I'm a what??

[Lace Neil Singer]

I've hung around bikers ever since I met my boyf, who's a biker... and had I been there, I would have told that woman exactly what I thought of her for her moronic comment. -.-

Oh yeah, and child molesters wear huge flasher macs and drive white vans. O.o When I was at school, there was a horror story floating around about a girl who was dragged into a white van and taken off.

[Acolyte]

107 ci S&S Evolution V-Twin.

It's still better than my truck, which gets about 15 mpg in town.

Well, that explains it. My bike hits 60 on average, but it's a CRF230F, which is basically just an engine with a seat, 2 wheels and a 160-pound geek on it.

But, yeah, I still can't wrap my head around biker = molester thing. Did you have a pedo-stache or something?

[MMATM]

My dad drives a stereotypical "pedo-van". Oversized Chevy, white, no windows past the second row, and those 2nd row windows (and the back door windows) are tinted dark. Sketchy? Maybe. But that's what his company gave him as a mobile office (swivel chair, desk, computer, printer, books all bolted down in the back where about 7 seats would normally go).

Luckily he doesn't have to pay for gas since it's a company vehicle (and gets maybe 14 highway miles to the gallon... on a good day).

[Jadedcarguy]

Did you have a pedo-stache or something?

Nope.

[Evil Queen]

Must be the "I eat babies" t-shirt.

[Pezzle]

Boyfriend and I are saving up for our first bike, most likely a sport touring style bike. We're looking at some BMWs, Ducatis, and Kawasakis. We'll probably go for the BMW or the Ducati Monster

[BookstoreEscapee]

I used to do the SuperCities Walk for Multiple Sclerosis, and they had a car available in case anyone was hurt or otherwise couldn't finish the walk and needed a ride back to the start/end point. But since the driver could only cover the route so fast, they had several guys on bikes (all Harleys) riding back and forth along the route with radios, so they could call the driver as necessary.

[Lingering Grin]

When I was at school, there was a horror story floating around about a girl who was dragged into a white van and taken off.

At our school, the van was blue

[Primer]

If I were ever in trouble, and there was someone like that around, they would likely be high on my list of people to ask for help. A kinder, gentler group of souls you will never meet.

Quoted for truth.

In my experience, bikers are violently protective of 3 things. Kids, their bike, and their bar.

And their barkeeper! I worked in a biker bar when I was 18 (that was legal age at the time). I never had any problems out of my regulars. I had to break up only one fight in which only one table got overturned, and only one beer spilled. I did take away a couple of pool cues, and told the guys that if they wanted to continue, it would have to be outside and down the road; nobody was allowed to bust up my bar!

They calmed right down.

Here it's white vans. They're mostly known as "Molester Vans"

Around here, the white vans only sold stolen speakers, or boxes of bricks passed off as speakers.

[froglet]

Thats funny, because another site I frequent had a similar story.

Basically, instead of the mother saying "Don't touch that man, he's a potential molester!" it was the kid who was already ingrained with the stereotype and called an ex-USAF-turned-geek a Bad Man just for riding a motorcycle...

You might even get a new theme song out of it

[Jadedcarguy]

You might even get a new theme song out of it

Having my own theme song would be 8 shades of awesome.

[Lace Neil Singer]

At our school, the van was blue

I expect there is a veritable fleet of vans, each a different colour, with child molestors driving each one. XD

[RebeccaOTool]

That's incredibly horrible. Stranger Danger I can understand, but telling your child that someone might be a CHILD MOLESTOR? WTF?

[sld72382]

Around here, the white vans only sold stolen speakers, or boxes of bricks passed off as speakers.

Actually they're not stolen or bricks. They're known as "white van speakers" and are cheap Chinese knockoffs of legit brands (they have names that are confusingly similar to the real things). I should know as I got scammed last year. Fortunately, I didn't pay nearly as much as I've heard some people pay.

Back on topic, it would take a ton of restraint for me not to tell that woman off. Like other people have said, bikers are some of the nicest people I have come across.

Your bike sounds cool, BTW.

[Jadedcarguy]

Back on topic, it would take a ton of restraint for me not to tell that woman off. Like other people have said, bikers are some of the nicest people I have come across.

The shock of what she said along with the presence of other people, kids especially, held my tongue.