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Radio show - chris.biker - 07-02-19
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002c2s
Some of you may find this interesting.
Re: Radio show - coffee - 08-02-19
didn't think I'd get through it initially but it was ok,I liked the yanks take on it. :thumbup
Re: Radio show - Fazerider - 09-02-19
US 1950’s biker culture all seemed a bit irrelevant to me, Laurie Taylor seemed to be trying to categorise all motorcyclists as Marlon Brando wannabes. The question “Is there such a thing as a middle-class biker?” was particularly silly.
That we’re principally white and male though, is something the programme could have explored better. Hollywood stereotyping doesn’t seem a good enough explanation, yet the PhD from Manchester didn’t get beyond that. What was interesting was her point on safety: that other road users find us intimidating so ignore us to reduce the stress… rather like the peril-sensitive sunglasses from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. :lol
Re: Radio show - ogri48 - 09-02-19
:lol :lol :lol
Re: Radio show - coffee - 09-02-19
some people judge us without having a clue what they're on about, I remember some politician's wife a while back remarking "motorcyclists? those morons dressed in black rubber suits,what the hell is that about?" pathetic. :finger
Re: Radio show - tommyardin - 10-02-19
(09-02-19, 10:43 PM)coffee link Wrote: some people judge us without having a clue what they're on about, I remember some politician's wife a while back remarking "motorcyclists? those morons dressed in black rubber suits,what the hell is that about?" pathetic. :finger
She meant Scuba Divers, easy mistake to make, not a lot of difference.
Re: Radio show - chris.biker - 10-02-19
(10-02-19, 12:22 AM)tommyardin link Wrote: [quote author=coffee link=topic=24914.msg292214#msg292214 date=1549748618]
some people judge us without having a clue what they're on about, I remember some politician's wife a while back remarking "motorcyclists? those morons dressed in black rubber suits,what the hell is that about?" pathetic. :finger
[size=1em]She meantScuba Divers, easy mistake to make, not a lot of difference.[/size]
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I ve ridden the bike through some very wet days, its felt like being a scubber diver.
Re: Radio show - coffee - 10-02-19
yeah! we've all been their! :lol