| Author | Message | ||
     Ramm |
I just started riding in Feb, bought my xb9 on valentines day. I'm a new rider, but I don't consider myself a squid. I found a funny little list of "..You're a squid if..." http://www.metroatlantabikers.com/forums/showthrea d.php?t=16835 Some of those are really good. I laughed at the "you don't know what a Buell is" This may be old, I don't know, but is still hilarious. | ||
| 1_mike |
There are a couple that most ALL have done and a couple that many have done. So does that make 99% of the Bike owners squids. I'd say while most are funny...some don't belong. Fender eliminator? (everyone...?) Dampener...the word is Damper (hopefully..the guy knows better and just kan't speel) My oil outlets are all safety wired...for MY safety..! Mike | ||
| Ramm |
Yeah some were just over the top, fender eliminator, I think it should be the opposite.  But I haven't chopped mine yet  | ||
| Rainman |
I don't know if that's true. I just installed a full titanium exhaust, racing cams, ported & polished the cylinder head, and put a K&N air filter on my Blast, but for the life of me I can't find the choke knob on the dash. | ||
| Ducbsa |
You make your bike backfire. I did that with an older bike in the tunnel at Daytona. Who can resist that?  | ||
| Froggy |
No horn! For a while no signals and no tail light 
It isnt?
Did that the other day....
This ain't looking good for me
But the free AC is awesome
Does my gauges count?
How is this squidish?
Who dosent?
They are till I get my clutch fixed
They are purdy!
I have a hard time finding anyone with a 1204+ motor to try and keep up.
Whats wrong with that?
I got an performance award once for it
Isn't it?
Nope
It says "Step away from the bike mother*ucker"
Its great
It is
Yours dosen't?
Rear camera count?
Its fun!
Didn't help enough so I put them back on.
I can blind deer from a mile away
Does "60MPG - One less car" count?
Do it all the time in my 1 piece Aerostitch Guess I'm a squid! | ||
| Miko_k |
I think most of the squids around here are the guys with the over-stretched chromed, lowered 'busa's and gixxers. The ones that ride with a helmet on, but with a tee shirt, shorts and sneakers. The ones that rev up their engines at traffic lights, looking around to see if people watch them. Here and there you'd see on without a helmet- he must actually have insurance, cause in FL it's not required if you ride with a helmet  | ||
| Boltrider |
I can make one up. How about "Your bike had the ECM drill mod done to it." What a minute....that one isn't made up.  (Message edited by boltrider on June 03, 2009) | ||
| Wheelybueller |
Squids,Noise boys(loud pipe,no go bike riders),Chromies (more Bling than Tiffanie),Walkers(you know the guy who duck walks at parking lot speed) were put here for our amusement. The best are a combination of above.  | ||
| Wardamneagle |
Hmm I seem to have a few. 45. You ever installed a fender eliminator kit. Well...duh. Why not 90. More than half of your bike's original plastic has been replaced by carbon fiber parts. Oh well. I like em 102. You've never oil your chain. Is that why it's black. Oh wait.... 137. Chicks won't ride with you. I don't have passenger pegs 140. You admire yourself in shop windows when you ride by on the street. Not myself really, but sometimes i find myself looking at the buell. Its just too pretty not to | ||
| Zatco81 |
3. You bad mouth all "other" brands of bikes (and have ridden them) If you've ridden them? Should say "but you haven't ridden them." 23. You have all of your "sponsors" decals on your bike and patches on your leathers. Didn't think "squids" wore leathers? 67. Your bike has braided hoses and brake lines. Oil lines...but we know why. 148. You ever repainted your bike an annoying color. Hey...wait a minute. | ||
| Jraice |
Haha the "walker" Saw one the other night at a steak place in Kernville while on my 5 day road trip. Went to the steak place with pops and it turned out there was an annual bike party/rally sort of thing with around 100 harleys. Sure enough around 9:30PM one guy decides to leave on his stretched out chopper with loud open pipes, he is reving the crap out of the thing and duck walking it. We are all talking amongst ourselves about how he must be drunk etc... I half expected him to turn out into the road gas it and slide right onto the pavement. Nope, he makes it into the street, double clutches his hog and lets everybody hear (interupts the band) how wonderful his pipes sound  . | ||
