Riding quotes

Hey ya'll! was wondering what motorcycle quotes everyone has heard, after all its a passion more than anything else! drop your original and ones that you've heard as well below!!!

I'm not in a hurry I just want to go faster than you. 

It could have been A LOT worse..

That's going to hurt in the morning.

This get off won't be so bad !

That'll buff out.

We're going to take it easy today.

For newbie riders......

When you are a brand new rider, you start riding with a full bucket of luck and an empty bucket of experience/skill. Your mission is to fill up the experience/skill bucket in time before the bucket of luck runs out. The failure to do so results aren't pretty....... 

Ride at your own pace


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This pertains to California more than the other U.S. States but may also be international 

"Lane splitting is not a crime"

Lady in a gas station in the sprawling metropolis of Kooskia, ID a couple of weeks ago: "Don't ride faster than your angels can fly."

(It's not the first time I've heard it, but it was nice of her to say.)

Ride like you're invisible and everyone is trying to kill you. 

For those who follow ATGATT...

"Dress for the slide, not for the ride!"

Well, at the time it seemed like a good idea  . . .

You can take my picture after the ride................

It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow!

Our Oz VFR group moto:

It's a tour not a race,.... but don't get in my way when I'm touring.

I think I saw this one here somewhere:

Only a motorcyclist understands why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

I had to lay it down...

The number of bikes you should own = N + 1 (where N = the number of bikes you currently own) as long as N + 1 is never > D - 1 (where D = divorce).

10 hours ago, Duc2V4

This pertains to California more than the other U.S. States but may also be international 

"Lane splitting is not a crime"

True, don't forget, "Queue up forever sucker" for the awkward brigade.

Some famous person, or maybe not so famous at all, said this,

"Travelling in a car is like watching a movie.......

Riding a motorcycle is like starring in it!"

2 hours ago, Darrenk

I had to lay it down...

LOL I hate that quote. You always hear cagers saying it too, "Yeah Ralph got in an accident on his bike. He had to lay it down."

You never have to lay it down.

Four wheels moves the body, two moves the soul.

41 minutes ago, CandyRedRC46

"You never have to lay it down"

Well I guess you never saw your compatriates Cube explode !

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/72795/1/edwards-i-was-engulfed-in-flames.html

Man thats scary stuff. good think he got out with only a few minor burns.

Cogswell Ride like you're invisible and everyone is trying to kill you. 

There are old riders and there are bold riders, but there are no old, bold riders.  (Probably not true based on some of the list members I've met at VFRD meets!  :wink: )

Kick the tires and lite the fires  !!!!!!!!!!!

From the cage driver to the biker:  "I didn't see you".

6 minutes ago, Cogswell

From the cage driver to the biker:  "I didn't see you".

Shouldn't that be "Sorry M8, I Didn't See You"....ie SMIDSY?

Maybe it's a saying this side of the pond.

10 hours ago, CandyRedRC46

LOL I hate that quote. You always hear cagers saying it too, "Yeah Ralph got in an accident on his bike. He had to lay it down."

You never have to lay it down.

Yeah, we have another quote that goes against the grain of "had to lay it down"...finsih every corner you start.

21 hours ago, Duc2V4

For those who follow ATGATT...

"Dress for the slide, not for the ride!"

  Another ATGATT...  "I'd rather sweat than bleed."

You don't stop riding because you get old... you get old because you stop riding.

There are old riders, and bold riders, but there are no old bold riders.

...may the road rise to meet you...

Not exclusively moto-centric but perfectly fitting.

Keep the rubber side down!!

In Spain they say: Stay on the black (stuff)!! / Ve por lo negro.

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Work to ride; ride to work.

Ciao,

Why the f**k did you buy a Harley?  :goofy:   :beer:  (runs for cover.....)

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2016/august/freddie-spencer-talks-feel-and-traction-control/

Fast Freddie's mate Sebastian said it best, "I don't want anything to interfere with the feeling I get from riding".

My own contribution = See yah  :wink:

Casey Stoner to Valentino Rossi

"Obviously your ambition outweighs your talent"

My Own...while watching video, it only looks fast....

JZH Work to ride; ride to work.

 

Ciao,

3 hours ago, V-FORE

Casey Stoner to Valentino Rossi

"Obviously your ambition outweighs your talent"

That's got to be my favorite!

Ride faster so you avoid the accident  :goofy:

LangoPTC, 8/15/2016 at 6:23 PM

  Another ATGATT...  "I'd rather sweat than bleed."

