Author Topic: "Because they're Cool" (Read 14568 times)

malik · « **Reply #30 on:** November 28, 2015, 10:41:45 PM »

Quote from: blackcat on November 28, 2015, 09:56:34 AM

She had to take the MSF in order to get the license. According to her mom she is not interested in any protective garments that don't fit that cool description but she was wearing boots, gloves, leather jacket,etc. and all stylish. We put on our Stich's and I could see she was not interested.

Black leather might well fit the cool criteria, as well as offer protection. With luck she'll grow into it. Some of those early promo photos for the V7 & the Davida girl might help.

garbln · « **Reply #31 on:** November 28, 2015, 10:56:11 PM »

Long ago I rode a 77 Yamaha xs 650 from the Canadian border to the Mexican border and back. The other two guys had a 750 bmw and a cb 750 Honda. We had no trouble with any of the bikes, and passed a lot of cars on the way. I now own that same bmw and would do the same trip with it now. 750's are fine for traveling!

Cool Runnings · « **Reply #32 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:59:10 AM »

Quote from: garbln on November 28, 2015, 10:56:11 PM

Long ago I rode a 77 Yamaha xs 650 from the Canadian border to the Mexican border and back. The other two guys had a 750 bmw and a cb 750 Honda. We had no trouble with any of the bikes, and passed a lot of cars on the way. I now own that same bmw and would do the same trip with it now. 750's are fine for traveling!

750's were big bikes at one time. Put 26,000 trouble free miles on a CB 750.

GearheadGrrrl · « **Reply #33 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:54:23 AM »

So after all these years of just being weird, we're suddenly "cool"?

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #33 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:54:23 AM »

mwrenn · « **Reply #34 on:** November 29, 2015, 10:38:06 AM »

Quote from: GearheadGrrrl on November 29, 2015, 09:54:23 AM

So after all these years of just being weird, we're suddenly "cool"?

Well, the cagers think we are all weird, so there is that. I have always thought that females riding, wrenching, being independent, was cool. My wife had her own bike before I met her.
I'm aware that this next statement might be a generalization, and I mean this in a positive way, but I believe that female riders have a different appreciation for riding than male riders. More introspective perhaps?
Anyway, you were cool all along......

M0T0Geezer · « **Reply #35 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:10:32 AM »

Quote from: clubman on November 27, 2015, 03:33:57 PM

Oh my! Where were these girls when I was 22? :1:

"these girls" were out there all along , but I didn't get any of them either!

Cool Runnings · « **Reply #36 on:** November 29, 2015, 12:00:51 PM »

oldbike54 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 29, 2015, 12:49:17 PM »

Quote from: Cool Runnings on November 29, 2015, 12:00:51 PM

Just exactly what is she "demonstrating"

Dusty

Spuddy · « **Reply #38 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:17:07 PM »

Quote

So after all these years of just being weird, we're suddenly "cool"?

No, sidecar pilots are weird all the time.

Spud

canuguzzi · « **Reply #39 on:** November 29, 2015, 10:00:18 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 12:49:17 PM

Just exactly what is she "demonstrating"

Dusty

The "I'm holding on and I like it position!" ?

SmithSwede · « **Reply #40 on:** November 29, 2015, 10:30:49 PM »

My apologies. I should have made it clearer that I was being sarcastic. I have a V7, and ride it everywhere, including cross country. I prefer it to bigger bikes like my previous FJR or GS1200.

I was poking gentle fun at the folks who think a 50hp, 750 cc bike is somehow inadequate to tour on. Not true. 50 hp is plenty in my opinion, at least for solo riding, and the absence of excess weight is a pleasure each moment.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #41 on:** November 29, 2015, 10:43:17 PM »

Yeah Prescott , us serious types are often misunderstood

Dusty

quasigentrified · « **Reply #42 on:** December 06, 2015, 11:33:42 AM »

i'm a filthy hipster with more trumpets than brain cells to hold common sense, and now i'm onna little guzzi. seriously, we meet up at the local coffee joints to appreciate each others i-devices, discuss shitty bands, plan matching bird tats, and figure out how to ruin the motorcycle lifestyle images of geezers. ;-)

mwrenn · « **Reply #43 on:** December 06, 2015, 11:39:01 AM »

Quote from: quasigentrified on December 06, 2015, 11:33:42 AM

i'm a filthy hipster with more trumpets than brain cells to hold common sense, and now i'm onna little guzzi. seriously, we meet up at the local coffee joints to appreciate each others i-devices, discuss shitty band, plan matching bird tats, and figure out how to ruin the motorcycle lifestyle images of geezers. ;-)

Sounds like fun!! How cool! Wondering about the possibility of being a geezer hipster...it could happen!

oldbike54 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 06, 2015, 12:15:34 PM »

Quote from: mwrenn on December 06, 2015, 11:39:01 AM

Sounds like fun!! How cool! Wondering about the possibility of being a geezer hipster...it could happen!