| Saratoga |
Some jackwater on a suzuki (at least that's what I think it is because it's bright yellow- they all look the same, you know) has done this to me a couple of times now. He'll be heading in the opposite direction, passes me and of course revs it up so I can hear his sewing machine rattle. Then again, he probably does that to everyone. | ||
| Zatco81 |
Go get a Drummer or something on yours and make him pee his pants. | ||
| Sifo |
28. You don't use an O-ring chain. Crap!  | ||
| Firebolt32 |
59. You stand up on your pegs while riding. How else are you going to get the boxers out of your arse? | ||
| Blacklightning |
1_mike, damper and dampener are synonyms. Although damper is more commonly used, dampener is correct also. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
dang I dont oil my chain nor do I use a o ring chain........ oh wait my bike does not use either. I have my own rigged finder elimainator. I stand up to air off my budies on a hot day. I like neon. I have rode fast in a hard rain.... so I get the heck out of the hard rain. I think carbon fiber looks good. my bike came with braided brake lines....don't all buells? I have fell off of a bike doing a wheely but I was 12 and it was not on purpose. (xr75's have mean clutches) I can't stop bragging about my bike burnouts do impress chicks if you make them a smiley face I used to hang out in the wal-mart parking lot at night because I would go meet my wife for her lunch brake damn I am a squid. | ||
| Lonewolfnavet |
As far as I'm concerned, the biggest SQUID is the dude that took the time to come up with that long list instead of being out there and riding the darn bike! LOL! | ||
| Drkside79 |
I second that | ||
| Zatco81 |
7. You don't have a clue what a Buell is I think that one should exonerate all of us from the rest of the list. | ||
| Pabuell |
43. You never get your bike out of second gear in the city. A guy I work with said he wanted to trade in his Gixxer 600 for the 1000 because on the 600 you have to shift too much in the city, and the 1000 lets you cruise around all night just in first gear. Buy a 160 HP bike because it is easier to ride around in 1st gear? Makes perfect sense. | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
I did a 2-in-1, 86 and 125. Got off work (morning, 3rd shift) to find my rear tire flat and waited for my dad to bring a plug. 1/2 way home (of a 1 hour ride) sky started getting real dark, kicked up the pace to 80mph, then the downpour, lightning and strong winds. One of my most exciting rides! | ||
| Lonewolfnavet |
Bikertrash05, I second that! The most fun I've had on any bike I've owned was riding in the rain. You tend to remember all those safety things you are suppose to do and feel the vulnerability that comes with riding a motorcycle. You look at cagers beside you and silently utter ..."please know that I'm here". Then your shield is covered by slashing water and starts to fog up and you think of ways you can get the water and fog off and get a crash course lesson on breathing control techniques to prevent more fog (breath with your nose, exhale with your mouth technique works for me) while still concentrating on what is coming down on you, the direction and strength of the wind, the road that has now mixed it's oil with standing and / or running water, what's in front, beside and behind you, and then you suddenly arrive at your destination safe from harm and get that triumphant feeling of man, I made it! Then you say a silent prayer thanking God you are still in one piece and can't wait for the next challenging ride! I love this lifestyle! | ||
| Spdkls |
yeah, i didn't pass "squid" test either. by that guys definition unless you bike is showroom drivable, your a squid. oh right our bikes come stock with braided lines. so we're already one step away right out of the box. dangit!! | ||
| Hotrod427 |
Is it really such a put-down when a guy ridin' a gixxer calls you a squid while yer on a Buell??? Sometimes ya just gotta consider the source... let 'em think they don't like Buells, cause if any of 'em ever balls up and rides one, they'll want one, and then we'll have to put up with a zillion "blinged out' Buells. Now honestly, who among us wants that???  I say just smile and giv'em the 'ol one finger wave as you blow by... |
