Taking liberties with motorbikes.

KTRIC

[RANT]Can someone please explain to me why when I park my motorbike in town or outside my place of work it becomes public property and people think they can sit on it, play with the switchs and generally kick the tires.

I have yet to understand this phenomenon. Surely if I smash the window of someones car and sit in the drivers seat I would be arrested, so why is it ok for the general public to do the equivilant to motorbikes ???[/RANT]

Phryxus

There's a few reasons for this:

1. Peolple are inconsiderate towards bikers and bikes

2. People can't fiddle with themselves in the street so they have to find something else to fiddle with.

3. Lonely assh**es will try to get their leg over anything

4. They're just jealous

My advice: snipe the fu***rs from the window.

Lord Nikon

Phryxus wrote:

My advice: snipe the fu***rs from the window.

Works for me.

Krusty_Clown

It is a rather unique phenomenon...
I bet you, if someone had a nice shiny open-top sports-car, left with the roof down, you wouldn't have punters hopping-in and rubbing the steering wheel..

It's definitely an envy thing. Anyone can own a car.

Gurgle

Try the 12 volt jolt

Hotblack Desiato

For some strange reason, fat oul' wans have a compulsion to sit on motorbikes.

Guy I know had the rear seat cowl broken by TWO fat oul' wans who decided to have a sitty...

Kids you can kind of understand but adults really, really should know better.

Mate of mine wants to get a sticker made up:

"You may run your fingers over my motorcycle, if I may run my motorcycle over your fingers"

Phryxus

ninja900 wrote:

"You may run your fingers over my motorcycle, if I may run my motorcycle over your fingers"

That's great, lol

Garibaldi

Saw a classic case a few years ago. Bunch of girly students walking down the centre island on O'Connell Street (Dublin); They spot their prey, a spanky new ZX12; Girly hops onto saddle and stands bike up off the sidestand; Girlies 2, 3 and 4 take photos of Girly 1 on bike and much giggling and throttle twisting fun is had; Girly 1 hops off bike; Bike topples over on RHS, breaking indicators, mirror and cracking fairing; Girlies exit, stage left; Person (who shall remain nameless) in bus queue who saw all this unfold grabs nearest (and, for once, that was very near) Garda and rapidly explains what happened and points out exiting Girlies; Garda goes and intercepts; Much batting of eyelids, smiling and putting away of notebook ensues; Owner of ZX12 arrives back to bike in the background; Bus stop samaritan jogs across to owner, points out Girlies and Garda looking for a date; Owner storms off in direction of same; Air turns blue, smiles fade and notebook comes out again. How close they were to getting away completely scott free. Dizzy bints.

KTRIC

Garibaldi wrote:

Saw a classic case a few years ago. Bunch of girly students walking down the centre island on O'Connell Street (Dublin); They spot their prey, a spanky new ZX12; Girly hops onto saddle and stands bike up off the sidestand; Girlies 2, 3 and 4 take photos of Girly 1 on bike and much giggling and throttle twisting fun is had; Girly 1 hops off bike; Bike topples over on RHS, breaking indicators, mirror and cracking fairing; Girlies exit, stage left; Person (who shall remain nameless) in bus queue who saw all this unfold grabs nearest (and, for once, that was very near) Garda and rapidly explains what happened and points out exiting Girlies; Garda goes and intercepts; Much batting of eyelids, smiling and putting away of notebook ensues; Owner of ZX12 arrives back to bike in the background; Bus stop samaritan jogs across to owner, points out Girlies and Garda looking for a date; Owner storms off in direction of same; Air turns blue, smiles fade and notebook comes out again. How close they were to getting away completely scott free. Dizzy bints.

After reading that I've just remembered a similar case about a couple of years ago in Donagmede shopping center car park. My mum told me she was down doing her shopping when she seen a bunch of school kids (school nearby) messing with a Honda Goldwing Anniversary model. One of them got onto it and then jumped off and it topeled over. She said it was it bits. And the kids just ran !!!.
Considering the size, amount of fairing, and shear weight you can imagine the amount of damage for yourself.

Stephen

Pity the little ****ers didn't get caught underneath it when it toppled.

