Thr right look?

[Bassman]

I seem to have read quite a few adverts lately from bike clubs seeking new members, both online and in the bike magazines....

Quite a few of em say what kind of bikes etc. they are for and what kind of club it is... party club, family club... rally club..etc...and thats fair enough, but several of them then go on to say that applicants must "Look the part"?...

So it begs the question... what is the look that looks the part? :confused:

I always thought that bikers are bikers from the inside.. first and foremost...I have never met most folk on here, but i enjoy their posts and love reading about the everyday things that they do, and feel a part of something larger than just me, by being privvy to their problems and good stories etc and am really looking forward to meeting lots of em.... ...Now if I met em and found that they were 5'2", seven stone and nerdy.. should it make any difference at all to me... (it wouldnt by the way). But it seems that to some clubs ..it would.. I know great lads and lassies that certainly do not fit the stereotyped image of rufty tuftys...but ride their bikes everywhere and all the time...

There are all sorts of bikers at meets, rallies etc.. so why do clubs specify what look they want?..OR is the look the most important thing to these clubs? and if it is...why is that?

[Sir Ewok]

I would venture that those that want peeps who join to look the 'part', then the part they resemble is a dick or the feminine equivelent... ie a cnut!
Probably one of those HA wannabe's that Blue was on about, want the look but lack the balls to go all the way. If you are going to look like a backpatcher (?) then be one, don't dick about, otherwise be a straight mcc/party club/rally club....

[Bosun]

were back to the buy in a box look again :D

nicely said ewok

[Goff]

I agree with you Bassman.....what does it matter how you look........you're a biker....full stop.

[ABF]

Fayji, where did you find my pictre?! :eek:

The catalogue company said they wouldn't use my pictures anymore as they make me look too gay. Even Rob Halford won't talk to me because I look super-gay!

[Doro]

naahhhhh fayji - he can't be a biker - cos he ain't got

tattoos
piercings
shaved head/long hair
funny ikkle beard
bandanna (sp?)
originals
cut-off (leather tho - denim ones are for music lovers)
rally patches/badges
dirty fingernails
a mean look (his face is just too clean)
beer belly
missing teeth




see, I knows what a real biker should look like *smirk*

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btw - just for those who don't realise...see this tongue? see this cheek? geddit? lol :D

[Freak]

Surely if you ride a bike you will look like a biker because you will be a biker.
This reminds me of Country Life magazine doing a feature on what's fashionable in the Cotswolds.
It was all complete bollox.

We wear clothes that are available from the nearest shop at the right price. Brand new cloathing is usually kept as best for a while, as are shoes n boots. If we're working, doing the gardening, taking a stroll or any other pastime where we are likely to get our clothes dirty/wet/stained/torn... we wear old or very cheap kit that we dont mind if we damage or wreck.

Bloody Country Life turned it into a fashion parade... twats

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Doro]

hee hee so did they do a feature of you in CL mister freak?

[Freak]

hee hee so did they do a feature of you in CL mister freak?

Unfortunatly Country Life magazine has feck all to do with country life any more.
It only perceives the country as city folk expect it to be.
These days it's all manor houses, designer interiors and gardens, Bentleys on the drive.
DONT GET ME STARTED
:mad: :mad: :mad:

:D

[Doro]

uh oh - too many red faces - lets get back to biker-man at C&A then.... :D

[Mad Liz]

The right look for me is whatever I'm feel comfortable with at the time.

This may or may not be leathers, textiles bike gear, combat trousers, jeans etc.

I have in fact been seen wearing a kaftan at some very hot rallies.

