MooN Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 despite having read various members inane babbels and rambling misconceptions of what defines a "biker" or not and what constitutes an "adventure" or not, I think I might have found the definitive answer to the definition of "adventure" riding. credit where credit is due, I stole this from the H.U. faceburke page and thought it might amuse 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Brilliant! I just cringe at this "Adventure" word.......but that's the word that it's become necessary to use for a site like this. Go back before Long Way Round and we used the term DualSport......which I much prefer. And if you went long distance back then it was classed as Touring. Now it's all "Adventure" Well I don't see much "Adventure" going on round this way.......yet the area itself is made for it. The only one that I know of besides myself who ends up in bizarre, obscure locations is a Spanish FB friend of mine (Diego) in Murcia......he's another old guy and he rides a very old F650GS. I do see armies of dustbin-clad Beemers sitting outside restaurants all day though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I prefer the term "Enduro" people older then me said "Scramblers"...not a bad term either, beatniks were cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I love it, "did you die?": not a good adventure! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 10:13, Tym said: I prefer the term "Enduro" people older then me said "Scramblers"...not a bad term either, beatniks were cool. Expand I said "Scramblers".......you must have just missed out on that era by a couple of years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 10:14, Pedro said: I love it, "did you die?": not a good adventure! Expand Where's the "Did it break down?" option for the Beemers? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 This was my "scrambler" 40 years ago.....but mine was silver! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 10:15, XTreme said: I said "Scramblers".......you must have just missed out on that era by a couple of years. Expand My two wheel life started shortly after seeing on any sunday during a school trip to see a movie, me and my friends found parts of brothers motorcyles and made our own. I think one maybe worked kinda 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 10:50, Tym said: My two wheel life started shortly after seeing on any sunday during a school trip to see a movie, me and my friends found parts of brothers motorcyles and made our own. I think one maybe worked kinda Expand With me it was seeing the Rockers and their bikes in Swansea Fairground throughout the Summer of 64......I was 10. As I was always there they'd all chip in a few bob for me to watch their bikes for them......and to sound the alarm if anybody (like Mods) got too close. A couple of them even let me sit on their bikes at different times......and that was pretty much it. I was hooked. I then used to watch the motorcycle racing on Saturday afternoons on World of Sport (or it might have been Grandstand)........always supporting Bill Ivy! Took me until 71 when I left school to be able to get the money together to get something....22 quid for a TV175 Lambretta! But it was a start. And 50 years later (inside) I still identify as a Rocker/Greaser. Because when you learn your trade within that mindset/culture it never leaves you. Yes....I ride an "adventure" parts bin special......and I do a damn sight more with it than the adventure poseurs and hipsters do with their cutting edge shit. But I'm still a Rocker/Greaser! So is @Renegade........but he's a toothless one! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 15:37, BusBoy said: Definitely scrambler Anything single cylinder, sub 600cc, street legal dirt bike was a scrambler until I came to the UK. Then the genre went all ADHD Expand Surely that suited you more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 It could be worse, I could have put a Tupperware container in some water and shovelled money into it. Good adventure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 You wouldn’t cope with the loss, I consider what I gained from that experience to be well worth it but I wouldn’t wish it on someone like you, I don’t like you but I wouldn’t want to see you broken, it’s not in my nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 10:50, Tym said: My two wheel life started shortly after seeing on any sunday during a school trip to see a movie, me and my friends found parts of brothers motorcyles and made our own. I think one maybe worked kinda Expand I was brought up with bikes, my grandfather, father and uncles and cousins all rode bikes, I rode off-road as a youngster from about 8 years old, when I was sixteen my father took me to the dealers and helped me get my first road bike, I cannot imagine not riding. Some people wander in and out of the scene usually trying to be part of a crowd that they don’t understand. Some of us just ride bikes, the scene is just a small part of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 16:08, BusBoy said: Thanks for taking the fall. I pity the broken man. If you ever need a shoulder to cry on, fuck off somewhere else Expand Well I’m not broken, it didn’t break me. It would have broken you because you are who you are. As I say though, I wouldn’t want to see that happen to you or to your family. I would much rather you have a good life and provide a good life for your kin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 16:12, BusBoy said: Hallelujah Jesus Expand Amen to that. I wouldn’t have got through it without the Lord Jesus Christ. It gives you a very different perspective on material possessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I’ll be on my Harley so looks like we will both be doing what we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Wow, you two posted more in the last few minutes then since y;all signed up 's 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 05/08/2020 at 16:40, BusBoy said: There we go, see, you can be nice I'll be sure to raise a toast to you from the sundeck. Chin chin. Expand Always nice to know you are thinking of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 We want photos of this shit or it didn't happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 But a photo of where you're planning to go isn't the same Bruce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Talking of Adventure.......what do you think of this analysis by Graham Hoskins from Adventure Bike TV? I think you need FB to see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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