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  • #16
    ^ all reasons above are same as for me....but i like the people feel about us..may it be PLane idiots-true riders-richy rich...gals give a smile many times as well...and all n all it gives you a celebrity alike experience.....many times when we rip our bike on highways ..i heard many say.:
    Amir jadoki aulad hai,kamine :X ...tht very bad...
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    • #17
      People in pune think their head are of steel and their body is made of titanium so they dont need any of the protective gears, i have come across many idiots asking me why i wear a full denim jacket and wear a ninja helmet to drive a splendor, all i say is ITS MY STYLE and i dont care a damn about others.

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      • #18
        Don't ya wish you looked so hot and safe like me???

        Originally posted by ken cool View Post
        They at times even touch me and feel me! Really hate that.
        May be its because you look SEXY in it and your irresistible to touch! Why take it in a negative way guys? We are after all the trend setters and doing what is correct! Just enjoy the celebrity status at the crossing and signals!

        Still if you feel need to do some thing then next time someone gives you a cold stare just ask him does he needs autograph or is he just a gay ogler?
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        • #19
          Originally posted by ken cool View Post
          They at times even touch me and feel me! Really hate that.
          LOL Ken Da, It was really classic.

          The basic Image of Bikers in India is responsible for this, Most of the people in India consider bikers as BAD boys, rich spoiled kids or people who have nothing to do.

          Even when I ride with just my ProBikers Gloves, They look at me in amaze, look at my bike from all angles for modifications. Stand in FRONT of me at traffic signals, Some even start provocing me for a street races.

          As most of them believe that either I am comming from a race or going to one

          And this is the condition in Delhi, what would be situation in other smaller cities, I can just Imagine
          No Matter Whether Guys buy 220cc Pulsars or 350cc Royal Enfields,
          It is used only to follow a 80cc Scooty Pep...

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          • #20
            they stare at us just for one reason..
            they rip/overtake/go crazy on seeing us just for one reason..
            they ask the cost and sometimes touch and feel them just for one reason..

            THEY THINK WE ARE PROFESSIONAL RACERS!!
            that's true..


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            • #21
              Originally posted by cicatrix View Post
              May be its because you look SEXY in it and your irresistible to touch! Why take it in a negative way guys? We are after all the trend setters and doing what is correct! Just enjoy the celebrity status at the crossing and signals!

              Still if you feel need to do some thing then next time someone gives you a cold stare just ask him does he needs autograph or is he just a gay ogler?
              bro i have already given autographs to some school kids


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              • #22
                didnt know so many plp faced the same experience,if we only riding yamahas & p220s get stares imagine how it would be for a guy riding activa scooty & wears full racing gear, he wud become a real joker.
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                • #23
                  hahahaha..
                  Well in my case, when i ride with full gears on, quite often i hear kids shouting "oye hayabusa"
                  Reason i dont know why only busa
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                  • #24
                    I have had my share of experience.

                    My friends says..why do you need the Cramster jacket while riding in a city..just wear a normal jacket...

                    Wearing a balaclava under the helmet makes people stare at me as if I am alien from another planet.

                    People often ask me about my knuckle protected gloves and when I tell dem the price... dey give me "Oh-what-an-idiot" kinda a look.
                    and at the lites....I just dont understand the pride these fellow bikers and activa walas get in overtaking me!!!!

                    Many a times while goin on a ride...funny incident too happen..like people wanting to take a snap with me and my bike.... cheering us on if we cross dem on the way... and shouting...."Go Go Go Go"
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post
                      didnt know so many plp faced the same experience,if we only riding yamahas & p220s get stares imagine how it would be for a guy riding activa scooty & wears full racing gear, he wud become a real joker.
                      Excactly !!!

                      I ride new P180 with full sporty posture (100% inbuilt feature) & +99.99% get added due to my attitude cum my gloves, jacket,helmet etc.. sometimes it feel very good as people stare at you & mermarizing something in each other ears, but sometime you can judge looking there eyes that they mean nothing but just making fuss of you.. anyway.. i just relaxes & give another pose & buzz off quickly .... its totaly depend person to person...
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by varun_r15 View Post
                        hahahaha..
                        Well in my case, when i ride with full gears on, quite often i hear kids shouting "oye hayabusa"
                        Reason i dont know why only busa
                        haha.. call it the Dhoom effect
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                        • #27
                          Even i really dont know what people think in their heads...

                          Earlier i used to ride a HH Splendor...i used to wear a helmet, gloves and jacket... people used to give me looks like " Saala sports bike jaise jacket and all pehenta hai"

                          Now that i ride a Karizma ZMA....People find it justified....even though i ride my karizma slower than my splendor (as it is in Run In)

                          Safety is Safety according to me.....let it be a busa or a scooty... its better to be safe than be sorry...

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                          • #28
                            @ken : rofl , u kidding right

                            Somehow , I never faced things like these .. or maybe I ignore them (such people) subconsciously.

                            Recently I know people stare at the shining chrome and say , "dude its a 500" . Thats all
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Sarvajit View Post
                              They think we wear all that for racing, which is obviously not true.
                              The worst comment I received was (translated to English): Why is he showing off wearing all that when he is just riding an R15-by wearing all that it won't look like an R1!
                              You actually got that! That's outrageous ya. Sheesh. Thankfully I get very few of the wrong stares, or so i think. BTW, I'm surprised they even know their R1s from the R15s.
                              Last edited by 46wannabe; 12-30-2009, 09:31 PM.
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                              1)Thank thy God for being alive.
                              2)Thou shalt respect one's own life and the live's of other road users.
                              3)Thou shalt respect one's own bike.
                              4)Love thy bike as thy self.
                              5)Always wear safety gear.
                              6)Alcohol is a strict NO!
                              7)Thou may lust after thy neighbour's bike specially if its of the R1 kind!
                              8)Thou shalt ride with 'ultra-most' care and caution when on Indian roads.
                              9)Thou shalt never leave the engine running at long traffic halts.
                              10)Thou shalt follow all of the above.

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                              • #30
                                It really pisse me off sometimes.....
                                I get these kinda stares at almost all the signal stops....
                                Some just stare and let go....
                                Some ask you what are wearing these for?...
                                Some giggle in themselves thinking you are joker...
                                Some think you are a poser or some rich spoilt brat....
                                But one thing common in all these is that they are CONFUSED as to
                                how to react....
                                That's coz people are not used to seeing riders with protective gear
                                among them
                                They have only seen those on the Television or movies....
                                This is what i can summarise from my experiences...

                                But at the end of the day i know i m doing the right thing to protect
                                my a** and smile...

                                cheers...

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