Stupid questions people ask you when stopped

I get this one a lot with my 1150GS.. I usually reply with..

"It will do the speed limit anywhere I go..."

Had a guy that I know ask to ride the DRZ the other day, it is not like it is a bomb waiting to go off so I said sure and threw him the keys. He tears down a rural road for about half a mile then comes back and says in dead seriousness "damn you can really feel those bands grab" I assume he is talking about the clutch bands and blow off his statement. Then he drops a bomb on me, "that thing has powerbands installed in it huh?" We were in front of 5-6 people and I just sat there :huh. From now on it has the red bands cause the blue ones just don't grab enough, also I think I am going to require a short test on internal combustion engine operations before I let someone ride.

I have a 2009 KLR with no stickers and black happy trail bags. it only has 1 day of riding on it, and it's already fun to see people looking at it because they haven't seen anything like it. With 2.5 miles on it at a local machine shop, someone asked-

"is that a BMW?"

I love my KLR.

Time to find a new machine shop.

Luckily it was a customer not a mechanic

I dunno, seems excusable to me, Machine Shop's never seen a KLR before.

Now, somebody asking the same question at a wal-mart is just stupid.

I have had that same conversation more than a few times. A few years ago my local bike shop actually sold "power bands" as an accessory. They were just very large, thick rubber bands, but they came in a range of colours depending on your....ummm... requirements. The red were the fastest, of course, but were only recommended for race bikes...

Ok, I think this post wins the thread.

I get that all the time on my FJR.

I bet the guys with that new BMW crotch rocket get hyabusa comment all the time too.

You should shop here, they have power bars, blinker fluid, muffler bearings, elbow grease and Kuhnutsen valves too

OOPS forgot the link..............................Here you go ..http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

I need to check out that shop! My xenon headlights need to be refilled.

Of course if you go to local KTM dealer and ask for a swingelement, they will know right what you are needing and bring you a 2 stroke pipe holder bracket thingy...

I don't see a Sky Hook, Long Weight or Axle Blade on there? Do these people know what they are doing???

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=31

You aren't looking hard enough.

At Auto Zone buying some 20W-50 oil:

Kid at the counter: "What are you using 20W-50 for?????" (very quizzical look)

Me: "motorcycle oil change"

Kid: In a condescending tone - "this isn't motorcycle oil, you need to buy specific oil for a motorcycle, this won't work, blah, blah, blah"

Me: "dry clutch"

Kid: "huh? what kind of motorcycle?"

Me: "BMW"

Kid: "oh"

At least he was paying attentionm to what he was selling.

Wich is a lot more than I can say for the majority of that company's counter people!

Got this one the other day, while waiting for a green light on my Duc:

"Why's that bike sounding like that?" No doubt alluding the the clacking of the dry clutch.

"Because it's waiting for the light to turn green!"

while stopped trying to determine what was making that god awful noise on my DRZ (it was a chain roller), a few guys on HDs sporting colours asked why I hadn't bought a "real bike" instead of a rice burner? Given the location at the time and the colours they were sporting (HA), I chose not to respond. Still thought it was a stupid question...