[Dartcuda]

I view myself as a rider. Love riding, great stress relief. But most of my life has been into old cars. Mostly Mopars. Having owned many Mopars, and one I still have after over 20 years. Love the car shows and cruz's. But over the years they are becoming few and between. So after over 10 years of not riding i got back into it. Love the time my wife and I have had on the bikes, but we are both looking forard to taking the Dart out, and maybe getting up to Woodburn for the Mopar National. But when It comes to bikes, I look at myself to be a Lone Wolf.

 

[Moonrider]

How do you define a biker? How do you define a rider? I just may be a rider with biker tendencies! :mrgreen:

 

[7xclm]

Riders start out learning their bike. How to make her go where you want it to go.

Bikers have become one with her. No need to concentrate as much so you can enjoy the harmony while you ride.

 

[gdb069]

Neither. Its a hobby I have had continuously for 50 years.

G.

 

[Scuba77]

Commuter or rider here.

 

["Captain D"]

Uhh?
I dunno?
I ride a Bike...
I am a member of ABATE which used to be labeled as >
A Brotherhood Against Totalitlarian Extremists,
but now goes by >
American Bikers Active Toward Education...

Either acrypt I am a Rider of a Bike...

Biker or Not, I`m going to a Bike Rally for my weekend...

De-ja-vue!
I`ve answered this question before, haven`t I ???

I`ve never been patched...
Lets RIDE!!!
Dennis

 

[Major Remington]

"I am not riding because I am a biker, I am a biker because I am riding." It all depends on how you define the two terms, or, similar to what Bill Clinton once said, "It depends on what the definition of "is" is.

 

["Captain D"]

Lets RIDE!!!!!

Biker or Not

 

[cshaw07]

I don't really know. I like building bikes, making them custom the way I want. (typically stripped down so they're ridiculously easy to fix when they do break). I ride to work in the rain and when it's 25* outside (but not 25* and rain... ). Then I usually come home, eat dinner, then go ride again if there isn't anything better going on (what's better?) I do not belong to clubs. I don't ride with people other than when I fixed my old mans bike but that's mostly because no one i know rides. Yesterday one of the guys at work asked me if I still owned a car...

 

[RaiderBill]

I consider my self a rider, I don't subscribe to the whole biker look and image and I don't ride my bike only to hang around and party, I use it as much as I can for transportation, Most people I see here in Fla that are bikers only use the bike to ride to some party on the weekend where they dress up as some dirt bags and play biker for the weekend

 

[tugboat01]

Call me what u like. My wife though, she says bikers hold the bars, throttle, brakes, etc. Riders sit on the pillion seat. So we are back to the age old question again. Also, Is it a motorcycle or a bike?

 

[RaiderBill]

true I guess I would prefer motorcyclist

 

[John Hopkins]

I am officially one of the worlds toughest motorcycle riders but I prefer biker.

John.

 

[Dartcuda]

I consider my self a rider, I don't subscribe to the whole biker look and image and I don't ride my bike only to hang around and party, I use it as much as I can for transportation, Most people I see here in Fla that are bikers only use the bike to ride to some party on the weekend where they dress up as some dirt bags and play biker for the weekend

I feel the same way, have the chaps, boots and all, but very rare do I wear them. And i do use it to get around when it is nice out.

 

[CrazyDave]

I consider my self a rider, I don't subscribe to the whole biker look and image and I don't ride my bike only to hang around and party, I use it as much as I can for transportation, Most people I see here in Fla that are bikers only use the bike to ride to some party on the weekend where they dress up as some dirt bags and play biker for the weekend

I think you have biker confused with poser

 

[RaiderBill]

Maybe I do, maybe I see more poser's then biker's, I see so many guys riding that don't like this or that about their bikes and won't ride them far cause they are uncomfortable, then why did you buy that bike and why don't you fix it. And I am not in to the whole death thing, you won't see anything that resembles death on my bike, call me superstitious but I don't wanna ride with the Grim Reaper. L O L

 

[CrazyDave]

Maybe I do, maybe I see more poser's then biker's, I see so many guys riding that don't like this or that about their bikes and won't ride them far cause they are uncomfortable, then why did you buy that bike and why don't you fix it. And I am not in to the whole death thing, you won't see anything that resembles death on my bike, call me superstitious but I don't wanna ride with the Grim Reaper. L O L

I don't go in for trailering a bike

I don't judge the amount of saddle time one puts in..for some even a short ride physically exhausts them for health reasons but you are correct,if your bike ain't to your liking do something about it

Although I am a proponent of DIY, fact is many cannot

As to the death thing, sorry you not only ride with the reaper but live with him daily.. me I just like skulls, if others misconstrue it as resembling death, that ain't my problem.

 

[RaiderBill]

Don't get me wrong, I believe all are free to do as they please, I am just talking about how I wanna see myself and represent myself, which was the original question, Biker or rider, how do you veiw yourself.I'd say neither, I am a motorcyclist

 

[SWOCS]

Of the many things I've been called in my life, Biker, dirty assed biker and a whole variety of other connotations of biker has been used. Me personally, I don't consider myself either. I think of myself as a sailor,a retired Senior Chief and a member of a pretty select fraternity from within the Navy. Those are my friends, my brothers, and who I am. Nothing more nothing less.
Until recently all I ever rode was H/D's. When I ride I wear leather chaps and vest. I have a leather jacket for when it's cold enough that it's needed. I'm a patched member of a motorcycle club and an honorary member of another. The one vest I seldom wear and I never wear the honorary member vest. I seldom ride with the one MC and NEVER with the other.
In all the years I've been riding, which admittedly is much less than many of the members here, I've never understood how someone knew or cared what kind of a biker/rider someone else was. Exactly how does one know that someone only uses their bike to ride to parties? How do they know that bike is only broke out for the weekend? Even if it is, does that make the owner a bad person? How do they know a person is wearing leather just so they can dress up like a dirtbag? Do they pull these people over and interview them or just follow them around all weekend to see where they go? Where is the requirement that to be a real biker/rider you must do all your own maintenance and repairs? Or that you must use your motorcycle daily, not just to commute... or is it not to commute? Do you have to ride in temps below 30 degrees, or 25 or 15 before someone is a real biker/rider? Please, if someone could forward me a copy of all these rules I'd feel a lot better about myself. At the end of the day, as my hero Popeye said; "I am who I am". I don't need any more labels to identify who that is.

 

[RaiderBill]

I wear leather chaps and jacket when it's cool enuff or on long trips, here in Fla all that gear gets hot when the temp hits the 90's, but I also ride in my normal street clothes, I know people who wear normal clothes all week long but then come the weekend when they are on their bike and only when they are on their bike they have to look like something outta a Madmax movie, that's what we mean by a poser. And thank you for your service to our country SWOCS, we owe all our service men and women our gratitude and respect, but I was talking about how I see myself as the question was put, or how I don't wanna see myself or be seen by others.