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Old 03-30-2010, 02:33 PM   #11
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Actually were all full o shit! There is one thing you cannot do with bikers and that is label them or perpetrate a stereotype. I have seen old retired guys rocking Hayabusas, chicks on middleweights, moms on full dress harley's. What it says about us is not who we are but what we aspire to, what speaks to us as riders and individuals.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:36 PM   #12
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Heaven forbid you guys actually help this guy out with something he is working on. I'll shoot ya a PM later today with my response.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:38 PM   #13
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Heaven forbid you guys actually help this guy out with something he is working on. I'll shoot ya a PM later today with my response.
Word.

Me too.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:46 PM   #14
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Noobie here. I'm a writer working on a story for a small, upstart men's magazine -- what sorts of personalities tend to be drawn to particular categories of bikes: cruisers, crotch rockets/rice-burners, vintage, racing-inspired (roadsters, dragsters) and scooters.

Within those, I'd like to identify a model or two that represent the category. And I'm wrapping it together with brief, lighthearted descriptions of the types of people -- both personality- and style-wise -- who tend to be drawn to each.

So, if you're up for it, here are a few basic things I'd need:

1. Your age, location and profession.
3. Thoughts about working for a car share although you prefer riding bikes.
4. Your current bike's make and model. Describe how it looks, sounds, feels.
5. Your first bike and how you got it.
6. Your ideal bike.
7. Do you fit the personality most often associated with whichever category of bike you have? Do the personalities of others you know fit their bikes' categories?
8. What does a bike say about its owner?

And please feel free to expand on any of those questions, or on whatever I might not have included but might help readers understand this better.

You can reply via e-mail, if you'd prefer: yasiejko at gmail dot com.

Thanks to all!

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1. Your age, location and profession: 37, NY
3. Thoughts about working for a car share although you prefer riding bikes.
Car sharing is fine for urban and higher density urban areas but impracticle for most.
4. Your current bike's make and model. Describe how it looks, sounds, feels.
I have two bikes - One looks like a 90's bike, the other a modern bike. One is too damn loud because I bought it with an aftermarket exhaust. The other is nice in quiet with the stock exhaust. The quieter the better.
I'm not going to answer your question because its a faggy question thats typical of what non riders who see cruisers say are important points on a motorcycle.

5. Your first bike and how you got it.
83 CB750 - friend of a friend was selling it so I bought it for $900.

6. Your ideal bike.
Stupid question. My ideal bike is a bike that does what I want it to do depending on my mood.

7. Do you fit the personality most often associated with whichever category of bike you have? Do the personalities of others you know fit their bikes' categories?
Yes and yes. I'm a normal adult who happens to ride sportbikes. I have no tatoos, I have a family and career.
Thats unless you meant the question as how do non riders percieve MC riders to be. Then no and no.
8. What does a bike say about its owner?
Nothing other than the owner likes to ride motorcycles.


Now that I've answered your question I 'm going to suggest that you be banned based on the following:

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what sorts of personalities tend to be drawn to particular categories of bikes: cruisers, crotch rockets/rice-burners, vintage, racing-inspired (roadsters, dragsters) and scooters.

FYI: You are failing at marketing.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:49 PM   #15
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1. Your age, location and profession: 37, NY
3. Thoughts about working for a car share although you prefer riding bikes.
Car sharing is fine for urban and higher density urban areas but impracticle for most.
4. Your current bike's make and model. Describe how it looks, sounds, feels.
I have two bikes - One looks like a 90's bike, the other a modern bike. One is too damn loud because I bought it with an aftermarket exhaust. The other is nice in quiet with the stock exhaust. The quieter the better.
I'm not going to answer your question because its a faggy question thats typical of what non riders who see cruisers say are important points on a motorcycle.

5. Your first bike and how you got it.
83 CB750 - friend of a friend was selling it so I bought it for $900.

6. Your ideal bike.
Stupid question. My ideal bike is a bike that does what I want it to do depending on my mood.

7. Do you fit the personality most often associated with whichever category of bike you have? Do the personalities of others you know fit their bikes' categories?
Yes and yes. I'm a normal adult who happens to ride sportbikes. I have no tatoos, I have a family and career.
Thats unless you meant the question as how do non riders percieve MC riders to be. Then no and no.
8. What does a bike say about its owner?
Nothing other than the owner likes to ride motorcycles.


Now that I've answered your question I 'm going to suggest that you be banned based on the following:




FYI: You are failing at marketing.
At least he didn't say crotch scooter.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:52 PM   #16
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A lot more non-riders know what a crotch rocket is than what a sport bike is.
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:54 PM   #17
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Thanks to those who shoot me an e-mail. And smileyman, I know exactly what you mean. These aren't meant to suggest all owners of specific types of bikes fit a particular mold. It's just a way to get some people interested in bikes who otherwise might not care, you know?
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:54 PM   #18
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A lot more non-riders know what a crotch rocket is than what a sport bike is.
Gee...I wonder why?
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Old 03-30-2010, 02:54 PM   #19
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A lot more non-riders know what a crotch rocket is than what a sport bike is.
A stupid name only perpetuated by people using it.

He's writing a magazine article on bikes....he should at least use proper names.
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Old 03-30-2010, 03:08 PM   #20
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A stupid name only perpetuated by people using it.

He's writing a magazine article on bikes....he should at least use proper names.
I agree, however calling him stupid over it is much the same.

Sir, please call them Sportbikes. To call them otherwise is offensive to those of use that own them. And, for the love of all that's holy - anything "rice" related makes any article you write lose much of the credibility I'm sure you'd like your magazine to have. My motorcycles are Italian, and referred to as "rice" by the ignorant because they are Sportbikes.

I'll send you a PM.
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