Motorcycle Exaggerations
By John Davis • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Blog PostsLike fishing has it’s whoppers such as the “one that got away”, and the outstanding catch which grows in length each time the story is told. So motorcycling has a few exaggerations, urban legends, or better stated; falsehoods, of it’s own. Here’s a few…
“I laid it down to avoid crashing.”
“I bought it to save money”.
“They all do that!”
Got any of your own? Let’s hear ‘em!
John Davis is the owner, editor and publisher of Northwest Cycle Report. John also owns and writes for MotoSkagit.com and is the administrator for the Washington 120 State Park Tour. In addition to his own sites, John is a contributing author for MotorcycleLife.com and Motorcyclebloggers.com. He lives in Mount Vernon, WA and rides a candy-red Honda VTX1800 Retro.
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I got 50′ of air.
I got on the throttle so hard I looped my bike (from a venture owner).
100 ft. lbs. of torque.
Handles like a sportbike (usually used in reference to a bike weighing at least 600 lbs).
A mile long wheelie.
Good ones! Keep ‘em comin’ folks.
It’ll save on gas
Noise, what noise?
One near a dear to my heart:
“A helmet won’t save you in a 60 mph crash, so why wear one?”
This one made me laugh too…well jsut becasue:
I don’t need to ask the wife if I can ride this weekend!”
Nice. I love “I laid it down to avoid crashing.”
Another is:
I never get off the throttle in a corner.