I gave up my bike for 5 days so other bikers can go to Rot

[Haole Girl]

The Rot Rally, biggest motorcycle rally in Texas, is this weekend. When I dropped off my bike for repairs today the guy asked, "You aren't going to Rot are you?" I said no, and asked why. Apparently, a lot of hard core bikers - with fancy Harleys - need their motorcycles fixed before mine. Anyway, now I am without my bike until the weekend. But, in a strange way, I feel like I've bonded with my fellow bikers... by letting them move ahead of me in the repair line. Either that... or, I'm just a pushover! LOL

[petronius]

1. I would vote for the former - of course, you won't know if it's 'bonded' or 'pushover'

until you go to the bike shop needing a favor. If the guy says "she's cool, we can do that" then you know you're in. If he says "who? wants what?" then it's pushover...

[Haole Girl]

2. Good point

Guess only time will tell. :hi:

[guitar man]

3. I would have told them

to get off their asses and fix my damn bike,tough shit about the damn RUBS that want to go to ROT!!

[Haole Girl]

4. lol!

I just can't see me saying that!

:rofl:

[DS1]

5. hard-core bikers wouldn't need their bikes fixed "all of a sudden"

to go ride some festival, their bikes would be working in the first place.

[Haole Girl]

6. That's sort of what I thought...

until I took a look around at some of those bikes.

They've been ridden hard, and long, by someone... that's for certain!

I should have taken a pic of how many old & tough looking motorcycles were lined up.

[guitar man]

8. if they were real bikers

they would fix their own bikes ;)


edit to add pic :D

[DS1]

way to be sportin the black socks under sneakers

:D

[Haole Girl]

11. ROFL!

"Die Yuppy Scum"?

:rofl:

[guitar man]

12. yes

"Die Yuppie Scum" :D

I'm seeing it on stickers and patches a lot these days :rofl:

[Haole Girl]

14. Well

I hope they don't feel the same way about wanna be bikers!

:scared:

[guitar man]

15. they won't bother you

You ride a Sportster, so you're fine. It's the guys that buy a $100k custom chopper just because they can that might get under their skin. Mostly, it's all in good fun ;)

[Mezzo]

10. That sorta depends on what the "all of a sudden" repair is

if this is a bike fest, they wanna make sure their bike is top top top. Taking to the shop might insure that. The harley might not be cleaned and revved up, but if it were going to a festival, it might be, yanno? *aside: Mezzo does not have a harley. She is a safe, volvo drivin' liberal, who is about to become a safe, prius driving liberal, even though I hate the way that car looks, I love it from the inside.

[Mezzo]

7. My family started a business (years ago) that leaves me in pretty good standing with bikers

It's called the Hideaway Leather Company. Most hardcore bikers love it. :hi:

[Haole Girl]

9. Checked it out...

cool. I love it when people call helmets "brain buckets"! It's so true. :hi:

[Mezzo]

13. I didn't even know they had a website. (It needs help)

[Carnea]

16. Your the guy in the biker movie that wore an ascot. NT

[guitar man]

17. KC2 isn't a dude

She's a dudette :D