Define a sportbike poser for me please
 

Ok, Apoc made me think of this in the harley thread about Harley posers, but how do you or would you define a "sportbike poser"

People who attend bike nights.
People who wear their leather jacket when they are not riding.
People who spend more time cleaning their bike than riding.
People who buy liter bikes as their first ride.
People who wear Icon gear.
People who watch AND enjoy Superbikes.

:shrug: the guy who has to hit the rev limiter as he's pulling out of bike night. :lol:

The kickstand crew.

Weekly (well, when we had one :lol:)

My first helmet was Icon - and I LOVE it.

Well, okay, "enjoy" may be an overstatement... but I've watched it a time or three. :lol:

Really, anymore, I'm like :shrug: to each his own. We don't all enjoy the sport in the same ways or with the same passion. And how boring would the world be if we did?

To Icons credit, their gear has been getting safer from what I've seen.

neebs its ok we can be squid buddies :lol:

:shrug: I don't wear it anymore, I just love the design. In terms of comfort & safety, I love my Arai. Newer Icon lids seem to have come a long way though.

Awwwwwww..... you're so sweet. :)

I've got a 4 year old Icon jacket, its verystrong and held up great. No complaints whatsoever.

But at the same time, when I bought my CBR1kRR, they gave me a free Icon helmet, and I absolutely hated it. Never had such an uncomfortable helmet on my head, ever! Shoei FTW!!

Shorts
flip flops
rides a 2 mile loop around town to show off
owns a stretched Busa and has never been to a 1/4 mile track
polished frame thats used as a mirror.

1) wears a jacket with a lot of fake sponsor patches
2) puts a lot of stickers on his bike even though he doesn't race and doesn't have sponsors
3) revs it at stoplights or around his neighborhood, just for attention
4) parks it in strategic locations, at strategic angles, to ensure that everyone sees it
5) has a chrome windscreen with a Hustler sticker or the name of the "crew" they belong to
6) sits on it for a long time, talking on his cell, so that people can see him and give him props for owning such a studly machine

Damn, I'm a poser. It actually use to be my winter jacket. It was much much warmer than anything else I had and got it for a good price. It does look very poserish though.

I notice this too, Icon stuff is thick and heavy.

My problem with it is, even if I wanted a jacket with sponsor patches, why would I want a Parts Unlimited patch? :lol:

This one I have a problem with. As in the case of one guy I know with a jacket like this, they gave it to him free with the gsxr600 he bought because it was leftover stock, and he couldn't afford a different one. Doesnt make him a poser, just making do with what he's got. The kind of gear you wear doesnt make you a poser. Not wearing any does.

LOL, I didn't know better. I bought my first bike in october and it was a nice thick jacket. My bro who was the only biker I knew at the time was definitely a poser sportbiker, so he was my only influence. I got that dumb looking jacket thinking it would make me look cool and keep me warm.

I have the blue one.

http://www.kneedraggers.com/html/Ico...erc_jacket.jpg

Oh, and homeslice, revving your bike doesnt make you a poser. It makes you a normal male who likes the sound of a bike engine. And I dont know many who dont enjoy it.

I thought you were talking about the leather ones, aren't those textile?

True, but if we carry that train of thought to its ultimate extent, then there's no such thing as posers unless they admit to being one.

I enjoy it too, but only when I'm on one.........Not when I'm walking down the street or trying to catch some z's at home.

Well, ill sit in the garage and rev the bike just to hear it. Noone else but me can hear it, and I still like it.

Sportbike Poser
 

Yep:

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/fo...-chickgsxr.jpg




Yep:

http://boortz.com/images/squids.jpg





Yep:

http://blog.motorcycle.com/wp-conten...8/12/squid.jpg




Yep:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...g?t=1259965974



Um....yeah:

http://www.negativelight.net/images/bike/pro-squid2.jpg

Agreed, because I do know another idiot with a repsol cbr and a repsol jacket who goes around saying 'REPSOL BABY'

I asked him if he knew what Repsol was, he just looked at me funny.

He still tries to tell people the Repsol editions are 'souped up' :lol: I make sure to point out that its not true, and he's just an idiot.

He bought the cbr after he wrecked his zx6r trying to wheelie drunk :lol

Sounds like the motorcycle equivalent of:

Typical Douche Bag

not related, but I got it from that link :lol:

http://break.com/index/skinny-girl-o...chid=?matchid=

Guys that have the chrome brainbucket strapped to their backseat.

those people who park in areas to be seen, sit on their bikes with their helmets on top of their heads talking on cell phones for long periods of time.

Well..................it took my breath away.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWiOiA0jJ4

Pro is still a squid - his face shield is up and he is in a parking lot.

More like took 60 secs of my life that I've never get nor understand the point of that video.

Ghey. In an 80's heterosexual sort of way.

MK had one on his gsxr :lol:

I'm in love. What bike is that?

it's an old Kawi ZX

95-97 zx6r

I think Im with Neebs on this. I honestly just dont pay any attention to most people anymore. I see them, I respond in whichever manner I need to (laugh, stare, point and fall over:lol:), then I file it away as unimportant to me.

If I had to say tho, Poser would be someone who thinks they are bad ass and when asked a standard biker question, they give you the blank stare, like that Repsol guy mentioned...however, a newbie does not qualify as they havent learned better yet.

