is important then I'm obviously not a biker !!!

This is not FANCY DRESS, I repeat this is not FANCY DRESS, I really do wear this sort of thing every day !!! :cool: :eek: :D

[Jay]

Yeah but I bet you wear the most NORMAL pants that money can buy don't you?

[BlackPig]

Yeah but I bet you wear the most NORMAL pants that money can buy don't you?

PANTS ????? :confused:

Isn't that something to do with animals and sex ??? :eek:

[Jay]

I thought that was Gary Glitter

[BlackPig]

I thought that was Gary Glitter

All the same isn't it ars**ole and a dick in a fancy packet ? :D :D

[Jay]

You got me there buddy cos I thought that was Kentucky Fried Popcorn Chicken

[Mrs Reject]

If Mrs Reject is dressing up as Kate Beckinsale then i want the pictures heheheh :cool:

Er...you probably don't, have you ever seen a fat goth
:) ....in a cat suit!!!

[guyver1]

Er...you probably don't, have you ever seen a fat goth
:) ....in a cat suit!!!
stop it, your turning me on heheheh :cool:

[Jay]

Think this forum needs an ADULT section for thins kind of thing....cough cough, ooer missus

[Freelancer]

.............I like bikes, I generally warm to others who ride and I'll happily help where I can....Am I a biker....naa I am Jay.

That last para sums it up for me. I don't consider myself a "biker", I'm just a bloke who loves to ride his bike (all year round) and meet people. Who ever and from where ever doesn't matter. You can be any where in the country and the rider on the bike coming towards you usually gives a polite nod or wave as he / she passes. That works for me.

[Jay]

You are right, most bods you pass give you a nod but if they dont, well you gotta give 'em the benefit of the doubt.

They might not be ignorant, just too scared to take their hands off the bars or overt their eyes away from the road.

[Freelancer]

They might not be ignorant, just too scared to take their hands off the bars or overt their eyes away from the road.

......don't forget the kiddiewinks on the hairdryer sounding machines, and the L on the back! :D

[Jay]

L for look out I am zipping in and out of traffic without giving an arse about who's coming

[Mrs Reject]

L for look out I am zipping in and out of traffic without giving an arse about who's coming

yes 2 of the little runts almost had me off the other day - I was just about to filter when 2 hairdryers being driven at reckless speed (25 mph :) ) overtook on the left AND the right at the same time, almost made me fall off the little sods!!!

[Jay]

remember in BEN HUR when the chariots had big blades on the wheels........... :D

[Freelancer]

remember in BEN HUR when the chariots had big blades on the wheels........... :D

F**k that! I've seen Blade 1 & 2. Now where did I put that Katana? :D

[Rabid]

Just wait for them to aprk up and put a cheap padlock through there brake discs hours of fun. :p

[krammer]

a can of mossie repellant works for me, shoved right up their baffles. ouch! pass the anusol.

[Bosun]

remember in BEN HUR when the chariots had big blades on the wheels........... :D


if you ask your local farmer quick he might lend you is combine mmmmm

[Rabid]

That would be a fun game feeding them in one by one. :o

[Jay]

Yeah YEAH or one of those BOSCH garden waste shredders

[Rabid]

With rusty blades sounds perfect. :)

[Jay]

Oooh rusty blades dipped in salt......Now thats nice

[acidpixie]

A-HEM!

I take it that from the tone of the thread, that no-one in this room started riding tiny buzzy bikes or mopeds at a very young age and rode around like a twat with no regard for other traffic then?.......
No? ......
must just be me then.
"a biker is a person who wants to think they are a biker."

[Jay]

Eh we never said that.....I had a handa melody mate......It just caught fire while I was riding it once.....I chuffin well Aspired to own a Honda vision, and yes I held a regard while riding, one for my own safety....which as far as I was concerned allowed me on those pavements.

[Nitrowing]

A-HEM!