Give me a shout Mike , some folks think I am a geezer/hipster

Dusty

mwrenn · « **Reply #45 on:** December 06, 2015, 04:46:15 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on December 06, 2015, 12:15:34 PM

Give me a shout Mike , some folks think I am a geezer/hipster

Dusty

I think if I reply with "LOL", that makes me a hipster...

oldbike54 · « **Reply #46 on:** December 06, 2015, 04:54:36 PM »

Quote from: mwrenn on December 06, 2015, 04:46:15 PM

I think if I reply with "LOL", that makes me a hipster...

Funny , a hipster in Enid and Muskogee , bet that confuses the folks in California and NYC

Dusty

Daleroso · « **Reply #47 on:** December 06, 2015, 06:35:47 PM »

After 50 years & 59 bikes w/4 in the garage currently you can't convince me that anyone stating a 750 is a starter bike or to small for touring doesn't have a self inflated opinion of their experience & knowledge or, hopefully, not knowing them, a dry, easily mis-understood sense of humor. I'm proud of her! She can ride the V7 anywhere she chooses!

Daleroso · « **Reply #48 on:** December 06, 2015, 06:40:54 PM »

SmithSwede, I humbly apologize! Thanks for clarifying.

Piglet · « **Reply #49 on:** December 06, 2015, 11:05:15 PM »

I thought I was a hipster for 40 years already. Ever since I read all the Lenny Bruce books I could get my hands on. I thought the new tattooed coffee bar types with the tight pants and beards were Amish Hipsters, but what do I know?? (Just joking and not trying to be "hipper than thou")

Piglet · « **Reply #50 on:** December 06, 2015, 11:07:00 PM »

Hey, that's what I am, a geezer/hipster! Yeah, that's it!

oldbike54 · « **Reply #51 on:** December 06, 2015, 11:22:58 PM »

Quote from: Piglet on December 06, 2015, 11:07:00 PM

Hey, that's what I am, a geezer/hipster! Yeah, that's it!

Apparently we are quite common

Dusty

BAT 11 · « **Reply #52 on:** December 07, 2015, 12:02:59 AM »

Good on her, great to see new blood. It wasn't that long ago a 750 was a mainstream big bike. Learners were on 125s and now there is so much choice out there.

Doppelgaenger · « **Reply #53 on:** December 07, 2015, 12:57:02 AM »

You see what happens???

You see who is buying Moto Guzzis???

This is what you have to look forward to with Moto Guzzi's new styling.

Please keep complaining about it

Rox · « **Reply #54 on:** December 07, 2015, 12:57:19 AM »

I just like Guzzis cuz they're weird. Im weird.. Nuff said..

Vasco DG · « **Reply #55 on:** December 07, 2015, 01:01:48 AM »

Someone posted this on another board and I thought it was funny enough to repost here

Hipster clamp

Muzz · « **Reply #56 on:** December 07, 2015, 03:40:16 AM »

Quote from: SmithSwede on November 29, 2015, 10:30:49 PM

My apologies. I should have made it clearer that I was being sarcastic. I have a V7, and ride it everywhere, including cross country. I prefer it to bigger bikes like my previous FJR or GS1200.

I was poking gentle fun at the folks who think a 50hp, 750 cc bike is somehow inadequate to tour on. Not true. 50 hp is plenty in my opinion, at least for solo riding, and the absence of excess weight is a pleasure each moment.

Hang, johnr and myself ended up doing a lot of the Tattley Rappet rally two up on my baby B, total weight of over 200kgs. I think his main complaint was that he couldn't keep the little Guz below 80mph.

Cool Runnings · « **Reply #57 on:** December 07, 2015, 08:00:43 AM »

I purchased the Norge bc the price was right and it's soooo kool!

Triple Jim · « **Reply #58 on:** December 07, 2015, 08:04:43 AM »

Quote from: Vasco DG on December 07, 2015, 01:01:48 AM

Someone posted this on another board and I thought it was funny enough to repost here

Hipster clamp

Excellent. I'd like to try one with a smart phone signaling that text messages are waiting as the bait.

blackcat · « **Reply #59 on:** December 07, 2015, 09:45:14 AM »

Because this doesn't need a separate thread:

"Though information is sketchy, the Mondial Hipster will available in 125 cc and 250 cc variations. The parallel-Twin is liquid-cooled and features a 6-speed transmission."

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/mondial/eicma-2015-mondial-hipster-125-250.html

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