I've met repsol guy. He was trying to tell me his had more power. I think the only reason he believed it was because he got worked over on the price and had to justify it somehow..

I still dont understand guys like that, or the others that come right out and say my 600 does 200mph and that sort of stuff. I would think if youre going ot make shit up at least have some facts straight.

Tom

:rofl: I wont deny it is one SEXAY ass bike...but its still nothing more than plastics.

We had a guy in FL similar. He bought the repsol, some idiot installed a partial motogp style exhaust system and he thought that made it a MotoGp bike. He was so full of it it just wasnt worth the effort to explain to him...

I have long since given up on those guys, then again I dont go to too many bike nites or larger gatherings, usualy just a few of us meet after work, go for a short blast then stop to eat and head home.

Tom

Shit, I dont even ride right now, so I can say much about the folks in my new area, other than I know they like going fast in straight lines, and even tho we live 30 minutes from a track, not a one of them has ever been or really understands what it is. :shrug:

The local tracks for us (NJMP and Pocono) are starting to attract the knuckleheads now. been a lot of crashes at recent events there and with different orgs, so sometimes its not even helpful having the track nearby. You would think they would learn a few things to be better riders but instead some take their street squiddliness and bring it to the track.

The TWFix definition of a "poser" is someone who doesn't ride or do things exactly the same way that "we" do!:lol:

:lol: well if TWFix is so judgemental, why don't you... uh... Leave? :lol: :shrug:

I personally love the sound of a triple or Massive V-twin revving.:rockwoot:


But poser...Define ~ ME...............

Did you mean "judgmental"? I don't leave because I don't want to, so... :gofurslf:!!!!!

http://www.twowheelfix.com/attachmen...1&d=1249381851

redflip

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

For an ornery guy, you ain't bad looking. :lol:

You have GOT to up your standards, Baby!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Yer just fishing for compliments and you know it. :poke: :bonk:

He's too tall anyway. I'm just tall enough he'd use me as an end table to hold his beer. :lol:

Yeah it disappeared into my basement, I sure there is black mold in it now.

Please don't tell me he bought a replacement!

they said Poser, not Polesmoker!

AMA, BSB or WSBK?

I agree with the "to each his own" as long as it is not affecting the rest of us. If you want to stunt with your buddies in shorts and a tank top in some empty parking lot...whatever...but the jackasses that pull shit on public roads in traffic give the rest of us a bad name and I think they are all dumb. :td:

I know this is all your opinion, but I disagree. I can think of 6 different people right off the top of my head that I could introduce you to that meet each of those 6 criteria and I think even you would agree that not a single one of them would be considered a Poser.


IMO, the definition is simple: A poser is not defined by what they wear or what they ride, a poser is anyone who's in it for the IMAGE of the sport riding world more than for the LOVE of the sport riding world.

I know that kid personally... um... yeah... attention whore.

exactly... it's not what they do or say... more of the reasoning on why they do it... to me no matter how good a rider you are... shit no matter how good at anything you are... if you're doing it for attention... you're a poser.

but live is too short to worry about what or why others are doing what they're doing...

The television series hosted by Jason Britton not the racing class.

Let's see...I'm guilty of attending a bike night once in a while and guilty of owning one pair of Icon boots for commuting or short trips when there are little to no twisties involved. I have my Alpine *'s for more serious riding.

:idk:

Seriously though I'm another "to each their own" but also agree that a poser is as stated...someone that bought the bike to be seen on more so than actually riding/enjoying it.

:dthumb:

Someone who refers to their CBR as a Repsol.

"Yo...I ride a Repsol"

Someone who hangs out in the parking lot with their "boyz" or someone who considers riding the act of traveling from one parking lot to the next parking lot...or wherever "bitches be at"

Any asshole who rides a 929 who spends most of their time criticizing what other people wear.

Stretched swing arms + 600CC motorcycle = Poser on top


Anyone, who when faced with the scenario of having no one care\or see that he is sitting on his "Repsol" decides to sell the motorcycle because "Yo...that shit was gonna end up killin me son. Dats why I sold it"

I criticize everything. Last time I criticized someone's clothing was prolly at least 2-3 weeks ago. Only reason you guys think I do it so much is because you think it's "ghey" for a man to talk about clothing. Even though I'm quite sure each of you makes an effort to look halfway decent when you go out......You just don't admit it. It's that classic "do it, just don't admit to doing it" aspect of the American male persona.

Hell, the vast majority of my clothes are just boring business-casual shit from conservative names like Dockers, Levis, Eddie Bauer, LL Bean, Jos. A. Bank, Tommy Bahama, Jones NY, etc. I'm too old for some of the stuff you pudknockers wear, like Hollister, Old Navy, A&F, or ripped jeans with all the color scrubbed off the thighs.

look at my pics. I am a fashion retard.

I still think you're gay. redflip

So that summs up everyone on DPA :lol:


Tom

Sounds like a real winner.

Odds are, the only reason most people buy that bike is cuz it's orange, and orange has been the "in" color ever since the original Fast & Furious movie.

Repsol baby, lol..........I should have went around saying I had an "Agip" Aprilia back when I had it, because it had an Agip sticker.

Poser:

GSXR owner with big chicken strips

Dude who sits on his bike playing with his cell phone texting a chick he has yet to bang, who can barely touch the ground.

Spikes on helmet, esp. the suction kind.

Didn't you just post a pic of yourself? And Homeslice is the gay one?:lol