I take it that from the tone of the thread, that no-one in this room started riding tiny buzzy bikes or mopeds at a very young age and rode around like a twat with no regard for other traffic then?.......
No? ......
must just be me then..

:D My bikes aren't as buzzy and I'm not very young but the rest still applies...!

I'll nod or wave at other bikes - unless I see those f86king fluffy ears sticking on the helmet...
I'm a biker, I ride bikes, have ridden bikes for half my life now and - the important bit - will continue to until I can't. When I can't I'll get a trike or I'll be dead. People who aren't bikers but ride bikes, will ride until they find a new hobby.

For 'us' it's something we do, for 'them' it's something to do.

[Jay]

Now forgive me if I am wrong....but you sound serious there

[MrFluffy]

(personal) Definition: Biker - someone with a motorbike. So old fred on his c70 with his butties in the back = biker (if you get talking to these types of guys they usually had all sorts of interesting bikes in their past anyway), cool dude who used to have a spangly gold plated harley but now owns a volvo but with the jacket and attitude still etc Not biker.
I will add only that I dont really care what someone else uses as a label to describe me. Their mismatch, their problem. Please reciprocate.

[Rabid]

Being a biker is not what you do it is a state of mind if you believe you are a biker then you are. Although you can also be a motorcyclist (if there is such a word). It doesnt matter what you do, it matters more what you believe. Do we all have tattoos, long hair and beards! No. Do we all ride Harleys, Choppers or streetfighters! No. Are we all aggresive thugs without a brain! No. then I rest my case it is a state of mind as opposed to a stereotype. I think that we are sometimes the worst sort of people fo stereotyping ourselves. :o

[Tim1400]

I have more respect for the guy on his c90 with his works waterproofs and sandwiches and flask in an ex army bag,when he overtakes me on a frosty morning,on a traffic island,on the inside(reading his paper).Than I have for most of the bad ass bikers in their vans(there's always a reason that the bikes off the road!!!)

[Nitrowing]

I have more respect for the guy on his c90 with his works waterproofs and sandwiches and flask in an ex army bag,when he overtakes me on a frosty morning,on a traffic island,on the inside(reading his paper).Than I have for most of the bad ass bikers in their vans(there's always a reason that the bikes off the road!!!)


LOL! I got in so much **** because I said the exact same thing to my local back patch club in the pub. (Erm, I was a bit drunk)

[UKRobKLR650]

A-HEM!

I take it that from the tone of the thread, that no-one in this room started riding tiny buzzy bikes or mopeds at a very young age and rode around like a twat with no regard for other traffic then?.......
No? ......
must just be me then.
"a biker is a person who wants to think they are a biker."
Yep, had a fizzy at 16, rode like a complete twat everywhere, and to some extent i still do :D I ride round on a big trailie now with a streetfighter project in my garage. Ive had everything from a Fizzy to a 1200 fettled Bandit. Got loads of scars, had loads of broken bones, even in my neck. And im basically still riding. What do i wear? Mostly designer stuff, posh aftershaves and basically im a right tart, i was a Skinhead for years (with motorbikes) ah the list goes on. I dont really conform to anything but i do love motorbikes, always have done and always well. As ive said before and others to, Im me, Im Rob who loves motorbikes. Am i biker? Dunno. Can i be arsed with being pidgeon holed? Doubt it. Well i keep riding motorbikes until i pop me clogs? Yeah. :D

[acidpixie]

glad some of you remember being young then... :)
i was just wondering that if someone like Jeremy clackson had sugested hacking noisy buzzy learners down with sharpened blades fixed to his car, then there would have been some VERY huffy letters written to MCN and 100%.
Just like the very learned gentleman said a few replies ago, we can be some of the worst at typecasting and pigionholing (forgive me if I mis-quote)

Always used to shake my head when BSH ran an editorial about discimination against bikers lifestyle then slagged off trainspoters or lads in capris or novas for looking stupid.

[Bosun]

i fink a biker now a days spends too long on forums trying to answer this question :D :D
he says pished after and ace ride this morning