Nodding code?

Don't worry Darsy, I'm sure one day *someone* will nod at you. Just be
patient.

 

big ears, pink bike, cripple..... nah definitely more misfit than mad ;-)

D

 

I'm not looking for validation - that's my point.

I think "wanting to belong" is pitiful. I pity people who "want to
belong". I'd rather just be myself - someone who just happens to ride
a bike.

what's that got to do with anything? I'm not in any way suggesting
that everyone should be of the same opinion or have the same viewpoint
on life - I'm merely saying that I think certain viewpoints are
pitiful.

 

Its nothing to do with that.

They're taking the piss. Seeing you all dressed up pretending to be
Rossi is just asking for it.

 

Only after an appropriate amount of White Lightning

 

heh - I wouldn't expect anyone in London to nod - it's not the done
thing at all.

 

Yeah good point, I walk around in Ferrari race overalls and wave a
Schumacher flag... doesn't mean I like F1 does it !

D

 

I only find myself nodding at friends, or other SOB riders.

With the SOB crowd it`s more a brotherly, "Hail! You`re not quite right in
the head too" type nod. The same kind of nod you get at amateur radio
rallies and the like.

Last time I tried to let on to a power-ranger, the rider (complete with
colour-coded leathers, tinted visor and all the usual caper. A perfect
parody of the ranger) seemed to take offence that a fat hippy on a tatty
550/4 had the temerity to try to be friendly with such an Uber-God.

He was sat at the lights next to me, revving away with abandon, twitching
the bike on the clutch, apparent that he was about to leave me standing by
way of payback.

And... He stalled it. In front of his mates. Who all left him behind. I
swear I could hear one of them laughing as I accelerated alongside them.

Heh. I nearly fell off laughing myself.

 

*snigger*

 

in what way are you a "social misfit"?

Do you have no friends or even acquaintances?
Do you find yourself ostracised by work colleagues?
Or are you unemployed, and speak to no-one except your Social Services
officer?
Are you homeless?
Do you indulge in borderline sexual predation (stalking, peeping,
stealing underwear from washing lines etc.)?
Do you wander the streets, swearing at people randomly?
Are you a regular class-A drug user?

Go on then...

 

Most bikers are wankers anyway. Of all the friends I've made on here I'd
like them all regardless of their chosen mode of transport.

 

No.

I've got a bike. I _ride_ down the street talking to myself.


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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Two people walking down a street. You, in your Rossi-lookie-likey
leathers and lid, and a sheep farmer, with tweed had and crook. You've
both got Rossi-lookie-likey sideburns.

Which is *more likely* to be interested in MotoGP.

 

when we stopped at that petrol station on the A5, neither or us were
wearing full leathers - both with all-black waterproof (style) jackets
on, and *still* a bloke in a suit came up and asked when the Superbike
racing was on television.

 

There's the "thankyou nod" for when they **** off out of the biking lane.
That's acceptable, unless it's a scooter on which case it's the natural
order of things.

 

Yes... and your point is?

D

 

Why "miserable" ffs? That puts you into the category of annoying old
grandmother who tells people to "Cheer up" if they're not wearing a vacuous
grin all day.

That's another thing I hate: "Grinning". Why isn't there another form of
appreciation by now? It's so tedious.

Eat it!

 

Haven't we done this fairly recently?

Anyway, I think the point I made last time was this; if you nod it shows a
little bit of solidarity between bikers. This extends to things like
stopping to help other bikers and warning other bikers about speed traps.
Both of which I do and which others have done for me.

If we lose the nodding then we'll lose those other things as well, until we
end up not giving a shit about each other. Which, IMHO, makes life worse
for all of us.

If you don't want to nod then you be a miserable sod and don't nod, but it
doesn't cost you anything or do you any harm to have others nod at you, does
it now?


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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

darsy () wrote:
: I think "wanting to belong" is pitiful. I pity people who "want to
: belong". I'd rather just be myself - someone who just happens to ride
: a bike.

So why are you hanging about in here? Cos you've got something in
common with the rest of us?

Blair.
'97 CBR600

 

whatever. I've intrinsically nothing in common with either a Harley
riding accountant or a rat-bike riding "patch club" MC type.
Similarly, nothing about riding a bike automatically gives me
something in common - besides the a priori "having a bike" - with
someone whos only riding is on their Deauville on the way to and from
work. And do you include scooter-bois in your "sub-culture"? And if
not, why not?

It is - at best - a house of cards - theres no substance to it. Sure,
if you want to believe in some nebulous "Brotherhood of Bikers", knock
yourself out. It's no more valid these days - and every bit as
pandering to a stereotype - than, say, a "Brotherhood of White Van
drivers".

really, it's not bait. These are my genuine opinions, and I've long
thought this one through.