Bikers, do you lovem or hatem?

Question

Why?
(If you have a emotional rant, sorry in advance for the thumbs down)

floridaman39us- you seem to take offense. Does biker mean something bad to you? Anyone who rides in this question is a biker. I am pulling peoples attitudes by means of the question. Most the negitive ones are coming from people who do not ride. They have no perception of the skills required to protect yourself on the road including louder pipes so while they are talking on their cell phone does not suddenly change lanes without knowing im there. Would a oops Im sorry help once I am thrown to the ground?

supafly_fresh- Thank, i bet some of the haters are eco maniacs, good point. My truck burns 36 gallons a week to commute with six cylinders pumping out polution. My cycle uses 6 gals a week on 2 cylinders. Truck- 45mins to work, cycle- 20mins.

Oh and haters, why do you throw so much trash and cig's out your windows? Haters, turn down your sterio's, put away the MP3s, the cell phones, the dash video's, try paying more attension to the road than all the passengers, Your far more dangerious than I.

Answer 1

since I qualify as a "biker" ( I've owned 26 of them, the last 5 have been Harleys and I've ridden them for 41 years) I'd say, I like them. Just cuz I ride doesn't mean I'm a jerk. In fact, I'm a retired cop, a husband, the father of 3 kids and 3 grand kids. I've worked my whole life too. Are all "bikers" good people? no, but then any group from soccer clubs to pilots have bad people in em too. Loud pipes seem to be an issue with people. I like em louder than stock because it makes people more aware of my presence. I don't like em so loud that it offends the neighbors when I drive in or out of my neighborhood. Riding is dangerous, anything I can do to even the odds of me getting home safely, I try to do. From riding with my lights on, to louder pipes, to riding beside the car next to me until I'm sure the driver is aware of me.

Answer 2

The motorcycle is a magnificient invention, and here's why:
When there's traffic (as there often is here in NYC), I drive right through it. I don't have to sit in the gridlock, simmering in frustration.
I pay a tiny fraction of what it would cost for me to insure a car. About 1/10.
I can park my bike anywhere. We don't have acres of parking lots here in Manhattan. There is plenty of room on the sidewalk though.
My bike gets about 45 mpg, average, and has performance comparable to a brand new Porsche 911. Up till about 145 mph. Then the Porsche wins. But I don't spend much time over 125 mph anyways.
Speaking of performance, you ever try to pull on to the highway, and the oncoming traffic speeds up when they see you in the on-ramp? Twist of the throttle, and the SOB in the SUV is in my rearview.
Every time I thow a leg over the bike, I get a rush. It's so much fun to drive. Can you say that about your Escalade?

Bikers (at least the ones like me) have chosen a method of transportation that is more rational, pleasant, and ecologically friendly then yours. We value our time enough not to waste it hermetically sealed, sitting in traffic.
So try to be considerate of bikers, a fender bender in a car could be life and death for a motorcyclist.

Answer 3

Bikers are as American as Apple Pie. So as American's, you'll find that we run the gamut from freaky to friendly; wimpy to wild; and flat broke to flat out millionaires.

Some are flat-chested, some are hairy chested. Some are long-legged vixens others are bow-legged pidgeons.

Some wear nothing more blue jeans and bandanas, others wear more padded armor then Peyton Manning in a jousting tournament.

Some have tattoos of the Grim Reaper humping the Jolly Rogers, others have rub-on decals of dandelions and daisies.

That's the American Biker.

... as diverse as the landscape they travel
and as unique as the horse they saddle.


You can't stamp us out of a mold. You can't mold into stamp.

You don't have to like us more then your own brother but you and your brother owe your freedom to the likes of us.


... proud American Biker!

Answer 4

Well, it depends on the biker really. Though, most and i say most not all - biker men tend to be really nice, funny, and respectful. Now for some reason biker chicks.... well not so nice on most and i say most cases.... or at least that is how that tend to act towards non-biker women. they may be extrememly nice towards their biker women friends.

Answer 5

Well that depends,somedays I hate myself others I love myself. I've been riding for 23 years and I love them,the true ones would help you out,a true brother,the wannabes they just come out on the weekends to ride their 20 miles with their nose stuck up.

Answer 6

I agree with V-Starion - Bikers are as American as Apple Pie - they're both European !

Pies - apple and otherwise, were around a thousand years before Columbus, and the first Biker was a German!

Why do Yanks think they're the centre of the universe?

Answer 7

I love bikers, but only as friends not like I want to have sex with them because that would be gay.

Answer 8

American Girl, There is no "new kind" There are bikers and there are rubbies. I am proud to call myself the former. I hate the latter.

Answer 9

Car Peoples

No you aint called a carer, your called a cager in reference to the containment you ride around in.

Answer 10

The "old" kind or the "new" kind?
Love the old kind, most would give the shirt off their backs. Find the new kind to be, generally speaking, a bunch of self-centered ignoramuses.