Author Topic: Why the fook??? (Read 3140 times)

pickle · « **on:** August 27, 2013, 09:02 AM »

Just looking at a couple of pictures from Skegwhatever from Ian's facebook page and i can see people doing it.

Why oh why do people feel compelled to twist your grips and pull your brake levers half a dozen times on show bikes??

It amazes me how many people tried the brakes on my beats.........YES THEY ARE BRAKE LEVERS AND RUBBER GRIPS! they feel the same as yours do on your bikes, or the last ones you've just put your grubby fooking mitts all over!

just wondered like?

GavinDavis · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:04 AM »

Yeah its a bit of a strange one that....but youre right, its the first thing that people wanna mess with

kungfunky · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:06 AM »

Add "must spin the pedals" to that list too Rob

jimwise68 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:07 AM »

like people who sit on motorbikes and twist the throttle, even though its not running.

Or sitting in your car and steering and changing gear, again even though its not running.

Must just be a bloke thing Rob. Just don't let them near your missus.

pickle · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:09 AM »

The levers on my 88 red beat are fooking expensive Tech 7's and the grips are old bubble font Tri's...........i'm sure if someone actually broke one of the levers (not a real possibility i guess but they could be just held together, no one knows) would they be willing to pay the £100 for another set? and you try finding a set of Tech 7's!

fooking winds me up!

jimwise68 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:15 AM »

Wire the bars and levers up to the mains, that will stop them.

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:20 AM »

what a great idea!

brummie · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:25 AM »

Quote from: pickle on August 27, 2013, 09:09 AM

The levers on my 88 red beat are fooking expensive Tech 7's and the grips are old bubble font Tri's...........i'm sure if someone actually broke one of the levers (not a real possibility i guess but they could be just held together, no one knows) would they be willing to pay the £100 for another set? and you try finding a set of Tech 7's!

fooking winds me up!

yep and everybody knows that tech 7's only have about 1000 squeezes before they just fall apart and disappear

how dare they
jim I always shift the gears on cars I get into

and always will
I don't make vroom vroom noises though

jimwise68 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2013, 09:49 AM »

Quote from: brummie on August 27, 2013, 09:25 AM

Quote from: pickle on August 27, 2013, 09:09 AM
The levers on my 88 red beat are fooking expensive Tech 7's and the grips are old bubble font Tri's...........i'm sure if someone actually broke one of the levers (not a real possibility i guess but they could be just held together, no one knows) would they be willing to pay the £100 for another set? and you try finding a set of Tech 7's!

fooking winds me up!

yep and everybody knows that tech 7's only have about 1000 squeezes before they just fall apart and disappear
how dare they
jim I always shift the gears on cars I get into
and always will
I don't make vroom vroom noises though

That was aimed squarely at you Dave

Apologies for also not talking to you at MK, kept looking at you and thinking "i know that guy" lol

I had a workmate who bought a brand new Triumph motorbike, brought it into work to show it to a few people and another work colleague done the whole twisting of the throttle scenario and promptly snapped the throttle cable. Apparently they were designed to stop them being twisted when the engine wasnt running. Said mate with bike was not happy at all had to get it transported back to dealer to get the cable fixed.

animal · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2013, 10:21 AM »

My Nos white MRD ariete grips on 1 of my builds are bloody filthy

I had bags over them before MK . But he ho

That Swan Guy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2013, 10:25 AM »

Quote from: pickle on August 27, 2013, 09:02 AM

Just looking at a couple of pictures from Skegwhatever from Ian's facebook page and i can see people doing it.

Why oh why do people feel compelled to twist your grips and pull your brake levers half a dozen times on show bikes??

It amazes me how many people tried the brakes on my beats.........YES THEY ARE BRAKE LEVERS AND RUBBER GRIPS! they feel the same as yours do on your bikes, or the last ones you've just put your grubby fooking mitts all over!

just wondered like?

I know what you mean

I took my blue Knight and two Performers to a new school freestyle show and all the kids pointed and laughed at the height of the seats and squeezed the brake levers. Then I realised they didn't have any brakes on their bikes and it was a novelty thing!

Growling at them soon stopped it

Badbaldie · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2013, 10:36 AM »

pulling brakes and twisting grips whats that all about

... its a new one on me

really looking forward to M.K. 14 all them clean grips and squeezy levers

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2013, 01:01 PM »

I saw you doing it a couple of times Rob

That Swan Guy · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2013, 01:03 PM »

Quote from: Bob_Acid on August 27, 2013, 01:01 PM

I saw you doing it a couple of times Rob

only to himself

MartyC · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2013, 01:05 PM »

Yeah, but it's not as nice as running your hand up their back to the nape of the their neck and fondling their buttocks

dordymush · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2013, 01:49 PM »

moaning ole fookers ya are

pickle · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2013, 02:26 PM »

Miley · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2013, 02:34 PM »

I apologise for my son spinning your pedals.

stevesredvxr · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2013, 02:43 PM »

Saw the same twist of grips and the pull of levers on my beats too at mk....also saw someone pressing down on the tyres like they were trying to resuscitate them to check air inflation!! WTF !!! Get your greasy mitts off my tioga comp ramps you fooking bell end...it's a show bike !!

Pooch · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2013, 03:12 PM »

I must admit, Rob.. I went a whole lot further than pulling brakes.. Jumped on Adams AP and rode the fooker around the helipad.. And set it up for a 180.. But he saw me at that point! No love was lost.. He just said. So that's how you get on it

southern andy · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2013, 05:56 PM »

Another problem i saw at MK were the gimps that decided to take their own bikes in to the show tents. They didn't push them round, they sat on the thuckers and rolled around looking at the show bikes. Some of the twonks had those stupid stunt peg things on aswell.

Leave them out phukin side next time.

Peter J · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2013, 06:26 PM »

I did it so I could feel closer to you

Its the same with classic car shows with people touching cars you've spent hours getting it "show" ready

And sticking there fingers into the engine bays ...... WHY !!!!!!!

I was at the National Motorbike Museum a few months back and there was a bloke with his young lad and every fooookin bike he twisted the grip or prodded it

His young lad was getting well embarrassed

brakedancer · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2013, 06:32 PM »

maybe put up a BIG FOOKING SIGN SAYING " DON'T TOUCH" MIGHT HELP NEXT TIME.....

animal · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2013, 06:36 PM »

They wouldn't like it if u had a good squeeze of their misses fun bags as a retort

Jaymz · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2013, 07:01 PM »

I noticed this too, but don't give a fook as all my rides are thrashed, but the most fun came from telling people they could have a go if they wanted, some where too gobsmacked, some just sat on them rolled backwards and forwards squeezing the brakes and twisting the grips, rob did half a lap of the helipad on my Irish and some bloke disappeared for about 20mins on my freestyler!!!!!