Maybe 10% on here know exactly what you're saying. Right on the money.

 

I'd buy used also if you could get one at a decent price but around here, people ask way to much for their used bikes so you are better off buying new.

 

I had removed the chain from mine and was using it as a non-biker wallet until I left a credit card at the store one day and realized how absent minded I was becoming. I reattached the chain so I would not do the same thing with my wallet. So now it's again a biker wallet I guess...

 

Again, doesn't anybody just ride anymore?

The less time you spend criticizing or worrying about what others are doing the more time you will have to spend enjoying your own life and will be a happier person.

I also challenge anyone to buy, maintain, and ride a bike without money.

FWIW, my participation in this forum is dependent on my health. When my health is poor, I post often. When I am feeling OK, I don't post as much and instead I am out riding unless it is raining.

 

The only time it has happened to me was at Sturgis.... go figure

Funny thing is, I think these "wallet biker types" would still be welcomed to the party if not for their stuck up, "I'm a bad *** now" attitudes. It seems they have this image of what a biker is supposed to be like and try to become this B movie biker persona. Comical, yes, but it gets old real quick.

 

Good post...totally agree. Some people feel they have to downgrade others to justify their own status.

 

I love wallet bikers there a necessity to me, they guarantee a fresh and constant supply of low mileage relatively new extensively accessorized bikes. Buy buy buy, I want a almost new bike!

 

I'm just confused. I'm not very smart, so should I go find a ratty beaten up jacket so I can pretend I've been around the block a few times, go buy a new jacket and risk looking like a poser or rub, or buy the new jacket and beat it all to crap so I can fool everyone? Not sure there's any way to win this game as someone is always going to find something to bitch and moan about. I think I agree with those who say who gives a crap what anyone else does or has, just ride your ride and I'll ride mine.

 

I love it when so many talk about something they only have an Idea about what the term is or might be, heard it for years and still I am not sure what it really means..

 

Hell I wish I had the money I would be a wallet biker. Id love to have a new CVO. You could call me whatever you wanted but I am just a poor *** working man.