Comments on: What Are Common Motorcycle Rider Characteristics?

By: roy rodriguez

roy rodriguez — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:02:53 +0000

hey you all ..come to daytona bike wek if you want to see the real BIKER ,black tee,head rag, black vest, no mufflers, real and fake tats,100′s of pins,patches, fresh grown face hair, fake pony tails,no helmet,i am bad do not mess with me rebel face, free rider.drunk, fat ,.ya all 100,000+ of them look a likes…..then watch them ,shave, cut their hair, load the bad ass ride that looks like every other h.d. on a trailer and tow them behind a BMW back to their small world up north…i see it every year ,what a joke..but when the clowns come to town its fun to watch..nothing like a 50 year old fat chick flashing her sagging tits to get .. some dumb drunk, old beer gut biker all happy..and warm….

By: Junaidi

Junaidi — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:31:49 +0000

I have read with amusement at some of the comments made on this thread. I have also been amused with many of the comments said to me when people find out that I’m a physician, and I ride BIKES everywhere…. Apparently, it’s something of an oddity when doctors ride bikes…

But none of those comments can bring a wider smile and greater pleasure than being on my bike… The sense of freedom, the sense of being in ultimate control, the joys of cutting through insane rush-hour traffic like a hot knife through butter – it just takes me to a different place. A place where I’m alone, where no one else can come into… My Nirvana…

There will always be detractors to the whole idea of riding powerful two-wheelers. There will always be those who curse and swear when a bike with loud-pipes whizz along while they sweat it out stuck in a sea of cars and trucks… There will always be those wide-eyed folks who look on in envy, while publicly professing their utter distaste for bikes, yet secretly wishing it was their butts on those same bikes…. Go on dudes…take your best swipe… The fact is, there will always be bikers, individuals who have the sense of self-confidence, the love and passion for riding… Ain’t nothing you can do or say to sway people like me away from what we were born to do – ride into the wind, live life, and be that much closer to self-consciousness and fulfillment.

I rest my case.

By: Retired Army

Retired Army — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:24:08 +0000

Show me a rider that can fly a plane on instruments and I will show you some of the best awayness of what is going on in the environment available. This person is dealing with a third dimension plus fuel management is really critical. I was fortunate that I had GI benefits and was able to learn to fly before I started riding so I had some help in developing my riding skills. To the gentleman that is 63, I will turn 70 this month and am looking to get a gold wing.

By: Vern Rosa

Vern Rosa — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:31:09 +0000

My opinion, to which I am as entitled as you all are to yours, is that one cannot apply a set of “common motorcycle rider characteristics” to all, or even most, motorcycle riders. We riders all have our reasons to ride, and we all have our own ways of riding. I personally prefer long distance touring, while others may prefer dirt track ovals, or observed trials. Some ride only on weekends when the sun is out. Is that person a biker? Not within my personal definition, no, but he or she may think otherwise. That’s okay with me. Ken, you probably have your reasons for saying that only the 3 patch outlaws are “real” bikers while the rest of us are “posers”, but for the life of me I can’t fathom what those reasons might be. I’m a retired cop who has dealt with motorcycle gang members. A criminal is a criminal whether or not that person rides a motorcycle. Riding a motorcycle does not make a criminal a real biker or better than other motorcycle riders. In fact, since many outlaw bikers revel in how much they can drink, quite often they are some of the worst drivers on the road. I have ridden motorcycles for the past 47 years and have had only one bad accident, and that was caused by a woman driving a car who hit me while attempting to enter a store’s parking lot because of the word SALE on the front of the building.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:21:54 +0000

Like the old saying – If I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand. It is indeed a camaraderie like no other – until you meet the few who think there is only one brand of motorcycle made, or there is one way to enjoy riding.

To ride – and especially to ride your own – is highly addictive. I made the statement that I love my motorcycle, and someone pointed out you can’t love something inanimate. OH YES I CAN – and I do !

I admire all riders and I agree with the statement you made ” Stated another way, show me a motorcyclist who maintains a similar degree of situational awareness on a motorcycle that many drivers are accustomed to in a car, and I will show you a short-term rider. A motorcycle rider simply does not have the luxury of being as inattentive as may be observed among many drivers we share the road with”

We HAVE to be aware of so many different areas, so many different directions all at once, so many different ways people ride even on their own bikes, not just the way cagers drive. We have to be aware of the “personality” and traits of our own bike. Add alcohol or drugs, or simply not being 100% physically and mentally; add distractions of any sort and we are very quickly talking disaster waiting to happen.

I am 63 and I know my riding days are probably numbered. Unfortunately I started riding only 3 years ago., so I feel like I have so much to catch up on but I’ve made it 35,000 miles riding my own in those 3 years. Sure there were times that totally sucked – I have experienced nearly every newbie mistake that anyone can make. I have fallen so many times (in parking lots thank God!) I’m sick of it but I love it so much I just keep on keepin’ on..

Maybe that’s the main characteristic of a biker – LOVE !