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In regards to my fz6 being pushed over......

On a side note, Google's "Chrome" browser offers great spelling and grammar check for ya! :BLAA:
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I was just thinking that. A bit hard to follow...:confused:

Here in Texas we've got a pretty decent "brotherhood of the 2 wheels" thing going. Most riders wave and respect each other, even the bike cops. On that note, anybody remember the Buell ad a few months back (obviously before they closed shop) in the bike mags on the subject of "to wave or not to wave"?

I know, off topic. But, after all, this is the 2nd thread on this subject.:spank:
 
were i live the harley riders have this mentality and so do the sport bike riders they both think there to cool .........but why is it when im riding down the rode people on harleys dont wave back its a common curtisy thing motorcyclist to motorcyclist... and same for sport bike riders..................

HD riders are the same the world over.

We all nod our heads at other sports riders over here - HD riders - just ride on by. When I started riding I'd nod at everyone on a bike - now I just pretend I can't even see the HDs.

They think they are so bloody great - all I think is how many bugs must get stuck in their teeth at the end of a ride :D:D
 
I dunno in the city alot of the HD riders are like that but on the open road, often in the holidays I get alot more returned nods or waves from the HD riders. They seem to be alot more laid back and friendly than many of the sports bike riders who only wave if your on the same brand machine as them. (God BMW noobs are bad at this, my bike was made in Japan, yours was made in thailand get over it!)
That being said I try and wave or nod to everyone if I'm not concentrating on the road.

Unless its a scooter rider then I give them the middle finger and try and kick them over as I go buy. Those damn wannabes!!!!! (Jokes - I only do this to bicyclists)
 
Bikies are the big angry all in black HD riders who are probably career criminals.

Bikers are more normal riders (even the HD type who aren't career criminals)

We like to shorten stuff though because if it can't be grunted in two syllables at most then its not manly enough to be grunted at all!
Also makes beer conversation easier on all parties.
 
Why do they have shortened, cutesy words for everything in Australia? :confused:

We change/abbreviate everything -

Gary = Gazza
Barry = Bazza
Sharon = Shazza
Dean = Deano
Richard = Ritcho

Don't know why - we just have to do it :BLAA:

Funny thing is, we are sometimes lengthening the words not shortening them LOL
 
Well, since we're already off topic anyway, I still nod to HD riders, and especially now, get a lot back.....I think my bike must look a little scarey:BLAA:.

As for Aussie slang...lol....it all makes sense, and if you grow up with it, you're used to it.

Like any one with a surname Rhodes, is Dusty.

Williams, is Bungy.

White is Chalky etc.

Then there's the usual, Timbo's etc.

Then there's the generic, mates and cobbers....Of course you can shorten cobber to cobs.

And of course a certain level of abuse by mates is expected.....you know. Like when you're eating in a ships mess and someone says, "Huck us the slide chum."(pass us the butter friend). They more or less expect an answer like, " Why don't you sit in front of it next time Jug Ears". They will probably ask you if something is wrong if they don't get abused....lol.

And to be brutally honest.....I think there's only one word in the Aussie language. It is made up of all the words grunted joined together. Never finish a word or start it at the beginning unless you're a little....well.....suss.:eek::D
 
On that note, anybody remember the Buell ad a few months back (obviously before they closed shop) in the bike mags on the subject of "to wave or not to wave"?

Nope, didn't get to see that article. Can you summarize what they said for me?

Also, thanks to all you Aussie riders...this thread has been incredibly amusing and I can almost understand 1% of what you Australians are saying now that you've explained your language to me!
 
Sure, I wouldn't call someone out on their horrible spelling/grammar if they're from Singapore or Japan trying to participate... but the OP here is from Arizona...
 
not only that but david is french so it's not like his native tongue is english. plus, it is a helpful tip. dooo yu liik 2 reed tinggs dat arent speled carektlee? you're more likely to have someone respond to you when they can read and understand what you are saying with relative ease.

having said that, i never use capitalization and i'm one of the worst spellers known to man. i write run on sentences with the best of them and love the use of ...... to tie 6 or 7 sentences together. i still thought it was funny.
 
Nope, didn't get to see that article. Can you summarize what they said for me?

It was a two page advertisement, in which Buell (or the ad agency repping them) stated that they were basically too cool and too into their sportbike experience to wave at another rider. You know, "My intensity and one-ness with my bike and the road doesn't allow me to acknowledge other riders, etc.":Flip: (not a direct quote, just my summation from memory)

It was kind of funny, but kind of elitist at the same time.
 
It was a two page advertisement, in which Buell (or the ad agency repping them) stated that they were basically too cool and too into their sportbike experience to wave at another rider. You know, "My intensity and one-ness with my bike and the road doesn't allow me to acknowledge other riders, etc.":Flip: (not a direct quote, just my summation from memory)

It was kind of funny, but kind of elitist at the same time.

That's why Wavex (David) never waves to me....Oh yeah...that's right...wait a minute...he does wave to you when he's passing your a$$!!!:Flip:
 
the reason every thing was miss spelled is because every time i talk about some ******* dumping my bike i get flustered and start typing faster.
 
the reason every thing was miss spelled is because every time i talk about some ******* dumping my bike i get flustered and start typing faster.

I feel you buddy, I think somebody sat on my bike yesterday sitting out in front of work (parked in a space, not on the sidewalk;)). There's now a (thankfully buff-able) 3" vertical scratch on the left side of my tank. Looks like somebody did it with a shoe while mounting or dismounting. No respect for rides out there.:spank:
 
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