After work yesterday I went into Woking to check I'd been paid. I parked up in a dedicated motorcycle parking bay next to a Yamaha YZF R125 & a Honda CBR125 both with L-plates on & went to find a cash machine. Upon my return the two lads that owned the bikes were just putting their helmets on getting ready to leave. I'd just put the key in the nexus & was putting my own helmet on when the lad on the Yamaha pipes up "why don't you get a real bike mate!" I burst out laughing to which he asked what I was laughing at I replied "you you've just cheered me up immensely" got on the bike & left. It just made me laugh because of the hypocrisy of his comment. Oh to be young eh? Crap story just thought I'd share.

10cc = average ejaculation for adult male

125cc on L-plates motorcycle = 12 times complete wanker

125cc on scooter = common sense and a notion of what style actually is, as well as practical transportation.

While they're astride, when hearing smart arse comment, gently kick behind the knee of the leg that's holding the machine up.
They aren't taking the piss after that.

Or, open the seat and pull out a large gun. You'd be doing the gene pool a favour...

I had a similar experience a few weeks ago coming out of the local Tesco's...

3 Yoofs with their L plated 125 Sport replicas strutting around like they were carrying their helmets in their jeans, looking down their noses at my 'Tupperware' when I got back to it.
I'll admit I started laughing as one had to lift the crutch of his 'trousers' to get on his bike! Anyway I was cruising to the red traffic lights when I heard 3 angry wasps that flew pass me having to do a stopee for the (shockingly) red lights. It was at these lights that I got the distinct impression that they were taking the 'proverbial' out of me & my Scoot, but I couldn't hear anything over all the reving!
When the lights went green I took off (WOT), they got smaller and smaller in my mirrors and all was quiet.
I think I have since seen 2 of them and they nod now...

Excellent lads, I love these stories. We all get them. One of the guys at work who rides a Harley and has a Kawasaki ZZr1200 for a hack bike, learned I'd been two up to Birmingham from Stargate Command here in North Essex on the new B400, and had thoroughly enjoyed the trip. His reaction was...."what on that thing"? "How could you enjoy it on something like that"? As if it was only built to go to the shops...I fell over laughing! Then educated him. He didn't know I used to own and ride much bigger bikes than him with much more power...but at last, for me, I had found the true meaning of having two wheels with the Burgman. I was also pleased to tell him that a mutual colleague who has a Suzi 500 'proper motorcycle' had tried my B400 and was so impressed he went out and ordered one! His reaction completely changed.

True - it ain't just kids!

One thing that did bug me was from a parent (John - he has a Yam XJR1300) whose kid was having a swimming pool birthday party. I took my 11yr old Son on my Citycom and he came over saying "what have you done?!!" I explained how fab it is, a pleasure to ride, economy etc and he went away with a thoughtful expression - or so I'd thought...
However the next day my Son told me that this John had asked him, in front of everyone at the party, if his Dad had turned 'gay'. My mortified Son insisted no, why and he said "because he is riding a scooter!"

I thought he was a good bloke until I heard that...

What would you do? Answers on a postcard please...

what a tosser!

Sadly as we learn new things when we age we are influenced or brainwashed in to thinking things should be a certain way and we fit into groupings. John fits in to the 'manual bikes/cars make you a real man' group where as you fit in to the 'it doesn't matter what you ride' grouping hence the conflict. To say anything in response as a defense or attack is typical of another grouping. We all do this hence my initial outrage at calling the guy a tosser.

So whats the best thing to do? Ignore, forget and not let it grate on you or do what BenR did laugh... unless you fit in to the same grouping as he 'Gays are weak and I hate them'.

You know what you are and how you think. *shrug*

Funkycowie wrote:what a tosser!

Tbh he wasn't so cocky when I started laughing at him. You have to expect it from youngsters these days.

I was referring to anonstarter's post

Clapped out MZ: "why don't you get a proper bike"

"Hell no, I'd never go back to one of them"

I find when people want to start the "real biker" shit they shut up pretty quickly when I say a real biker isn't scared to ride in the rain/winter

Truth is f*ck what anyone else thinks, as long as your happy that's what counts and that's what being a real man is about, not buying something just because you're a coward and scared of not being accepted by your peer group.