It must be extremely sunny.

Our Harley-Hog-Man neighbour has just fired up his bike. It usually only
comes out of the garage to be polished, then pushed back again.

 

The bastard!

 

I was on the seafront at Brighton yesterday, and there were a number of
Harleys going up and down the road, followed by the boi racers in their
cages and kiddies on loud mopeds followed by sunny day Fireblade riders
with their left gloves stitched to their left thigh.

 

And?

 

And it gives people an opportunity to post value-judgements here.

"fair-weather biker" is such an insult round here. Why is that?

 

Because they represent high insurance claims, poor riding ability and
embarrassing, accessory-adorned poseurishness. Whether that is a fair
generalisation is about as relevant as whether all Harley riders are fat
middle class cnuts.

I'm still trying to work out a category that the OP would actually not get
all sneery about.

 

I started mine up last night in the garage. Quite late it was too. It
might explain why the neighbours are frowning so much.

 

You Webel.

 

Porl says...

You hit the nail right on the head, generalisaton or not.

I'm not getting sneery, I just think the Harley-owning **** is a waste
of fucking space.

 

Actually I meant Muck with his carpet bombing sneer. But I can see you've
got issues as well. Lie down on this couch and tell me about your mudder

 

Porl says...

<lies back on couch>

Who?

 

Mama Loz. I'm a Freudian analyst by trade and can help you if you tell me
about your mother. So tell me, how do you feel about her, what is she
wearing and does she take i...

Hang on. Lunch first.

 

me me me! I'm a true biker but denounce the biker 'lifestyle'.

Win double.

 

I've just driven the car along the seafront (heaving it was too).

Special note for our visitors: on the approach to Brighton from the east
you need to be in the right hand lane, no there aren't any warnings just
a get in lane NOW sign or go to the fiery pit of damnation that is the
marina, but when you see this sign it is wise to FUCKING CHECK THAT I'M
NOT IN THE PROCESS OF DECLARING THE SEAFRONT A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.

Or I'll get supercilious on yo' ass, lobster man.

 

Anything from the 3rd shelf, Sport.

 

Exactly.

 

Coz people who ride all year round think they're better than those who
choose to ride when it's sunny? Given that people have the choice to do
this or not means that it really doesn't matter.

I was just thinking that riding / driving up and down a little bit of
road for an afternoon was a bit of a strange thing to do that's all.

 

Stranger than *watching* them do it?

 

It was that, or go back home, then come back out to Brighton to visit a
friend who wasn't in at the time. Is that ok?

 

It's your quarter, bub.