after reading the responses on another bike board i thought it would be funny to see one here. what are some of the most stupid questions you have ever been asked about you bike or bike riding ?

one of my favourites is arriving at work in the rain, soaked to the bone and someone always says "a bit wet out there "
thats what we call a captain obvious.

what good ones have you heard ?
(and not just this post )

Yeah that is as good as the usual "Hot enough for you?"

I like when I have my gear and helmet on and I am standing right beside my bike (just getting on or off of it) and someone asks "Is that your bike?".  :lol:  I'm like nope, I just have a corresponding outfit for it.  

sounds like that one ends with "here's your sign"...

I like "wait, you're a chick with a bike?"

usually answered by "nope, i just bought the outfit cuz it looks cool"

This may get things off track but the stupidest question I get asked when someone finds out I ride a bike is ... "is it a Harley?".    :x

it wasn't a question, but had had sombody tell me once that i had a nice buell.

The best was last Wednesday. I went over to see my friend Jo and I came inside and was wearing my gloves and leather jacket still, waiting for her to get off the phone. She says hi and asks "Did you ride your motorcycle here?"

No, I got fully-geared to drive the Monte. Just to be safe.  

Dave  

Several times now, I've gotten asked if I was "Preparing for the snow?" when walking around in jacket, pants, boots.  I usually just point and say, "Motorcycle."  That is usually gets the response, "Oh, I guess it gets cold on those things."

Quote from: Church6360it wasn't a question, but had had sombody tell me once that i had a nice buell.

The GS is the nicest Buell anyone will ever ride.   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I've ridden a few Buells and everytime I get back on the GS after I think ... man what a sweet machine this GS is.

at bike week in MB  is that the new sportster?

anything following  "i had a (insert relation) that crashed one time....

As I'm wearing my leather jacket around and carrying a helmet, "Hey, do you have a motorcycle?"

I was wearing my mesh jacket, jeans, helmet, gloves, and Sidi boots last month or so (when it was still 100+) and some guy in a convertible next to me asked me, "Is it hot in those leathers?"

I have a discolored area in my eye...  Some call it a pie wedge, some call it a key whole...

Anyway...  If I had $10 for every time someone asked me, "Did you know part of your eye is a different color?" or "What happened to your eye?" I'd be riding a Thruxton.

No... I didn't know my eye was f%&ked up... Thanks for letting me know.  

I am Walking around with a helmet and people ask ... so you ride a bike huh .. and I go ... nope ... I love walking down the street with the helmet on ... yup ...
Cool.
Srinath.

Yep, I get the "Oh, do you ride?" a lot when I'm in my gear.  Gawd bless the few who have gone right to "What do you ride?"

Oh, and I get the "A little wet out there?"  My hair hangs outside of the helmet, so it's always soaked when it rains.

parked my bike -  was wearing full leathers but left my helmet and gloves in my bf's car as we stopped off at a dealership to look at cars and the saleman thought i just liked to dress in motorcycle leathers  

when i get the 'is that your bike?' question, i usually answer 'nope, i'm stealing this one.  don't call the cops on me.'

Quote from: bigdaubwhen i get the 'is that your bike?' question, i usually answer 'nope, i'm stealing this one.  don't call the cops on me.'

Well played, friend. Well played.  :lol:

walked into the gas station mini-mart to pay.  Girl at the cash register said to me: "Wow, you ride that bike yourself?"...   ...  

....she then launched in to the "I used to ride on the back of my ex-boyfriends bike...".  Newsflash: Girls don't have to JUST ride on the back.

I ran out of gas one time and had to push my bike into a gas station.

A guy looked at me and said "Gets good gas mileage huh?"

We wasn't laughing too hard when I set his car on fire.   :lol:

Just kidding.  My bad for running out of gas, but I really didn't need that guy's comment at that time.

Quote from: jen_"Wow, you ride that bike yourself?"

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