| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/11/pirates- vs-power-rangers-a-gui.html | ||
| Oldog |
Blubb-blubb | ||
| Jaimec |
Anti-Class Elitist Bike: BMW. Only a BMW. Forever. Saddlebags festooned with stickers from every known town that you've ridden through that sells a sticker. The more road grime the better. Add every possible electronic gadget known to man to the point where you have to change the front suspension settings to handle the extra weight. Helmet: Only an approved modular will do. Nolan, Schuberth, Roof, Shoei. The jury is still out on Scorpion as not enough research has been done yet. Motoman sticker required. Apparel: Aerostich one piece suit in any lurid combination combo that matches nothing on the known planet and never will. Drag said suit through a dusty field and spray with BMW Spray On Bug Guts before wearing. Attitude: Disdain. Nobody rides farther than you and you can prove it by the stickers, dusty suit and spray on bugs. Car drivers are the devil and should be banned from cell-phone use. By the way, let me show you my new Scala Rider. Facial hair: Big bushy moustache. Tattoos: You must be joking. Facial Expression. Grimace. After all, you've ridden 11,000 miles before breakfast. Breakfast. Weekly meeting at semi-greasy spoon where the group ALWAYS sits at the same table and fills it from from one end to the other based on arrival time. Eyewear. Flip down inner visor. Bitch: If she rides with you, she has a contrasting lurid suit but it's much cleaner. Most of the time, she stays home because you said so. Footwear. Badly scuffed waterproof boots. Black only and bought for comfort as you walk around the BMW rally in them with a pair of shorts and floppy, khaki, stringed hat. CafeRacer1200 | ||
| Aesquire |
I love pulling into the H-D/Kawasaki dealer in Joe Rocket gear with Bostrom replica helmet, Reactor Yellow M2L, and park between the Road Kings & Ninjas. ( clear shield, once was enough to get caught out in the dark with a Suomy Iridium one ) Facial expression. S---E----- grin. I have the best handling bike here. The Honda CBR1000RRRR ( with power ranger dragging a knee ) I passed in the corner while sitting upright, waving, is back there, somewhere. There's also that moment when this grey beard old fart ( dressed as above ) takes off the helmet & watches the nice policeman's face change, as I say, "good evening officer, how may I help you?" | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I love pulling the dirty bueller into the local BMW shop when they have their 'bike nites'. You should see the looks on their faces. Ummm you mean you didnt wash your bike to show it off ?!?! You mean you actually ride it off road ? Where are all your stickers? Dont you go anywhere ? And my favorite, you see alot of GB and NZ round stickers on the local bikes. Meaning presumably that they have ridden through Great Britain or New Zealand..... So what did you think of Whanganui Loop? Oh I didnt go there, Bob went and he brought us all back stickers! I know the bike maybe quite capable, but locally, they see more Starbucks than they do anything remotely Adventure. | ||
| Froggy |
Uhhh Jamiec, that sums me up, except no mustache and a use Buells....  | ||
| Jaimec |
Froggy: Someone in my club posted that after I referred them to the "Pirates vs Power Rangers" page. A LOT of my fellow members thought it described me (I do ride a K1200LT too). I pointed out, however, that there is no way I'd cover any of my beautiful bikes with stickers (save the one that makes fun of people who put perfectly functioning motorcycles on trailers). And I don't think a red/black Aerostich qualifies as "lurid combination combo that matches nothing on the known planet." It matches my 1125R PERFECTLY! | ||
| Greg_e |
What's wrong with Schuberth? I have one and love it! Would buy another if they imported them again so that they had the DOT sticker on them. The Scorpion if it comes in solid colors may have to be my next choice when I can finally no longer get replacement shields for my old Concept. Can't stand the stupidly wild colors on most helmets. My eyewear is also the flip down tinted visor, works great so far. Also of course the prescription eyeglasses which was the big reason to try a modular in the first place. Is a grey and black two piece suit in the same list as the neon colors? It sort of matches my white bike, would have bought white if it was offered. Bitch? Where can I get me one of those? She should be willing to learn to drive a cycle as opposed to simply riding on the back. Don't think riding the back of my 9R would be very fun anyway (especially since them rear pegs are going to be removed). | ||
| Tiltcylinder |
I think everyone's missing out on the sticker thing. STICKERS make your bike go faster. The more stickers, the faster the bike. Way back when in the seventies, you only got the 'cool' stickers when you purchased a performance part. DG heads, Storz goodies, Boysen reeds, Yokohama superdiggers etc. etc.... The stickers also help hold broken stuff together and cover ugly scratches. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I put the stickers on my tow truck...it needs the extra power. | ||
| Jaimec |
Nothing wrong with Schuberth other than unavailability. I've found the Nolan N-103 to be the PERFECT replacement. | ||
| Greg_e |
Schuberth is available in Canada if you want to import and break the DOT laws. I'm not entirely opposed to forging a DOT sticker and slapping it on the back. That said I have a feeling that if you catch the right DOT person on the right day they would accept the EU ratings as approved and send you a sticker, something I will eventually check on when I get ready to replace my old Concept. One of the "modular" helmets finally met Snell requirements and might make a nice racing helmet, I forget who has this and I believe it is a late 2009 or 2010 model, might have been the scorpion but I'm not sure. | ||
| Vampress |
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| Froggy |
Greg, I have never heard of anyone getting busted for wearing a non-DOT Euro full face/modular. | ||
| Jaimec |
There were several letters through the years in the BMW Owners News of riders getting ticketed wearing "Gray Market" BMW System IV helmets. They were caught by savvy highway patrolmen who recognized the lids and KNEW they weren't federally approved. It is POSSIBLE the modular helmets may now meet the 2010 Snell standards. This is a guess, not something I know for a fact. The Nolan is fully EU approved, and I understand the new 2010 Snell Standard is more in line with the Euro standard (in the past, there was no way a Snell helmet would pass the EU standard... it BARELY passed the DOT standard). | ||
| Edgydrifter |
Oh crap. I match almost everything on that darned list. Thankfully, my suit is black and my face (usually) clean-shaven. I never realized how perilously close I was to being a Beemer rider! | ||
| Edgydrifter |
By the way... my Schuberth Concept was the best helmet I've ever worn. | ||
| Jaimec |
I liked the C2 better, but they both had a real problem when it came to installing a communications unit. Not an issue with the Nolan (in fact, I could order it with the com unit installed from J&M). | ||
| Jaimec |
When I first started riding Buells I'd noticed the similarity between the Buell crowd and the BMW crowd (though neither side would admit it, most likely). I wasn't at all surprised to learn that a lot of Buell owners also had a BMW in their stable as well. |
