"Can I ride yer bike?"

See if you can read this article. I scan'd it from the latest Cycle World rag. I found it pretty entertaining.

Good article. Here's a little (true) story concerning my bike:

I was only about half way through with my build and had just put the motor in the frame during the mock up stage. One of my distant cousins came to my shop with his son to check out what I was doing. A little background on my cousin - he was raised in the house we now live in and from what I've heard he was spoiled rotten. Always got his way.
One of the first things out of his mouth was, "When you get it finished, can I ride it?" His son, who I had in my high school shop class had better sense. He looked at me and rolled his eyes. I can't tell you guys all the thoughts that went through my mind - none of them was nice. There was a sticker on my mini fridge that said 'Don't ask to ride my bike and I won't ask to f**k your wife'. Apparently, he didn't see it.
I simply said, "No." But no, a 'no' wasn't enough for this guy! He kept pestering me and actually asked me, "Why not?"
Now, I knew he had never ridden before so I patiently laid out all the reasons why he couldn't ride my bike, like no helmet, no license, NO EXPERIENCE, etc., and I included the reasons stated in the above article about biker ettiquette.
He actually caught an attitude and stomped out. Later, he asked me again on Facebook. That was about the time I decided I'd had enough of Facebook. After that, he didn't speak to me for about a year. Didn't hurt my feelings one bit. :witsend:

F him!

At work a bunch of the people that own bikes get together and go on a ride for a day. I do not participate in that ride as, well, I will leave it a that. Anyways, this guy, who I do consider to be a friend, he has helped me with my Sportster as far as transporting it when I didn't have my own trailer, but which I paid him for, asks me if he could use my bike. I replied, "yes, you can use the Suzuki." He looks at me and said, "no, I want to use the Harley!" I laughed in his face. He had this astonished look on his face like he fully expected me to say yes.

About two weeks ago, my assshole brother in law came to MY home. I was out in the garage getting some more things situated, the father in law was there as well. The BIL decides that he is going to sit on my Sportster!!! WITHOUT ASKING!!!! :gah::gah: I had asked him politely to plese get off my bike. His response was, I am not going to dump it, and besides, this belongs to my sister too!" I went balistic!!!! I was especially pissed because this isn't the first time he has done this......:gah::gah: Just because he wasn't swallowed doesn't mean that the things that my wife and I work hard for in anyway are afforded to him....:gah::witsend:

Josh, I had the same notion that one has a better chance of me letting them f*ck my wife than they do to either sit on my bike or to take it out for a ride... people who don't have a bike just do not understand these things... Just Can't Fix Stupid!!!

Poor Guy..............:roflmao:

I've let two of my brother in laws ride another one of my bikes.
The new Ultra Limited Hell no.

I was kinda on edge when they was gone on it. Both know how to ride.
But if something happened to it, I'd be Screwed up with no Harley that is ridable sittin down stairs.

I must just be real selfish. My bike was used and even if the original owner would magically show up the answer would be NO to a ride. Once it's mine it's mine. Keep your grubby hands and fat ass off. So just imagine how I was with the three new one's I've had. I didn't even want people within touching distance of it.:rant:

No, don't let anyone ride my bike, and don't give rides to dudes...just the way it is. Even though I have switched rides with my brothers a couple of times while we out riding.....never without riding along with them, and vice versa.

Know a lot of folks don't like factory alarms.
But if you try to raise my bike off the kick stand, or move it or rock it much you will set the alarm off.
Another reason nobody trys to sit on my bike anywhere.
I really like the factory alarm.
Know FLHT don't like them ,

Johnny my OL has 7 brother in laws. And my bike is in my wifes name.
Told her abou this little story. She said even though my bike is in her name. Its my bike.
Don't give anybody any right to touch my bike.
And non of my brother in laws would ever say. Well its part my sisters bike too so I can sit on it.

No one except the indy rides my bike...Period...

I also have a rule: I don't ask to borrow a bike, I don't accept and offer to borrow a bike, and I don't lend my bike. That's all even as far as I'm concerned. There are 4 exceptions, Charlie46 and 3 of my 4 son's.
Accidents happen and over the years I have heard too many stories of "accidents" on loaned or borrowed bikes. From scratches to wrecks. I park my bike at work, I have an inexpensive cover to keep a-holes off. Worse, parents who think their kids deserve a sit-on. Sons of Anarchy had a good scene a couple of seasons ago. Some a-hole crotch rocket rider sat on Jaxs' bike. Jax whacked him in the face with his helmet. Way to solve that problem!

My wife and my Bike no one touches them and i carry

OLBill

Oh yer not gonna believe this. Used to hang out at the Cadillac bar and grill back home. My Ex Old lady knew that. She got some of the guys she dated and went with to come up and jack with my bike. We seperarted on bad terms.
Think I might of told this story before.
Was sittin in the bar on a Friday afternoon drinkin a Redneck Budweiser, looked outside and some jackleg was sittin on my Harley twistin the throttle and shifting the gears while it was sittin on the curb of the bar.
I walked into the resturant and out the front door of the resturant and when I got close to him I ran like a football player and closelined him under the neck knockin him off the bike. Then I began to kickin him in the head and when he would put his hands on the ground I started Stompin his hands and kickin him and sluggin him.
Had some follks to grab me and pull me back. Said to leave somebody had already called the law.
I've already messed him up pretty good.
Told him next time I would finish the job.
Ran into the Old lady when I was trying to pick up my son.
She started compainin about it.
I said you don't have much respect for your boyfriends if you send them to jack with me and my bike.
And you don't know nothin about the rules of jackin with another dudes bike.:gah:
You've got on the wrong dude bike.

Fatboy can ride my bike. 'Have one other very good friend,who rides his own Heritage that I offered to ride mine,'cause he's thinking about getting one like it,new. He was supprized and flattered that I kinda pushed him into swapping bikes for a ways. When,on the very rare occasion I'm offered to try out someone elses ride I respectfully refuse.

Understand what you mean... buddy at work brought his custom fatboy to work, asked me to take a ride, went around the block and back. He said you were awful easy taking off... was real uncomfortable, wished I had just declined...

+1... wife first, bike second... then my truck!

Good story thanks for sharing. Brings back memories. For me and which is just as bad, is parents letting there young kids paw your bike. While no maliciousness on the childrens part, pretty darn ignernt on the parents part. If you've ridden a bike all your life you have more then one story about huckleberry stupid people......

For me my bike is 2nd only to my wife, barely and not always, getting better at appreciating her as I get older and nobody rides my wife either,ever. I feeling like punching or shooting something just for saying it.:cussing: