Triumphrat

3853 · 07-16-2006, 08:00 PM

I have seen the term used in many ways. I just came from a quick ride around the island and I saw many different bikers out for a Sunday jaunt. I am just wondering if I saw any Posers.

ctrhenry · 07-16-2006, 08:55 PM

poserness is measured directly proportional to the width of the chicken striops on the tires :-D

then you have poser versus squid , which is worse

6485 · 07-16-2006, 08:56 PM

tekmoe?!? :-D

kuhlka · 07-16-2006, 09:14 PM

You're not an automatic poser if you're a new rider unless you only bought the bike to stand around and pretend you're cool simply because you have a bike.

Stampy · 07-16-2006, 09:18 PM

We All like the comments people make when they see us riding our fantastic triples, So who really care's if people call me a poser So be it. They aint riding my S3!!!! :-D

R100Pilot · 07-16-2006, 09:44 PM

If your $800 Vanson Leathers don't have a single bug stain on 'em, you might be a poser.

If you wear boots like this while standing around at the Whataburger on bike night, you might be a poser.

If you wear shoes like this to ride your Gixxer, you might be a poser, and are likely candidate for squidhood:

If you BRAG about having never been down, you might be a poser.

If you've never ridden through a driving rainstorm so intense that you have to pour water out of your boots, you might be a poser.

If your streetbike has more carbon fiber parts than the space shuttle, you might be a poser.

If your helmet is a replica of Duhamel's, Gobert's, Rossi's, or any other GP star, you might be a poser.

If your Hayabusa has a chromed swingarm, you might be a poser.

If your Goldwing has a trailer hitch, you might be a poser, or at the very least someone who really needs to consider just forgetting about it and buying a car.

If you think "countersteering" is something they teach at McDonald's Hamburger U., you might be a poser.

If your bike has apehangers and you are not a full-patch Hell's Angel, you might be a poser.

If you don't know what "full patch" means, you might be a poser.

If you spend more time washing your bike than riding, if you spend more money on chrome parts than tires, if you'd rather spend more time on interstate highways than county or state roads, if you think American Chopper is a way cool show, if you own a Ducati but have no idea what "desmodromic" means, if you thought Biker Boyz was the greatest motorcycle movie of all time and only know Marlon Brando as the fat guy with the cotton in his cheeks in the Godfather, you might be a poser.

Legman · 07-16-2006, 10:03 PM

If you proudly say, "My bike has never been ridden in the rain", or your bike which you have owned for 4 years and has 1325 miles on the clock, you might be a poser.

tekmoe · 07-16-2006, 10:17 PM

yeah, i'm gonna have to say the posers probably don't ride much, thus, the mileage count is pretty low.

i've had my s3 for 2 1/2 months. had 1 mile on the clock when i first rode it. it now has 3800 miles. am i poser??? :-D

07-16-2006, 10:22 PM

what if you just bought one of these fantastic speed triples, and you never have ridden a bike that even comes close in any way shape or form to one of these wonderful bikes examples 71cb500twin,69daytona500,83kaw750spectre, and so now i have this rocket of a bike and i have a lot of learning to do before i feel like i can jam on it , i bought it yesterday and rode 300 miles home up the CA 101 and what a amazing trip i must say so if i have these so called chicken strips or whatever yall call them because im just getting use to the bike and its potential does that make me a poser? maybe so maybe not any which way i love my new triple

kuhlka · 07-16-2006, 10:43 PM

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On 2006-07-16 19:44, R100Pilot wrote:
If you wear boots like this while standing around at the Whataburger on bike night, you might be a poser.

If you BRAG about having never been down, you might be a poser.

HEY! I resemble that remark! Lol, but at least I have a good reason for having Sidi Vertebra Tepor boots (notice I picked the water resistant pair). I've only dumped a few times, but never on the road. All but 3 of those dumps were on 4-wheelers when I was a kid, 2 were on a 50cc Indian when I was little, and the last was in grass on an 883 sportster when I was first learning how to ride. Realized pretty quickly that you don't grab a handful of front brake on a slick surface.