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As of last Sunday I am no longer a "Rider". Since I had a dude flip me the bird and call me a "g*ddam* biker"  I can now tell people yes, I am a biker. I figure it must be official if someone else bestowed the title on me. I guess I'll shave my head and get some tatts, maybe check with fast eddy or Soren and see if they have any "Official ****** Biker t-shirts . Mike
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Congratulations and welcome to the club!  later, Tom.
But, what do I know?
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I'd also suggest a black leather studded collar, and one of those Nazi Biker Helmets you can buy online...
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and wear your chaps everywhere ...even to bed. Never shower and let your beard grow long and unkempt. Eat methampehtamines as snack foods.
Terrorize small children and old people.
Just generally have fun!
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Funny! I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again. 
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I'd also suggest a black leather studded collar, and one of those Nazi Biker Helmets you can buy online...
I've got two Great Danes, so I've already got the studded collar. I was thinking about one of those spiked WWI helmets (didn't Eric Von Zipper wear one of those?)
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Eric Von Zipper, now THERE was a Biker!! I aspired to grow up just like him...
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Fight conformity!!! Don't drink the Kool-Aid!!!
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Since I had a dude flip me the bird and call me a "g*ddam* biker
You lucky git.
I have been acting anti socially, cutting people up and generally being a bad bottom on my bike for years, but ive never been given the title of 'Biker'. 
Been called an a***hole and words to that affect many times, but never a Biker. 
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congratulations...how many years did you have to be a rider before you got promoted?
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Kewl! I'm gonna have to spit on the next cager I ride by;)
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Well, I guess that makes it official. Or, you could have argued, "No, that's a Triumph, not a Schwinn!"
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Okay Mike! It's hard to tell here if you're PROUD or EMBARRASSED about this whole turn of events here, Dude???!!!  (but after witnessing your deadpan act in Prescott a few months back, this doesn't surprise me none!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
I already have the beard and the earrings, does that make me a BIKER
Doesn't everybody's life revolve around food?
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People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
I already have the beard and the earrings, does that make me a BIKER
no...just questionable 
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
I already have the beard and the earrings, does that make me a BIKER
It's a start. Get a tattoo or 3 and check back. 
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It's a start. Get a tattoo or 3 and check back.
Dang, I waisted my money! Thought it took at least 5 or 6. 
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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I have tatts, I have earings, I ain't growing no beard!  Even when I do hit menopause.
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Kinda funny, well sorta.... since the majority of my friends are not into the motorcycle lifestyle I have always been referred to by them as their "biker friend". When questioning it once with a group of them, just why is it I am a biker it drew quite the laughs.... "Dude, I have never seen you without facial hair, you have multiple tattoos and earrings. You don't own shoes, only boots, I have never seen you not wearing jeans. I have seen you stand up to some of the biggest dude in a bar, rarely back away from a fight. You drink, you smoke, you swear with the best of them and let's see what else, oh yeah, AND you own a motorcycle, in fact more than one."
Well I'll be, in all those years I must have been in denial, I always thought I was nothing more than an enthusiast.
Oh and just a word of advice... DO NOT wear the leather collar unless you are a biker, leather clad or not, that somebody owns. This will indeed open up a whole other world of bikerness you may not be expecting. I'm not saying, I'm just saying....
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Tattoos + Leather + Bike = "biker" Tattoos + Leather - Bike = "gay" Be careful out there boys and girls  Siggy
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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You forgot the typical PC disclaimer that public figures/celebs use: "Not that there's anything wrong with that." 
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
I already have the beard and the earrings, does that make me a BIKER
It's a start. Get a tattoo or 3 and check back.
Nobody mentioned tattoo's (ok so maybe they did and I missed it), but I already have several. I must be getting closer.
Doesn't everybody's life revolve around food?
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People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
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Tattoos + Leather + Bike = "biker"
Tattoos + Leather - Bike = "gay"
Be careful out there boys and girls
Siggy
Well, I don't know if this here theory/equation o' yours holds up under further investigation there Siggy.
If I recall rightly, I think I remember more than a once at the Prescott ride catching Mike humming to himself..."It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A" as few more times than I would have liked, and he DOES own a BA ya know!!!
