Stupid questions people ask you when stopped

[Tall Man]

Originally Posted by scottrnelson

So I should have said "with no way to turn them off, unless you've modified it to add a way to turn them off"?

Yes.
http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Bi...html#lobeamcut

[hrolf]

Originally Posted by ttpete

Unless the handlebar switch has been changed to the Euro version. I did this with my Beemer.

or you have a UJM that predates mandatory light laws by a few years.

i get some funny looks every year when i get a new inspection sticker. I don't have an oil light or fuel gauge, but i do have a light switch!

[slide]

Originally Posted by hrolf

or you have a UJM that predates mandatory light laws by a few years.

i get some funny looks every year when i get a new inspection sticker. I don't have an oil light or fuel gauge, but i do have a light switch!

I understand there was a time when bikes lacked neutral lights too. Imagine the confusion. Riders needed to figure out if they were in neutral or if their chain had broken.

[RidingDonkeys]

Funny story, but people laugh when I tell them that my Ural is the most modern bike I've ever owned.

Until now, I've never had a bike with a windshield, a neutral light, mirrors, running lights, or even turn signals.

Simpler bikes are just more fun.

Sent from my Droid 2 Global using Typotalk 2

[Infidel]

Originally Posted by stefer

My boss actually goes out of his way to make it more convenient for me to ride home in rain. I honestly don't care if it rains on the way home because it is easy to change at home.

A common one I get is "Isn't it hot out there?" or some variant of it.

One of the guys I work with uses rain as an excuse to leave early all the time!!! It pisses me off.

"It's gonna rain, and I rode today- so I'm taking off."

[TobyG]

The most silly one I heard so far, came from my driving instructor.

I drove up his driveway with my bike shortly after I bought it and he asked what kind of bike it was.

I asked him to have a guess (FYI: I do have a BMW sticker on my windshield, driving a Oryx conversion based on a BMW F650 GS), he replied:

"Obviously not what the sticker says, I mean it doesn't have a Boxer engine, so it's not a BMW, but I dunno what it actually is"





Seriously? I mean...he was about to buy a BMW just a few weeks ago, he SHOULD actually know.....
I asked him to take a look at the clutch cover and re-think what he just said


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Originally Posted by Infidel

One of the guys I work with uses rain as an excuse to leave early all the time!!! It pisses me off.

"It's gonna rain, and I rode today- so I'm taking off."

Well, that just sucks, maybe you should make him aware of the fact that real bikers dont care about weather and that driving a bike is about more than just having a lame excuse for pissing everyone else of :/

[SgtDuster]

Originally Posted by RidingDonkeys

Funny story, but people laugh when I tell them that my Ural is the most modern bike I've ever owned.

Until now, I've never had a bike with a windshield, a neutral light, mirrors, running lights, or even turn signals.

Simpler bikes are just more fun.

Sent from my Droid 2 Global using Typotalk 2

You're a real old school type of guy, aren't you?

[bwalsh]

Originally Posted by SgtDuster

You're a real old school type of guy, aren't you?

He said nothing about simpler phones being more fun.

[RidingDonkeys]

I love technology, just not on bikes.

[NJ-GS]

Originally Posted by RidingDonkeys

Funny story, but people laugh when I tell them that my Ural is the most modern bike I've ever owned.

Until now, I've never had a bike with a windshield, a neutral light, mirrors, running lights, or even turn signals.

Simpler bikes are just more fun.

Sent from my Droid 2 Global using Typotalk 2

Yet you have a HemDroid 2 with Typotalk 2 (whatever that is). Maybe a land-line phone is more fun, too.

Never mind...

[Benesesso]

Originally Posted by scottrnelson

They might turn on and off in Europe, but the ones in the USA and Canada are on all the time with no way to turn them off.

Way back ~1964 in the USAF my crew got to visit most of the S. American capitals. In some of those countries drivers would turn off their headlights at every red light. Cabbies said it was to "save gas".

Wonder if they still do that.

[Riteris]

[QUOTE=gelberhase;18800983]The most silly one I heard so far, came from my driving instructor.

I drove up his driveway with my bike shortly after I bought it and he asked what kind of bike it was.

I asked him to have a guess (FYI: I do have a BMW sticker on my windshield, driving a Oryx conversion based on a BMW F650 GS), he replied:

"Obviously not what the sticker says, I mean it doesn't have a Boxer engine, so it's not a BMW, but I dunno what it actually is"





Seriously? I mean...he was about to buy a BMW just a few weeks ago, he SHOULD actually know.....
I asked him to take a look at the clutch cover and re-think what he just said


A lot of people that ride boxer engined BMW's think the same thing.

[EastSideSM]

Mods, can you change this thread name to "Innocent questions people ask to make small talk and replies by self important jack-asses"?

[scottrnelson]

After riding my bicycle to work this morning, as I was stashing it in a bike locker I heard a motorcycle approaching and was trying to figure out from the sound what it was? Not a V-twin, maybe a V-four or vertical twin. Finally the guy pulled in on a smaller Kawasaki. I was about to ask him my own stupid question: "Is that a Ninja 500 or 250?" but they guy never took off his friggin' helmet, so I didn't say anything.

I guess some people like to talk about motorcycles and some try to avoid it. Oh well.

[helion42]

Originally Posted by Benesesso

Way back ~1964 in the USAF my crew got to visit most of the S. American capitals. In some of those countries drivers would turn off their headlights at every red light. Cabbies said it was to "save gas".

Wonder if they still do that.

I've heard of this, and it makes sense although it would be more effective to just turn off the engine if you're going to be waiting longer than 30 sec.
More electrical draw = more alternator output to compensate battery and increased resistance = more drag on the engine thru alt. belt = increase in consumption. Of course it's pretty small differences, but when you pinch every penny I guess it adds up.