Stupid questions people ask you when stopped

Sadly the Speedy is done until I get around to completely replacing the suspension. The MOTOR is still great, the suspension, beyond saving.

Considering that I just bought a 1290, that is relatively low on the priority list.

A BRC student was asking me about my CBR and how much I ride it.

Me: "I'm kind of embarrassed that my 7 year old bike just turned 25k miles this year."

Student: "25k????? OMG, you're due for a complete engine rebuild!!!"

:huh

When used solely for racing, 25,000 is at the extreme end of where the local team rebuilds their CBR's and whatever they ride. They told me 18k to 22k usually.

That's all well and good, but it's never been a race bike.

Previous bikes all went 50k miles before I got rid of them. And none of them needed an engine rebuild.

His experience may have been from the racing world is all I was saying. I realized you didn't race from your first post.

Did you miss the part about him being a BRC student? I know it's not always true with all students, but he had 0 real experience with bikes.

I had a friend of a friend ask me to ride my XR a few years back. I just laughed and said "No!"
Him: Oh, come on, I can ride.
Me: That may be true but I'm 150 miles from home and this is my only transportation back.
I'd never seen him ride or even mention motorcycles before.

Had another guy walk out of a restaurant last night as I was getting off the GS.
Him: Where are you coming from?
Me: (:huh again?) About four miles down the road.

I'm just going to start making up good stories.

When I went on a road trip I was at a shop getting a tire put on. They asked me if I worked at the local mill (No idea where that is) then seem surprised that I was from out of town. This was in late April a few years ago... Apparently they don't have people come through until June.

Make up a fictional country. Do you best Russian or Spanish accent. Tell them you've been riding around the world for seven years but your country doesn't exist anymore and you can't leave the U.S. because of visa problems.

Had my first qualifier for this thread recently. On the one hand, the guy apparently has a hearing problem. On the other hand, hey - he was trying to be friendly, and at least knew a little bit about older motorcycles, so I can't really hold this against him. This happened at a gas pump with a guy at the next pump over in a pickup truck.

Him: Hey, nice bike. What kind is it?
Me: Thanks, it's a 1981 Yamaha XS850
Him: Oh, a Yamaha? is it a Seca?
Me: Nope, it's an XS850.
Him: Oh. It's nice. It's not a Seca? I had a Seca. That looks like a Seca.

And then he drove off.

Great response. If anyone ever talks to me I'm gonna try this.
In 27 years no one has ever tried to converse with me about my bike. :)

I just started reading this thread last week. only had my license since the spring. kinda thought, man who goes up to people and asks questions about their bike, How fast does it go? Fast forward to this past saturday, a quick run to the store for butter, guy in the parking lot walks by as im getting on to leave - Is it fast? I had to hold the laughter in.

You must look like a mass murderer or something. I've had at least a dozen interactions this year with random folks while out on my Strom. "Awful cold to be riding" it was 55deg or the "how fast does it go my brother used to have one". Two where KLR riders who where V-curious so they might not count.

:huh:huh:huh No shit right? What other reply would of fit?

Even better, do the Andy Kaufman "foreign guy" voice!

I walked into the doctors office today in my riding jacket, carrying my helmet and gloves. What question did the receptionist ask?




Did you ride your bike today?


Without breaking a smile I replied very seriously "no ma'am, I just like to be prepared just in case..."


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Had a guy ask me what kind of radar detector I had.
It's a SPOT tracker When I told him what it was for I don't think he believed me.

I had one person start to go off about government tracking when I told him what my Spot was.

I left pretty quickly.

LOL - yeah me too. Very often when I'm getting gas or stop for food.