View Poll Results: Squid or Not
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Squid or not
#91
06-16-2010 | 02:02 PM
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I don't really think we all gear up for the 20/25 MPH fall off.
How many of you ride your bikes at that speed anyway................? I don't
To me a SQUID is someone who
Doesn't know, or doesn't care, or just wants to impress others when it comes to bikes and safety. In a word - SHOWOFF !!
How many of you ride your bikes at that speed anyway................? I don't
To me a SQUID is someone who
Doesn't know, or doesn't care, or just wants to impress others when it comes to bikes and safety. In a word - SHOWOFF !!
People who call people squids are no better than Harley riders assuming were some punk kids. Its all a mind set
#93
06-16-2010 | 04:30 PM
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#94
06-16-2010 | 05:05 PM
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i often find myself wondering if Harley forums have these kinds of discussions or cruiser forums... hell even the cops around here wear short sleeve shirts (sometimes the cotton polo kind) i wonder why is it only sport bike riders who have the need to label other riders squids based on their choice of gear (wether to wear it or not) it seems quite silly to me.
#95
06-16-2010 | 05:12 PM
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i often find myself wondering if Harley forums have these kinds of discussions or cruiser forums... hell even the cops around here wear short sleeve shirts (sometimes the cotton polo kind) i wonder why is it only sport bike riders who have the need to label other riders squids based on their choice of gear (wether to wear it or not) it seems quite silly to me.
Talking to the Harley guys at the office, they don't seem to expect to go down at any speed requiring gear. So "Squid" isn't in their terminology.
However, I'm fairly sure the argument of Classic vs New Harley rages constantly. And whatever they call each other is prolly equally offensive to them as Squid is to us
#97
06-17-2010 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by krux
People who call people squids are no better than Harley riders assuming were some punk kids. Its all a mind set
#98
06-17-2010 | 07:18 AM
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Quote People who call people squids are no better than Harley riders assuming were some punk kids. Its all a mind set
I don't think anyone here like to be compared to Harley riders - they have their own mindset, and that's up to them.
How is that showing off? To me it looks like someone who's too broke to afford the sport, more embarrassing than anything else. .
If you can afford the toys, you should be able to afford the gear.
I am a punk kid. Long live punk
As for being a punk kid, well, I was a kid too, once...................
It's amazing how I thought my old Man was "old fashioned" and didn't know anything too.
As I got older I learned that what he had been trying to teach me was true.....
I hope you learn the same lessons, too
I don't think anyone here like to be compared to Harley riders - they have their own mindset, and that's up to them.
How is that showing off? To me it looks like someone who's too broke to afford the sport, more embarrassing than anything else. .
If you can afford the toys, you should be able to afford the gear.
I am a punk kid. Long live punk
As for being a punk kid, well, I was a kid too, once...................
It's amazing how I thought my old Man was "old fashioned" and didn't know anything too.
As I got older I learned that what he had been trying to teach me was true.....
I hope you learn the same lessons, too
Last edited by Shadow; 06-17-2010 at 07:20 AM.