Thanks, used this one yesterday on the gas station dude questioning my gear :beer:

This one crosses my mid from time to time: " If the countryside seems boring, stop, get off your bike, and go sit in the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt came".

Not a motorcycle specific quote, but as someone who loves long bike trips,

"Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
Mark Twain

9 hours ago, jhenley17

I might have that one made into a decal. The Hardleys that surround me in the work parking lot ought to like it.
 

Well, I think you can buy one from Aerostich:

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It's one of their slogans.  I used to have this one on my tank bag:

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Ciao,

Oh, right, I forgot about that. For me, that's every dry day.


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"F'ing cager pulled out right in front of me!"

1 hour ago, Knute

"F'ing cager pulled out right in front of me!"

:-)

I hope the insurance company understands how custom she was. Sad.

The ride IS, the destination!

Slow is fast.

Aka: Smooth is fast.

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"There is a grey blur, and a green blur.  I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop

A grey stone on a green surface...

" Watch This !,,.."

" Oops,,.."

" Ouch,,.."

"Loud Pipes Save Lives" (if this were true then why don't the pipes face forward?)

" Do you wanna live forever?" (well, at least till next year)

" Is it still Rideable?,,.."

" We'll make it "

" Bad News is, we're Lost, Good News is, We're making Great Time! "

Ride it like you stole it.  :tongue:

Speed costs money.  How fast you wanna go?

Ciao,

"Anytime someone comes in here with road rash, we go straight to morphine".......  Emergency room nurse at the local hospital.  

"We see four times as many people in here hurt from four wheelers as we do from motorcycles"......the same nurse.

"Between just vehicle accidents and heart attacks, we sure do use a lot of morphine".....the same nurse 

Motorcycles.

Turning riders into mechanics since the very first one. :wacko:

Best fun you can have.....

with your clothes on

Those things are "murdercycles"....an ex-friend with a mind as narrow as it could be.  He was always right too, just ask him.  

Kick it and Wick it and Flick it...

Drop a gear and disappear...

I suck at riding but you all suck worst than I do... 

V4s are moozic to the seat of your pants...

20 hours ago, Bent

Those things are "murdercycles"....and ex-friend with a mind as narrow as it could be.  He was always right too, just ask him.  

Not to be pedantic or anything, but shouldn't that have been "suicycles"?  Who's getting murdered?  Obviously, your ex-friend was not a golfer...  :happy:

Ciao,

4 hours ago, JZH

Not to be pedantic or anything, but shouldn't that have been "suicycles"?  Who's getting murdered?  Obviously, your ex-friend was not a golfer...  :happy:

Ciao,

Cages murder cyclists everyday.  Stupidity from either or both of them is usually the cause.  His word, not mine.

I saw this one a few minutes ago...

"'Safe' is a four-letter word, Nobody gets on a motorcycle to be safe." Ken Condon

6 hours ago, Duc2V4

I saw this one a few minutes ago...

"'Safe' is a four-letter word, Nobody gets on a motorcycle to be safe." Ken Condon

I got on for the fun. Safety was an afterthought. :goofy:

The reason I like older bikes, they make you feel faster than you actually are!

Explaining why he crashed, "I was trying to keep up with my buddies, and...."

"That thing is going to kill you"  and my favorite "Can I ride your bike I'm a very good rider"  Usually said right before he dumps the clutch and falls off the back!!

"How fast does it go?"

"I don't know."

Ciao,

What year CBR is that? 1000cc right?

When people are looking at my red 01 VFR, "Nice bike, is that a Ducati?"

And here's my typical answer,"No but I have one of those too"

3 hours ago, Duc2V4

When people are looking at my red 01 VFR, "Nice bike, is that a Ducati?"

And here's my typical answer,"No but I have one of those too"

I get the Ducati question about my white 8th gen too. 

Ha. I've looked at mine before and thought "this could pass as a Ducati."


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Cogswell, 8/14/2016 at 11:16 PM

Ride like you're invisible and everyone is trying to kill you. 

Just for MaxSwell..... 

Ride like you're invisible and the deer are trying to kill you. 

Well known facts:

Deer are evil.

Put a Ducati logo on your VFR and most people will never know. :tongue:

21 minutes ago, VFR4Lee

Well known facts:

Deer are evil.

Put a Ducati logo on your VFR and most people will never know. :tongue:

I think putting a Honda logo on my Ducati will ruffle more feathers  :wink: I'm sure it would piss off some die hard Ducatisti!

6 minutes ago, Duc2V4

I think putting a Honda logo on my Ducati will ruffle more feathers

I would not do it, but LMAO.  :beer:

Showed my bike to a friend that rides a 2004 CBR600rr last night. I asked him if he knew what it was. He said ducati, I said no, then he said kawasaki and I said no again. I told him it was a honda and he didn't believe me. He said, "How can this be, nothing on this bike is honda. It has kawasaki lines and a ducati single sided swing arm." Then I showed him a quick google for vfr800. Lol the look on his face,

I installed Ducati 999 mirrors on Marv's ZX7 and nobody notices because they are painted green...

Purdy!!!!

From the guy trying to sell me a $12 car stereo out of a shopping bag ("a really good one!"):

"Do you drive a Harley?  (No)  Well, shut up then!"

From everybody:

"You don't look like a crotch-rocket rider."

From a respected Safety Professional after I told him that a lot of bike collisions are caused by cagers:

"Doesn't matter if you're dead right, you're still dead."

First time I met this guy, "We're about the same in a straight line, but I can go faster in the curves. You should let me by,"

Then, he tells me his name, LOL.

Second time I see him he's laying by the guardrail with busted shoulder and bike.

Went in way too hot chasing someone else. Oh yeah, you're a f'ing great rider. :wacko:

Third time I see him at the motorcycle show. If I spotted him sooner he wouldn't have seen me. :tongue:

Duc2V4, 29/8/2016 at 1:19 AM

When people are looking at my red 01 VFR, "Nice bike, is that a Ducati?"

And here's my typical answer,"No but I have one of those too"

One night I was in traffic in one of Sydney's busier Saturday night areas (Paddington) with a mate - I on my black 4th Gen, he on his red 4th Gen, both with Staintunes. Sitting at the lights talking to each other when two very hot young women spotted the bikes - they'd had a few orange whips, and one tottered over to us in her heels saying "Oh wow, I just loooove Ducatis" with a big smile... to my mate of course, the guy on the loud red bike :tongue:

He replied "Sorry baby, it's a Honda!"

She stopped, looked a bit miffed, and said "Well, you're a wanker then, aren't you???"

Hahahahahaha... we both nearly dropped our bikes laughing :goofy:

10 hours ago, BusyLittleShop

I installed Ducati 999 mirrors on Marv's ZX7 and nobody notices because they are painted green...

Larry, that looks terrific... would look even better with clear lense indicators!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Front-Turn-Signals-Indicator-Blinker-Lens-Clear-Fit-2002-2006-DUCATI-749-999-/281055696034?hash=item41703994a2:m:m6Gy6eTfEaAB905Wlu0XLLg

The Phantom, 8/30/2016 at 11:34 PM

Larry, that looks terrific... would look even better with clear lense indicators!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Front-Turn-Signals-Indicator-Blinker-Lens-Clear-Fit-2002-2006-DUCATI-749-999-/281055696034?hash=item41703994a2:m:m6Gy6eTfEaAB905Wlu0XLLg

I've seen that beautiful machine over on the ZXFORUM a couple of times. Never thought it would follow me over here. Love the ZX7R. Thinking of making mine a track bike. 

Some variations of this around. 

When life throws you a curve, twist the throttle and lean into it. 

41 minutes ago, RichVee4

Some variations of this around. 

When life throws you a curve, twist the throttle and lean into it. 

Similar one on the Hwy 129 tees....

"One good turn deserves 317 more."

01ragtop I've seen that beautiful machine over on the ZXFORUM a couple of times.

2 hours ago, scirocco

Hi!
Link? , please.
Seems gorgeous....
Thanks

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Not the forum, but here is the bike. 

http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2014/08/the-story-of-marvin-webber-and-worlds.html?m=1

From Olive:

All The Gear When You Hit A Deer

She did mention that she was thinking of patenting it, or maybe it was a copyright.

BTW Olive: Where in the world are you today. I missed you at the Hoot.

I hate the term "crotch rocket".  It's like the term "assault rifle" to me.  I own an "assault baseball bat" too.   

When someone uses "crotch rocket" in conversation with me, I ask, "What exactly is a crotch rocket"?  I have yet to get an intelligent, well thought out answer."  

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11 hours ago, Bent

I hate the term "crotch rocket".  It's like the term "assault rifle" to me.  I own an "assault baseball bat" too.   

