What's the dumbest thing anyone has said about your bike/gear?

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fireman1251 said:

At the pub, coming home from a ride, a potbellied Harley rider boasted about his souped-up engine. He walked around our bikes ( Pani, RC8R and SF) and said: "Mine's got 120hp, I'll own any of these riceburners on the first 150 yards".
My little brother offered to go for "pinks" with his SF which our warrior-friend declined.

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lol ; however, it's not all about the horses (sorry for the off topic):
Hildo ´s Harley vs Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade - YouTube

Seen that one too....bet you a pint it was staged

Vtwin vs v4 in the first 150 yds? maybe it might be true?? Power in the twin is down low. I have seen stuff like this before. Plus it looks like the fireblade guy sucks on his launch control. The old fart seem more in control of his throttle and clutch.

My grandma on her lawnmower could beat the guy on the blade

The harley definitely can put more power down early on, heavier bike, bigger rear tire, more trail leading to better stability, afterall, they were designed to straight, straight only. In the canyons, i have seen bicyclist go faster than harleys

fireman1251 said:

My grandma on her lawnmower could beat the guy on the blade

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jyli19 said:

The harley definitely can put more power down early on, heavier bike, bigger rear tire, more trail leading to better stability, afterall, they were designed to straight, straight only. In the canyons, i have seen bicyclist go faster than harleys

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That's some funny ....! I was thinking the same thing.

ha

fireman1251 said:

At the pub, coming home from a ride, a potbellied Harley rider boasted about his souped-up engine. He walked around our bikes ( Pani, RC8R and SF) and said: "Mine's got 120hp, I'll own any of these riceburners on the first 150 yards".
My little brother offered to go for "pinks" with his SF which our warrior-friend declined.

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HAHA i would would of laughed and said "MINE has that too" , IN SLOW MODE!! then i would of said that DUCATI is NOT a RICE BURNER, and for the price i paid vs what you paid i have THAT MUCH MORE, for instance i have MORE electronics on my bike then you do on your pacemaker!!

i have done this with big bore Harleys, they were ahead for about 5 yards, not 120, by the time im in 3rd, i AM 120 yard ahead of him , at the end of my 4th gear, i dont even hear him anymore

Zaid1199 said:

HAHA i would would of laughed and said "MINE has that too" , IN SLOW MODE!! then i would of said that DUCATI is NOT a RICE BURNER, and for the price i paid vs what you paid i have THAT MUCH MORE, for instance i have MORE electronics on my bike then you do on your pacemaker!!

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I'm not even offended by the "Riceburner"...it's a pitiful level of ignorance, feel sorry for his descendants as their gene pool is a mudhole

all sportbikes run on rice juice, no?

call me ignorant, but those japs make a damn good bike

jyli19 said:

all sportbikes run on rice juice, no?

call me ignorant, but those japs make a damn good bike

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No. They do not. Read #65. Should be at the top. Urban Dictionary: rice burner

Not sure if I posted this before...

Right after Hurricaine Sandy F'ed us all in the *SS in our area; I tried to go and get gas with my Bayliss as I had already siphoned 90% of the tank to use my Multi for commuting in the wake of the ensuing gas shortage.

I pulled up into my local gas station and waited in line with the other even number plates...was directed in, pulled up to the pump island, pulled my gear off and was ready to pump gas...turns out, they were only selling 87 octane.

I made a comment to the attendant that it would be nice if they informed people before waiting in line that they were only selling regular gas.

I said, "I don't want to put regular in this bike", the attendant shrugged his shoulders to say what can he do?

THE STUPID PART:

Some ... wipe across the pump island, filling his Escalade, sticks his head between the pumps and says, " you can run regular gas in that rice burner! I have a high performance Hog and put regular in it all the time!"

It had been a bad couple of cold days with no heat or hot water at my home and I was in a particularly nasty mood. Normally, I would have shown Mr Hog some respect and nodded it off. NOT that day!

I lifted my visor and looked at the Long Island version of the modern day red neck and said, " hey ... wipe! This bike is a real 180 horsepower motorcycle; not a 70 horsepower tractor motor disguised as a motorcycle!!! AND...this particular bike runs only on Spaghetti!!""

I had put my Heroic full armor gloves back on waiting for a chance to take out more aggression...instead, fatboy jumped into his truck and left.

So, I ended up putting in 1/2 a gallon to get back home and felt bad for about 23 seconds for getting in the guy's face.

Sometimes ya just gotta blow some steam off.

Several years ago, while stationed in Jacksonville FL, I rode down to Daytona Beach to see what this BikeWeek thing was all about. While riding around checking things out (definitely a Duc out of water ... ahem), I pull up to a stop light next to guy on, what else, a Harley. He's dressed in the de rigeur Harley uniform: jeans, boots, and leather vest. Now, I've got on full riding kit, so he yells at me over the din of his straight pipes, "Hey, dude, why you got all that stuff on? Whadya think this is, winter?" Without a word, I point at the jagged 5 inch scar across his bare shoulder and ride off. Priceless.

fireman1251 said:

I'm not even offended by the "Riceburner"...it's a pitiful level of ignorance, feel sorry for his descendants as their gene pool is a mudhole

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HAHAHAHA i still would of let him who how stupid he sounded!!

I was told that my RS-Taichi gear isn't worthy of Ducati.

Castor Troy said:

I was told that my RS-Taichi gear isn't worthy of Ducati.

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I mean seriously, is anything?

I guess Dainese is the only thing

Here is one as well. I walk in the gas station to get some gatorade, and that time I was riding my 2012 Ninja ZX10R. The guy looks at my bike and tells me, that in his country (Pakistan) he can get exactly like my bike for just USD 600. I cracked up and told him, I would love to see that on paper and buy one for that so I resell it here! Deal? Next time i went to the same place guy did not want to say a word about it .

Castor Troy said:

I guess Dainese is the only thing

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When I put my Dainese full leathers and go on the Tri I get only thumbs up and approving nods on the highway, at least so far. However, I use my Taichis on short distances too. One guy asked me, "Dude, you must have had a really bad accident to be wearing all of this gear. I told him, actually I have the gear so If I get into one I get at least some protection. The guy did not believe me anyways