GS W£&nkers

[Tango13]

I always understood the wkerdom level of a GS rider was proportional to the age of the bike? Ride an original 1980 GS and you're 100% wker, ride a 1981 GS and you gain 10% on the wker scale so the rider of a ten year old GS is 200% wker and so on...





For those of limited intelligence (like GS riding wkers) the above is a joke

[OldGermanHeaps]

The bikes are easy to hate. They are expensive, the parts are expensive, build quility isnt as good as japanese, and for something pushed hard as a go anywhere machine they are utter dogst in the mud.
The riders, i know a few gs riders who are sound, they do know their limitations and just use them for touring which they are very good at, but they do attract a certain type in edinburgh at least. A bit like the walts but less likely to get any mud on them.
Some riders like to say the bikes will go anywhere, its all about how you ride them, but when you invite them to go offroading they are never up for it.

[ChocolateFrog]

I only vaguely understand the hate/ridicule.

Riding any sort of sports bike on the road makes even less sense and often looks way more ridiculous.

[Triaguar]

ChocolateFrog said:

I only vaguely understand the hate/ridicule.

Riding any sort of sports bike on the road makes even less sense and often looks way more ridiculous.

You NEVER EVER see a sports bike rider wearing a 'POLITE' vest. That sums it all up really. .........LOL! enjoy yourselves people. It's all that matters.

[anonymous-user]

Of course, as we all know, real mean ride Africa Twins. They're not wkers. Whatever the opposite of a wker is, that's an Africa Twin rider.

[Davenautilus]

Steve Bass said:

I'm kinda in this camp. Just because we share a kind of transport doesn't make us acquaintances.
It's even worse here in 'Merica..... they have this stupid "two fingers down/inverted V" sign. I'm an equal opportunity ignoring type though. They get blanked or if I'm feeling particularly ornery, a lazy one finger salute with the knuckles resting on the grip. Really don't want to extend too much energy into the whole thing obviously.
As for GS W@nkers, yep, ANYONE riding a GS of any vintage is a James Hunt.
I've had two
Don't get started on the HD "Thoust shall not pass" type here

[croyde]

Exasperated said:

Of course, as we all know, real mean ride Africa Twins. They're not wkers. Whatever the opposite of a wker is, that's an Africa Twin rider.

A Fornicator

[Biker9090]

I've found the Dentists and Accountants on the latest ones to be some of the most dangerous riders on the road - especially with their ludicrous assortment of lighting. There's a guy at work on a 1250 with SIX Denali lights on the front and plastered in IAM badges.

Having said that, those of you on older ones aren't scum of the earth.

[tvrolet]

Exasperated said:

Of course, as we all know, real mean ride Africa Twins. They're not wkers. Whatever the opposite of a wker is, that's an Africa Twin rider.

Using basic grammar principles, the opposite of wker would be wkee surely? So Africa Twin riders are wkees you say? Who am I to argue?

[anonymous-user]

tvrolet said:

Using basic grammar principles, the opposite of wker would be wkee surely? So Africa Twin riders are wkees you say? Who am I to argue?

I thought the wkee was a Michelin off-road tyre?

[KTMsm]

I stopped at the side of the road today to have a drink

I was passed by many bikers, all checked with hand signals whether I'd broken down

Except the two who rode by on GS's

Draw your own conclusions...

[Lefty]

BMW’s are more reliable than KTM’s?

[OldGermanHeaps]

The others were just trolling you, they could see you were having a drink.
I do that to my friend in his transit van when i see him parked, I ask if he needs a tow.

[Rob 131 Sport]

Exasperated said:

Harry Flashman said:

Lefty said:

I was driving an old series Land Rover, I did the customary wave to a brand new defender and got a middle finger in return.

Some people are just dicks, don’t worry about it.

What? Who does that!?

People who buy new Defenders. If I had to guess, I reckon I could describe the driver: 5'8", shaved head, all biceps and no legs, black shirt two sizes too small, and a permanently embarrassed wife.

I think you’ll find the profile of the new Defender purchaser to be quite different. I think you’ll find based on my experience there (generally) well mannered professional types.

[Lefty]

Rob 131 Sport said:

Exasperated said:

Harry Flashman said:

Lefty said:

I was driving an old series Land Rover, I did the customary wave to a brand new defender and got a middle finger in return.

Some people are just dicks, don’t worry about it.

What? Who does that!?

People who buy new Defenders. If I had to guess, I reckon I could describe the driver: 5'8", shaved head, all biceps and no legs, black shirt two sizes too small, and a permanently embarrassed wife.

I think you’ll find the profile of the new Defender purchaser to be quite different. I think you’ll find based on my experience there (generally) well mannered professional types.

Yeah, I’d say so too. Mostly middle class, suburban types in technical clothing. E-bikes or golf clubs in the back.

[croyde]

A modern Defender owner is light years away from an original owner.

There was an interim period towards the end of the original Defender production when posh city dwellers were buying the LWB to use as an alternative to the MPV.

[FNG]

Yeah, Ford make the Ranger specially for those little aggressive guys.

On topic, GS and Harley riders don’t nod. Too busy acting out their fantasies.

I’m starting to think like an earlier poster though. fk nodding at everyone who owns a motorbike. I didn’t buy a bike to be in a gang or feel part of a community. I ride because I love to ride.

I don’t say hello to everyone who loves a steak when im buying at the butchers, or everyone at the park run when I rock up. They’re just people, and a large collective of people includes a large proportion of tossers who I don’t want to know and who would probably consider me a tosser in return, and that’s fine.

Problem is, loads of people nod and I know how annoying it is when someone doesn't nod back.

[mikey_b]

I don't mind GS bikes, or most of their riders. The ones who attract my ire are the ones commuting with two enormous metal panniers that make it even harder for them to get through traffic, but who won't pull the fk over to one side and let those of us who just use a topbox to get past. You're going to work in an office in Canary Wharf FFS, you have a clean shirt, a laptop and your phone and wallet in there. Maybe a lock and chain. You don't need 80l of carrying capacity mounted in an arrangement well over a metre wide, if I can fit all that in a topbox that doesn't hold me back in traffic.

Such riders very often are on a GS, though.

[toon10]

My mate rides a GS and we were following him a couple of weeks back. We got stuck at a train crossing and another GS filtered past me and pulled up next to him. They had a good 3- or 4-minute chat and seemed like best buddies. I texted him later on with an Inbetweeners gif. "Ooh Friend"

[Dog Star]

To be honest the GS wkerdom seems to be spreading to Tenere riders too - I’ve got one and try to add nothing; the whole ethos of the bike is slimness, lightness and simplicity, the polar opposite of a GS and is the real appeal.

However if you’re on one of the forums or groups there are guys on there - usually enquiring before they’ve even taken delivery - who obviously have never and will never take the bike proper trail riding. They festoon them with crap - massive bars everywhere, clumsy metal headlight grids (so you then need spotlights), tons of tat - but my favourites are caliper protectors and abs sensor protection. So. Much. Tat. Then you see a pic and there will be this bloated to fk, ruined “off road ‘weapon’” wearing a set of road tyres.