There's No Other Way To Say It --- It's A BMW
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We had walked far enough towards the Lodge that I could see the other end of the parking lot. What I saw there between a vegan-colored VW bus - and by vegan-colored I mean that there was probably an original paint job in there somewhere but it was covered by so many "Visualize Whirled Peas", and "Support Your Local Economy", and "Karma Happens", and "Hemp Is Not A Four Letter Word" bumper stickers that the original color was long lost – anyway, next to the VW and a vehicle spattered with mud sat, and I don't know any other way to say this, a spanking new BMW motorcycle.
"Hey," I said, and pointed out the shiny, blue BMW dual sport to your mom, "well looky there."
"Aw crap."
I agreed with your Mother as this was a fair assessment. Aw crap indeed.
You know that to the outside world all motorcyclists are the same. But we in the community know that there are sportbikers, cruisers, dirters, cafe' racers, tourers, purists, the chopper and bobber crowd, and. . . BMW riders.
BMW riders are a species all to their own. It's not that they are snobby, or elitist, it's just that they. . .I mean. . . when you. . . ah screw it. Most of them are complete ass-hats. But ass hats with hearts of gold so I am told. I wouldn't know. I've never gotten one to talk to me.
I did have a guy tell me one time that the reason BMW owners are so standoffish is very simple: in their heads they are the only SANE, and REAL motorcycle riders on the face of the earth. The rest of us are poorly prepared, poorly dressed, and probably poorly educated. Probably just poor. These are lone wolfs, slipping between sloppy off-road and super-slab with nary a care in the world. It's possible, although I have no proof, that when you buy a BMW motorcycle, you must first attend a class titled "Disdain 101'.
Before you think ill of me for picking on Beemer-boppers, you should know it's an intrinsic part of the nature of every one that rides on two wheels to quantify, categorize, and usually label as 'insane' anyone that rides differently. Hence, sport bikers look at the cruisers and tourers as 'geezer mobiles'. Cruisers look at the sport bikers, especially those under dressed, (and you know they have to be REALLY under dressed to draw derision from the bar-hopper set), as SQUIDS. (Stupidly Quick, Under dressed, Inevitably Dead) Choppers and bobbers insist that they are the REAL roots of motorcycling, and the rest of the biking world looks at them and says, "That's a nice looking bike. Comfortable?" To which they reply "Shut the hell up and help me find the exhaust which seems to have fallen off at some point."
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*** the journey continues ***
Buy The Book At Amazon! $14.95
Kindle Version $ 4.99
Nook $4.99
We had walked far enough towards the Lodge that I could see the other end of the parking lot. What I saw there between a vegan-colored VW bus - and by vegan-colored I mean that there was probably an original paint job in there somewhere but it was covered by so many "Visualize Whirled Peas", and "Support Your Local Economy", and "Karma Happens", and "Hemp Is Not A Four Letter Word" bumper stickers that the original color was long lost – anyway, next to the VW and a vehicle spattered with mud sat, and I don't know any other way to say this, a spanking new BMW motorcycle.
"Hey," I said, and pointed out the shiny, blue BMW dual sport to your mom, "well looky there."
"Aw crap."
I agreed with your Mother as this was a fair assessment. Aw crap indeed.
You know that to the outside world all motorcyclists are the same. But we in the community know that there are sportbikers, cruisers, dirters, cafe' racers, tourers, purists, the chopper and bobber crowd, and. . . BMW riders.
BMW riders are a species all to their own. It's not that they are snobby, or elitist, it's just that they. . .I mean. . . when you. . . ah screw it. Most of them are complete ass-hats. But ass hats with hearts of gold so I am told. I wouldn't know. I've never gotten one to talk to me.
I did have a guy tell me one time that the reason BMW owners are so standoffish is very simple: in their heads they are the only SANE, and REAL motorcycle riders on the face of the earth. The rest of us are poorly prepared, poorly dressed, and probably poorly educated. Probably just poor. These are lone wolfs, slipping between sloppy off-road and super-slab with nary a care in the world. It's possible, although I have no proof, that when you buy a BMW motorcycle, you must first attend a class titled "Disdain 101'.
Before you think ill of me for picking on Beemer-boppers, you should know it's an intrinsic part of the nature of every one that rides on two wheels to quantify, categorize, and usually label as 'insane' anyone that rides differently. Hence, sport bikers look at the cruisers and tourers as 'geezer mobiles'. Cruisers look at the sport bikers, especially those under dressed, (and you know they have to be REALLY under dressed to draw derision from the bar-hopper set), as SQUIDS. (Stupidly Quick, Under dressed, Inevitably Dead) Choppers and bobbers insist that they are the REAL roots of motorcycling, and the rest of the biking world looks at them and says, "That's a nice looking bike. Comfortable?" To which they reply "Shut the hell up and help me find the exhaust which seems to have fallen off at some point."
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Kindle Version $ 4.99
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