When someone uses "crotch rocket" in conversation with me, I ask, "What exactly is a crotch rocket"?  I have yet to get an intelligent, well thought out answer."  

+1

When peeps ask what I ride I try to deny it's a "crotch rocket". My usual response is "It looks like a crotch rocket but is is more touring bike" or some such folderol.

1 hour ago, MaxSwell

When peeps ask what I ride I try to deny it's a "crotch rocket".

Denial? Meh.

Tell them to get out of the way of the jet blast. :goofy:

MaxSwell, 9/14/2016 at 4:25 PM

BTW Olive: Where in the world are you today. I missed you at the Hoot.

MIA for the past 6 months - last logged in March 15th.

12 hours ago, MaxSwell

+1

When peeps ask what I ride I try to deny it's a "crotch rocket". My usual response is "It looks like a crotch rocket but is is more touring bike" or some such folderol.

Let's just admit it.  We're all labeled as stupid people because everybody knows of a motorcyclist that died on a motorcycle usually killed by a stupid cage driver.  It's more socially accepted to be a stupid cage driver killing bicycle and motorcycle riders now and then.  

Everybody has a snake story, a dog story, and a motorcycle story.  But, they never do anything "exciting".  I avoid people in every way that get vocal about motorcycle riding being stupid.  We are all independent thinking people and that's the preferred way IMO.   

1 hour ago, Bent

Let's just admit it.  We're all labeled as stupid people because everybody knows of a motorcyclist that died on a motorcycle usually killed by a stupid cage driver.  It's more socially accepted to be a stupid cage driver killing bicycle and motorcycle riders now and then. 

Often when leaving whatever kind of gathereing there is always someone that tells you to drive safely instead of just a simple goodbye. Those are the drivers to watch out for, never leave a party the same time they do. Example :wacko:

1 hour ago, V4 Rosso

Often when leaving whatever kind of gathereing there is always someone that tells you to drive safely instead of just a simple goodbye. Those are the drivers to watch out for, never leave a party the same time they do. Example :wacko:

Better him having that "mom" than me.  He will NEVER EVER forget what his mom did.  That family has deep scars due to stupidity.  How could she NOT see her son???????????????????????  Probably on a cell phone........

3 hours ago, V4 Rosso

Often when leaving whatever kind of gathereing there is always someone that tells you to drive safely instead of just a simple goodbye. Those are the drivers to watch out for, never leave a party the same time they do. Example :wacko:

Oh the irony here huh?! The only reason I can laugh is that he wasn't seriously hurt. Then again, give it a day or two. I got rear ended when I was on my bike and a day after while standing, I went to turn and do something and my back "locked up" on me. I literally couldn't move an inch without a sheer amount of pain shooting up my spine.

I had a sport bike advocacy group shirt on the first time I saw my new doctor about my back pain. He didn't like that much.

I don't use the term "crotch rocket" because I know there are more than 2 or 3 types of motorcycles. Those people are usually ones who can't tell the difference between any sport bikes or cruisers or they're squids. I don't get too upset about it, though. It's kind of like the "clip vs. magazine" thing to me, just roll with it.

If it's an actual conversation I'm having with someone and not some guy just asking what I ride, I do try to describe it as a smaller sport tourer.


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14 hours ago, V4 Rosso

Often when leaving whatever kind of gathereing there is always someone that tells you to drive safely instead of just a simple goodbye. Those are the drivers to watch out for, never leave a party the same time they do. Example :wacko:

Both of my sons commute and have commuted on bikes for years.  when they leave I always tell them to "Ride smart."

Having a drivers license is a right in this country, not an earned or qualification based license.  Getting your money is #1.  Look to your right, left, in front of, or behind you as you ride or drive.  There's the proof in the pudding.  Sounds cynical but it's reality.  Many people talk about "gun violence"....what about "car violence".  You run over and  kill someone where I live and you don't get charged with anything. That's partly why I consider riding a VFR safer than riding a bicycle.  I can get away from a car on a VFR.  Cars harass me on my bike.  

In staying with the spirit of the thread:  "Get off the cell phone and drive".

"Hang up and Drive" was the way I'd always heard it.  Didn't Aerostich have a sticker or t-shirt with that slogan, maybe?

Ciao,

I often scream "just drive the damn car" when I'm on the road.


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As I'm leaving a fellow rider on my recent BC trip he says:

Shinny side up,

rubber side down,

tach in the black.

On a viffers mirror at Nelson meet-up: objects in this mirror are losing

My motto: Get lost and see the REST of the country.

