Disturbing Stuff - BMW bike site

Check this thread out on the www.gsclubuk.net (BMW R1150GS owners forum) I find it really puzziling why people would hate BMW cars and there drivers so much,the  question is do BMW car owners hate BMW bikers?

Check the like below:-

http://205.214.71.202/forums/showthread.php?s=72c9b1d38415226726df0eafff68d359&threadid=3867

http://205.214.71.202/forums/showthread.php?s=72c9b1d38415226726df0eafff68d359&threadid=3867

Regards

I personally hate:

Old people in Metro's/Maestro's/Montego's.

Blue Saxo Drivers (The Saxo's Blue not the drivers.)

People who just generally don't change lanes and bow down to the blue and white circle. Especially the ones that turn up there noses at my 14 yr old car.

"it's not a bmw thank god cause the bmw motorcycles i have to say are over priced and complete rubbish"

O really wot u got thats soooooo sooo good then, it would have to be something pretty exotic if you think BM's are rubbish.

G.....

my bike is a suzuki gsxr750 k1 which is far better than any bmw and half the cost!

phil

"my bike is a suzuki gsxr750 k1 which is far better than any bmw and half the cost"

far better at wot I wonder,  depreciating,  decomposing at the first sight of a damp road,  looking nice with your matching leathers, certainly not as a real world motorcycle.

I know blending in with the crowd, Because everybody’s got one,  Just like opinions and a**holes.

As a BMW rider since 1981 I agree with Phil that his Suzuki GSXR 750 is better than a BMW motorcycle - at something!

A good road bike must  be pretty good at everything, while not necessarily being wonderful at any particular task - a good all-rounder.  One's view of it in relation to other motorcycles depends on what one requires.

In Phil's case it is obviously great straight-line performance, with a standard of handling which is adequate for his level of ability, and a particular type of appearance which he likes, and which is accepted by his peer group.

There is however, more to motorcycling than recreational posing and the application of massive performance which is not appropriate to public roads carrying other traffic. 

The  use of excessive performance is one of the most common causes of motorcycle accidents, which are on the way up again, thanks to the immature attitudes of many riders.  This is not helped by the bleating of the BMF - the largest motorcycle pressure group in the UK - that most car/motorcycle accidents are caused by the car driver.  No statistics exist to support this claim, but it helps to unite riders against a common enemy - car drivers - and support the BMF. 

The real threat to motorcycling is from within their own ranks, and from the lower orders of the motorcycle press, who promote the concept that motorcycling is all about competition and agression.

I imagine that Phil would sneer at the old R100RS, K100RS, and R45, for example, but this stable of machines gave wonderful service, carrying me to work, travelling all over the country, long Europen tours, and being ridden off the beaten track in places such as Iceland and Madiera.

I doubt if Phil's wonderful Suzuki be as versatile, while returning between 50 and 60 mpg, carrying luggage, and sometimes a passenger (in comfort!) also.

Having seen riders of modern sports bikes arrive at campsites after quite short rides, and almost having to be lifted off their bikes, I know what I want from my motorcycle, and that it will provide it.

Perhaps this marks me down as an old man (which I suppose I am!) but I bet I have had more fun from my unpretentious BMWs than Phil will ever receive from his short-lived whizzbang! 

 I feel sorry for those such as Phil, who will never realise that they have bought transport, rather than a badge, and others of his generation who feel it necessary to denigrate BMWs on principle.  Perhaps the problem is that they see BMWs as being an 'Establishment' motorcycle, and must therefore rebel against it.  Also of course, it represents something they do not understand - a real motorcycle!

Suzukis and the like are great for the odd Sunday ride or track day, but that's all - apart from such limited use they have poor performance in the real world.  As machines to keep for ever - forget them!  My RS, for example, is still in beautiful condition, whereas oriental bikes just rot away.  A Jap bike may be great for Christmas, but a BMW is for life!

Sorry Phil, but that's life.

On the subject of the gsclubuk again - it seems that this club was based on a website which was owned by someone.  This person decided to go on a round the world tour, and closed the website.  All that is now left is the message board, which was run by someone else.  The result is that this 'club' has virtually ceased to exist, and it seems its members are now seeking to exist by uniting aginst an external enemy - in this case BMW car drivers!

As I remarked earlier - don't let them get to you!

Mike Fishwick

I agree completely with Adam Garside - let's not become bogged down in a 'My dad's better than yours' type of discussion, which would be pointless and self-destructive. 

One only has to look at some other discussion forums to see what can happen when that takes place.

Everyone is entitled to hold a different view - if there's one thing I can't stand it's intolerance!

Mike

Just one minor thing, Mine is better than yours.

I am a R1150GS and 328i owner.

And it worked it livened up the forum quite nicely.

Happy Chrismas Peeps.