Do you go to bike nights in your area?

[z06boy]

I may drink A beer when I first get there but then it's either a coke a tea or even lemonade after that.

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by azoomm

it's bike nights and forums....

I don't see it too much on the forums but i hear about how people get nasty pm's and such and backstabbing via pm's. I miss out on all the fun.

[unknownroad]

No, for all the reasons above... anti-social, would rather be riding, and am not a Pimp Bike Ryda. Closest i come is spending a few minutes shooting the shit (where're you from, how're the roads) while stopping for gas at places like Shady Valley or the Dragon.

[Smittie61984]

I haven't been to one in over a year. I just don't have the time anymore with work, school, triathlon training, gf, etc. Plus they are pretty boring too. They lost their cool pretty quick. The Hooters ones suck the most.

Every Tuesday I pass one on my way home from school.

[Ducati Diva]

We went to a couple but just didn't feel them. Mostly a bunch of young guys (no offense to the youngens on here ) trying to prove how bad they were. I'm getting to old for that crap

[LeeNetworX]

Not really my thing; I'd rather ride than stand around and socialize. Went to bike night twice in 5-6 years in SoFl and that's it. Will probably never even bother up here since most of the riders on the two local boards are douches.

[cuttle]

we have several big bike nights in town, but I never went...

the "bike night" we go to is at a tasting room at a local brewery - on good days we get about 8 bikes mostly dual sports and standards - maybe a duc...

It's more about catching up and maybe organizing a ride, not so much about the bikes and "to be seen"

[No Worries]

I went to the Vintage bike night yesterday and had a good time. After 16 inches of snow last Thursday, I wasn't sure if I would go. But it melted by Sunday, and yesterday broke a record of 77 degrees. I ordered a club soda at the bar, and she poured it in a liter mug. I was able to take it outside and look at the bikes. It lasted for an hour and a half, the whole time I was there.

There were about twenty bikes. There was only one woman and she had a KZ650, all original. The most unique bike was a 73 Laverda 1000, a triple. There were a bunch of Triumphs and a look-alike 2000 Kawasaki W650.

One guy made a bobber out of a 73 Honda 500 four-cylinder. I don't really like when they do that, but he actually did a good job. He told me the handling sucked, and I spotted the problem right away. He took off the front fender, which ties the forks together. I told him to get a fork brace. I showed him how I replaced my steel fender with a plastic fender and then added a fork brace. They liked that I was the original owner of my Suzuki.

I don't know if they will meet during the winter, but I will probably go back in the spring. I had never seen the W650 before, but here's what it looked like:

[Adeptus_Minor]

Well, I can now say I made it out to the first HellBuellie bike night.
The turnout was pretty impressive, something in the neighborhood of 30ish bikes? Not all Buells, but plenty of them to be sure.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by azoomm

it's bike nights and forums....

No kidding. Some people just won't shut up about things that shouldn't be public...

I stopped going to bike nights. Partly because I'm old and boring and suck, but partly because the local Ruff Ryders gang shows up and takes over the lot. They park their bikes in a row, blocking the exit, so no one can get in or out while they're there.

Hollywood bike night got NUTS a few years ago. There were cholos showing up in gang colors with guns, people smoking blunts and drinking 40s in the parking lot, one guy started filming a girl-girl porn in a car, and having seen the pics I'm not entirely sure it was consensual. The cops came down hard on it and now the location bobs around so you're never quite sure where it's going to be.