[UKRobKLR650]

Bugger, i cant join these clubs then :o The shame of it all.
I ride a 650 trailie, i like designer clothes and aftershaves (i do spend a lot of time in combats and t shirts though), I wear a lot of outdoor gear to cause i like hiking and the likes. I aint got a goatee or a denim cutoff. Shock horror, i aint even got a leather jacket anymore. I wear MX boots on me bike as theyre comfortable (Oxtar TCX MX boots, look like a stormtroopers boots as they are white and black, well comfy though). I have got a few tattoos and a shaved head though but thats mostly from being an ex skinhead. :eek: Oh, i like sports bikes to and even have an Arai Quantumn and some dayglo orange, white and black race leathers.
I hang my head in shame. :o
Maybe my music tastes well win me a little more respect though, i like real punk (The Exploited, GBH, Anti Nowhere League etc), Oi!, Rock, metal etc. Heres hoping huh. :rolleyes:

[Gypsy]

im sitting here in a pair of shorts and a west ham football shirt... not quite the biker image eh? :D

[Doro]

yeah, and me in a beige knee-length skirt, long sleeved blouse (to hide the tats), twee shoes and pretending to be working (ooer)

just wait 'til friday though - jeans day at work yaayyyyyyy :D

[Yoda]

Bentleys on the drive.
AHEM....is my space still available :) :) :)

[Yoda]

and i am sitting her in my bra and panties with a lovely low cut summer floral dress on :) :) :)


Shirley

[jediross]

and i am sitting her in my bra and panties with a lovely low cut summer floral dress on :) :) :)


Shirley

Somehow i dont think i will rid myself of that disturbing image for the rest of the day!!!! :D

[slob]

tattoos - check
piercings - check....well earring
shaved head/long hair - in between, trying to grow it for the first time in my life
funny ikkle beard - porno tash - check
bandanna (sp?) - check
originals - EH?
cut-off (leather tho - denim ones are for music lovers) - oi I wear a denim one cos I'm too much of a pikey to by a leather one
rally patches/badges - check
dirty fingernails - always - check
a mean look (his face is just too clean) - just call me scowly :)
beer belly - check
missing teeth - check and the rest are yellow

see this tongue? see this cheek? geddit? lol :D

Just wondering......who's cheek have you got your tongue in? it's not Fayji is it...* shiver

[devon-tony]

this thread has really made me smile, I am first to admit that I dotn conform to the normal "idea" created by the public and the press etc as to what a biker does or should look like, Im similar to the other guy that posted on here, I like to wear nice clothes and look nice, usually trousers, nice shirts, do have combats etc for working and playing etc, but shock horror I dont have any jeans LOL

no facial hair, short haired and I drive a car as well, yes I am tattooed and plan to have many more, but no piercings.

its not the clothes/bolt on/grow on/stick thru accesories that make the biker, its whats inside them, and whats between the persons legs OH ER MISSUS LOL

[slob]

In all honesty I normally look like a redneck. Jeans , cowboy boots, teeshirt and meshback. Or shortsleeved shirt meshback and jeans.

[badvoc]

lol I think I'll run myself through the list...

tattoos - Yes lots
piercings - some used to have lots
shaved head/long hair - Yes shaved head used to be long
funny ikkle beard - Yes novelty goatee
bandanna (sp?) - Yes, I keep one in my pocket in case the evil sun trys to burn my little baldy head
originals - eh?
cut-off - No thanks, damn I'm not a biker now
rally patches/badges - buy the badges but would never wear them...
dirty fingernails - sometimes :)
a mean look (his face is just too clean) - no I'm lovely me :rolleyes:
beer belly - lol I don't really drink so no
missing teeth - er I've got one near the back missing but there's no tough story behind it, it was rotton :)

lol it was going good but I failed in the second half lmfao :)

[Doro]

originals - eh?


ahhhhhhhh

see

now real bikers would know this


*snigger*

no I apologise, originals are jeans which haven't been washed - ever - and are worn every day on the bike, at work, covered in oil and muck etc etc and apparently are very good insulators and keep the rain off, presumably because of all the oil n grease in em

when I was young if you wanted to be considered a real biker you wore originals, leather jacket, cut-offs were optional unless you were in a MC, oh yeah, and you had to have a bike - and use it - no car lol

*those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance, forever and a day, da da da* - sorry, had a Mary Hopkins moment there :D

[Gypsy]

ahhhhhhhh

see

now real bikers would know this


*snigger*

no I apologise, originals are jeans which haven't been washed - ever - and are worn every day on the bike, at work, covered in oil and muck etc etc and apparently are very good insulators and keep the rain off, presumably because of all the oil n grease in em

when I was young if you wanted to be considered a real biker you wore originals, leather jacket, cut-offs were optional unless you were in a MC, oh yeah, and you had to have a bike - and use it - no car lol

*those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance, forever and a day, da da da* - sorry, had a Mary Hopkins moment there :D

ahhh oilies !!!!