When I drove a bike, dickheads were always moving it so that they could park their car wherever I was parked. One particular instance stands out in my memory. I was parked in the carpark of a hotel in Kilkenny (the River Court if anyone's familiar with it), and some asshole in a fiat punto decided he'd shove my bike onto the muddy grass (where the side stand got fairly well dug in so that he could park his cúnto in its place.

****ing ****

Chalk

Stephen wrote:

Pity the little ****ers didn't get caught underneath it when it toppled.

When I drove a bike, dickheads were always moving it so that they could park their car wherever I was parked. One particular instance stands out in my memory. I was parked in the carpark of a hotel in Kilkenny (the River Court if anyone's familiar with it), and some asshole in a fiat punto decided he'd shove my bike onto the muddy grass (where the side stand got fairly well dug in so that he could park his cúnto in its place.

****ing ****

do you not lock your bike stephen?

KTRIC

Gurgle wrote:

Try the 12 volt jolt

Is this possible ???

I have Datatool immobiliser and alarm fitted, but I'd like to give a little something extra back to the people
[wink]Are there other options ??[/wink]

Stephen

Chalk wrote:

do you not lock your bike stephen?

No. Its not worth a lot and I live in the sticks anyway. I used to do it with a brake disc lock until i forgot it was still on the thing and managed to rip out my speedo cable with it

tk123

This used to happen to me in worky until one day I went to get my lunch, came back and found this bimbo perched on my bike having a smoke(!!)...I asked her which car was hers and when she asked why I told her I was going to sit on the bonnet and drink my can of coke - she never messed with my bikey again!!

Alun

It isn't limited to bikes, mind you. People also seem to think my car is theirs to lean against while chatting to their mates, or even on one occasion, to put their briefcase on my bonnet to open it and rummage in the contents. The most irritating thing though is that, when challenged, they can't see what they've done wrong.

Chalk

tk123 wrote:

This used to happen to me in worky until one day I went to get my lunch, came back and found this bimbo perched on my bike having a smoke(!!)...I asked her which car was hers and when she asked why I told her I was going to sit on the bonnet and drink my can of coke - she never messed with my bikey again!!

yeah, you can never get that smell of smoke out of the upholstery

should have just drove off with her tbh ....

echomadman

Why dont I ever find bimbos perched on my bike? some people have all the luck.
I found the bandit knocked over one day, since then my bikes get locked to a railing with a big fúck off chain every time, especially as the sv has expensive plastic bits.

Drummer

Similar thing happend in Clondalkin one night to some guys CB750 parked outside Quinlans and 2 dumb drunk bimbos decided to bounce on it. I told the lads on the door they should notify the owner (probably a staff member). In the meantime the girls had dropped the bike and broke the front brake lever and god knows what else. The guy came out and the girls were all apologetic offering to pay for the damage, which they thought was only the brake lever. Im sure there was some tank damage and rear brake lever damge aswell, amongst others. Serves them right. I caught a mother sitting her child on my bike one day and let a roar at her, she was highly insulted im glad to say.

With regard to the Grafton St incident - cant believe the Garda was gonna lat it slide. Thinking with his penis obviously. Anal-opening !

tk123

echomadman wrote:

Why dont I ever find bimbos perched on my bike? some people have all the luck.
I found the bandit knocked over one day, since then my bikes get locked to a railing with a big fúck off chain every time, especially as the sv has expensive plastic bits.

Well why don't I ever find hunks on mine - next time there's a bimbo on my bike I'll send them over to you!!

CJhaughey

Drive a Ratbike covered in filthy black grease, with a black binbag for a seatcover.
I very much doubt whether anyone will take liberties with it.

causal

tk123 wrote:

next time there's a bimbo on my bike I'll send them over to you!!

I'm sure he'd love to meet you. LOL
Only kidding

causal

lucky1

I had a situation about 10/12 years ago where a kid pulled my bike down on top of himself . Norwich union paid him 5 grand (real money not euros) maby thats why insurance is so expensive in this country.

maidhc

A awkward neighbout used to pull a sign out of the ground at my grandparents entrance. My grandfather got a brainwave. He connected one of these. The sign was never again touched.

