Just thought I'd look in here this forum was mentioned in another forum that I post in.
Though I'm a stranger to most of you, some of the regulars here might already know and love me.
My main interests are drinking beer, eating curry and videogaming. I've also been around the UK custom biking/club scene for most of my adult life, though I've taken leave of this of late and am saving my chop for my impending mid-life crisis.
Nomad wrote: So no brain matter involved....thats always a plus !
Ill remember that we have many Middle Eastern restaurants here and Ill give it a go.
Don't do it, Nomad. Break down the conjugation. Vin de Loo. Parlay voo Frenchie??
OLIN wrote: I've also been around the UK custom biking/club scene for most of my adult life, though I've taken leave of this of late and am saving my chop for my impending mid-life crisis.
I have GOT to hear more about this!
Welcome to FG, Olin.
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Hello Olin welcome to the .....oh hang on its you.......gawd I'm getting so confused, these people get so many more newbies than we do.......I can't keep up!!!
OLIN wrote: Thanks for the welcome BabyRider, I see you're into the bike scene.
You're welcome, and....you could say that. I'd sure like to hear more about the biker scene where you're from!
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
I guess it's quite similar to the U.S. though not so Harley orientated and with crappy twisty roads and even crappier weather.
Mind you, a lot of people like the twisty roads - I'm not one of them.
Well, you say "bike scene"; is that clubs, squids, crotch rocket riders, or what? From the little info I get about bikers from the other side of the pond, it's pretty different, actually.
I'm assuming from your "crappy twisty" comment, you're a crotch rocket rider? Straight, flat super-slabs?
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
BabyRider wrote: Well, you say "bike scene"; is that clubs, squids, crotch rocket riders, or what? From the little info I get about bikers from the other side of the pond, it's pretty different, actually.
I'm assuming from your "crappy twisty" comment, you're a crotch rocket rider? Straight, flat super-slabs?
Actually, 'crotch rockets' (I'm assuming you're referring to race style bikes?) are the ones built for going round corners fast.
And though the engine in this (the only pic I can find easily at the moment) was originally in one of those things, it now lives in a rigid frame with 10" overs and a stainless steel plate for a seat.
OLIN wrote: Actually, 'crotch rockets' (I'm assuming you're referring to race style bikes?) are the ones built for going round corners fast.
There's one big difference right there. Crotch rockets, (yes, race-style or also known as "cafe" bikes) are favored here strictly for speed. Super slabs, super fast, super straight. Super boring, in my opinion.
OLIN wrote: As far as clubs go, we have much the same mc club scene as you, though probably stricter as Britain is a lot smaller than the U.S.
Stricter how, and what M/C's are you familiar with?
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
But race style bikes are built to handle-don't get me wrong, I don't like the things either but there's no denying the fact that they're are built for both speed performance and handling performance - anyone denying that is looking through a pair of extremely blinkered bro shades.
As far as 'stricter' goes, (not that I'm familiar with the U.S. scene) but you can't just start up a back patch club over here, territories are a lot smaller and established clubs don't appreciate other patch clubs suddenly appearing.
The last club I was in (I was mainly in various 'side patch' clubs beforehand) was the Chopper Club - between '95 & '98, a fairly well known European custom bike club.
But race style bikes are built to handle-don't get me wrong, I don't like the things either but there's no denying the fact that they're are built for both speed performance and handling performance - anyone denying that is looking through a pair of extremely blinkered bro shades.
I don't deny anything, only stating that here, the vast majority of crotch rocket riders are ignorant, uneducated, speed-freak children with a death wish. I'm quite capable of handling my bike through twistys and hazards better than the twits on crotch rockets. We don't call them "organ donors" for no reason.
OLIN wrote: As far as 'stricter' goes, (not that I'm familiar with the U.S. scene) but you can't just start up a back patch club over here, territories are a lot smaller and established clubs don't appreciate other patch clubs suddenly appearing.
OK, here there is no "starting up" any club, branch or auxilliary, new M/C or anything resembling such a thing without permission from the dominant club in the state. Trying a move like that without permission could find you on the wrong side of the dirt.
OLIN wrote: The last club I was in (I was mainly in various 'side patch' clubs beforehand) was the Chopper Club - between '95 & '98, a fairly well known European custom bike club.
Ok, so we're NOT talking M/C's, but riding clubs. I assume your "back patch" club is what our M/C is. Such as the Outlaws, Vigilantes or Hell's Angels. True bikers, not a social club.
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
OLIN wrote: I was with a MC club when I was in the '80's and with other clubs before & after.
Any club I might have heard of?
OLIN wrote: One thing I've noticed though is that wherever you're from, there's always some form of 'snobbery' involved where bike clubs are concerned.
Really? Not something I've ever noticed here in the States.
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
Nah, a small regional club you'd've never heard of - though someone did get hold of a pic of me wearing the patch a while ago (thanks to good ol' Woman) and post it up on ebay...I was so amused!
Really? Not something I've ever noticed here in the States.
What, you get none of the 'our club's better than their club and he's not in a club so he's even lower than them in that club over there'?
OLIN wrote: Nah, a small regional club you'd've never heard of - though someone did get hold of a pic of me wearing the patch a while ago (thanks to good ol' Woman) and post it up on ebay...I was so amused!
Hmm...I just thought since you said "several" maybe one of them was a club I'd heard of. There's more than just the Big 4 out there!
What was for sale? The picture, or the patch?
OLIN wrote: What, you get none of the 'our club's better than their club and he's not in a club so he's even lower than them in that club over there'?
Uhh, no. Patch holders are shown the utmost respect from other patch holders. Even members from rival clubs are given respect. The heirarchy and governing clubs here do not allow that sort of club bashing. Aren't the M/C's there self-policing?
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
Ghost wrote: I used to ride round with some of the guys from Satans Slaves, Levenshulme, Manchester
I wonder, (by the name) if they are or were an off-shoot of our Devil's Diciples?
Did you wear a patch?
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
It was a Muppets cd and he put it up claiming that it was my favourite music album to get me back for posting up pictures of him and Sergeant bilko 'cause that's who he looks like.
Aren't the M/C's there self-policing?
I guess so, but there's a hierarchy thing going on, hard to describe really, I think there are regional variations.
