niwrad_r1
UnSkilledNoobRider
question is, why does it bother you if we call it sports? who give's a rat's ass if it's a sport or not, as long as all of us enjoy the ride
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Stop calling it a 'sport'
- Thread starter saizai
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I believe that "sport" as used in the greeting "welcome to the sport" as it pertains to motorcycling is perfectly accurate.
Motorcycling on the street is more akin to the athletics and being a member of a team than most other things that are referred to as "sport" given the numbers involved and the skill required.
By using the term "sport" one engenders that feeling of a shared community, and team mentality that those who drive cars all day long and have never been on a motorcycle will never understand.
Driving a car on the street or on the freeway is not called a sport because more often than not, you're trapped inside at the mercy of your surroundings, the expression of your skill being tested only in the arena of patience, and of combat skill when Road Rage overcomes you.
On a motorcycle, you are challenged to excel not only to preserve your own skin and safety, but to skillfully negotiate an extremely wide variety of options in getting from a to b, all with the opportunity to exhibit prowess and poise.
Consider this:
Welcome to the world of driving cars!
Welcome to the world of riding Motorcycles!
One is an insult and often used with sarcasm (epsecially in congested cities) the latter, a blessing and a congratulation.
Motorcycling anywhere, DESERVES to be called a sport... Much more so than things like Table Tennis and Golfat any rate...
Feanor
Motorcycling on the street is more akin to the athletics and being a member of a team than most other things that are referred to as "sport" given the numbers involved and the skill required.
By using the term "sport" one engenders that feeling of a shared community, and team mentality that those who drive cars all day long and have never been on a motorcycle will never understand.
Driving a car on the street or on the freeway is not called a sport because more often than not, you're trapped inside at the mercy of your surroundings, the expression of your skill being tested only in the arena of patience, and of combat skill when Road Rage overcomes you.
On a motorcycle, you are challenged to excel not only to preserve your own skin and safety, but to skillfully negotiate an extremely wide variety of options in getting from a to b, all with the opportunity to exhibit prowess and poise.
Consider this:
Welcome to the world of driving cars!
Welcome to the world of riding Motorcycles!
One is an insult and often used with sarcasm (epsecially in congested cities) the latter, a blessing and a congratulation.
Motorcycling anywhere, DESERVES to be called a sport... Much more so than things like Table Tennis and Golfat any rate...
Feanor
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saizai said:There exists car racing. So when I get in my Acura, is that a 'sport'?
There exists the Tour de France. So if I get on a bike to go to work, is that a 'sport'?
Why the hell should riding a motorcycle off the track be called a 'sport'?
I think it's just a bad idea, period; it encourages the sort of road racing / urban stunting attitude that in turn makes things dangerous for me, Mr. "I just want to ride to work / school / the nearest pretty mountain".
Yes, you /can/ treat it as a sport. But please don't, unless you're on the track or some big open out-of-the-way industrial area.
I understand the spirit behind the newbie "welcome to the sport"... but please find some other phrase to use.
You are an asshat.
Tell me what you don't like about that statement.Sell your bike and go plant flowers, that certainly is not a sport so you will not have to worry about any symmantic grey areas.
Sorry if I know you.....half the time I rip into someone on here I actually know them in real life, just have no idea who they are on BARF
weasel
Eradicator
}Dragon{ said:Thank God Acura does not make "sport cars"
How about golf, bowling and lawn darts?
dude, I've been looking for lawn darts forever
It's a sprot all right
just like scuba diving, skydiving, fishing, golf, rock climbing, sex etc...
Silence
Mostly dead
Silly people. What are you supposed to do with attention whores and trolls?
Re: Re: Stop calling it a 'sport'
Hey! I'm actually offended by that statement because I think gardening is an Extreme Sport! Last weekend this mole was wreaking havoc in one part of my back yard and I chased it around with a shovel and rake for 10 minutes!
Extreme!
Feanor
Teddy said:You are an asshat.
Sell your bike and go plant flowers, that certainly is not a sport so you will not have to worry about any symmantic grey areas.
Hey! I'm actually offended by that statement because I think gardening is an Extreme Sport! Last weekend this mole was wreaking havoc in one part of my back yard and I chased it around with a shovel and rake for 10 minutes!
Extreme!
Feanor
ALANRIDER7
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I like this sprot.
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Re: Re: Stop calling it a 'sport'
Come on Teddy, stop calling people names, now I gotta give you 24
Teddy said:You are an asshat.
Sell your bike and go plant flowers, that certainly is not a sport so you will not have to worry about any symmantic grey areas.
Sorry if I know you.....half the time I rip into someone on here I actually know them in real life, just have no idea who they are on BARF
Come on Teddy, stop calling people names, now I gotta give you 24
ALANRIDER7 said:
Alan is just piping up because he doesn't want to have to change the name of his business to "Two-wheeled-Motorized-Conveyance Dynamics - The Activity Center that continues to remain moderately active"
Feanor
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If they can show spelling bees, dominoes, and poker on ESPN then motorcycling is a sport. 
ALANRIDER7
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Feanor said:Alan is just piping up because he doesn't want to have to change the name of his business to "Two-wheeled-Motorized-Conveyance Dynamics - The Activity Center that continues to remain moderately active"
Feanor
Hooli
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VTRweasel said:
rumpofsteelskin
friend to spiders
I barely care enough about what people call riding a motorcycle to even post a response to this, but your increasing tendency to issue ill-considered dicta to other riders (many of whom have lifetimes of knowledge and experience pertaining to motorcycling) does deserve something, so here it is:
Nah - it isn't even worth it.
As one barfer to another, I would suggest exercising some restraint when you are tempted to create new threads, though. A better way to offer an opinion on this topic would've been to contribute to buttbandit's thread.
Nah - it isn't even worth it.
As one barfer to another, I would suggest exercising some restraint when you are tempted to create new threads, though. A better way to offer an opinion on this topic would've been to contribute to buttbandit's thread.
Mondo
'Ridin Dirty'
wackyiraqi said:
Well I was going to reply but I think Wacky has said it all.
Finally some mojo when I needed it
Sane_Man
Totally Tubular
What the hell is Saizai talking about, Mang?
rumpofsteelskin said:does deserve something, so here it is:
Nah - it isn't even worth it.
Awwww! That letdown was worse than then electric anticipation of a huge, really satisfying sneeze that, moments before exploding in delightful release, dribbles away in an anemic belch...
Feanor
Mickey_D100
Scares Children
Baptistro said:
Changing the world via semantics, there's a novel approach.
You're a lawyer (right?
), so this is pretty much your MO.