Stupid questions people ask you when stopped

[DR Donk]

Originally Posted by Mr_Gone

Today, for the first time, I had someone ask if my blue Yamaha FJR was a BMW. I didn't take it as a stupid question. Instead I pointed out that it's an easy mistake given the roundel emblem, and gave a quick explanation of the three tuning forks on the Yamaha emblem, since Yamaha was originally a piano company.

The guy seemed genuinely interested in the bike, and said it looked like an awesome bike. I told him I just returned from the Rockies, Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone, Badlands, and it is indeed an awesome machine.

So I didn't think it was a stupid question. I thought it was a great way to initiate a conversation.

Back to the discussion of British cars.

Well played! You easily could have been a smart aleck and belittled this person. Instead you gave him some insight into the many joys of motorcycling.

[ChevalDeFer]

Originally Posted by DR Donk

Well played! You easily could have been a smart aleck and belittled this person. Instead you gave him some insight into the many joys of motorcycling.

Yep.

I talked to couple of kids a month or so ago in a small town about 30 miles from my hometown who asked me a bunch of questions about my KTM 990.

Fast forward to last Friday. I was gassing up before a ride (I did mention the KTM part right ) a couple of blocks from my house and some boys were going wild waving and hollering at me from inside a little truck. They were really excited. It turned out to be the same kids, and they remembered every last detail I'd told them. I have forgotten what it's like to get that fired up over just seeing a cool bike.

[BMW Kurt]

Takin' a trip?

[slide]

Originally Posted by BMW Kurt

Takin' a trip?

Is that available for streaming somewhere? I mean the rest of the show.

[gumbometer]

Originally Posted by eepeqez

We have introduced foxes throughout Melbourne; they particularly like railway lines as ways to get about. The only wild skunk I have ever seen was in a parking lot near the corner of Yonge and Eglinton, near the centre of Toronto:

"That's a Toronto skunk -- my jurisdiction."

[godwinmt]

Originally Posted by Ken E Ahnung

"That's a Toronto skunk -- my jurisdiction."

Give him a jelly. He likes jelly! Jelly donut coming boy!

haven't watched that movie in forever...

[AteamNM]

Over 25 years riding trials. The most often asked question besides where's the seat;

Is that a flat tracker? Yea I say. Does it go fast, real fast I say.

[JGNC]

Originally Posted by ride4fun562

I had a young african american child ask me if my xr650r could wheelie......he soon found out

I bet that kid is still talking about it too. I refuse to wheelie for anyone but little kids are an exception.

Does anyone let kids sit on their bike? I've let a few people sit their small kids on my bike before. Even helped a handicapped kid (like 12ish) on my DRZ once. It's amazing how the simplest things will make a kid's day.

[KMC1]

Originally Posted by Mr_Gone

Oh, I could absolutely be wrong. I've been wrong before. I'm sure I'll be wrong again. But I'm 99% certain in this case. It's his first bike. He's never ridden before. Plus, she likes corners taken fast, and the Sportster ain't designed to do that. A good rider can thrash that HD around corners like there's no tomorrow, but he's not a good rider.

And if he needs a Vibe Rider to get her off, then he deserves whatever feces I can fling his way.

Anyway, she was being a bitch and he's a douche. She wanted to turn it into a contest, so I retaliated. Yes, it was juvenile.

But if he's the better man, so be it. I can live with it. There are lots of better men than me.

She's a lying cheater, and he's a cheating liar.

Trust me, neither one of them is better than you.

[hooliken]

Originally Posted by kmc1

she's a lying cheater, and he's a cheating liar.

Trust me, neither one of them is better than you.

+1

[LuciferMutt]

Originally Posted by Mr_Gone

...Yamaha was originally a piano company..

.

Still is, among many other things.

[Mr_Gone]

Originally Posted by JGNC

I bet that kid is still talking about it too. I refuse to wheelie for anyone but little kids are an exception.

Does anyone let kids sit on their bike? I've let a few people sit their small kids on my bike before. Even helped a handicapped kid (like 12ish) on my DRZ once. It's amazing how the simplest things will make a kid's day.

I let kids sit on my bike if they ask, or if their mom is hot , or if their father asks politely.

Since this is the thread regarding stupid questions, the one I get asked by kids all the time is: "How fast does it go?" I'm sure their parents appreciate it when I tell them, "The speed limit." I'm sure the kids know I'm lying, though.

[vortexau]

Originally Posted by Mr_Gone

. . . gave a quick explanation of the three tuning forks on the Yamaha emblem, since Yamaha was originally a piano company. . . .

Though it is possible to play a good chord (or two) beside other marques as well as the Yamaha.

[GI_JO_NATHAN]

So last Tuesday I was in the middle of a 500 mile ride home, on my GS500F. As I'm filling up at a gas station, a guy at a pump near me asks something about 200.. I say no, it's a 500. He says no, I was asking if it goes 200 miles per hour? I'm like, uhh... nah... It's lucky to go 125.

[NordieBoy]

Originally Posted by LuciferMutt

Still is, among many other things.

Got a nice Yamaha Concert Grand acoustic guitar here...