OMG do people ask you these questions too?
im outside at work on a break hangin out by my 94 kawasaki ninja and a fellow employee comes up to me and is like hey thats your bike?! im like yeah, he asked some more basic questions and then this one, "is it an automatic or like a 4 speed?" i almost cryed and laughed my brains out at the same time. This is the second time a peer has asked me if its an automatic.
Anybody have similiar experiences?

 

The one I get the most is: "How fast is it?"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by theSYNDICATE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The one I get the most is: "How fast is it?" </TD></TR></TABLE>

To which I always reply: Yep!

 

There ARE automatic motorcycles in the world...

 

yeah but none of them resemble a modern sportbike.

 

People just ask how many CC's mine is even though that still means nothing to them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by falcongsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah but none of them resemble a modern sportbike. </TD></TR></TABLE>
The 250 Ninja doesn't strike me as a modern sportbike.

 

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The 250 Ninja doesn't strike me as a modern sportbike.</TD></TR></TABLE>

But people think every sportbike is a Ninja.

 

Ever take it off any sweet jumps?

 

i am under the influence of alcohol but i dont get it. there are no automatic ninjas. what say you?

 

I am under the influence of NyQuil (alcohol +1) and I just skipped right over it.

 

No automatic Ninjas. Yes. That is correct. However, the 250 Ninja does not resemble a modern sportbike. Hence, a non-motorcycle enthusiast could mistake the 250 for a "generic motorcycle," and arrive at the conjecture that it was automatic.

Under the influence of alcohol? Already?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marmaladeboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No automatic Ninjas. Yes. That is correct. However, the 250 Ninja does not resemble a modern sportbike. Hence, a non-motorcycle enthusiast could mistake the 250 for a "generic motorcycle," and arrive at the conjecture that it was automatic.

Under the influence of alcohol? Already? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Its 10PM, a real pro starts before noon.

 

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The 250 Ninja doesn't strike me as a modern sportbike.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahah

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marmaladeboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No automatic Ninjas. Yes. That is correct. However, the 250 Ninja does not resemble a modern sportbike. Hence, a non-motorcycle enthusiast could mistake the 250 for a "generic motorcycle," and arrive at the conjecture that it was automatic.

Under the influence of alcohol? Already? </TD></TR></TABLE>

oh wait, does surreal have a two-fiddy? then i see the point of your comment. bleh. more whiskey please. friend is pickin me up later to go out so i am "front end loading" with a few drinks before we go out.

i dont think i am going to ride the FJR again until the frame sliders are installed. they didnt arrive yet. i had a little scare a couple weeks ago. didnt drop it but got pretty close

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by falcongsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh wait, does surreal have a two-fiddy? then i see the point of your comment. bleh. more whiskey please. friend is pickin me up later to go out so i am "front end loading" with a few drinks before we go out.
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In plastic surgery, that term is applied to breast augmentation.

Have a safe night.

 

Almost the randomest thread ever.

 

When I was a kid my favorite construction vehicle was a Front End Loader / BackHOE.

Now as an adult the names have different meanings but I still like things referred to these names. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Hope I see some of both tonight! haha

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marmaladeboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No automatic Ninjas. Yes. That is correct. However, the 250 Ninja does not resemble a modern sportbike. Hence, a non-motorcycle enthusiast could mistake the 250 for a "generic motorcycle," and arrive at the conjecture that it was automatic.
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Yeah but a Generic motorcycle (older sporstbike, honda-davidson etc..) aren't automatics either.

 

Perhaps the same people who ask if the motorcycle is automatic have never seen sequential transmissions. They're probably more used to the gated ones, where the operator can jump from 1st to 4th or vice versa, or any combination thereof, without having to shift through 2nd and 3rd.

It's a big world out there. Some people just don't know jack about bikes.

 

how fast that thing go?
can you wheelie?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ngng &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how fast that thing go?
can you wheelie?</TD></TR></TABLE>
well ducatis are mentioned in rap songs so they must be the fastest bikes EVAR

 

Can you Catwalk?
Can you Wheelie?
How fast it go?
What is it a 750? (Even though it clearly says 600 RR)
I'd wheelie it if it were mine (IF YOU COULD AFFORD IT)

Those are my questions

 

what is there to do with a 600rr in WPB? other than jog road the roads are all straight!!!

you could ride A1A but its slow like harley slow.

 

Ahh, I forgot to add the questions asked of me:

Can I start it up?
Can I ride it?
How do you get the tires to go all the way to the edge?