You could adapt the concept to keep people off your bike.

babybundy

we have all done some like that at some stage when i'm parking the bike in town and if there was an nsr or rxs etc. iwould move it a little if it was parrked akwardly taking up 2 spaces but at least i'm used to handling bikes

The Doktor

I would never dream of moving a bike. I wouldn`t like anyone to touch mine, so I wouldn`t touch anyone elses.
What if they had a disk lock on that you didnt notice? Or an alarm. Or if they were a grumpy bollix like me?
Anyways, if I ever caught some sitting on mine, I`d find their car and slide down their bonnet and see how they like it!
A few weeks ago some fella parked his bicycle with his wheel and forks against my fairing. I waited for him to come back. He had to listen to me rant at him while he got his bike sorted out, and as he cycled away. I did a great impression of Victor Meldrew, shakin me fist in the air and all, I was.

franksm

Glad this thread started off in Motors rather than Motorbikes. I love I good oul rant I do.

Anyway... just typical of people not giving a sh!t about other people's property. It does happen with cars (convertibles). I have come back to mine the odd time to find rubbish thrown inside. If I ever caught someone doing it I'd turn mentalist

mike65

and I was about to move it! I just copyit over instead.

Mike.

Pigeon Reaper

Once came back to my bike to find a dog tied to it. Untied the dog and retied it to a post beside the bike, put on the helmet etc and drove off. Saw the dogs owner running out of a shop with a terrified look on her face. Never found anyone sitting on it.

KTRIC

Pigeon Reaper wrote:

Once came back to my bike to find a dog tied to it. Untied the dog and retied it to a post beside the bike, put on the helmet etc and drove off. Saw the dogs owner running out of a shop with a terrified look on her face. Never found anyone sitting on it.

I personally would have just driven off and pretended I didn't see the dog :eek:

madrab

KTRIC wrote:

I personally would have just driven off and pretended I didn't see the dog :eek:

saobh_ie

Pigeon Reaper wrote:

Once came back to my bike to find a dog tied to it. Untied the dog and retied it to a post beside the bike, put on the helmet etc and drove off. Saw the dogs owner running out of a shop with a terrified look on her face. Never found anyone sitting on it.

That's a Suzuki ad... I must find it, you will laugh when you see it. =]

As regards peoples lack of respect for bikes... you need to cop on, its only a bike like.

Is generally peoples opinions.

I had my bike moved once by the owner of a larger bike, moved it in behind a column and took one of the indicators out of it. Ooops. You thought it was only a light weight little 125 and easy to move. It is, but he obviously wasn't up to the task.

On another occasion somebody decided to share my parking space so to get out I had to lean my weight into the car through my knee to avoid tipping off the adjacent properly parked car, leaving a big dirty dusty streak along the side of his car. I'd ridden down a narrow alleyway the previous day with a knee to the wall and collected a lot of dust. No damage to the car other than dirt but it was already quite dirty so no revenge.

sutty

When I used to live with Doodee, I often find a car parked accross our space and an other one. With mine and his bike parked in the one. It made it very hard to manover mine out... I dented a door once doing it putting my foot on it to get leaverage on the bike


I've also come out from pubs to find drunken people sitting on the old dragstar trying to impress drunken girls. But then again. I have also had drunken girls jump on the back when I am sitting out side of a pub getting ready to leave and once at a traffic light.
Worst had to be a mother sitting her baby on the bike out side my old place. I had luckly heard her and thought it was some kids. So when I looked out the window and see this. I knocked on it and told her its not a toy. She looked at me like I was some kind of monster and said "we'er just playing on it" :rolleyes: I swiftly told her to get away from it before it fell on her and her baby... then added that she was crap mother for being so stupid!

I've had no major problems with the Duc as of yet. Generaly when I get to a pub, the bouncers offer to mind it for me :eek: and do a damnd good job of it too.

babybundy

thats cause the duc's are so high and i aint a short ass

Hotblack Desiato

sutty wrote:

But then again. I have also had drunken girls jump on the back when I am sitting out side of a pub getting ready to leave and once at a traffic light.

You make that sound like a good thing. It's not.

I once had to waste five minutes of my life convincing some drunk guy outside a pub why it wasn't a good idea to give his even drunker wife a helmetless spin on the back of my bike. FFS people, did you carry on the same way when your s***ty hick town got its first car - probably :rolleyes: