Pirates vs. Power Rangers

[Slide Panda]

An amusing little read on Hell for leather

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/11/pirates-vs-power-rangers-a-gui.html

If I had to chose one.. I guess I'm a power ranger, though I'm the black one (everyone knows he was coolest)

[erkishhorde]

But the green one is an MMA fighter now, isn't he? 

I think Helimoto sells pre-scuffed knee pads so you don't have to worry about grinding them the wrong direction.

[KnightofNi]

i hate it when i don't fit into a category   

[RB]

i hate it when i don't fit into a category   

Ditto, i feel all empty inside now.

I got to say that shits hilarious, even more so because i just went on a Poker run....which was my first and last i will ever do....but that is another story....stereotypes are true, and fecking hilarious!

[Slide Panda]

Do tell, do tell

[RB]

Do tell, do tell

Do you want to hear about the beginning of the longest 150miles of my life or the end?
On this trip i saw(was violated visually and mentally at times):
Beautiful Airbrushed bikes, and by beautiful i mean really ugly. not the quality , but the concept.(but beauty is wasted on the innocent...or something like that)
I overheard two middle-aged turd-apes say 'we'll let these go ahead of us so we can see them laying by the side of the road(as in wrecked)' while they were looking at our bikes(not cruisers).
Never before witnessed four willing men sit an older (trashed) friend(i believe) on his bike and back him down (holding the bike upright) a very slight incline backwards so he could ride his 700lbs of chrome straight out of the lot...well those aren't friends if you ask me. oh and it was like 3pm.
First destination stop, couldn't tell riders where the next stop was.
Saw some type of automatic Harley look alike, with an older lady dressed in pink flames from head to toe and bike to match.
Haven't seen that many bad tattoos and teeth since 'Cell Block H' was on the air. I miss my grandma...
I was a bit confused by the amount of generic China Boots, Jeans, Amazingly cheesy T-Shirts(china made) that had the USA flag plastered on it. (I say confused, because most of these folks seemed to be Union...with Local #...buy American??)
Straight Pipes, no gear, andcomplaints about helmets gave  nice hum to the conversation at every watering hole.

This was not for me, and i did it for a charity, next time i will just give money. The roads were amazing, and our pace was fine, not spirited as normal but acceptable, until we would get behind a group that wouldn't/couldn't do the speed limit and this happened about 150yards after each stop, so much so, that we skipped a stop to get ahead. It seemed that a large amount of these so called 'bikers' hadn't had there bike out in some time(this was early November), as their skill level for handling a bike was sketchy at best. I am sure these were fine people, but i like hanging with my swarm.

RB

[Slide Panda]

Sounds fun fun fun...

I am very leery of large groups for a number of the reasons stated above... Just lots of folks you don't know can be problematic.. and it sounds like you met some real winners.

[RB]

I rode with six of my friends which was fine, but we always caught up to another group.... we just hung back as to not mess with there style and skills

[Goat_Herder]

The stereotypes are hilarious but true.  I saw a red/white power ranger the other day, coming out of work.  He was on a 1098 with racing replica stickers all over the bike (detailed down to the little puma stickers in the front fairing). The rider is of course decked out in matching racing leather.  I swear he came straight off the pit lane and turned on to NE 8th Street. 









I am secretely jealous of him...

[triangleforge]

Some of the comments are brilliant, and fill in some blanks. My favorite:

Anti-Class Elitist

Bike: BMW. Only a BMW. Forever. Saddlebags festooned with stickers from every known town that you've ridden through that sells a sticker. The more road grime the better. Add every possible electronic gadget known to man to the point where you have to change the front suspension settings to handle the extra weight.
Helmet: Only an approved modular will do. Nolan, Schuberth, Roof, Shoei. The jury is still out on Scorpion as not enough research has been done yet. Motoman sticker required.
Apparel: Aerostich one piece suit in any lurid combination combo that matches nothing on the known planet and never will. Drag said suit through a dusty field and spray with BMW Spray On Bug Guts before wearing.
Attitude: Disdain. Nobody rides farther than you and you can prove it by the stickers, dusty suit and spray on bugs. Car drivers are the devil and should be banned from cell-phone use. By the way, let me show you my new Scala Rider.
Facial hair: Big bushy moustache.
Tattoos: You must be joking.
Facial Expression. Grimace. After all, you've ridden 11,000 miles before breakfast.
Breakfast. Weekly meeting at semi-greasy spoon where the group ALWAYS sits at the same table and fills it from from one end to the other based on arrival time.
Eyewear. Flip down inner visor.
pregnant dog: If she rides with you, she has a contrasting lurid suit but it's much cleaner. Most of the time, she stays home because you said so.
Footwear. Badly scuffed waterproof boots. Black only and bought for comfort as you walk around the BMW rally in them with a pair of shorts and floppy, khaki, stringed hat.

[DesmoReynoso]

Hahahahaha  Very amusing story RB! Need to do on of those just for the "cultural" experience.....:

+1 on the BMW rider profile....

Keep em coming!   

[corey]

love the hipsterâ,,¢ brand comment from the  H4L page:

Hipsterâ,,¢ brand motocycliste rides:

Bike: 1864 TriNortBSAondaati 50cc with hand hammered courrogated tin bikini fairings and authentic antiqued BMX fixie brass clipons, exhaust, and rearsets.
Helmet: Ironic Biltwell in the ole USA metal flake expressing disdain at other unapproved novelty helmet brands.
Eyewear: Thrift shop rapist graded tint.
Facial Expression: Camera Suprise! Third take, half hour photo shoot on the pinholevintagefisheyeLeica. Flash only takes five minutes to recharge.
Facial hair: Handlebar and sideburns copped off Sideburn.
Body wear: Vintage LanglitzSchottNCY eBay perfecto 1.5 star condompocket prototype edition sz26 year 2 #35 production hand stiched by Sarah Baker and inspected by Schott personally himself, hombre. Gently distress it with bleach in the bath. Flannel. Selfveadge 50oz JapaneseChineseVietnamese tear-eazy sweat-eazy jeans. Achieve authentic mad fadez using neighbor's belt sander. Make sure you buy brass knucles to get the authentic hardcore shapez.
Footwear: NikeChuckWings from boutique Parisian online chain hightops in neon.
Tattoos: Steve-O posing with his Hitler finger moustache tattoo tattoo.
pregnant dog: Frequently confused with her at parties even though she wears Megan Fox leathers and rides the Vespa harder.

[RB]

i am actually digging the other stereotypes...feckin foony.

the old stereotypes, pirate or power ranger, are...well...stereotypical. still funny.