And:

Where the hell am I?!

Another of my favorites:

Ride like a knob and you'll die.

From the interweb:

“Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.” – Stirling Moss

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...” – Hunter Thompson

“Keep thy eye on the tach, thine ears on the engine, least thy whirlybits seek communion with the sun” – John 4:50

Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go.

 "I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy.........cle." - Arlo Guthry

If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them.

And my favorite:

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO! 

1 hour ago, JZH

"Hang up and Drive" was the way I'd always heard it.  Didn't Aerostich have a sticker or t-shirt with that slogan, maybe?

Ciao,

Way back when the earth was still cooling (prior to cell phones) we used to say "finger out - foot down" to the vast majority of sheeple doddering along in the left lane at 4 or 5 below the limit.

Finger out. Of where? :laugh:

Can't you finger it out?

Duc2V4, 8/28/2016 at 8:19 AM

When people are looking at my red 01 VFR, "Nice bike, is that a Ducati?"

And here's my typical answer,"No but I have one of those too"

That's what I call my 4th gen: The Poor Man's Ducati.

From ADV rider.

"Riding a cruiser bike is like walking a golden retriever,

Riding a sport bike is like walking a hyena"

LangoPTC, ‎16‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 2:23 AM

  Another ATGATT...  "I'd rather sweat than bleed."

Similar "Heat rash is better than gravel rash!"

To Wife’s friends

“You ride something that is only 1 Horsepower but has no brakes, a mind of its own and bolts at the sight of a squirrel and you call what I ride dangerous?”

2 hours ago, Woodie

To Wife’s friends

“You ride something that is only 1 Horsepower but has no brakes, a mind of its own and bolts at the sight of a squirrel and you call what I ride dangerous?”

I sent this to my girlfriend, who rides horses and also enjoys riding on the back of my bike.

Her response was that motorcycles are dangerous because of the other people on the road, but it's very accurate.

13 minutes ago, coupedupsubie

Her response was that motorcycles are dangerous because of the other people on the road, but it's very accurate.

Same with Horses, plus you add in their own unfathomable nature.

Bent, ‎23‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 3:26 PM

Having a drivers license is a right in this country, not an earned or qualification based license.  Getting your money is #1.  Look to your right, left, in front of, or behind you as you ride or drive.  There's the proof in the pudding.  Sounds cynical but it's reality.  Many people talk about "gun violence"....what about "car violence".  You run over and  kill someone where I live and you don't get charged with anything. That's partly why I consider riding a VFR safer than riding a bicycle.  I can get away from a car on a VFR.  Cars harass me on my bike.  

 I'm grateful I live where I do then cos despite some people believing it is a right to be able to drive over here, it's not, it's a privilege earned.

jhenley17, ‎22‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 8:00 PM

 It's kind of like the "clip vs. magazine" thing to me, just roll with it.


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I love the way you guys can just throw gun anecdotes into conversations like that.

I don't think anywhere, other than inside specialist armed police units or military would you get anyone saying that over here. :goofy:

It's bad enough that I now live where I have to travel to shoot anywhere besides indoor ranges. Not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of shooting would be almost as bad as not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of riding a motorcycle.


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45 minutes ago, jhenley17

It's bad enough that I now live where I have to travel to shoot anywhere besides indoor ranges. Not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of shooting would be almost as bad as not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of riding a motorcycle.


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It's all about the upbringing and if guns are part of your life, I guess....

I've shot a lot of bullets from pistols (Walther PPK, Magnum, Sig-Sauer P226, Glock) to police-issue semi's (H&K MP5) to full-on 7.62mm SLR & the new SA80 but nothing came even close to firing 2 x 27mm Mauser cannons at high rate (1700rpm), not even riding a motorcycle!  :wink:   :beer:  

Boys and their guns........

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38 minutes ago, Skids

It's all about the upbringing and if guns are part of your life, I guess....

I've shot a lot of bullets from pistols (Walther PPK, Magnum, Sig-Sauer P226, Glock) to police-issue semi's (H&K MP5) to full-on 7.62mm SLR & the new SA80 but nothing came even close to firing 2 x 27mm Mauser cannons at high rate (1700rpm), not even riding a motorcycle!  :wink:   :beer:  

I find there is always a group of gun enthusiasts in most automotive/motorcycle based forums. I have been considering an AR pistol build, it would probably be small enough to fit in my soft saddle bags.

One thing my father said about his CBR1100XX, "I got to the point it no longer scared me, and then I knew it was time for a change." He went from that to a BMW K1200S, then got on cruisers(VTX1800, now a HD Roadglide).

I reckon all gun advocates should be shot!!

1 hour ago, Auspanglish

I reckon all gun advocates should be shot!!

I'm not an "advocate", but I am your huckleberry if you wish to participate!

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For riding and other activities, "There are those who wish they did, and those who wish they didn't......the trick is to stay somewhere in the middle"

EagleSix  
I'm not an "advocate", but I am your huckleberry if you wish to participate!
 
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For riding and other activities, "There are those who wish they did, and those who wish they didn't......the trick is to stay somewhere in the middle"

55 minutes ago, Auspanglish

Terrorists? Someone should blow terrorists up!!

Been there, done that! :wink:

Murderers should be put to death... Ad libitum

I was plugging "terrorist" way before the term got popular.

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"Criminal speed isn't criminal if you get away with it"!

Dutchy Boys and their guns........
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dutchy Boys and their guns........
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8 hours ago, jhenley17

Boys and their motorcycles.



Tens of millions of gun owners in the US, 99.9% of them never fired in anger. I find that those most strongly opposed to firearms are those who have never handled one or learned to shoot properly, and most of them that give it a try begrudgingly admit that it's enjoyable.

Haha, opening up a huge debate on gun policy there m8. :beatdeadhorse:

Such a difference in attitude between those outside looking in and those inside the US, and so many big divisions within the US. Difficult to justify the tens of thousands of deaths caused by guns (From 2012 to 2014, on average, 1,297 children died annually from a gun-related injury in the US, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday - source) but then how would you change to a land with no guns. They're a bit like nukes....once you have them you can uninvent them and they're almost impossible to get rid of. I'm just thankful I live where guns are not in common ownership, that they are saved for those specialist services that need them (and only when they need them). The day the British Bobby is routinely armed will be a very sad day imo and I hope it will never come.

A BBC article from 2016 with some interesting numbers.

In my experience, few people are qualified to really understand anything other than their own culture, so there's little point in commenting critically about someone else's culture.

Ciao,

We wanna be free!
We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by the man!
And we wanna get loaded!

2 hours ago, JZH

In my experience, few people are qualified to really understand anything other than their own culture, so there's little point in commenting critically about someone else's culture.

Ciao,

I think that's a very true statement but there are also too many people that would have you believe that they are always in the arrogant position of defining the moral high ground and their point of view is superior to anyone else's.  Anyone that knows the history of, for example the U.S. and the U.K that can also critically think will understand the "why" of the different feelings about guns.  Personally, I like having the right to defend my religious and other freedoms, for example, from those that prefer to persecute me for what I believe.  Go ahead and forcefully impose yourself on me and deal with the consequences.  Freedom from despots and those that want to impose themselves on me for their gain and my loss is worth fighting for in my book.  What's all this have to do with motorcycles anyway?    

There are plenty of deaths can that be attributed to the mishandling of anything. Just because you don't see the point in it doesn't mean your opinion should affect me. Besides the recreational aspect of it, as long as there are bad people in the world intentionally harming innocent people, I'm glad to have something to protect myself and my family. A hashtag and some Facebook profile picture thing don't do much for me, nor does waiting for help to arrive.

I didn't turn it into anything. I mentioned something about common terminology between motorcycles and guns, someone said something about be able to talk about guns, and it went from there, including an ironically violent anti-gun sentiment and a picture equating guns to penis compensators. It's a hobby, like anything else we do.

15 hours ago, Auspanglish

Mr Kim Jong-un said, "We will bury you."
I don't subscribe to his point of view.
Such an ignorant thing to do.
I hope the North Koreans love their children too.

It's like stepping out of a time machine straight back into the mid f&ckin' eighties.

Go Sting go!!!!  :beer:

This outfit is about motorcycles and riding; right?

Yeah, getting off track... myself included

12 minutes ago, Auspanglish

Yeah, getting off track... myself included

We still love you mate. :)

AuspanglishWe wanna be free!
We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by the man!
And we wanna get loaded!

MaxSwell We still love you mate. :)

A little sidetrack is fine occasionally, surely?

Guys, if anyone was upset by my posts, I apologise, that wasn't the intention. I wasn't trying to hold any moral high ground and I tend to agree with JZH about other cultures. Just trying to get an insight from a different, though related, culture.

Back to bikes.

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11 hours ago, Dutchy

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Wow thats gorgeous!

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