Stupid questions people ask you when stopped

[Riteris]

Ummm, you guys do know about this, right?

http://www.christini.com/

[AlanCT]

A guy (a rider, no less) the other day at a motorcycle event argued with me emphatically that doing hard right turns with my Ural would keep the sidecar planted because the bike would "lean that way. I politely tried to explain that it was actually the opposite, but he was unconvinced.

I should have tossed him the keys and told him to try it.

[Kafn8td]

Originally Posted by Auto-X Fil

I ride my bicycle to work a lot, in which case I wear full race kit - lycra shorts and tight jersey, light road helmet, etc.

MAMIL.

[RidingDonkeys]

Originally Posted by Riteris

Ummm, you guys do know about this, right?

http://www.christini.com/

Yeah, Rokon has been building 2wd motorcycles decades. However, getting drive to the front wheel takes pretty obvious mechanisms. Also, considering the rarity of bikes that do it, it's kind of akin to finding a car with four-wheel steering.

[eepeqez]

Originally Posted by AlanCT

A guy (a rider, no less) the other day at a motorcycle event argued with me emphatically that doing hard right turns with my Ural would keep the sidecar planted because the bike would "lean that way. I politely tried to explain that it was actually the opposite, but he was unconvinced.

I should have tossed him the keys and told him to try it.

That's how sidecars work here... Perhaps you're doing your Coriolis forces wrong?

[flick]

Originally Posted by Heyload

This reminds me of an incident during an airshow. I was standing there with the flight engineer, when some guy walks up and asks how we got power from the jet engines to the wheels.

I almost busted out laughing, but the FE didn't even blink. He launched into some highly technical explanation involving torque tubes, drive shafts, hydraulic motors and lines, all with a straight face. It was impressive.

The guy stood there listening to him intently, then nodded and said something to the effect of how amazing technology was and wandered off, happy as could be and no doubt eager to share this new found info with his friends.

After the guy left, I looked at the FE with raised eyebrows and a smirk on my face. He just shrugged and said "What? It made him happy."

That reminds me of when I was flying drones for the army. One day someone asked if we could hear what people on the ground were saying. Without even hesitating I said I would turn on the microphone. My camera operator started humming into the intercom. "Sorry we can't hear anything over the engine."

We eventually had to tell him the truth because he started telling people that we could record sound from the plane.

[DOGSROOT]

Originally Posted by flick

That reminds me of when I was flying drones for the army. One day someone asked if we could hear what people on the ground were saying. Without even hesitating I said I would turn on the microphone. My camera operator started humming into the intercom. "Sorry we can't hear anything over the engine."

We eventually had to tell him the truth because he started telling people that we could record sound from the plane.

Classic.
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[slide]

Originally Posted by eepeqez

That's how sidecars work here... Perhaps you're doing your Coriolis forces wrong?

Or he has it bolted to the other side.

[SteelJM1]

Originally Posted by slide

I did see a pic of her & she was one of the hottest chicks I've ever seen. I think that was a major contributor.

I also think that, even if she's as great looking as the pic, after a bit of time those looks will wear smooth and he'll find the value received being married onto her not worth the cost.

Looks fade. Selfish manipulative bitchiness doesn't. Actually gets worse as they realize their youth is fading.

Never ever EVER will i give up riding for a woman. Or anyone for that matter.

[slide]

Originally Posted by SteelJM1

Looks fade. Selfish manipulative bitchiness doesn't. Actually gets worse as they realize their youth is fading.

Never ever EVER will i give up riding for a woman. Or anyone for that matter.

My wife's first husband died in a bike crash making her a young widow. She's never asked me to ride less and in fact, bought a New Bonnie so we can ride together. She knows it's in the blood.

[SAPB]

Stopped to get off the bike for a while, and give my butt a break. A kid comes over, and asks if I can do a wheelie, I made hand gestures, saying nope. Then he asks if I can do a burnout. I'm on a CRF250L, just shrugged my shoulders. I didn't want to toast him, I was him at that age.......

[XR4EVER]

Originally Posted by SteelJM1

Never ever EVER will i give up riding for a woman. Or anyone for that matter.

That's why you find yourself one that rides! Mrs. XR4EVER (I guess she would be YZ4EVER) and family:

[High Country Herb]

Originally Posted by slide

I bought my first GS from a guy who was about to get married to a chick who demanded he quit riding if they were to be married. So he was selling off his collection including the GS and, among other rides, a primo mid 60's Triumph TR6. The guy almost cried at the prospect of losing that TR.

Then she also insisted he get a dog which he frantically did not want and which confused him mightily. I had to explain a bit about dogs to him because he didn't have any idea what to do with it (it arrived as a 'rescue' that day).

I didn't keep in contact with him but I did wonder how that marriage worked out.

I would turn that around on her, with a list of demands of my own: "If we are getting married, you will need to learn to drive a stick, because I don't believe in automatics...or air conditioning" and "That dog needs some hunting training" and "Yeah, we're gonna need to get rid of some paintings, to make more space for animal heads".

[KX50002]

Originally Posted by High Country Herb

I would turn that around on her, with a list of demands of my own: "If we are getting married, you will need to learn to drive a stick, because I don't believe in automatics...or air conditioning" and "That dog needs some hunting training" and "Yeah, we're gonna need to get rid of some paintings, to make more space for animal heads".

And... if I'm giving up my bikes, I get to nail anyone I want anytime I want.
That should settle things.

[slartidbartfast]

Originally Posted by High Country Herb

I would turn that around on her, with a list of demands of my own: "If we are getting married, you will need to learn to drive a stick, because I don't believe in automatics...or air conditioning" and "That dog needs some hunting training" and "Yeah, we're gonna need to get rid of some paintings, to make more space for animal heads".

That was always my comparison: "I could be spending more time/money on hunting and fishing - a boat and a bunch of guns" ... didn't work of course