[Doro]

suppose I should check the list too lol

tattoos - 3, for now...
piercings - navel and ears
shaved head/long hair - long hair
funny ikkle beard - *ahem*
bandanna (sp?) - have one but don't wear it cos I look stoopid in it
originals - nope :D
cut-off - girlie tasseled leather one wif flower braid on it :cool:
rally patches/badges - yep lots
dirty fingernails - only when tinkering
a mean look (his face is just too clean) - nope - too fluffy I guess
beer belly - yeah lol
missing teeth - yep (ahhh you didn't know that did you)

[Doro]

gypsy's list *ha ha*

tattoos - 3, for now...
piercings - navel and ears
shaved head/long hair - long hair
funny ikkle beard - he's not allowed to have facial hair..!!!
bandanna (sp?) - yep
originals - nope :D
cut-off - yep
rally patches/badges - yep lots
dirty fingernails - yep
a mean look (his face is just too clean) - looks mean when meant to be smiling (have you seen the wedding pics? lol
beer belly - no sir, though he is trying
missing teeth - nope

[Gypsy]

gypsy's list *ha ha*

tattoos - 3, for now...
piercings - navel and ears
shaved head/long hair - long hair
funny ikkle beard - he's not allowed to have facial hair..!!!
bandanna (sp?) - yep
originals - nope :D
cut-off - yep
rally patches/badges - yep lots
dirty fingernails - yep
a mean look (his face is just too clean) - looks mean when meant to be smiling (have you seen the wedding pics? lol
beer belly - no sir, though he is trying
missing teeth - nope

missing teeth = 2 :D

[Otter]

Here's my checklist:

tattoos - a couple
piercings - nope
shaved head/long hair - both
funny ikkle beard - Yes
bandanna (sp?) - nope
originals - used to own a pair
cut-off - not for every day use (was getting wrecked)
rally patches/badges - in a drawer somewhere
dirty fingernails - rarely. Mostly use latex gloves
a mean look - only when p!ssed off by t0ssers in c*rs
beer belly - not yet
missing teeth - a few chipped one

5/12 must try harder

[Freak]

tattoos - Nope
piercings - A couple of earings
shaved head/long hair - Shaved, but bold anyway
funny ikkle beard - Yes in a vain attempt to look slightly less fat
bandanna (sp?) - nope
originals - nope
cut-off - nope
rally patches/badges - some from the early days
dirty fingernails - dirty mind
a mean look - just 100% naturally ugly
beer belly - Belly yes, but I had that long before I started drinking
missing teeth - not even a filling :D

Once again.... a complete failure :rolleyes:

[slob]

cut-off - not for every day use (was getting wrecked)


can't be in as bad a state as Carries! last time I saw her it was held together with string *LOL :D

[badvoc]

no I apologise, originals are jeans which haven't been washed - ever - and are worn every day on the bike, at work, covered in oil and muck etc etc and apparently are very good insulators and keep the rain off, presumably because of all the oil n grease in em

ah with you now, I did go through that stage when i was very young but decided I liked clean clothes much more :) damn I've become some sort of 'normal' person now :D

[Grav]

I don't give a damn how people look or what they choose to wear.

[blackhack]

tattoos - two
piercings - One earing
shaved head/long hair - Shaved, .
funny ikkle beard - .nope, I've got the full monty
Fat Bastterd Yup
bandanna (sp?) - nope (only for poofs)
originals - Only till my Ex-wife threw them out (thats why shes my ex-wife)
cut-off - Yup.leather
rally patches/badges - In a tin box in the kitchen
dirty fingernails - usually
a mean look - you tell me...I think i'm "nice"
beer belly - Belly yes,
missing teeth - couple at the back, (natural wear and tear )
Suit in the wardrobe _ yup weddings/funerals use only



The MAJOR THING is I really dont give a fcuk what people think of me, and I think thats what a being a biker is about....I'm UNIQUE

[Otter]

can't be in as bad a state as Carries! last time I saw her it was held together with string *LOL :D

That one has been chucked now. Its replacement is very clean.

[Mad Liz]

1. tattoos - none
2. piercings - none
3. shaved head/long hair - long hair
4. funny ikkle beard - no
5. bandana - have one but I use it to tie my hair back
6. originals - none
7. cut-off - leather painted waistcoat
8. rally patches/badges - yep lots
9. dirty fingernails - not usually
10. a mean look - sometimes
11. beer belly - no, it's a vodka belly
12. missing teeth - no

So, not doing very well then, am I? I give myself 1 point each for nos. 3, 7 and 8 and a half point for nos. 5, 9, 10 and 11, which gives me 5/12.

I guess I'm just a motorcycle enthusiast! :)

[Doro]

interesting point made by a 'trendy' friend at his first rally was that he wished he'd worn his leather jacket cos he felt 'out of place'

so he was in T shirt and jeans.....wonder why he felt out of place hmmmmm :confused:

[slob]

Had a couple of suspects in our club that did the same at a 3 b's bash. They actually went home to lose the one piece coloured coded leathers and borrowed a couple of hoodies!

[Spike]

Im ok then, as im normal :)

[Mrs Reject]

I thought a squint and a nervous twitch was obligatory from avoiding all the elderly drivers in the area and a hunchback from trying to get a month's shopping home on the bike in a rucksack, ooh yes, and scabby knees from coming off.
Ride free on the back of the jacket is optional ;)

[Jay]

I reckon I probably fit in to the sterotypical look as much as the next bloke (or woman, lets not be sexist)!

But I don't do or wear anything to 'fit in', I don't ever fit in anywhere really.

Just ride my bikes, meet some good blokes and girls and do me own thing.

As you can see, I'm not really 'CLUB' material.

[Bassman]

well..looks like there are loads of you that also think its a funny thing to ask for...

Just for the record..

tattoos -one... bloddy hurts it do!! so failed at the first hurdle!!
piercings .. NO... see above...
shaved head/long hair - a number one i think its called.( but only round the edges as the middle keeps itself short... I think its called being a bald bastard)
funny ikkle beard - guilty.. but it covers up my triple chin...
bandanna (sp?) - not a chance..look stupid enuff without wearing one of these things..
originals - nope
cut-off - nope
rally patches/badges - a few..
dirty fingernails - sometimes. usually not as i work in a shop..
a mean look .. a fat bastard struggles a tad there i think...
beer belly - see above..
missing teeth - none you can see...

I think Blue hit the nail squarly on its head with the comment about.. "wanna be HA's but without the committment and long term effort it takes to be one..."

its a real shame that folk still have to try and catagorize other people.. especially other bikers... and not just enjoy the bike and the way of life without the bull**** that goes with it sometimes..

[kitkatman]

and i am sitting her in my bra and panties with a lovely low cut summer floral dress on :) :) :)


Shirley
And Whats New....... :D

typical biker really.....

bald head
tattoos
bellend when drunk
2 arms
3 legs ( think about it )
2 wheels....

[Mrs Reject]

I think Blue hit the nail squarly on its head with the comment about.. "wanna be HA's but without the committment and long term effort it takes to be one..."

Ff's, I know that feeling. Those of us who have done years of study and gone through horrendous ordeals at the hands of some coven or other to become "proper" witches, just to have some tosser in a designer cloak in Hastings call himself the "King of the witches" and appear on numerous tv programmes when he has done fuck all!!! :mad: I know exactly how the HA feels and sympathise!

[Sir Ewok]

Confession time....

Tats... 1 done to celebrate my first trip to Faro in 2000
Piercings.... None, never felt like them, when I was a lad only gays and sailors had piercings, guess the stigma stuck. Fair play to those who have them. Babs had her belly-button done at 61 yrs old.
Beard... A facial piece of topiary, very full
Bandana.. Union jack one for use in faro during ride-out, also faro arab head-dress
Cut off... Yes denim, leather is for muso's
Rally patches badges.. newer ones on cut off, older ones went with jacket, some dating back to the thirties, given to me by family members
Dirty fingernails.. Always
Originals... Never went down that road, though I had my leather jacket for 25 years till my second wife burnt it, that's why she's now an ex.
A mean look... Just try telling me it's my round, I can be very mean..... :rolleyes:
Beer belly.. Not an optional extra
Missing teeth.. All of them, had them all out when I came back from Nigeria.

