You know you are a biker when ...

[bremalynchance]

Originally Posted by Fluff

Very quick spin up and down the road to check all gears kind of stuff....but not a real ride at all so no real sense of what it is like. Looking forward to having a proper blast I can tell you. What was your first ride like?

Simon

Hi Simon

Here's what I had to say following my first ride

My Dream Finally Realised (Ducati 996s)

Cheers

Dean

[Fluff]

Originally Posted by bremalynchance

Hi Simon

Here's what I had to say following my first ride

My Dream Finally Realised (Ducati 996s)

Cheers

Dean

Nice one fella, good read! Nice to know folks have been where I am now. Really looking forward to my first proper ride I can tell you - oddly enough will probably involve the A10 too! Will post when I have - we must arrange a meet sometime soon!
S.

[Mrs H]

Originally Posted by Steve GD

You know you're a biker when your car is not allowed in the garage due to lack of room.

In our case 4 bikes - absolutely no more space for another one (the M-bikes are vying for space with about 8 pushbikes too...)

Cheers. D

PS 23km around Wellington and Wivie today on my pushbike and I can confirm that counter-steering works very well - in fact all cyclists do it all the time without thinking.

[mrs 848]

i dont have a car licence, i paid £10,000 getting the front drive done so i didnt have to drive up and down a scaffold board to get my bike in and out from the back of the house! have bought 2 ducks (duck ati !!!) and called them 848 and monster.

[geo7863]

Originally Posted by Mrs H

Way too much information Geo.....

I did say it wasnt nice.... and indeed it wasnt...however it would never have happened had I been driving a car...I would have opened tha door and squatte..... ok I will stop there.... all part of the bikers rich tapestry of life methinks...however unsavoury.

[Jolley]

Originally Posted by andrewmc83

when you get your first "nod" from another biker

I must admit that is the main one for me.

I suppose for me I realised I had some sort of disease when I ran in my 848 in sub-zero conditions in December just so I could ride it and to hurry the first service!!

Also, arranging things to be picked up/dropped off/collected by other people for you so you can take the bike instead of a car.

[NedLudd]

Originally Posted by Steve GD

You know you're a biker when your car is not allowed in the garage due to lack of room.

Or, as in my case, when the friend whose garage your bikes are squatting in can't put *his* car in it due to lack of room...

[rockerted]

when stopping at every transport cafe on the A1 to stuff toilet roll into your cowboy boots to thaw your feet out in the 60,s on a tiger 110,snow a foot deep, and rode from wembley to hatfield and back!!

[legs748]

You know you are a biker when five of you get pulled by the pigs when you are not even moving and escorted off for "vehicle checks". Your crime? Doesn't need to be a reason, no questions answered. You are a biker.

[Pedro1098]

You know you're a biker when you spend your redundancy money having a room built on the house to put your bike in.

Yep - I could have had a garage built for less but.......

a) She'd get cold in the winter without central heating!
b) I wouldn't be able to sit in the dining room with a glass of vino & look at her!

I'd almost say I love my bike more than my wife, but it was my wife's idea to build the room. Mind you I'm waiting for her to suggest we sell the bike and replace it with some soft furnishings from IKEA!!

[bremalynchance]

Nuff said

[fulhamboy]

you know your a biker when:-

when driving your car you tuck down behind the steering wheel at speed and pop back up again under heavy braking

or, you stretch your legs out to get everything in place, only your in trousers, and in the car ;-))

[ducbird]

when heads turn and jaws tumble to the ground when you pass by...

and your rear end is freezing.......