Non-scooterists

[Lucia]

I was tickled last night (not literally) by a typical group of boozers 'admiring' the scoots at the Liverpool sc meet. Some of the usual phrases;
"I've seen Quadrophenia, I'm into that..."
"That Debbie Harry's in that isn't she"
"Are you mods then, what do you call yourselves?"
"Hairdryers" (except this one was a bit too drunk and called it a toaster at first)
"Do you do about 35 then on them then?"
"Nice vespas them" (they all happened to be lammies )
Best one was calling Jeff 'Frank" after spotting his Frank Thomas label

Everyone must have experienced this at some point - what have you heard in the past?

[mark]

Our kids got one for sale only to find its a Honda 50 .

[reverandfunk]

Ive got a PX and the one I get is "I used to have one of them lambrettas......."

[retrogirl]

Neil was once asked if his side car was a boat??!!! My fav is ' I use to have a tv175 !!!'

[sue]

@ jeff being called frank, sorry jeff ;D

love the liverpool meets and the waifs and strays you meet there. ;D and i dont mean the Birkenhead Cloud 9 club members

[Spence]

People going "Oooh I like that one" and snapping photos of a 2002 bog standard PX because it's got chrome accessories on it, when there's a beautifully restored classic scooter next to it.

[reverandfunk]

Nothing wrong with bog standard PX's with chrome lol

[alps]

well then SPENCE !!! havin a go again eh just cos mine takes 5 hrs of polishin and cleanin .
nothing wrong with a chromed up, mod lookin px
just as much goes into one as a restoration product and if i had the skill and know how then im sure i would do it,
went to see bad manners in the kazibar on thurs, BRILL bunked of work thinking id be a couple of hours, out till 2 pi***d and in the dog house (any room in yours mick)
so take a chill pill, spence, baby and stop knockin us none petrol 'eads ;D ;D

[Spence]

I wasn't putting chromed-up PXs down Ray, don't forget, I've got one too! It's just one of the things that non-scooterists do that gets my goat.

[sue]

alps said:

well then SPENCE !!! havin a go again eh just cos mine takes 5 hrs of polishin and cleanin .
nothing wrong with a chromed up, mod lookin px
just as much goes into one as a restoration product and if i had the skill and know how then im sure i would do it,
went to see bad manners in the kazibar on thurs, BRILL bunked of work thinking id be a couple of hours, out till 2 pi***d and in the dog house (any room in yours mick)
so take a chill pill, spence, baby and stop knockin us none petrol 'eads ;D ;D

alps, hope you put it in the cloud9 custom show again next year, you might win another trophy

[Lucia]

Here you go peeps - thought I had a pic of Spence's P2 somewhere, it used to be on our homepage.

Alps - that's disgraceful behaviour staying out all night on a Thursday ;D

[Lucia]

Oh, another one that makes me see red...

"mopeds"...

[sue]

or women at work. " arent you cold in the winter, why dont you get yourself a nice little runaround"


"yes i do have a car thankyou very much, im just not a boring t**t (have to be careful with language on here like you"

[jinxed]

sue said:

or women at work. " arent you cold in the winter, why dont you get yourself a nice little runaround"

I get last laugh at work cos they've got half mile to walk to their cars in freezing rain and I'm waterproofed before I step out office door!

[skaville]

I was on the back of a friends Vespa once. The police stopped us and asked what cc it was. As it was 'registered' as a 125 thats what he said it was(more like a 200). And the officer said 'i thought so, 200s are bigger arent they'!!!!
I was at Bad Manners too, the manager there is a tosser. Told us they were on at 10pm and werent on til after 11. Asked for our money back and he just said i dont do that. So we stayed and spent a fortune getting home. Not going to Zanzibar again.

[mickey movistar]

alps said:

well then SPENCE !!! havin a go again eh just cos mine takes 5 hrs of polishin and cleanin .
nothing wrong with a chromed up, mod lookin px
just as much goes into one as a restoration product and if i had the skill and know how then im sure i would do it,
went to see bad manners in the kazibar on thurs, BRILL bunked of work thinking id be a couple of hours, out till 2 pi***d and in the dog house (any room in yours mick)
so take a chill pill, spence, baby and stop knockin us none petrol 'eads ;D ;D

wondered why i had a missed call at 5 past 12
drunken git

[Devo McDuff]

Mopeds, yes ... have to regularly lecture my mates on the subtle differences between a scooter and moped. I'm starting to think they are doing it on purpose

Also the hairdryer one too ... I then point out that it won't hurt then, if I was to run them over with my 'hairdryer'

[Robjack]

I get the moped one all the time at work. I just give them that 'W' and 'E' thing with my fingers that is popular with the youths of today I'm probably misled to believe. My particular favourite is "What time do you have to set off from home to get here on that?" Oh how we laugh.

The hours just fly by where I work.

[satchmo]

"toy motorbike" - This coming from the car driver that I pass every morning and every evening stuck in his 20min queue for the lights!

[Spence]

The hairdryer one is a classic. The comeback for any biker that calls your scooter a hairdryer is "How would you know? You greasers never wash your hair anyway"

Unless of course they're a Power Ranger sportsbike type, in which case your response would probably be "How would you know you bald b*st**d?"

Come to think of it, that second one probably applies to most car drivers too.

Another rejoinder is also one of my favourites:

"All the blokes want to be us, all the women want to be with us". They hate that, because inside they know it's true. Ladies I'm sure you could adapt that one to suit your gender if required.

[Lucia]

All my girlfriends are petrified if I suggest they ride pillion (can't think why ), and blokes nearly fall off their chair when they realise it's a geared bike - heh.

[retrogirl]

Its very rare I get to ride without a pillion, there always someone on the back, its wierd when there is no-one there, ;D ;D ;D ;D I luv it when people call em mopeds it just makes me laff! I always attract all the old dears round my scoot dunno why (and no wise cracks) ;D ;D ;D

[Robjack]

There was a pic in one of the sunday rags of Harry Enfield "on his moped" - a 250cc Vespa GTS.

[alps]

sorry to hear that you didnt enjoy the kazibar skaville,man, but you are right they did come on nearly 2 hours late hence the reason i got drunk and got to work late.
sorry bully, i thought i was video'ing bad manners and reallised that i had made a call but my credit ran out so i dont know how long i was on the phone to you, did it sound good?
luci i'm already in the dog house so i need some sympathy not more naggin'
sue is cloud 9 havin' a run to the fort this year? i have heard that its not on, i hope im wrong cos im in the "trophy collectin' club" now ;D
forgot about your px spence (how could i ?) you should get up here more often ;D have you still got your beard
happy christmas to all ;D ;D

[Spence]

Beard??