(yeah...top THAT "Mr. Sarcasm" there in Colorado!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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If I recall rightly, I think I remember more than a once at the Prescott ride catching Mike humming to himself..."It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A" as few more times than I would have liked, and he DOES own a BA ya know!!!
(yeah...top THAT "Mr. Sarcasm" there in Colorado!!!)
Alright, Mr. Argo, you nasty person. Just see if the Scottish gods ever visit your place again.
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and wear your chaps everywhere ...even to bed. Never shower and let your beard grow long and unkempt. Eat methampehtamines as snack foods.
Terrorize small children and old people.
Just generally have fun!
and I'll ride side by side (not staggered) wearing my Sick B***h Motorcycles shirt! 
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
****** sure better than rain."
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I have tatts, I have earings, I ain't growing no beard! Even when I do hit menopause.
I'm with you, Tali. 
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
****** sure better than rain."
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OH! Sorry! I take it ALL BACK!  I done forgot all about that "dead soldier" sitting over in the glass recycling bin out there in the garage next to my bike, you manly man, you!!!  (now...when can I expect the next bottle of that single malt goodness hittin' my ol' doorstep, Dude?) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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When I got called in for jury duty, I wore my black leather jacket, sunglasses, battle-axe earring, hadn't shaved for 4 days, carried my helmet, and was way overdue for a haircut. For some reason, they didn't ask me to be on a jury, didn't even ask me any questions, just used their preemptory challenges and sent me away. I wonder why? 
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Since I had a dude flip me the bird and call me a "g*ddam* biker"
"Flip the bird?  " Let me guess Mike, you're over 30??
Years ago I finished college, "graduate" being a generous term. Two months later (after buying a Bonneville of course) I found myself wearing a uniform/badge/gun/long hair working LE at a busy recreation area. Out of charcter certainly, but I must have fooled the employer. That first summer, I had occasion to be talking to a pulled over car of recreators who apparently had performed some grievous crime against humanity, when a carfull of high school kids rolled past calling me a pig and other terms of endearment. I remember at the time thinking "Now this is an odd turn of events".
Of course I quickly came to my senses, forsook my peace n' love doctrine and promptly shot their radiator out. Later that year I was bike camping at another park area and I noticed how the local patrol cruised by my campsite extra slow giving the "once over" more than once. I remember thinking, "Now this an odd turn of events"
I try to avoid the "judge a book by it's cover" syndrome, trips me up everytime. Now if Eddy were to come up with a suitable washable weekend tatoo...........people would ask "What kind of Harley is that?" 
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That's what I did!
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OH! Sorry! I take it ALL BACK!
I done forgot all about that "dead soldier" sitting over in the glass recycling bin out there in the garage next to my bike, you manly man, you!!!
(now...when can I expect the next bottle of that single malt goodness hittin' my ol' doorstep, Dude?)
Weel, I guess the Hogfather might see fit to bring some your way again, but yore gonna hafta share this time.
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"Flip the bird? " Let me guess Mike, you're over 30??
Over 30? Yup, just a tad. ( and a little over 40, and a little over 50 too.) I can't avoid that growin' older thing, but I'm doing pretty good at avoiding the growin' up thing.
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I can't avoid that growin' older thing, but I'm doing pretty good at avoiding the growin' up thing.
A bumper sticker I have placed on a cabinet in my dining room:
"Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult."
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
That's what I did!
An earring is ok, as long as you didn't have to pay someone in the mall to pierce your ear.
Ear piercing is best done with some ice and a sharp pointy instrument. And plenty of alcohol. NOT for your ear.
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I guess I'll have to stop wearing Polo shirts and Cargo pants on the daily commute if I ever expect to graduate to ***** biker like everyone else. It is an odd image, isn't it? Not really
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Alright Mike!!! (I knew you had it in ya  )
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Funny!
I'm going to grow a beard and start wearing an earring again.
I already have the beard and the earrings, does that make me a BIKER
But have you been christened with the bird and proclaimed as such
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Actually Rumor has it that the Outlaws are changing over to Polos and Cargo pants....
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If I wear cargo pants will they make my butt look big?
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