Help me.

[cardingtr]

Today I was at Cricket Phone office trying to resolve the porting problem. So while we where on hold with the costumer service this salesguy started talking about my phones (just to strike a conversation), I showed him my other cool phones too, and then he turned to my bike and asked me, "So how's that Goldwing?". :angry: I calmly told him it is an FJR.

What do I do now? That is not a Goldwing!! For God's sake. The bike is parked facing us so all he could see is the front touring windshield, headlights and bags.

I want to drag him out trying to defend my bike but I thought that is way over.

Tell you guys, I don't want to be called a Goldwing rider. Period.

Oh well, maybe next time I will park me bike sideways and wear an inverted cap. :cap:

 

[Gerry.GEG]

Don't sweat it. Obviously this guy thinks everything is a Goldwing.

 

[twowheelnut]

Look at the bright side: He coulda called it a BMW.

 

[kurt]

Or a Hawg.

 

[FJRFolly]

Could be worse, I had a guy come up and ask me what kind of mileage I'm getting, thought it was scooter. "Keen sense of obsevation" I replied. Boy did that get my panties in a bunch.

 

[ShawnKing]

and then he turned to my bike and asked me, "So how's that Goldwing?". :angry: I calmly told him it is an FJR.
What do I do now?

Nothing. You already told him it was a FJR. Why get upset at someone who doesn't know anything about bikes and obviously just wants to start up a conversation?

Dude - life's too short and all that...

 

[ctfjr]

and then he turned to my bike and asked me, "So how's that Goldwing?". :angry: I calmly told him it is an FJR.
What do I do now?

Nothing. You already told him it was a FJR. Why get upset at someone who doesn't know anything about bikes and obviously just wants to start up a conversation?

Dude - life's too short and all that...

+1

There are bigger things to worry about

 

[Jetmaker737]

No harm no foul. The dude doesn't know a goldwhale from sperm whale.

But if he does it again I recommend physical harm be done. B)

 

[airboss]

Hardley rider at work calls mine "a scooter on steroids". All in good fun you should hear some of the things I call his, then there was the time "someone" wrapped a depend around his crankcase.

 

[snakehunter]

Today I was at Cricket Phone office trying to resolve the porting problem. So while we where on hold with the costumer service this salesguy started talking about my phones (just to strike a conversation), I showed him my other cool phones too, and then he turned to my bike and asked me, "So how's that Goldwing?". :angry: I calmly told him it is an FJR.
What do I do now? That is not a Goldwing!! For God's sake. The bike is parked facing us so all he could see is the front touring windshield, headlights and bags.

I want to drag him out trying to defend my bike but I thought that is way over.

Tell you guys, I don't want to be called a Goldwing rider. Period.

Oh well, maybe next time I will park me bike sideways and wear an inverted cap. :cap:

Wasn't it the Goldwing that made the trunk popular on bikes? Do you have a trunk on your FJR?

I love the look of the FJR and plan on getting one instead of the 'wing because of the "sport" in sport touring but I can see why the uninitiated might make the mistake....

My concern is my wife may not appreciate it as much as she would the extra comforts on the 'wing...

 

[Cdogman]

I had a GL1800 (goldwing) before this bike.... They are fine machines........ But this one suited me better...

A goldwing is very good at "What it does" but it is not intended to compete with the FJR at what the FJR Does

 

[odot]

What's a goldwhale? I'm hungry all of a sudden. Is there such a thing as a sealwhale? Or a salmonwhale? Moosewhale? Caribouwhale? My seach of idiocy and all that are offended by it is gaining some serious jihad wind in it's sails. Where's idiotville?....right next to smartsville?

 

[FJRBluesman]

At least he didn't think it was a '58 Buick. :blink:

 

[El Toro]

I pulled into a parking space at my office today, and a colleague walking to his car said "Oh, you're riding a motorcycle today." I ride all the time, but he's not very observant. Then he asked "Is that a Gold Wing?"

I said no. Its an FJR. Goldwings are too heavy and unwieldy. He said "They cost a lot too."

I agreed and went into the building to check my mail. He won't remember, so if I see him again while on a bike, I'll bet he asks me if its a Goldwing again. Doesn't matter. A rose by any other name.....

 

[cardingtr]

Thinking back on it, it's a little better than an incident when a contractor went to the house to estimate laying bricks. When I opened my garage he quipped, "Wow, is that a Harley? He almost lost the contract. So maybe its the same branding FJR gets when they see a large screen, plastic and saddle, the brand that sticks is a Goldwing.

The one reason that I choosed an FJR was so I won't ride a Goldwing. I just need a bike for summer flings. I actually put that in the list when shopping for a bike and flatly said not for me. I already have a Honda Accord in my garage.

Or one time I was trying to find the realtor I'm driving around the block. I was on the phone with her and she said, "Is that you driving a silver van?" I didn't answer. I was driving our Acura MDX. (But it sure looks like a van from the rear.)

 

[J-DADDY]

Well, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and take a different tack.

I think a sucker punch/kick 'em when he goes down would be the action of choice for this offense!

Seriously though, cut the dude some slack. My guess is, when it comes to bikes he don't know his butt from a basket!

JC

 

[Mackeroni]

I am constantly amused by two prevalent attitudes that I encounter.

1. Around here, when non-riders learn that I ride, they always ask the same question... "Do you ride a Harley?" When I say, "No, I ride a Yamaha," they get a dumbstruck look on their face and seem to have no idea what those words might mean.

2. On the other hand, the folks who actually ride Harleys seem to want to categorize every other bike on the road as a dreaded "crotch rocket."

Morons, one and all...and a great test of my tolerance.

PS... Late one night in a bar on the wrong side of town, I learned a lesson I shall never forget. Simply put... Never diss another man's iron.

 

[FJRMGM]

I'd sell the bike as you obviously have a serious image problem.

Might I suggest a Burgman?

 

[ceddec]

I'd sell the bike as you obviously have a serious image problem.
Might I suggest a Burgman?

Oh that's cold Mike, Jeanne will get you for that one.