dumbest question about your bike

[cmorgan47]

barely applies here, but in a small town bar the other day, i had the following exchange:

"you guys don't look like harley riders"
"yeah, well, we're not riding harleys"
"well, i could tell that from your helmets!"

[SKOM]

First time my SO's cousin saw my bike.

"Why didn't you get a Harley?"

I replied "I'm not old enough."

[TCK!]

You guys have all kinds of good stories.. no one ever talks to me ever. I guess I don't look very friendly.

[JGordon]

If it makes you guys feel any better, the most common question I get about my Suzuki Bandit is "Is that a Ducati?"  I think I've only had 1 guy say "nice bandit" since I got it.

It does kind of look like one, since it's got a red frame and black fairings, but still.

[invinc3ib3]

So when i was going home for summer from school me and my buddy trailered my monster 620 and his 750 sport and while on the freeway we broke down and had to pull over to the side of the road.  While we're waiting for the tow truck to come this group of high school kids are walking down the side of the freeway and stop and ask us if we need any help and we so no and they continue on their way.  As they pass the trailer one of the guys turns to the rest of them and says "OH man! that sh*ts straight outta sicily!"

[the ron]

people always ask me if my bike is fast. i always say that my eighthundred cant get out of its own way. and that its just about as fast as my 1986 atc 200x. the reply i get is always the same.... "yeah right, howcome the speedometer goes up to 160?"  IDIOTS, i think to myself. but then i tell them, yeah your right, it goes 160 let them think that i can handle a bigger bike. what do i care

the ron

[He Man]

I hate that idea that your speedo dictates how fast you can go. Why does it go to 160 anyway?

[the ron]

I hate that idea that your speedo dictates how fast you can go. Why does it go to 160 anyway?

i actually forget what the number is and i am to lazy to go to my shed to check. I think its 160 or something like that.

the ron

[zedsaid]

I hate that idea that your speedo dictates how fast you can go. Why does it go to 160 anyway?

My 280zx speedo only goes to 85.  I don't know how fast i've gotten it, but i do know that it took about a minute to start ticking down after i took my foot off the gas.

[Buckethead]

My 280zx speedo only goes to 85.  I don't know how fast i've gotten it, but i do know that it took about a minute to start ticking down after i took my foot off the gas.

I usually refer to that as "How fast were you going?" "I was going Neutral, almost to Reverse." Joke only works with automatic transmissions.

Don't really know about stupidest, but by far the most common question I've gotten on my Sport Classic is "What year is that?" Suppose if they were going for a retro design they hit it square on the head.

[truckinduc]

i wonder if guys in Italy ride Harleys, and other Italians ask them if they are Ducati's. How ignorant we are.

[lawbreaker]

I got a GOOD one a few days ago while coming home from work......

Two fat guys on cruisers. One on a Hardly Davisdon (suzuki or something) and one on a Harley. I split the traffic and come up to the light. While waiting for the light to change, I can barely hear some talk to my right followed by "Ducati". So I look over and i get this from the fatso on the metric cruiser:

"Is that a Ducati ?"..... I nod in the affirmative.......

.... "A real Ducati ?"..........

Unbelievable.

[MonsterMI]

Not a dumb question but considering I've only had my 696 for a few weeks I got my first "cool compliment made me feel good" moment. I rode out to the local bike shop (Honda dealer) and I was just getting back on the bike and a guy pulls up in a truck and when he gets out says, "hey how you like that Ducati?" I say "love it". He says "sweet bike". I said "thanks" and pulled away. AWESOME!   [moto]

[greenohawk69]

Pulled up at one of the Harley places on a Sunday afternoon....park in front and an older dude on a custom says to me, "...you know Rice Rockets should park across the street."  I replied, "I agree, but mine is a Pasta Rocket."  Smiled and kept walking to the front door - he didn't say anything and just sat on his cycle. 

I own a Harley also and this is the first and only time in the last two years I've gotten any comment like that from somone there.  Didn't seem like a regular.  Usually peeps will ask what model or know it is a Monster and say kewl bike. 

[♣ McKraut ♣]

 

that, sir, was an awesome, and proportionate, response.