Looking at everybody elses answers it just shows what a diverse lot we are here on 100%. I think it is the differences that keep this forum fresh, unlike some where everybody is like clones of the web-master..... Think a certain American forum that we crashed recently. I haven'yt yet posted on there, due to lack of time, but expect to be banned for insubordination when I do.

[addjunkie]

lets move away from the look back to the bit about the right type of bike mmmmmmmmmm what about those of us with more than one........would they only let us join if we promised not to ride our plastic or classic or what ever it may be.

ahhhhhh bollocks do what you want not whats expected, if you have to conform i dont want to join.

as for the criteria i score about 0, tats and piercings needles not my thing, no beer belly,my own teeth, no cut off or origionals (oilies are what fishermen wear to keep out the weather), though i can be a scruffy bugga some times, dirty finger nails nahhhhh ppe the thing now, guess ill just have to go sell my bikes and buy a new image

[badvoc]

lets move away from the look back to the bit about the right type of bike mmmmmmmmmm what about those of us with more than one........would they only let us join if we promised not to ride our plastic or classic or what ever it may be.


I've seen a couple of clubs destroyed by plastic bikes... first one or two members bought them then lots of new members joining had them, and well tbh and I don't care who I offend a lot of plastic bike riders aren't in my eyes bikers, just feckin' chavs on 2 wheels.

[slob]

I've seen a couple of clubs destroyed by plastic bikes... first one or two members bought them then lots of new members joining had them, and well tbh and I don't care who I offend a lot of plastic bike riders aren't in my eyes bikers, just feckin' chavs on 2 wheels.


Oh come on badvoc stop beating round the bush , say what you mean for fcuks sake!

I personally don't like race bikes and I destest sunshine riders....on ANY bike. But, at the end of the day when we are out on the road we all share the same dangers and a certain amount of respect should be given for that.....not much but a bit :D

Did I mention I hate Irish farmland....rant rant ...rant *LOL

[Doro]

bellend when drunk


huh? so does that not mean the same thing outside newcastle? or do ya mean summat else? :eek:

[badvoc]

Oh come on badvoc stop beating round the bush , say what you mean for fcuks sake!

I personally don't like race bikes and I destest sunshine riders....on ANY bike. But, at the end of the day when we are out on the road we all share the same dangers and a certain amount of respect should be given for that.....not much but a bit :D

Did I mention I hate Irish farmland....rant rant ...rant *LOL

lol well I was trying to be tactful :D


what's wrong my dirt then? damn fine dirt, lots of nice green grass on it, and potatos of course :)

[slob]

Nothing wrong at all mate just having a dig...geddit *LOL I keep meaning to go to Ireland ... haven't been since I lived in belfast as a nipper.

[badvoc]

we don't want you back now :)

But if you're ever going to a rally in Ireland give me a shout and if I can make it I will, just so you can see what a nice Harley looks like.

... lol I might even show you the tattoo I done on my own leg... damn it's crap :D I gave up after that one attempt, I thought the gun shook a lot until I started then when it had leverage of my lower leg it shook even more, lol decided tattooing wasn't for me at that point.

[madastoast]

Can I be a biker today please as I have my harley t-shirt on :D

[slob]

ha ha ha , that's funny! these are pics of my first attempt at a 'real' tattoo. I have some scrawls on my thigh where I was trying to learn the dynamics of the machine but this is my first true effort:

[Jay]

Can I be a biker today please as I have my harley t-shirt on :D
Yes, I once read a copy of MCN and always wear boots, can I join your gang please :D

[Parky]

I wonder if anyone has refused Mel a place in the club cos he wears a Tutu to rallies. (I am sure atleast some of you know of this guy)

[badvoc]

ha ha ha , that's funny! these are pics of my first attempt at a 'real' tattoo. I have some scrawls on my thigh where I was trying to learn the dynamics of the machine but this is my first true effort:


yep I seen them on another thread mate which is why I mentioned my attempt :)

not too bad for a first proper go mate :)