Shaved Heads and Goatees
biker fashion... who'd a thunk hair style was so important? 
#112
05-30-2014, 09:02 AM
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I've never had long hair. Bothers me. Being a Marine only reemphasized it. I used to go bald in the summer just because it means less maintenance. As a supervisor I keep hair year around but still very short. Have a beard or a goat because I look like a 20 yr old kid if I didn't.
#113
06-06-2014, 12:57 PM
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i started shaving my head when i graduated HS when i started getting the "widow peaks". rocked a goatee for years, until about 3 years ago i said screw it and grew a beard.
#114
06-06-2014, 02:05 PM
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I can understand the shaving if you are losing it anyway. I don't know why some young guys shave their heads if they don't need to. They get that "five o'clock shadow" on their head...
I dig longer hair and beards on guys, but that's just me.
Really, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks, as long as you like it. It's your head!
I dig longer hair and beards on guys, but that's just me.
Really, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks, as long as you like it. It's your head!
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06-06-2014, 02:11 PM
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Betcha I've had more grab two handfuls and say " I love your hair "
The whole who has and who hasn't thing sucks I know guys we all gotta deal with the head we're dealt at birth , figure I'll wake some morning and all my hair will stay on the pillow when I get up , now if I can just figure out how to slow the gray without dying it I refuse to go there ..................
The whole who has and who hasn't thing sucks I know guys we all gotta deal with the head we're dealt at birth , figure I'll wake some morning and all my hair will stay on the pillow when I get up , now if I can just figure out how to slow the gray without dying it I refuse to go there ..................
#117
06-06-2014, 05:15 PM
Couldn't manage my thinning hair so one day in 2010, went to the barber and told her to shave it all off. Been without it since. Had the Fu going and kept it.
#118
06-07-2014, 02:27 PM
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I shaved my head for years. Finally got tired of walking under cars and blistering my scalp on hot catalytic converters. The short hair I have now also provides a degree of protection against minor bumps and dings.
#119
06-09-2014, 01:34 PM
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Like TZB and Dickey, my hair has always been thick and I've pretty much always worn it long. Ponytail half way down my back for years...I played in a couple three bands back in the day and kind'a kept the long-haired musician kind of thing going except for 4 years in the U.S. Air Force. Started growing it again the day I separated. I work for Uncle Sam, in a very public job that includes speaking to conference attendees several times a year. My Boss is my age and a cool lady in her own right and she doesn't care, just wants me to tie it good so I don't look like that mug shot of Nick Nolte when on stage...
Goatee too for 12 years. Grew a beard to **** off ex-wife #2 and now wife #3 likes it so it stays. I sometimes I don't shave, though, for several days and she does tell me when I'm getting scruffy...
Pretty lucky in that I'm 64 and the gray didn't really make much of an appearance 'til the last couple years. No dying...I'm happy it's still growing and don't care if it's gray or not. Adds character, TZB...
Goatee too for 12 years. Grew a beard to **** off ex-wife #2 and now wife #3 likes it so it stays. I sometimes I don't shave, though, for several days and she does tell me when I'm getting scruffy...
Pretty lucky in that I'm 64 and the gray didn't really make much of an appearance 'til the last couple years. No dying...I'm happy it's still growing and don't care if it's gray or not. Adds character, TZB...
#120
06-15-2014, 09:44 AM
Curiosity.
I have noticed a trend in recent years that more and more bikers are shaving their heads and wearing goatees.
When I started riding back in the 60's, we all wore long hair and some type of facial hair. I myself have worn a full beard ever since the 60's and still have my long pony tail, although the hair is starting to get a bit scarcer.
I know that with a shaved head, you don't have to worry as much about the wind blowing your hair, "that's why I tie my hair and beard when I ride. I also know that some bikers started shaving their heads for work, when companies started using hair for drug tests, but wearing the goatee would defeat the purpose of shaving your head. So, bottom line here, I would like to hear from people that have the shaved head and goatee to find out what the attraction is and why you personally started shaving your head.
I figure a couple of more years and I nature will remove all the hair on the top of my head, so I'll fit right in, but I don't really want to convert the beard over to a goatee and IMHO a bald head combined with a full extra long beard just doesn't look that cool.
I have noticed a trend in recent years that more and more bikers are shaving their heads and wearing goatees.
When I started riding back in the 60's, we all wore long hair and some type of facial hair. I myself have worn a full beard ever since the 60's and still have my long pony tail, although the hair is starting to get a bit scarcer.
I know that with a shaved head, you don't have to worry as much about the wind blowing your hair, "that's why I tie my hair and beard when I ride. I also know that some bikers started shaving their heads for work, when companies started using hair for drug tests, but wearing the goatee would defeat the purpose of shaving your head. So, bottom line here, I would like to hear from people that have the shaved head and goatee to find out what the attraction is and why you personally started shaving your head.
I figure a couple of more years and I nature will remove all the hair on the top of my head, so I'll fit right in, but I don't really want to convert the beard over to a goatee and IMHO a bald head combined with a full extra long beard just doesn't look that cool.