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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

I know, I know - this is a GZ site and the content should be mainly about the GZ. The only reason I mention it is that I think a lot of people on here ARE planning on going bigger once they get some experience on the GZ and I was lucky to be able to "test drive" the bike I bought before I bought it. Not sure how it is in the rest of the country, but it seemed like all I coud do untl I found the rental place was to read, look and sit. No riding!

Its not that you can't or shouldn't talk about other bikes besides the GZ on this site, as a matter of fact I think I was one of the first ones to encourage you to do just that, to tell us about your experiences on your new bike. But not put us down in the process, because when you say stuff like, "I don't know about you but I feel silly riding the GZ" and I can't take the GZ seriously, and its just a novelty bike" that is offensive to me, because I STILL ride a GZ, so you are just like the "other" bikers out there that think if you aren't riding a monster you and your bike are a silly little joke, that you are not a serious motorcycle rider, regardless of what you say to the contrary.

But I guarantee you that I am just as serious (or more) of a motorcycle rider as you are, Like the Wise scholar Sarris once said :lol: "it ain't what you ride, it is the ride" that counts. And most people on here ARE going to go bigger (myself included), but that does not mean that YOU have to humiliate them into doing so. And you were the one that brought up having to be SECURE to ride a GZ, so you kind of brought the whole insecurity thing on yourself.

And I understand why you got a bigger bike (I personally think you are slightly off your hinges for riding any bike in that crazy ass Traffic and on those high speed roads you have, much less a GZ) and I am not putting you down for getting one. I want one myself, (a bigger bike) but you will not hear me on here GZ bashing when I do. It is a small bike (the GZ) and has its limitations, but you won't find a better 250 cruiser out there. That is all I was trying to say to begin with, yea I am glad you got a new bike, and I WANT to here about how it rides, and all that, but you could leave out "the GZ is not a real motorcycle, novelty" bullshit, because then you are basically spitting in the face of anyone on here that DOES take the GZ seriously (such as myself) regardless if they do or ever will own a bigger motorcycle.

I moved this here, I know its not actually politics or religion but I didn't really see anywhere else it would fit. See I am also trying to follow Patricks rules of Etiquette :bow: .