Ahh! The LOOK. Just about every post in this thread rings true with me on some level or another.
(Like the guy who mentioned that he made flyers to prevent himself from being delayed for work by curious folk.)
I've had a few fun ones. I was hanging out at a fuel station my buddy mans, and a Harley rider came up and asked about my first bike. Nice old on a long trip. He was fascinated with it. We took pictures of my bike parked next to his Harley (I'm gonna have to dredge those up).
Then there was the entourage of small children I mentioned in another part of the forum, who followed me on their bikes through the local sports park when I was on the way to the same friend's house (No pictures of that unfortunately).
I rode parallel with a couple on a Tandem in the U-district of Seattle once. We were shouting a conversation over the noise of my second bike's engine.
I had yet another friend's house party suddenly relocate itself to the side of the road when I rolled up on my bike. It was a party of us nerdy kids, so prettymuch everyone was thrilled when I rode up on what Soki described as an "Antique Motorcycle" wearing an army helmet, leather coat, and bugeye goggles.
And of course there is the thumbs up, waves, and clapping I get from random people when I roll through town. Of course the occasional motorist gets angry and just has to pass me again. Some drivers inexplicably give me the bird, but most are at least polite. The bulk of people don't seem to be able to make heads or tails of the bike. I get a LOT of "WTF?" looks.
I also tend to transport one bike or the other damn to Seattle with me a lot when I know I'm going to be roaming around the city proper. So I get a lot of LOOKS while rolling down the 5 with my bike strapped to the back of my car.
Just more proof that this is an awesome hobby.
Keep on riding!
~Dakota
