The stupidest thing anyone ever said to you regarding motorcycles

[Waltr]

I'll have to think about the stupidest thing EVER.... but for now, this conversation is happening so much recently that I need a snappy comeback.

Me: by my V11 Scura at parking lot, gas station, etc.
Stranger: "Nice bike. What is it?"
Me: "A Moto Guzzi" - (pointing to logo on tank)
Stranger: "Oh, who makes it?"
Me:  loss for words.....

  I have gotten this more than once.  I think a good comeback would be "Ferrari".   

[charlie b]

I think I'll start saying Alfa Romeo.  That'll get another blank stare since no one knows what they are either.  :D

[normzone]

  I have gotten this more than once.  I think a good comeback would be "Ferrari".

I like this answer - everybody knows who Ferrari is.

Another option would be to explain that it's a division of Harley based in Italy, that used to belong to BMW.

[oldbike54]

                                 


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[Rough Edge racing]

 A fat guy smoking a cigarette telling me bikes are dangerous.....

[Triple Jim]

Stranger: "Oh, who makes it?"
Me:  loss for words.....

My response to that one was "Some nice men in Italy."

[gfritzmeier]

I had someone looking at my bike which has Italian flag sticker on it. She looked at it for a while and when she turned to walk away she said, "I don't know what kind this is but it was made in Mexico!"

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

At a local "WW2 Days" show today, an older gent on a Honda VTX1300(?) asked Bill Sharp and I: "do things still fall off these Goozies like they did on the old ones or do you Loctite everything?" Huh? We both told him that vibration wasn't an issue and that neither of us Loctite anything. "Oh, I guess with nylon locknuts and better hardware you don't have to. When I was in Italy, those old ones would vibrate everything loose." I don't know what "old ones" he had experience with, but I doubt it, probably just another geezer trying to make himself feel superior in his choice of motorcycle.

[Silver Goose]

While at the gas station: A very large,fleshy man approached, How do you like that BMW? Had one myself. Hey, is that three wheeled motorcycle, (Wife's CanAm Spyder) steered from the back? You build it?

All of this happened while filling up the Stelvio and my wife's Can Am. I was wearing a Moto Guzzi T shirt, cap. My wife, who is very proud of her bright yellow Can Am was left without words. My wife is not one to miss a chance to talk about her Can Am, simply walked back to the bike saying that person was not worth wasting time and breath on.

Here is your sign!

[v7john]

My friend and I were coming back from a camping weekend - My V7 and his 1000G5 - when we stopped under a bridge to put waterproofs on. It was hammering down. 2 soggy sportbike riders in coordinated leathers pulled in to take shelter. While I was doing the one-leg-in-the-trouser-dance the stripey green one came and asked why we were riding those terrible old Guzzis. My friend's explanation was "it's easier than carrying them".

[oldbike54]

 Bump , any new ones fellas ? Have heard several times recently , "Aren't you cold ?" This on a balmy 60F day

  Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

At breakfast in Cassville the other morning the waitress told me I looked like I'd slept on the ground all night. I told her it's because I did

[oldbike54]

At breakfast in Cassville the other morning the waitress told me I looked like I'd slept on the ground all night. I told her it's because I did

 Yeah , real men still sleep on the ground , or at least on a 100 buck air mattress in a 200 buck sleeping bag 

  Dusty

[Triple Jim]

Bump , any new ones fellas ? Have heard several times recently , "Aren't you cold ?" This on a balmy 60F day

Yeah, if it's hot out, they ask if I'm too hot, and if it's even cool out, they ask me if I'm cold.  Non riders have a preconceived idea that motorcycling is uncomfortable, and they like to try to confirm it as often as possible, thereby validating their non-riding status.

[oldbike54]

Yeah, if it's hot out, they ask if I'm too hot, and if it's even cool out, they ask me if I'm cold.  Non riders have a preconceived idea that motorcycling is uncomfortable, and they like to try to confirm it as often as possible, thereby validating their non-riding status.

 I do believe there is the occasional motherly type that is concerned about us being cold , but yeah .

  Dusty

[Triple Jim]

I especially get the too-cold question when I'm riding my bicycle.  When it's in the 50s I usually wear shorts, and non-riders don't realize how much heat riding hard generates. 

[Guzzistajohn]

Yeah , real men still sleep on the ground , or at least on a 100 buck air mattress in a 200 buck sleeping bag 

  Dusty

Under a $5.00 tarp my nephew Cullen left in my Toyota truck

[Scud]

"Do you get a lot of bugs in your teeth?"

....while I am wearing a full-face helmet.

[oldbike54]

Under a $5.00 tarp my nephew Cullen left in my Toyota truck

 Matt Dillon would have loved a $5.00 tarp , or a Toyota P.U. for that matter 

  Dusty

[Lannis]

At breakfast in Cassville the other morning the waitress told me I looked like I'd slept on the ground all night. I told her it's because I did

I suppose that was her way of hinting for a good tip?   

Wouldn't work for me!

Lannis

[Guzzistajohn]

Matt Dillon would have loved a $5.00 tarp , or a Toyota P.U. for that matter 

  Dusty

Yea, but Festus would never trade a 'Yota for old Ruth..........no gawl darn way!

[Guzzistajohn]

I suppose that was her way of hinting for a good tip?   

Wouldn't work for me!

Lannis

I did take it as a compliment Lannis! I left her my typical dollar tip hell,
 she already had a tooth!

[wheaties]

Bump , any new ones fellas ? Have heard several times recently , "Aren't you cold ?" This on a balmy 60F day

  Dusty

Whenever people come up to me to tell me I look hot in that suit, I tell them, "It's air conditioned"

"Oh..."

[oldbike54]

Whenever people come up to me to tell me I look hot in that suit, I tell them, "It's air conditioned"

"Oh..."

  Yep , have also said that , love the look of confusion it normally brings 

  Dusty

[jas67]

Whenever people come up to me to tell me I look hot in that suit, I tell them, "It's air conditioned"

"Oh..."

Whenever people ask me "aren't you cold" when riding in cold weather, I tell them that my suit is heated, which is true.
I get the same confused look.

[oldbike54]

 Hmm , maybe the "air conditioned suit response is why my nephew the HD salesman says several new customers have been asking to see this amazing new technology 

  Dusty

[krglorioso]

"Would you ever ride a motorcycle again if you were in an accident while riding?"

Answer:  "If you were injured in a car accident, would you refuse a ride in an ambulance?"

[oldbike54]

 That is good Ralph 

  Dusty

[Triple Jim]

I finally got asked if my Mille GT, with the big Moto Guzzi logo on the tank, was made by BMW.  He was a nice enough guy though... guessed it was 1000cc, and when I told him it was Italian, he said "Like Ducati."

[Xlratr]

Whenever people come up to me to tell me I look hot in that suit, I tell them, "It's air conditioned"

Nobody ever told me I look hot in my riding gear